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Old 03-27-2011, 01:09 PM   #370
markyboy64
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Re: Is your Aikido as a Martial Art up to Reality?

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Greg Steckel wrote: View Post
I am with Craig's on this, you have no clue!

Tohie was outweighed probably by double - he was not put down, but the other guy was on a couple of occasions. To me, that is what true Aikido would look like in a true combative encounter - it is not about the picture perfect form of a technique, it is about the application of principles and concepts - to me, Tohei appeared to be playing with this guy - for those that do impromptu randori in your training, this is exactly what it looks like, not pretty, but effective if done right.

Greg
With respect I think your knowledge of the internal art can be written on the back of a postage stamp!