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Old 12-31-2005, 08:51 PM   #9
Ed Shockley
Dojo: aikikai of Philadelphia
Location: philadelphia
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Re: Poor Training partner

I didn't hear any mention of a sense of danger in this person's boorish behavior. Is this also part of the problem or is it simply an arrogant uke? If, as I thought, it is simply the latter then we are discussing comfortable training rather than protection from injury. We all have and do encounter various rude and awkward partners. I have always been told that this is part of Aikido. (Like when we had an invasion of self proclaimed "Earth people" who didn't believe in bathing. Or the Secret service guy whose ego made him blame any weakness in his technique on the ukemi of his partner.) I suspect that you actually encounter more challenging types in larger dojos, certainly at seminars. The one thing that no one seems to have suggested is approaching the senior students. There have been occasions where I've witnessed high ranking Dans huddle then bounce an arrogant practitioner over the next set of throws. Usually the message is clearly delivered.
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