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Old 02-21-2006, 03:06 PM   #240
Adam Alexander
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Re: ?? Exaggeration in Aikido ??

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Michael Fooks wrote:
There is obviously no problem with techniques being designed to suceed.

and claim no one is doing the art if they ever experience failure;

does the art have built into it's theory and practice the possibility of failure and make recovery from failure a decent chunk of what they do.

The former is delusion, the latter is learning how to fight imo.
If it 'is' a technique, it already succeeded. If it's not a technique, it failed.


I'd claim that they practice Aikido in class...However, if they "use" Aikido in a confrontation, then you'd only know after the altercation was over.


I'd just assume spend my time on practicing doing it right the first time.


I believe that if you find yourself up against someone who's trained to do it right the first time, you'll not get a second chance except in some amazing scenario (READ: Piano falls on sh'te's head.).
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