GrahamB wrote:But... is it effective as a spiritual quest?
AIKIDO IS NOT AND WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A MARTIAL ART...
emptycloud wrote:I shall now scream this at the top of my lungs," AIKIDO IS NOT AND WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A MARTIAL ART....THAT IS WHY IT DOESNT WORK, ITS NOT MEANT TO WORK AS A MARTIAL ART....MORIHEI THE FOUNDER WAS ON A SPIRITUAL QUEST AND FOR BETTER OR WORSE AIKIDO WAS THE PRODUCT OF THAT QUEST. ALL HE KNEW WAS MARTIAL ARTS SO THAT IS HOW HE GAVE FORM TO HIS SPIRITUAL QUEST, IF HE'D BEEN A PIANO PLAYER IT WOULD OF BEEN MUSIC...GET MY DRIFT...HE COULD ALREADY KILL A MAN IN TEN DIFFERENT WAYS BEFORE HE HAD THE VISION OF AIKIDO...HE WAS TRYING TO TURN THE WHOLE MARTIAL THING AROUND...MOVE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF VIOLENCE...BUT FOR BETTER OR WORSE IT WAS A CRAZY IDEA... BUT MARTIAL ARTS IS ALL HE KNEW HE COULDN'T EXPRESS HIS VISION OF PEACE IN ANY OTHER WAY.. EVEN JAPANESE TEACHERS DON'T HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHAT HE WAS GOING ON ABOUT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MAKE LOGICAL SENSE...SO FORGET TRYING TO WORK OUT IF AIKIDO IS EFFECTIVE AS A MARTIAL ART ...YOUR MISSING THE POINT BIG TIME"...there i feel better now
GrahamB wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NitLZwRr5Ok
Interesting technique, but what do you think? Could you ever do this in real life without the co-operation of your partner?
yeniseri wrote:There are many techniques that aikido and baquazhang and taijiquan share and this is one that can work! Obviously the skill of the opponent is a main factor. Fair lady, fan through back and brush knee complements the above and depending on how you want to deal with the opponent, whether break his forearm, elbow, wrist coupled with the brutality of the onslaught that continued the encounter!
Ron Panunto wrote:emptycloud wrote:I shall now scream this at the top of my lungs," AIKIDO IS NOT AND WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A MARTIAL ART....THAT IS WHY IT DOESNT WORK, ITS NOT MEANT TO WORK AS A MARTIAL ART....MORIHEI THE FOUNDER WAS ON A SPIRITUAL QUEST AND FOR BETTER OR WORSE AIKIDO WAS THE PRODUCT OF THAT QUEST. ALL HE KNEW WAS MARTIAL ARTS SO THAT IS HOW HE GAVE FORM TO HIS SPIRITUAL QUEST, IF HE'D BEEN A PIANO PLAYER IT WOULD OF BEEN MUSIC...GET MY DRIFT...HE COULD ALREADY KILL A MAN IN TEN DIFFERENT WAYS BEFORE HE HAD THE VISION OF AIKIDO...HE WAS TRYING TO TURN THE WHOLE MARTIAL THING AROUND...MOVE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF VIOLENCE...BUT FOR BETTER OR WORSE IT WAS A CRAZY IDEA... BUT MARTIAL ARTS IS ALL HE KNEW HE COULDN'T EXPRESS HIS VISION OF PEACE IN ANY OTHER WAY.. EVEN JAPANESE TEACHERS DON'T HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHAT HE WAS GOING ON ABOUT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MAKE LOGICAL SENSE...SO FORGET TRYING TO WORK OUT IF AIKIDO IS EFFECTIVE AS A MARTIAL ART ...YOUR MISSING THE POINT BIG TIME"...there i feel better now
Don't tell that to Steven Segal
DeusTrismegistus wrote:I could see that app working against a very big wild drunken haymaker but thats about it.
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