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[B]General: Earthquake & Tidal Wave![/B] - 25 Replies
From: siwilson on 5. Jan 2005, 12:22am
Yet another way to give as well as www.dec.org.uk and http://www.aikiweb.com/store/disaster.html there is now a UNICEF appeal run by PayPal:
http://donations.paypal.com/
[B]General: Diffusing a fight?[/B] - 13 Replies
From: stuartjvnorton on 5. Jan 2005, 12:53am
Just some observations:
As 1 half of the impending fight:
"Sorry mate. My fault." (tenkan) goes a long way to avoid a lot of fights, as does "Having a good night?" (irimi) or "Let's get a drink. My shout."
Or a combination.
Distraction, get them chatting about positive things.
Usually people are decent & you might have caught them at the wrong time.
As the thrid party:
Similar rules to above.
Apologise for your friend being a bit of a dropkick, ask him how his night's going, comment on how many hot girls are around. Distract him, give reasons to do something other than get in a fight with your mate.
Shout him a drink. People who are drunk usually like another drink. Make sure he comes with you though, away from your mate.
[B]General: Dojo Floor[/B] - 26 Replies
From: eyrie on 5. Jan 2005, 01:53am
Does anyone (in Australia) know where I can source suitable training mats - preferably Queensland?
Thanks.
[B]Open Discussions: Kenbudo vs. Kali vs. European edged arts[/B] - 46 Replies
From: oudbruin on 5. Jan 2005, 03:58am
Kali vs Nihonto vs Euro live weaps-
Well- if it was mushashi vs cyrano and both had drawn i suspect the euro expert using a rapier would eventualy win out over the heaver, and somewhat slower katana-
Now lets suppost we had gustave and mushashi facing off and gustave has a flambarge (a 5 foot weap used to take out horses)- the edge would go to the faster drawn katana.
as for our filipino friend with his short sticks-I suspect he could wail away on cyrano's lighter weapon, however a heavy weapon like a claidghmhor or flambarge-no contest, the heaver weapon woud win.
In a situation where both the euro and the nihonto both have to be drawn- the katana would win hands down-no question simply because the weapon as it's drawn is in offensive mode- wheras the european weap has to be drawn out, and than readied to strike- 3 motions vs one slash.
The guy with the sticks-whould have an edge out of the box, simply because he has nothing to draw out.
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of more interest would be who is the better archer a 14th century english longbowman or a japanese kuyodo bowman of the 17th century? both had longbows with heavy draw weight (i understand in excess of 100 lbs), and both had somewhat equivalent projectiles and rate of fire and accuracy..
Comments? Anyone??
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Best
[B]Feedback: AikiChat[/B] - 1 Replies
From: MaylandL on 5. Jan 2005, 04:38am
Hello Jun
Great idea, I'm in. I would suggest that it would be a good idea if the chat is moderated so we don't get off topic. Maybe Jun, you should be the moderator. :)
[B]Training: Am I too old to start?[/B] - 30 Replies
From: nyaikido on 5. Jan 2005, 04:55am
Bottom line: right now, today, you're as young as you're ever going to be.
[B]General: HoW many hours should I practice daily?[/B] - 1 Replies
From: PeterR on 5. Jan 2005, 06:07am
I got an e-mail this morning from a friend who will be visiting Japan on a mini-sabbatical from work. This guy is interesting in that he did a particular style of Aikido for about six months and then circumstance was such that he had no one to practice with. So what did this then 7th Kyu guy do. He grabbed some friends and just started to practice. He's a half decent Nidan today.
There is absolutely no reason for anyone to practice alone and in fact - I would say it is impossible.
[B]General: AAA, Andrew Sato Sensei[/B] - 1 Replies
From: akiy on 5. Jan 2005, 06:35am
Sigh. I wanted to give people the benefit of the doubt (my doubt) that this discsussion could take place with civility. I've gone and excised all but the first post as some of them clearly cross the line of respectful dialog.
This thread is closed.
-- Jun
[B]General: Aikido Frauds[/B] - 217 Replies
From: Rocky Izumi on 5. Jan 2005, 06:41am
Two sayings are brought to my mind through this discussion:
1. Any training is better than no training.
2. In a world of blind men, the one-eyed man is king.
Whether a teacher is a fraud is, to me, somewhat relative. If there is no one of a higher ability within hearing distance, then the 10th Dan Aikido teacher who learned from a video or book is as valid as anyone else, if they have tried their best to emulate what they perceived as the important lessons from their instructional materials. The only point this person becomes a fraud is when someone of greater ability who is of a lower rank that is recognized by some outside group enters the scene. For instance, a person who teaches some ki development or physical development system comes into my area may have good reason to call me a fraud since I purport to teach Aikido which involves the development of ki and the body. In his eyes, I am the fraud, if I cannot show that the abilities I have developed in ki and body are not better than his or hers. And I would have to concur with that evaluation if I am unable to defeat them in combat, whether that combat is physical, mental, emotional, or economic.
If a person comes into your area and they seem to you like they are "frauds" yet you do nothing about it, you could be accused of being the fraud. By doing nothing, you are just as complicit in their fraudulent activity as they are. It is like standing by while someone is screaming for help as they are being beat to death. If the "fraud" actively does something to continue promoting themselves and there is no challenge, then they must be the real thing. If they are the real thing, then you must be the fraud. Aikido is a budo. The only real test of who is the fraud then, is combat to submission or death. If you don't want to be the fraud, then don't come back unless you win.
Another solution is to have the other person recognize your system of ranking and submit to it, or have them agree to leave the field so that they no longer call what they do the same as what you do. They have to clearly differentiate themselves - often by taking the word "Aikido" out of their advertisements.
The last solution which is more market-oriented and less combative is to arrange martial arts expositions where many people can compare the different groups and see the real versus the fake. I prefer this approach which works to expand our dojo as well. Having a little 8 year old girl cut a rock with a shuto that a grown man could not break is usually a good way to expose fakes and draw more people into Aikido.
Rock
[B]Techniques: No Touch Throws[/B] - 112 Replies
From: eyrie on 5. Jan 2005, 06:43am
Actually, that would be Newton's Law of Physics...
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