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Old 05-03-2006, 07:27 AM   #88
Mike Sigman
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Re: The "Jo Trick" and Similar Exercises

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Johan Look wrote:
The real kicker is when someone can express force from these terrible angles against my strong angles - slowly and humiliatingly. I'm also not sure if fascia conditioning makes skin feel harder or something but light contact with him feels hard.
Well, the fascia and control of forces are 2 different things, more or less, Johan. Think of the time Tohei showed he could push over the zen priests. He knew about both fascia and forces; they only knew about fascia (ki).
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Personally, I'm thinking that there is a lot more to misogi than I initially thought,
I think just about everyone in the West is clueless about what Ueshiba really did in his Misogi practice. It obviously had some extensive martial body conditioning that he didn't show everyone. After seeing that film clip with Ueshiba doing power releases during fune-kogi undo, I just throw my cards on the table and stop trying to guess... obviously a lot was witheld.

Regards,

Mike
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