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Old 06-06-2003, 03:28 PM   #5
kironin
 
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Confused Re: pragmatic aikido or more flowing soft?

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Peter Klein wrote:
what do you like most. i prefeer the more pragmatic hard style cause i am young and need to get rid of some overloaded energy
Pragmatic isn't necessarrily connected with "hard" or "soft".

Not everyone uses the terms hard and soft in the same way either.

For example, hard to me most often means the excessive use of unecessary force. Often seen on the mat when people are expressing their insecurities about the art and trying to "make it more pragmatic".

Craig
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