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Heather Randolph wrote:
I question the comparison between learning Aikido and learning an instrument,
that you must practice at home to make progress. Also, that the ki exercises must be perfected before moving on. I suppose that's the same "wax on wax off" from the Karate Kid movie, but in my experience learning techniques and ki exercises seem to build on each other. I just wonder if someone perfected the ki exercises, would that mean their techniques would be incredible, once they learned them!
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As a musician, I find them synonymous. You begin to be 'the one who practices'. In essence you are always a musician, always practicing and always listening. In this way as Aikidoka, we are always aikdoka. Always practicing, always listening from the perspective of a doka. That is my experience.