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Re: Fitness and aikido
I am challenged in a variety of ways every time I train. Some are physical. Some are emotional. Some are spiritual. The mix and the level of challenge varies class to class, depending on tfactors involving me, the instructor, my training partners.
I can't say that trying to build my cardiovascular endurance is high on the list of things I consider important to my doing aikido. I certainly don't understand why my understanding of the art, including martial applications like kuzushi, would be enhanced by exhausting myself to the point where I'm "lying on my back" panting once every class. This is a point I will certainly AVOID reaching, thank you. I freely admit that YMMV but I do not consider it a universally appropriate or desirable goal.
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