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Old 12-26-2008, 10:22 PM   #7
Nafis Zahir
 
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Re: whats the difference in aikido practice during 60's compared to now?

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Attilio Anthony John Wagstaffe wrote: View Post
Didn't start till 1974...... and we went at it like bulls in a china shop!!

No political correctness then and no litigation either ........ just got on with it!! We were quite proud of the bruises and the like...... just accepted it as being part & parcel of what we did...... a martial art!!

How things change....... and not for the better as far as I am concerned.......

But that's how it is ......
I am with you on this one. I think things were better back then. More serious training and not all of this watered down stuff that you see nowadays. If you train like they did back then, people complain that you are being too rough. As you said, this is a Martial Art!

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