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Stefan Stenudd wrote:
In aikido practice, I like to see the "break balance" as what everyone does when walking - you have to get yourself off balance to take a step. So, in aikido getting off balance is a joint venture.
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I'm not sure I agree with this, as the logical conclusion is that balance requires complete stasis. Even if that were true, I don't think that lying on the ground without moving is the ultimate goal of aikido. Certainly there's plenty of video in which O Sensei moves all over the place without being the least bit off balance, no matter what his students are trying to do.
I much prefer the idea of a dynamic equilibrium: using opposing forces within one's body to maintain posture, whether moving or stationary, being attacked or not. And thereby creating a situation where, if uke wants to maintain his own posture, he has to abandon his attack.
Katherine