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Nick · 08-15-2001, 03:44 PM

I feel that if you yourself want to get into kamae while waiting for an attack, that's fine. What I find odd is that a spontaneous, free flowing art such as aikido uses different 'stances'... in a "real" situation, you won't have time to say "hold on! let me get into the right kamae real quick!"

Zanshin, grasshopper.

08-15-2001, 03:44 PM	#2
Nick Dojo: Aikido of Greater Atlanta Location: Atlanta, GA Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 561 Offline	I feel that if you yourself want to get into kamae while waiting for an attack, that's fine. What I find odd is that a spontaneous, free flowing art such as aikido uses different 'stances'... in a "real" situation, you won't have time to say "hold on! let me get into the right kamae real quick!" Zanshin, grasshopper.
	--- Nick Porter "Do not fall into the trap of the artisan who boasts twenty years of experience, when in fact he has had only one year of experience-- twenty times."