Peter:
that was a good one...but carefull not to draw the UnNamed one in! He might hear us and the virus could spread!
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Coming back to aiki stuff. As in Daito ryu active resitance isn't permited, instructors can do really amazing things. In generally, their attackers are much less experienced. Those two factors combined, aiki miracles happend and we are not surprised at all.
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Most of the folks I know training in Daito ryu are ex wrestlers, judoka, aikidoka, etc. When Kondo Sensei asks for an attack he often first has the biggest guy in the room (I think Juan usually qualifies) throw him with a judo throw as the attack. Only after he is satisfied that the attack is competent does he then demo the technique. At least that's my experience. No magic...just damn good technique.
That said, often you do see the things you speak of.
Ron