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Mark Uttech · 10-15-2006, 07:47 AM

Although it may not be true of the majority, in every art there are some people who train just to train.Then there are others who think that as they age, their physical ability will naturally decline. There are also the the physical 'athletes' who know they won't be able to keep their youthful aggressiveness however hard they try. I learned early in my aikido training that 'to question effectiveness is to kill effectiveness'. I think it was Morihiro Saito Shihan who taught that.

In gassho,
Mark

10-15-2006, 07:47 AM	#3
Mark Uttech Dojo: Yoshin-ji Aikido of Marshall Location: Wisconsin Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,224 Offline	Re: Poll: Do you think your physical aikido abilities will keep getting more effective as you age into your elder years? Although it may not be true of the majority, in every art there are some people who train just to train.Then there are others who think that as they age, their physical ability will naturally decline. There are also the the physical 'athletes' who know they won't be able to keep their youthful aggressiveness however hard they try. I learned early in my aikido training that 'to question effectiveness is to kill effectiveness'. I think it was Morihiro Saito Shihan who taught that. In gassho, Mark