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Cliff Judge wrote:
Sure seems to me like the Aiki he is describing is an effect, and not a skill.
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How is the difference meaningful? I think there's pretty universal agreement that training is necessary if one is to achieve "aiki" effects. So does it really matter whether the thing being trained is control of one's own body or alignment with external forces? Or, as I see it, both? How does the "effect" vs. "skill" question change the teaching methodology?
Katherine