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Old 10-11-2008, 11:05 AM   #10
Buck
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Re: Aikido and the Way of Chess

Sometime ago I seen a movie called "Searching for Bobby Fisher" and while it was on TV it had trivia popping up and it said that Joshua Waitzkin which the movie is based on his life as a boy chess prodigy that latter on he became ( if you went to the link Kevin posted) a four time push-hands champion in China/Taiwan, beating the Chinese. I can't help to think that the way Joshua thinks and trained in chess had something to do with his Tai Chi push hands prowness. I wonder what he would be like as an Aikidoka?

I guess push hands is an exercise training game that is competitive (obviously) and not intended for fighting, but as a development tool. Push hands must be full of strategy plus the competition part for Waitkin to go from chess to push hands. Aikido not having a marked competition may have been overlooked by him when he was first interested in martial arts.

A real interesting movie.

Last edited by Buck : 10-11-2008 at 11:07 AM.
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