Thread: "Energy"
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Old 07-18-2006, 08:50 AM   #19
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Re: "Energy"

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Neil Mick wrote:
So, what do you think? I am still exploring this idea of framing, both in political dialogue, and when I teach Aikido. IS the use of "energy" ultimately positive, or detrimental, especially when it is meant literally?
Do you believe ": it was all physics and perfectly explainable".
If you believe ": it was all physics and perfectly explainable", then to teach them "you ARE absorbing energy from uke and transforming it into something else" is being dishonest with your students and detrimental to them.
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Neil Mick wrote:
I have this pet peeve about the usage of the word "energy."
Do you want to be surrounded by students that you taught your pet peeve to

Go ahead, tread on me.
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