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Old 01-30-2006, 12:18 PM   #18
George S. Ledyard
 
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Re: Reversals

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Lyle Bogin wrote:
I have to trust someone a bit before I will perform kaeshiwaza. It is the path to stupidity if I don't proceed with caution.
It is absolutely true that you must be careful about where, when and on whom, you do ... It is especially dangerous to do it someone senior to you at a dojo or event when you aren't intimate with the people. There are quite a number of folks who will feel the need to pay you back after you've shown them an opening in their technique. In many dojos it's considered inappropriate to do kaeshiwaza no matter how horridly your partner executes his technique. It's seen as "competitive" and not very "spiritually advanced", a sign of "ego". On the other hand, I try to train my students to respond with "thankyou" if they get reversed since it gives them some valuable information about their technique.

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