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Not at all. Karate, tai chi chuan, most Chinese styles (including the Shoalin styles) and several others require a lot of training to be as or any more effective than aikido.

When we discuss...

I don't think the kata work the same in reality as the do in the dojo, they just provide a pattern to improvise along.

I have grappled with friends and used aikido techniques, but never applied...

Aikido uke is not limited to shomen uchi and yokomen uchi. There's also jodan zuki (punch to the jaw/face), chudan zuki (punch to the mid-section), and various dojo use combination attacks, but these...

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If you wanted a more specific answer, you should have offered a more specific question.

To answer one question, 'Is it all throws?',...

That sounds interesting. It was slightly hinted at in a samurai anime I saw (Samurai Champloo, 2004 I think). I never thought it was still part of the bushi 'image'. If you find the name of that...

Thank you for the links. I got very similar information from a poster on a different forum - his first suggestion for tendons was to continue doing free weights and to do more power-lifting. That...

How do you develop and strengthen the tendons?

I have heard that taiji, ji gung etc all help develop strength in the tendons. Are there any specific exercises to develop the tendons, or would it...

Wait - they have that on the vampire-hunting site, but not on the alien-do site (I forget the actual name of the 'art'... Something-celestial-do? It was posted here not long ago).

I might just be echoing David Orange here, but to me science is basically coming up with an idea or theory, then going at it with a big knife.

I am currently studying Computer Science, which...

I want a go!

I love the history section. Almost good enough to want to believe, if it weren't so... silly.

I am going to attempt to write an email to Saito sensei to train as an uchi-deshi in Iwama in the summer. However, I have no idea how to start.

I only have one contact who can help me, and it...

Just to note - anyone else planning to be in Iwama this summer, feel free to email me (green_dreads@hotmail.com) and tell me what dojo and sensei you will be staying with, and if your application was...

Even with all the footnights, Takemusu Aiki was a challenge for me to get into. This was partly because of all the metaphors and references to religious terms and myths, and partly because I think...

I do aikido for many reasons besides self-defense, and I have used aikido techniques many times successfully against live opponents.

If he can defend himself properly, then all the more power to...

Your opinion on the UFC is probably more educated than mine, but the debate deserves a thread, lets not deny it one. I'll write one up when the effort appears.

Eight,

For one, be prepared for backlash for posting this. For a lot of us, this is all old news, and most would agree that ground-fighting is an essential skill, but there are some facts to check...

Hey David, that page you showed me still doesn't tell me what I might need if I wanted approval. However, it seems they have a very open-door policy, so maybe a gift for sensei and a polite phrase...

Yes, that comparison has been made. The word for younger man-older man relationships such as bido and the practise in Greece is pedestry (sp?), and I'm sure there are other cultures who have...

Can anyone tell me more about the Iwama Dojo and the Uchideshi program run through the dojo?

An interesting website has cropped up - http://www.iwamasaito.com/index.html

They seem like a...

I have had the same problem. I think my desired icon is within the limits. Here is it is.

This is where intimidation comes in. You could shout at the victim, make her stick put her hand in the would-be hazardous place, etc. Tactics would change.

However, this is progress. Consider...

The barbed, dangerous condom from hell

OUCH. OUCH. OUCH.

Will this work?

I mean, as an expert rapist* I would imagine it would just mean you now need to intimidate your victim.

'Are you...

That was fantastic.

Also, I second the need for a Mortal Kombat one. Then perhaps a Tekken and Virtua Fighter spoof. Dead or Alive for female MMA? (If they don't do it, I will).

Thank you Tracy and Kristoffer for the link to the web journal, its proved an interesting read.

Also thanks for the book reccomendations Brain and Kristoffer. I have not looked into Tohei sensei's...

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Also, among Edo-peroid middle class Japanese, there was the prostitution of male kabuki actors (onnogata) and male homosexuality appears to have been a big literature theme for...