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Kevin Leavitt wrote:
I think the main thing is that you don't get to arbtarily pick which principles you wan to ignore, which is what I think your point is too. They are always present and something you are always subject too.
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I agree. My way of thinking is that if there are ANY situations on any level where speed or stealth do not work (or maybe are just not desirable) then they are not principles as I understand the term "principle" in terms the "principles of aikido". To me, terms like "speed" and "stealth" are just sometimes-helpful "concepts" or "factors".
For instance, speed in getting home from work to help with my son - desirable to my wife. Speed in love making .... YMMV
(So speed would not be a "principle" of many marriages.)
Rob