Re: Women and Aikido
No, me either (get into a wee wee contest). Again, my only point is that we have a responsibility to put things in the proper perspective and to convey the realities of assault and violence to the people we train.
Training in a nice dojo, with a hakama, bowing, and testing and all that is good, but we should not purport or even allow our students to believe that it is preparing them adequately to deal with a violent physical encounter.
No it does not mean he is going to come out on top (giving a soldier a gun). Some times your the bug, and sometimes you are the windshield. You did a nice job of summing up my sentiments on the whole issue.
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