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Nick · 08-10-2000, 09:39 AM

I think the pain also comes more with surprise. The first time my sensei did nikyo on me (I think my second or third class) I could barely see straight. I also think this surprise is helpful in a fight. Someone throws a punch at Little Joe Aikidoka, they expect it to be blocked and countered, in which they can counter. Few attackers expect being thrown off balance and slammed to the ground (or given a nikyo, ude-osae, or something equally unpleasent).

-Nick

08-10-2000, 09:39 AM	#5
Nick Dojo: Aikido of Greater Atlanta Location: Atlanta, GA Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 561 Offline	I think the pain also comes more with surprise. The first time my sensei did nikyo on me (I think my second or third class) I could barely see straight. I also think this surprise is helpful in a fight. Someone throws a punch at Little Joe Aikidoka, they expect it to be blocked and countered, in which they can counter. Few attackers expect being thrown off balance and slammed to the ground (or given a nikyo, ude-osae, or something equally unpleasent). -Nick
	--- 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."