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Old 02-18-2008, 08:18 PM   #46
Mark Jakabcsin
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Re: Aikido does not work at all in a fight.

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Cady Goldfield wrote: View Post
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Not so surprising, when you realize that the defensive reactions and deafening silences are coming from the camps with the most to lose in confidence and self-defined status, were they to discover that in fact, these skills being discussed are what made Ueshiba's skills so remarkable --- and that they are largely lacking in their own aikido.

Safer to think you "have it all," and that anyone who says otherwise must be an outsider with unauthetic "outsider" skills that are not Ueshiba's and are not aikido.
Cady,
It is surprising to me, if not to you. I understand what you are saying I just do not have a frame of personal reference for it. Frankly the more I have drank from the fountain, especially in the last two years, the more the fountain has become a fire hose. The potential seems to grow exponentially as compared to what I learn. So little time and so many possibilities. I guess I can see how that would intimidate some, but for me it is exciting.

Take care,

Mark J.
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