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Ashe Higgs wrote:
I'm not here to "teach" anybody, but I am here to share how we train, and to learn a little about how you guys approach your training.
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Not speaking to you directly Ashe, but generally to the good folk listening in - that is the whole point of my starting this thread. As Rob said, it's about looking for common ground.
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Let's be honest, all of us have made our commitments to the systems that we feel work for us, so I'm not here to convert anybody, but at the same time I hope that some folks will be interested enough to dig a little deeper and find out where some of the things I'm talking about fit in.
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Again, I'm not speaking to you directly, but, people, that is the whole point of this thread, and I'm glad you picked up on it.
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But REALLY learning how to unify yourself with the opponent, in such a way that you learn to manifest offense/defense simultaneously on the point is something else altogether.
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IOW... Aiki!
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how many different ways do you need to say the sky is blue?
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Yes, but to a visually impaired person, what is sky and what is blue?
Speaking generally again, Rob's hypothetical is a good example because it is demonstrates the basic concept of "unifying" one's self with another... and is the first thing shown/taught in Aikido. Most Aikido folk would/should recognize this as a standing variation of kokyu-ho.