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Old 09-28-2008, 05:31 AM   #29
Stefan Stenudd
 
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Joe McParland wrote: View Post
But still, if your adversary in this exercise is as skilled as an uke as he is as a nage---and his skills are integrated, meaning he can move freely between these roles instantaneously and without thought, which is presumably part of kaeshiwaza training---then his response to an atemi (whether real or a feint) need not ever be what you expect.
Well, atemi - that's another thing...
A skilled uke would quickly respond to atemi as if it is an attack, simply because it actually is.
What I mean with an aikido technique that does not make uke shift to tori is one so smooth and aiki that uke doesn't even feel threatened by it. An extension of uke's attack energy, not triggering uke to react.

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