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John Hillson wrote:
Good ideas are good ideas and will cross arts, cultures, and countries. Find what works for you.
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I think this should be examined a bit. From my perspective two points
- If you start with a system and then commence replacing it's components with bits from other systems or just stuff you make up, after a while you end up with a different system. Off course, this has been done many times, the founder started with Daito-ryu and ended up with something quite different. Which brings me to the second point
- People like the founder, Kano, Funakoshi etc... have spent their lives doing budo pretty much exclusively and crafted viable martial systems. Where does the "you" in "Find what works for you" gets the competence to do something similar?
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What did O Sensei do about doing a hip throw on someone shorter than him?
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An atemi to the face tends bring the uke up a bit, should be doing this anyway as you are about to turn your back on him.