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Ashley Carter wrote:
While you are at it, why not mention every other person who has been in a violent movie or a movie that involves bad morals.
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Because their acting doesn't employ as deep a subconscious-to-subconscious communication capacity as Seagal's aikido. It's not that he makes atrocious movies, but that he so misuses the power of aikido to do it, and broadcasts such a counter-aikido spirit
in his movies that, as a long time student of aikido, I can't let it go without comment.
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You can't single out an actor or two when countless do it.
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This isn't so much about his acting but about what he chooses to portray and how he misuses aikido to do it.
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Acting is called acting for a reason. There are even people playing "good roles" who certainly don't live that kind of life. You can't judge a person by a role that they act, nor can you judge a book by its cover.
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"We are what we pretend to be. Therefore, we must be careful what we pretend to be."
Kurt Vonnegutt
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As far as seing O' Sensei tossing around an uke, again it wouldn't bother me provided the uke is/appears to be capable of taking those falls.
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So you would think just as well of O Sensei if you saw him smashing people's faces into mirrors or bathroom sinks? Not many ukes can take that.
David