Thread: Kiai Usage
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Old 05-04-2005, 08:27 PM   #8
takusan
Dojo: Canterbury Aikido Club
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Re: Kiai Usage

Indeed, never be apologetic about your previous training. Its gives every one else a chance to learn more - from you.
(yes we may rib you a bit about it, but then I do the same when talking about my curly locks - I don't have any - curly or straight)

Anyway - kiai.
Never used to train with it. We generally used strong kokyu.
However, now I train and teach weapons almost entirely with it.
(Iwama ryu had a wee bit of an influence here, god bless them)
It makes a difference for me (as a mid to long time aikidoka) and think it more beneficial than training without it.
Others find it interrupts their concentration, so I allow people to come to their own balance with this.

So long as the instruction is good, kiai or not, isn't critical.
Its your sensei that will determine this, just trust their decisions.
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