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Old 11-16-2015, 10:30 AM   #13
Erick Mead
 
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Re: Article: Ellis Amdur, "The Use of Weapons in Aikido Training"

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Ellis Amdur wrote:
But I would like to take on one more topic as illustration.
Yakumaru-ha Jigen-ryu Yokogiuchi Many people think this looks and sounds utterly bizarre (interestingly the kiai is almost exactly the same as the infamous 'rebel yell' of the American Civil war).
Just as an aside, this is my favorite period description of the effect of that form of kiai, from Catherine Hopley's Life in the South, who was an English eyewitness to First Manassas ...

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More than one person described that shout as something more overpowering than the cannon's roar. It was taken up, and carried along the line for several miles, and they heard the uproar rolling along in its approach like an avalanche of thunder. The enemy were not aware of the cause, and were in their turn overpowered by terror. One frightened company infected the rest, and the result is known.
Voice IS a weapon. Ask any drill instructor ... He'll happily show you....

FWIW, the rebel yell is a BIT different from the kiai shown above: 1:25-1:47

Cordially,

Erick Mead
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