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Old 08-04-2006, 06:00 AM   #52
DonMagee
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Re: Women and Aikido

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Daren Sims wrote:
Align this with irimi and atemi. Entry and striking and you have a reasonably effective mechanism very quickly. Whether the partner is compliant or not.
You make it sound like that is an easy skill to gain. I've found actually hitting someone at all is a hard skill to develolp. In fact its the biggest problem plaguing most 'martial artists' I've met. They have mental blocks to hittting someone that they need to break down well before they can even start to learn how to hit someone who wants to hurt them back.

- Don
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