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Christopher Li (Chris Li) wrote:
I can't count the times that I've seen people trained with bokken in Aikiken have real trouble cutting when given live blades - two many ingrained bad habits. OTOH, I've seen many first timers cut with no problems at all - just set them up and tell them what to do.
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I have to say that has been exactly my experience also. Just the most recent example that comes to mind was iaido camp this past August. Beginners after a little basic instruction did a beautiful job of cutting.
and again last night I was watching two iai students of mine do cuts. One is a sandan in another style of Aikido who has extensive experience in practicing Aikiken and is still fighting some atrocious habits after over a year of training in Iaido. The the other began with me when he was about 3rd kyu in that other style of Aikido. He did not have the habits and it shows.
Craig