Wheeeew!!!
Where have I read this stuff before???
Aikido sucks ad infinitum...
Aikido sucks because it's not "realistic"
Aikido sucks because there's no fighting...
Aikido sucks because there's no internal power...
Perhaps I started this ball rolling by giving props to some IMA folks out of respect but let me make this perfectly clear...
In one of my favorite movies Doc Holliday once said to Johnny Ringo..." I am your huckleberry."
Folks know where to find me too and a few have visited with knowledge of this stuff (and no in the spirit of others here if they wish to identify themselves they can
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All I can say is anyone's Aikido will improve with knowledge and training in this skill set but to dismiss Aikido entirely because one cannot kick someone else's a** with it or without it is ridiculous. I KNOW our Aikido's technical curriculum holds up against almost any Martial Art.
I do plan on visiting some folks to be sure so let's try to blend together a bit better shall we when we do meet... I don't want to hurt anyone.
and I am too old to be hurt too. LOL.
Back to the subject of thread as Joko Beck Roshi once put it to me" Do not be in such a hurry.... The lessons of a lifetime take a lifetime to learn. Learn appreciate each day instead."
Mastery is a JOURNEY not a DESTINATION. One can always improve and polish what they know into something new and become "better"...
William Hazen