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Originally posted by Lenocinari
Hi all!
A few days ago at our dojo a few visitors came by and as a protocal for our dojo i asked if they had any questions. Then i realized that wrapping up what aikido is all about and explaining it to someone with no expirience in martial arts in one short discussion is quite a difficult task! Does anyone have any suggestions? If you do i would love to hear them. Thanx for your time!
Cheers!
-Ben
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Hi,
Ben, I agree with you. It is difficult to explain what is Aikido.
When someone asks me what the Aikido is, I have some difficulties to explain it. I could say that Aikido contains technics with arm lock and projection in response to attacks performed with unarmed hand or with weapons like Jo, bokken, tanto, and so on. But it is not enough for explaining the Aikido sense. Many martial art are based on the same technical point. The philosophy behind the technics is a great part of the Aikido.
And explain the Aikido philosophy to people who don't know others martial arts and theirs concepts, is very very difficult. How explain the Harmony term? I doesn't want to explain it because I think it is something that you feel in your mind and your body. It is a long research. I am at the beginning of the way, I can't explain it if myself I search what it is.
In conclusion, when someone asks me what Aikido is, I say him that the best way for knowing Aikido is to come on the mats, practice with others. Aikido is not only technics, it is also a way of life, a philosophy which can't be explain with words.
Bye