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Old 03-19-2011, 09:27 AM   #17
Erick Mead
 
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Re: Aikido and Weapons: The Connection

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I believe that the weapons relation to Aikido is much more than metaphor.
And yet, the primary practice of aikido is weaponless, both currently and historically.
The relationship of the swordsman to the weapon and of nage to uke are the same. I cut the opponent as I cut the sword. I cannot tell you how many times I have very simply corrected basic errors by showing students how if they were manipulating a sword instead of a human body they would do this -- and Voila, they do this to the person and he is unhinged at the first impulse.

And then five minutes later they are back to grabbin' n' crankin' ,,, (((sigh))))

Cordially,

Erick Mead
一隻狗可久里馬房但他也不是馬的.
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