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SeiserL · 02-03-2013, 02:23 PM

IMHO, Aikido does not directly work with your anger issues.

OTOH, it does provide an arena and a tool to look at issues.

To do Aikido, you have to learn not to take other's attack personally. You enter and blend with their attack, redirect it taking their balance without reactionary retaliation to do more harm.

Its a useful indirect metaphor and opportunity.

02-03-2013, 02:23 PM	#10
SeiserL Location: Florida Gulf coast Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 3,902 Offline	Re: Aikido and inner aggression IMHO, Aikido does not directly work with your anger issues. OTOH, it does provide an arena and a tool to look at issues. To do Aikido, you have to learn not to take other's attack personally. You enter and blend with their attack, redirect it taking their balance without reactionary retaliation to do more harm. Its a useful indirect metaphor and opportunity.
	Lynn Seiser PhD Yondan Aikido & FMA/JKD We do not rise to the level of our expectations, but fall to the level of our training. Train well. KWATZ!