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I just realized that it would take a lot of typing to try to express what's going on and I'd wind up back in the usual morass. What am I thinking? Let me just leave it with the idea that it's a little more complicated, as I understand it. It has to do with O-Sensei's abilities to redirect forces with his mind and IF someone is fairly practiced, it *is* possible to 'feel' something, in some cases. I don't think it's a martially viable or important point (this feeling thing), but it's a known phenomenon and one which sort of nonplussed little ole engineer-type me. But let's leave it until we meet up sometime.

Best.

Mike