Re: Aikido Principles helping other arts.
Wow that is such a great story, plus the fact that others you mentioned have come to you for help from Aikido for their martial arts. My friends studied Kung Fu with a Hungarian businessman years ago who had learned in China, actually my husband was also in that class so I will tell them about it. Also we liked the Chinese movies which used to be shown Saturdays at three p.m. on tv with tales of secret scrolls, secret techniques etc.
But the funny story isn't about a martial artist... There I was at my local Y, and I found out being a teacher required a lot of watching so I began to understand my own teacher because I had to do the same thing I had seen him doing. And I couldn't get to NY very often to get really thrown around by people... After I attended a seminar, in Florida my host and hostess took me and their kids to Sea World where I saw Shamu the Killer Whale.
That really inspired me. He was really large, but graceful and I decided I could do that too if I went home and took up water exercises back at the Y.
There were several older ladies in the class and one of them was a Danish lady who had been in this country for many years. I don't know what her main job was but as a sideline she did Scandinavian massage at the Y so I took a session for whatever muscle ache was bothering me. She mentioned she had trouble with her shoulder. I kind of sensed I might know something that would help, and it did. Sankyo.
Come to think of it, since then my husband, and even my in-laws' friends have found that sankyo helps stiff shoulders.
Aikido doesn't just help people with their martial arts! You could write a best seller called The Healing Power of.....Kansetsu. April Fools is already over, so this is real.
Now I am hoping to read your stories more connected with martial arts, but maybe mine is also a good suggestion you can use to help your friends, even if they aren't martial artists. If they trust you...
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