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bkedelen · 09-16-2013, 10:36 AM

See what I was talking about, Bill? Waza is the least part of Aikido's contribution to surviving physical conflict.

Violence is the most toxic environment known to man. Aikido is not a mechanism for enabling its adepts to participate in violence. It is a method of reducing other people's power over you to absolutely nothing (Chris' translations discuss this at great length) so that they cannot stop you in any way. There is no violence in this and there are no techniques involved. The techniques are just an environment for you to stress test this skill and thus improve your ability to bring it to bear under adverse conditions.

09-16-2013, 10:36 AM	#6
bkedelen Dojo: Boulder Aikikai Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 450 Offline	Re: What Aikido waza are you practicing for bad guys? See what I was talking about, Bill? Waza is the least part of Aikido's contribution to surviving physical conflict. Violence is the most toxic environment known to man. Aikido is not a mechanism for enabling its adepts to participate in violence. It is a method of reducing other people's power over you to absolutely nothing (Chris' translations discuss this at great length) so that they cannot stop you in any way. There is no violence in this and there are no techniques involved. The techniques are just an environment for you to stress test this skill and thus improve your ability to bring it to bear under adverse conditions. Last edited by bkedelen : 09-16-2013 at 10:40 AM.