Thread: being defeated
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Old 03-07-2003, 03:57 AM   #8
Saku
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Re: Re: being defeated

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Wynand van Dyk (drDalek) wrote:
cannot attack someone with an Aikido technique you have to outwait them while maintaining distance (ma-ai) however, whenever I tried this, my friend lost interest and was unwilling to chase me, I ended up chasing him and getting worked over for my troubles.
I think you were on a winning side until you decided to start chasing him. I think you should have just kept on staying away from him and when his interest to attack stops, the fighting stops. My point is that Aikido is not trying to subdue the opponent but to have no fight at all.

Saku Ohtonen
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