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MadMyndi · 10-15-2004, 11:44 AM

I think it's important to distinguish between discomfort and pain. I expect discomfort in Aikido; it doesn't feel good, and I don't want to fight it because it could become pain if I fight it, but I'm not hurt, either. Pain, for me, is the point where discomfort becomes dehabilitating; I can not fight it, I can not work through it, and I just want it to stop. Pain is the point where I get injured.

I think that it's inevitable, and even necessary, that a person will experience discomfort in Aikido, and will cause it in others. It enhances understanding of why a technique works.

There are occasions when pain in likely, when a person starts to gain speed, and is adjusting for the speed.

But I do not think that pain is necessary.

10-15-2004, 11:44 AM	#14
MadMyndi Dojo: Pacific Coast Aikido Club Location: Crescent City, CA Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5 Offline	Re: Poll: Is inducing physical pain in others necessary in getting better at aikido? I think it's important to distinguish between discomfort and pain. I expect discomfort in Aikido; it doesn't feel good, and I don't want to fight it because it could become pain if I fight it, but I'm not hurt, either. Pain, for me, is the point where discomfort becomes dehabilitating; I can not fight it, I can not work through it, and I just want it to stop. Pain is the point where I get injured. I think that it's inevitable, and even necessary, that a person will experience discomfort in Aikido, and will cause it in others. It enhances understanding of why a technique works. There are occasions when pain in likely, when a person starts to gain speed, and is adjusting for the speed. But I do not think that pain is necessary.