I think Saotome Sensei has said (and I'm paraphrasing loosely here)... the study of Budo is not a democracy; 10,000 people aren't necessarily right over the 1 person who does know what he/she is talking about.
I'm curious and would like some more information on what Mr. Ravens has to say. Rick sensei once showed me a quick demostration of kokyu against a belly punch. My wrist hurts to even remember it, but I wasn't aware of the possiblity of that working against strikes against other parts of the body.
The explanation I got was less on the force field side and more on the physics side ; a choice that some people make due to their own cultural expediency; however what i was shown was as real as anything else I've experienced.
Off topic: the discussion forums are interesting, Aikido seems to be a minor aside over bickering about terminology and "quien es mas macho" issues; lets not stop just when this gets intersting
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