divinecedar

The arguements as to whether or not it is "right" or not to use a knife captured from an attacker boil down to the practicioner's own moral code. I believe that it is rather futile to argue one way or another, because people will do as they believe. However, it is good to hear everyone else's opinion. If one asks, what if a down assailant reclaims the knife the responses are certain to vary from, "I'd pull my Glock 19 and empty a clip" to "The substance of Bushido is death: we mustn't look as living as a gain and death as a loss." Some chose to merit violence with a greater degree of violence. Others chose to utilize the pacifistic approach. The true spirit of Aikido, at least to me, seems to lean toward the latter.