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Old 05-20-2016, 04:55 PM   #14
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Re: "Sly's combative concepts"

MrIggy said, "What i don't like about the way he does the techniques is the fact the uses to much power in his execution. Also he deliberately uses more dangerous movements, like for Shihonage, because of "higher efficiency" when those moves could seriously injure or even kill somebody."

Both points, agreed. But, it's a personal style thing, I think. We can always ramp-up the power should we choose, but the "art" is to not have to do so, so, practice should in my opinion be about learning how to do the techniques better and better, which means by using less and less power in order to get better results (efficiency). That's where the really good and scary people are, the people who feel like they are kicking your ass with butterflies.

I find it interesting that the kanji character for kuzushi illustrates a mountain falling on a house.
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