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This summer I visited an old friend who has been studying a form of kung-fu (can't remember what) for the past year or two. I watched a class and was invited to participate in some open mat time afterward. It was a wonderful experience as a small group of us compared and contrasted the two arts. I was very impressed with the connection and softness that one of the brown sashes displayed, and heard a few wows when showing (to the best of my ability) uchi kaiten nage. What was especially eye-opening was the wide variety of ways that these guys had for creating and taking advantage of openings, and not only through atemi. The whole time we kept saying stuff like, "Oh, that's a lot like what we do, but like this..." Truly fascinating.