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chillzATL · 04-23-2010, 12:27 PM

This thread is funny to me. Funny because I remember threads from 10 years ago where I suggested that a person should be able to effectively use aikido after 6 months to a year of serious, dedicated practice and was basically told that what I was doing "wasn't aikido" or wasn't "real aikido". I was effectively ran out of a thread where I suggested that a if a shodan wasn't capable of defending themselves then they didn't deserve the rank.

Fast forward to today and we have vets like Ledyard sensei telling Alberto that he should seek out the very same type of training, but I can't find myself in agreement with him!

crazy I says!

04-23-2010, 12:27 PM	#44
chillzATL Location: ATL Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 847 Offline	Re: Aikido For Dummies: Desperation, period. This thread is funny to me. Funny because I remember threads from 10 years ago where I suggested that a person should be able to effectively use aikido after 6 months to a year of serious, dedicated practice and was basically told that what I was doing "wasn't aikido" or wasn't "real aikido". I was effectively ran out of a thread where I suggested that a if a shodan wasn't capable of defending themselves then they didn't deserve the rank. Fast forward to today and we have vets like Ledyard sensei telling Alberto that he should seek out the very same type of training, but I can't find myself in agreement with him! crazy I says!