Thread: Brawling with a friend
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Old 07-05-2006, 07:05 AM   #66
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Re: Brawling with a friend
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Matthew Gano wrote:
I think a big part of the "Aikido is non-confrontational" discussion is a matter of semantics. To some, the concept of irimi might seem confrontational, while to others it does not.
Very true.

In Spirit of Aikido K. Ueshiba has something like "deflating aggression", which might be closer to the spirit of the matter than total non-aggression.
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