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Old 03-16-2010, 10:27 AM   #64
Erick Mead
 
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Re: Ikkyo pin

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Michael Gelum wrote: View Post
I concur.

Just my opinion, there is no reason to pin.

Train well,

Mickey
Really? Even in classical koryu one had real situations in which one could not permissibly respond to a very real attack by doing possibly mortal or even serious injury -- such as being attacked by your lord's dissolute angry son, for instance, or someone else under his protection, ... While the classical era allowed for liberal killing in some circumstances -- there were very strict rules for that sort of thing, that could just as easily put the defender at hazard....

Let's say you are attacked by:

1) your brother-in-law (drunk or sober)

2) a cop (hopefully drunk)

3) a distraught mother/wife/sister of someone at the scene of an accident

Are seriously saying that there is no utility in pinning, classically or modernly?

Cordially,

Erick Mead
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