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Old 09-03-2014, 09:37 AM   #47
kewms
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Re: Aikido as an actual Martial Art

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Greg Jennings wrote: View Post
Peter, that's like Bill Clinton (in)famously defining oral sex to not be sex.

If we are not to use the well-defined meaning of terms, communication is going to grind to a halt.
Are you saying, then, that the sword arts are not martial arts because they are not (in our modern world) generally applied in a civilian setting? Or are you drawing a distinction between the older, combat-oriented sword forms and those which evolved for civilian use?

In that case, I don't think it is Peter who is causing communication to grind to a halt.

Katherine
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