Re: ?? Exaggeration in Aikido ??
The easy part in martial arts is perfecting technique the hard part is using the technique. In an Aikido sence learning to apply a technique on an uke is the first part, given long enough we can probably learn to do that very well. Where things get interesting is when you start training with people that have no training in taking ukemi. Noobs are great for this. I've seen people tense up and fall over when I try ikkyo, that to me is probably more in line with reality than the uke that blends with your technique and ends up pinned.
The reaction of tori to this complete failure of uke to take ukemi is what seperates fighters or warriors out from martial artists in my humble opinion.
I think I've said in other threads that I rarely find anyone that can catastrophically break my balance. I find myself in situations where I have pleantly of options after my balance has been "broken" but the only acceptable one from an ettiquet point of view is to fall over.
Even when you have broken uke's balance it doesn't mean that you have them under control. If you take for example irime nage omote cutting through jodan, uke's balance is broken, they may fall onto their knees. They're then expected to try and get up but there's nothing stopping them rolling over and booting you in the nuts or taking the hand thats on their neck and doing something with it.
If there's exageration in Aikido it's that uke behaves as an ordinary person would.
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