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12-31-2012, 05:26 PM
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Re: Atemi and Aikido
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Phi Truong
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don't know if you have read this article from George Ledyard or not
http://aikieast.blogspot.com/2009/08...in-aikido.html
something to consider, folks, including striking arts, don't normally getting hit so they don't really ready for the psychological and emotional impacts of being hit (pun intended). like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ecF8XSk7zI
. lesson learn here, you tensed up, it hurts alot, like a mother-in-law kind of hurt.
Was he literally doing push ups on another guy's face? Never seen someone train that way though and I've always learned to tense up the body right before receiving a hit but that was a very different style. Cool vid, though.
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