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Old 04-20-2002, 09:07 AM   #15
ronmar
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Grappling is not permitted, there's no grabbing of the gi and no groundwork. I'm sure if any of those were allowed, size would matter a lot more than it does. (But then again it also wouldn't be aikido any more.)
Wouldn't it be good to show that aikido can work when these things are allowed though, and good for aikidoka to train against these sorts of tactics? If you remove all of the above then you are right, a larger attacker has no advantage over a smaller defender, but its not a very realistic way to train.
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