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Old 01-02-2011, 09:36 PM   #6
Amassus
 
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Re: The Essence of Training

Thanks for the replies so far guys.

The general feeling I'm getting here is that we are all out there living life and the forums is perhaps a place to vent or discuss issues at a minuscule level. If I forget that, it looks like everyone here is deeply entrenched in aikido, training many hours a week and not doing much else. I'm sure this is not the case and I need to step back a bit from time to time and soak up reality.

I have learned a great deal here at aikiweb, even if it is nothing more than getting a feel for the mindset of a mostly American group of aikidoists (generalization).

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Train as much as you can, but of course first is your family and your job.
Thanks. Great to hear from another parent.

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I believe these arts [at one point in time] included board games, literacy, several husbandries, geography, history, horsemanship as well as more commonly known weapons and empty-handed combat skills. Somewhere along the line we condensed our definition to just refer to combat skills and more specifically Eastern combat skills; I do not know why.
Good point, thanks for reminding me. It puts things in perspective.

Yours in training,
Dean.

"flows like water, reflects like a mirror, and responds like an echo." Chaung-tse
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