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Old 03-30-2010, 12:16 PM   #82
George S. Ledyard
 
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Re: What is AIKI ? - fantastic video

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Jonathan Olson wrote: View Post
So what would it look like with a less floppy uke? What would happen if you did what he is doing with your own students? Or with a decent attacker with no prior knowledge of the technique/skill? Videos for comparison with the original would be nice.
Well, you would never see them flopping around... when in your life do you ever do that? I expect my ukes to attempt to maintain their structures, to recover their balance and continue the attack if possible. My students would feel what I am doing and attempt to ground out the energy and ideally redirect it into kaeshiwaza.

Anyway, if it looks unnatural, it probably is something the ukes were trained to do. No one is insisting that they have the same kind of structure the teacher has. It makes the teacher look good but is terrible martial arts.

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