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Old 04-01-2009, 11:24 AM   #35
JimCooper
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Re: Flinch Response in Aikido

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Brian Beach wrote: View Post
Can you explain the difference as you see it?
Well, I'll try :-) It's more convincing to show than to describe though.

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Controlling the space is the goal - no?
Er, no :-) Not getting your head taken off is the goal. After that, other things come into play, but the very first thing to do to is not get hit (hard, at least).

This is for these particular type of close-range, surprise attacks.

For a typical dojo-style stepping punch, say, there is plenty of time to do other things (lead, enter etc). By definition, you don't have that amount of time to respond the sort of attacks in the videos.

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The line isn't necessarily the line that bisects your axis.
Sorry, I don't think I follow what you're trying to say.
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