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Old 01-10-2011, 11:19 AM   #24
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Re: Aikido Weapons

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Mary Malmros wrote: View Post
Maggie, I just wondered why the use of the word "watershed", which I've always heard used to describe a drainage basin, or (metaphorically) a dividing point.
I think it has to do with the movement and the function of the movement. I've heard more than once an instructor that calls it "watershed" describing it as an actual watershed; like a slanted roof shielding your head from rain. The slant in the parry/watershed/whatever deflects a downward attack off and away from your center as you enter to strike. The energy from the attack deflecting off the watershed is also redirected into your own cut to power your counter attack.

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