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David very eloquently states his views - don't agree with all of them, agree with others.
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that is what I call eloquent. I couldn't agree with you more, Peter.
I don't know if I need feints in Aikido. I do think that a big part of what nage learns on the mat is how to tell a committed attack from one that can be safely ignored. I understand that feints are supposed to teach this, but to me (based on very little experience) it always seems like they cloud the issue more than they clarify it. Still, it's something I don't know much about so I shouldn't talk about it.
I am sort of amused by David's idea that Aikido can be explained as a set of principles, easily understood and mastered, and applied in proper admixture. Maybe my teachers are just really bad, but I feel like I'm still learning more all the time and it's been quite a few years.
Also, I hate it when people throw around the word 'science,' but that's just the scientist in me bristling.