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11-18-2015, 05:52 PM
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Dojo: Shobukan Dojo, St.Louis
Location: St.Louis
Join Date: Aug 2010
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Beauty
I have posted this question on the FB page of the St.Louis Aikikai, but thought it is a question for this page too.
Is Aikido an art of unintended beauty? The movements, so flowing and natural, too much so to be by design?
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11-18-2015, 06:00 PM
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Location: Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Re: Beauty
I think Aikido was intended to be pleasing to the gods, and that is one standard of beauty.
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11-18-2015, 06:13 PM
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Dojo: Berkshire Hills Aikido
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Re: Beauty
Aikido feels beautiful to me.
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11-18-2015, 09:36 PM
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Location: St. Louis, MO
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Re: Beauty
Definitely looks pretty when you have an acrobatic uke.
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11-18-2015, 10:08 PM
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Dojo: Shobukan Dojo, St.Louis
Location: St.Louis
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Re: Beauty
Uke is only a small part. The movements of nage are what I notice most. Perhaps it just me thinking of the simple art of movement either in circles or shifting the torso. If uke is too acrobatic it just looks goofy to me. The view of others may vary on this.
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11-19-2015, 10:19 AM
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Dojo: Open Sky Aikikai
Location: Durham, NC
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Re: Beauty
Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So, someone sees something they decide isn't beautiful, and they say, "That's not Aikido."
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11-19-2015, 12:39 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Re: Beauty
Quote:
Dave Gallagher wrote:
Is Aikido an art of unintended beauty?
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Unintended?
More like fully intentional at the expense of other things.
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