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Old 12-27-2009, 10:32 AM   #17
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Re: Dreaming about MMA?

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William Hazen wrote: View Post
No it was created as way to RESOLVE "fighting" and if you can't do this on "EVERY LEVEL" of personal conflict... Then your Aikido practice has failed you.

That distinction is obvious to some of us.

Don McGee is spot on in his post by the way. I guess perhaps because some of us came to Aikido after years of other forms of Martial Practice/fighting we understand this.

I personally have no quibble with Aiki Bunnies but I hear why too many stories of Aikidoka getting their practice handed to them because they don't know how to protect themselves.

No worries gentle reader there are plenty of Aikido instructors out there who teach Aikido as a Martial Art and believe it to be one.

What makes Aikido special to me is that it has something else too A way as Shoji Nishio expressed it to turn swords into plowshares... and use your practice... to cultivate peace and harmony within yourself and others.

William Hazen
well said!
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