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Re: Aikido and Weapons: The Connection
Hey Rob,
I was being too general and sweeping in my statements, point taken.
What I should have said is: Personal conflict has been carried out in essentially the same way for thousands of years, even with the advent of firearms.
What I was trying to get at is that on a personal level, or perhaps I should say, at close quarters, using handheld weapons, the methods found a thousand years ago, still hold weight today.
Controlling the weapon hand of a person with a pistol, isn't much different than controlling the weapon hand of a person with a knife or sharp rock. There are some nuances, but essentially the way a man would deal with you, at close quarters, armed with handheld weapons 700 years ago are the same as they are today.
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