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Old 02-04-2007, 10:43 PM   #386
Mark Gibbons
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Re: Baseline skillset

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Mike Sigman wrote:
.... The baseline skills are easy to spot by what someone says and what they don't say.
......
Maybe for you that's easy. But I've heard the same words used to describe ki related skills in your posts and at a couple dojos. From your descriptions of the lack of these skills in the aikido community at large I've got no way to spot them by what folks say.

As for hands on, I've felt folks that can just bounce me off them (what I think is part of your emphasis) and I've experienced the folks I just can't touch or that can take me over without apparent effort (what I think is Eric's emphasis). Still no way for the less experienced to tell if any particular type of training is good aikido, superb fighting skill, mystical healing energy, or bogus.

Regards,
Mark

Last edited by Mark Gibbons : 02-04-2007 at 10:49 PM.
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