Thread: Aiki no Rentai
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Old 12-18-2012, 08:22 AM   #14
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Re: Aiki no Rentai

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Cady Goldfield wrote: View Post
Thanks for translating, Chris.

It's what the aiki men of yore weren't saying, that I'd love to read, though.
Their obfuscation of what they were doing with the rest of their body... the sin of omission and the distraction methods of a prestidigitator when they say... "watch my hands... at no time do they leave my wrists!"
Yes, what is being said in this translation is not the whole story, the core substance that makes aiki work is left out - is this by design or was it just not transmitted to this guy? also, the aiki age description does not jive with what how I understand it to work - I agree with not bending wrist, but the just lift hands part sounds wrong to me - no mention of elbow power here

Greg
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