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07-23-2011, 08:07 PM
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Dojo: Aikido Alliance Australia Inc.
Location: Melbourne
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To expand your Aikido, you must condense it down
Condense your Aikido down, just like a chef does in a top restaurant with a rich sauce on the boil, so that only the concentrated essence remains.
You should then be left with a singular method of moving your entire body feet centre and hands which can then be the solid foundation for every Aikido technique thereafter.
So concentrated, that one way of moving basically works for all techniques.
This condensed essence can then act like a starburst, and easily expand and flow into all techniques from then on.
Rather than viewing all Aikido techniques as many individual complex and independent techniques, try to change your viewpoint and way of thinking so as to start your Aikido from the one concentrated essence, with no thought for the many techniques available.
Subsequently they will then just flow like a river from the one source (the one concentrated essence).
To expand, you must first condense into a concentrated form.
Expand and grow into the person you are meant to be.
Enjoy the journey
Paul
Who am I?
I am just another Aikidoka who started in the 70's, and am still loving it.
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07-23-2011, 10:29 PM
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Dojo: Salt Lake Aikikai, Zen Bu Kan
Location: Midvale, Ut
Join Date: Apr 2010
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Re: To expand your Aikido, you must condense it down
I'm a culinary student and a student of Aikido as well, so I love analogy. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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Let silence be my mantra.
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07-26-2011, 08:18 AM
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Location: southwest
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Re: To expand your Aikido, you must condense it down
Condense the nonsense. Got it!
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07-26-2011, 08:42 AM
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Location: Massachusetts
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Re: To expand your Aikido, you must condense it down
Quote:
Roger Flatley wrote:
Condense the nonsense. Got it!
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And then you'll have Nonsense Concentrate? Just add water?
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07-26-2011, 10:20 AM
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Dojo: Makato/Netherlands
Location: Netherlands - Leusden
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Re: To expand your Aikido, you must condense it down
For best effect: add sake
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In a real fight:
* If you make a bad decision, you die.
* If you don't decide anything, you die.
Aikido teaches you how to decide.
www.aikido-makato.nl
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07-27-2011, 12:43 AM
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Dojo: Aikido Alliance Australia Inc.
Location: Melbourne
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Re: To expand your Aikido, you must condense it down
Quote:
Roger Flatley wrote:
Condense the nonsense. Got it!
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You either are a beginner or a fool, which is it?
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07-27-2011, 01:17 AM
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Dojo: Makato/Netherlands
Location: Netherlands - Leusden
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Re: To expand your Aikido, you must condense it down
OK, seriously.
My teacher (and myself) has a very sober style. No unnecessary movements and focus is on basic principles, not the techniques themselves. For us, the principles are correct posture (shi sei) , distance (ma-ai) and fluent motion (kino nagare). Lessons are focused on one of these principles, so you improve that aspect and as a result improve a multitude of techniques, rather than studying a single technique and improve (only) that.
I have teached for about eight years now and find this approach works really well. People require some time to rid the idea of learning techniques (caused by our Western upbringing/schooling/etc), but after that they really enjoy Aikido more and learn/understand better.
So, yeah agreed, condense it down
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In a real fight:
* If you make a bad decision, you die.
* If you don't decide anything, you die.
Aikido teaches you how to decide.
www.aikido-makato.nl
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