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Old 02-27-2011, 05:30 PM   #15
Tony Wagstaffe
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Re: Is your Aikido as a Martial Art up to Reality?

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Mike Kakin wrote: View Post
Look,
my father will agree with you, he used to fight a lot, not in the dojo.
when someone was making something insulting to him he will roll the ball back... and the game starts - then he used aikido to show that he is not weak.

i think that this is wrong, because it's not 1800 today, it's 2011, we have space tech and stuff, if some "baboon" finds you on his way, sometimes you can make an sad puppy face and he will leave you alone... aikido is about avoiding fights... sometimes the technique is in your head.
Well maybe your father was right and wrong?
My father has always said never start a fight but make sure you can finish it..... He boxed as a young man.....