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Katherine Derbyshire wrote:
I don't think there's anything particularly romantic about killing people. Which is exactly why I brought it up: the original budo was, first and foremost, about killing other people before they killed you. That's what "martially effective" means, when you get right down to it.
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They killed people with a purpose. Money, land, fame, social stability, survival... They did what had to be done and got paid for it. That's all.
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Which is why I think pursuing "aikido that works" can be, in its own way, just as delusional as practicing yoga with tumbling and calling it a martial art.
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Well, pursuing "aikido that works" can be delusional, calling "yoga with tumbling" a martial art is simply lying.
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What are you really studying, and why?
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Me? Judo, because (long history short) it's fun.