[quote=Yannis Mousoulis;320439]
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Krystal Locke wrote:
How is aikido not a controlled, stylized, choreographed form of violence? I know I tap a lot in class....
That phrase comes from somebody who actually practices Aikido???
If it wasn't so tragically sad, it would be almost amusing...
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What's your problem with my statement? If aikido is a martial art, it is (pretty much by definition) a controlled, stylized, choreographed form of violence. I know far more ways to kill, maim, injure, hurt and control people than I did before I took up aikido. I refuse to avoid taking responsibility for the gifts aikido has given me by pretending the gifts are something they are not.
You may not study aikido as a martial art, but I do. Aikido is a big enough umbrella, and the mat I am on is pretty darn large.