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Old 06-10-2004, 10:25 AM   #1
Michael Neal
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My Apologies

I want to apologize to the people on this forum and to members of my former Aikido school for some of the things I wrote on here in the past. Specifically the criticism I was writing about Aikido and how it is trained and practiced. I think I was wrong to bring my internal conflicts over training into a public forum like this because it may have unintentionally and unfairly painted my dojo in a negative light.

I want to say that it is an amazing place with superior instruction, great atmosphere, serious martial practice, and great bunch of people. It has a been about a year since I have trained there or even talked to anyone there but I still look back at my training there as a very good experience in my life. I have never seen any Aikido practice before then or since then that was so dedicated to practicing Aikido in a serious practical way.

My previous criticism of the training methods and practice of Aikido was my reflection on Aikido practice in general and how it differed from Judo, not a criticism of my dojo. However, unfortunately at the time I did not think about how this may obviously offend the people I trained with. Lately I have begun to realize how wrong I was to air all of it here.

The only problem was going on inside me and what I was seeking in martial arts practice. I did find Judo to be more of match for me personally but I will always look back at my Aikido training with warm memories.
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Old 06-10-2004, 10:48 AM   #2
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Re: My Apologies

Don't worry about it man. If you're looking for meaningless banter you can always bring it over to bullshido

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A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.
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