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Erick Mead wrote:
(And Ark is to be commended for his public approach to matters, so this is in no way critical). Things like this or this or this -- are not in any way surprising to me, nor anything out of my own experience and performance. It is not that I quibble with methods if they work, proof is in the pudding, I suppose. It is just that the results are not materially different. |
I can't watch those vids right now, but name someone in aikido who is willing to let a tai boxer kick them like Ark did, and someone in aikido who can then deliver a kick to a tai boxer that lifts the tai boxer up off of their legs. I don't know by experience if Ark has IT as strong or stronger than Mike or Dan. But he has some fairly impressive feats, and he is producing people with remarkably improved skills. Did you check out Rob John yet? Produce ANYONE in aikido yourself that could deal with Rob John in anyway? I don't know. I agree with you that the proof is in the pudding.