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Old 08-18-2014, 11:21 AM   #31
kewms
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Re: YouTube: Morihei Ueshiba (O-Sensei) in 1968

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Peter Rehse wrote: View Post
I am pretty sure you are mis-reading what Szczepan meant. I wont say 99% but if you watch these high level competitions (even quite ordinary shiai) once the judoka attempts the technique the success rate is very very high. The skill here is positioning, setting up and not committing to the technique when the time is not right. Part of the problem with Judo shiai is that it is often a waiting game - it is rarely technique on first contact.
I think my point still stands. If our aikido training agreement allows uke to resist the technique, then surely it also allows uke to avoid being set up for it, too? If not, then I would expect a competent aikidoka to achieve a similarly high success rate, but then aren't we just back to kata practice?

Katherine
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