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Old 10-24-2007, 08:34 PM   #76
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Re: Resisting Aikido Shihan

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Pauliina Lievonen wrote: View Post
I don't want to get involved in the rest of the discussion but the above caught my eye... nikkyo sankyo yonkyo don't have to hurt to be effective. I'm not unusually strong or anything, but my wrists don't happen to be very sensitive - nikkyo still works on me if it's applied correctly, even though it doesn't always hurt. If the lock is done correctly it'll effect my center and I won't be able to stand even though I'm not in pain. And reversely sometimes it really hurts but the pain only serves to piss me off.

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True, there are some who have gumby joints and locks simply don't work on them but their center can be controlled. Its the same as there are some with deep pressure points which don't work. My comment was in general-wrist locks are very uncomfortable with the average person. I had the ligaments in my wrist torn out on a sankyo-it has never been the same and that was about 13 years ago.