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Joshua Reyer wrote:
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Chris Hein wrote: View Post
I believe that the weapons relation to Aikido is much more than metaphor.
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And yet, the primary practice of aikido is weaponless, both currently and historically.
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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))))