Thread: Jiyu Waza
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Old 07-06-2000, 03:41 PM   #3
dbgard
Dojo: FSU Aikido Club
Location: Tallahassee, FL / Miami, FL
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Talking free style for the right brain (or left if you're split-brained)

yes, we must do a bit of jiyu waza during class I feel. This gives us a sense of artistic expression as well as a closer-to-true-attack situation. Also we could do some quasi-jiyu-waza in which Sensei calls a particular attack and nage chooses which response should be made. Just a thought...

Drew "the best looking aikidoka in the West" (except anyone who is bigger than me and can kick my ass) Gardner

hara-kiri for the fear-mongers,
sushi-waza for the peace-makers.

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