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Katherine Derbyshire wrote:
Really? Stability doesn't matter in your practice? Ability to absorb/channel mechanical stress isn't important to you? Okay...
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Christopher Li wrote:
Stability isn't important during practice?
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That's not what I said. I did suggest however that to the average hobby Aikido practicioner the superior stability, power generation and stress channeling/absorption one can gain through internal training aren't of that much use. Of much more use is what happens when you can redirect forces with little to no overt movement.
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I think that most Aikido people really underestimate how unstable they are, and how much stress it puts on their body.
The "better in the gym" argument is, for me, a pointless argument. It would be better for my flexibility to do ballet - but I don't do ballet.
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Fair enough.