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Old 02-04-2012, 07:15 PM   #19
Marcoh
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Re: Aikido, Rickson Gracie and Connection

Just on another side note just had a two day seminar with Braulio Estima and rolled with him andhe definately gets it. some of the concepts he mentioned were: creating a tension in your partner and using this to gague their reaction and moving with or ahead of them. This sounds alot like connection to your partner and using the sensitivity to blend and move with them. He mentioned when you get to a control point/connection with your opponent you become like the rudder of the boat and steer with the opponent's energy. And of course becoming like an anaconda taking away opponent's space. It was a great seminar and my instructor received his Black Belt from Braulio,the first home grown from Northern Ireland.
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