I hear you A good enough reason if ever there was one. :)
hahahaha well, I thought I'd reply to you just to get my hundredth post. I am an advocate of tough training but I have found in my many years...
Eating humble pie It must be getting familiar to people on this board now. Sorry chap. I tend to feel I always have to justify the aiki martial...
Do you mind if I say something? I have participated in, and overseen, gradings and sessions where the aikidoka MUST continually deal with high...
hahahha....funny but I would put aiki-jitsu as more aggressive. however having trained in both I wouldn't be beaten by an exponent of either. In a...
as long as you are ok at least what you knew saved you and unfortunately those pesky attackers just don't seem to play like a standard club-issue...
I agree with you on that score I too feel that stronger kicks and strikes should be more prevalant in aikido schools. I am lucky in that I have...
Sonshu, I actually detailed one of the instances (guess my ugly face attracts trouble) on this thread....
maybe tells you more about the mindset of the aikidoka? avoiding conflict sure seems like a correct and valid use of aikido - seeking conflict...
I have flu so I apologise if I get a bit testy and juvenile. I understand your point but the thread is regarding aikido in a real fight. Not a...
Disaster Master please take head out of behind It is an individual who enters a contest. Most aikidoka would never of dreaming of entering an...
Sonshu, I don't mean to really have a go but I'm talking about self-defence using Aikido from a stand point that I have used it and lived. A...
Can I just mention that boxing is a truly ineffective martial art as some guy threw a punch at me which I evaded and effectively countered...
sorry to beat you with a stick Yoda but we could argue this all day in one huge circle.... turns out I was prepared for the fake and decided...
I think you'll find that O'sensei added his own religious ideas to his style. Take these or leave them. At the core of the art is the ability to...
Why do I get the distinct impression that most people view Aikidokas as martial ballarinas and think that aiki techniques should not have strength...
Now I've calmed down and thought about things I think the main thing that helped me was what timmeh! has highlighted a couple of times. It was my...
hate to spoil the dissing party but... I was the unfortunate recipient of an attempted mugging last night and used my aikijitsu knowledge to...
shaking my sad sorry head I thought us martial artists had moved away from such sweeping statements of a style after such limited exposure. To...
http://www.taichifinder.co.uk/baguazhang.html I found this link on my travels and found the site to be very informative. I hope you, like I,...
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