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Old 07-31-2011, 12:17 PM   #24
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Re: Aikido is Elbow Power

I still can't figure out what it means specifically. Everything Carsten said and everything Dan hinted at suggests to me:
elbow power is just another name for the basics of internal strength.

True?
And if true-- we still seem to have different people using the same term to mean non-related things.

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Lee Salzman wrote: View Post
Wouldn't you basically want the engine to never shut off, keep it live, rather than let it sputter off?
On this note, I really agree. It sounds more like the use of a parking brake when doing stop-and-go up a hill in a manual transmission than a continual engine engagement. I've watched a lot of Shioda videos and I just don't see him doing that back leg thing. Hey Lee, did you get my email reply to you? Check your spam filter..