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[B]General: How sweet is this?[/B] - 0 Replies
From: taras on 5. Jan 2005, 06:59am
I came accross it on the Net and just couln't not post it here.
[B]Feedback: New Feature: AikiQuiz![/B] - 14 Replies
From: MaryKaye on 5. Jan 2005, 07:08am
Jun,
I think you may want to kill the timer--with a slow Net connection it could make the quiz unusable.
Mary Kaye
[B]Open Discussions: Pressure points techniques[/B] - 3 Replies
From: David Yap on 5. Jan 2005, 07:37am
Chuck,
One thing I omitted to say:
Quoting Willy Lim sifu, "only if you can find a spot where it doesn?t hurt when the bee sting, then we talk about pressure point".
It is not that Willy Lim sifu does not believe in pressure points. He said that if we were to break our technique into parts as in an alphabetic order (a, b, c....), he would place PP at the letter "z".
Kind regards
David Y
PS. The Bruce Baker's thread on PP was hilarious but interesting.
[B]Introductions: Hello![/B] - 4 Replies
From: Aikigirl81 on 4. Jan 2005, 07:56pm
Thank you all for this nice welcome!
[B]Introductions: Hi Everyone[/B] - 4 Replies
From: Aikigirl81 on 4. Jan 2005, 08:02pm
Hi Amanda!
[B]Training: Am I too old to start?[/B] - 29 Replies
From: daniel loughlin on 4. Jan 2005, 08:07pm
you are never too old for aikido.i know an 85 year old woman who has just lost her son through cancer and had it herself.she still attends
[B]Techniques: Break Falls[/B] - 13 Replies
From: rob_liberti on 4. Jan 2005, 09:29pm
I initially learned by the rolling and staying down approach too. But try the following:
Have someone stand there with say their right arm extended 90 degrees from your direction (they can face their arm and not you).
You walk to their arm (so that their body in on your right hand side) grab their wrist with your left hand and continue to walk forward.
Let your head drop as if to roll, and reach backwards with your right arm as far away from your back as possible with that right hand nice and relaxed.
When you go over for the fall, your right hand should be so far out there that it certainly hits the floor first. Then the side of your right leg and then your left foot. It should have the rhythm of 3 quick beats. Bum, bum, bum... Then let go of your helpers hand.
It is a little difficult to get your legs adjusted correctly - so I recommend doing this on a nice big mat at first. Also, there might be a lot of muscle memory to battle with to get that backwards arm to stay as far away from the body as possible - but you need that to absorb the blow most efficiently.
I'm not exactly sure how to get video onto the web, but if you send me instructions, I think I can demonstrate it pretty well.
Good luck - Rob
PS (I like the advice about using stomach muscles to control the relaxed legs - great way to say it!)
[B]AikiWeb System: Poll: Do you think your aikido organization would surive without its chief instructor(s)?[/B] - 13 Replies
From: akiy on 4. Jan 2005, 10:08pm
The posts regarding the AAA and Andrew Sato sensei have been split into a new thread here:
http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7264
(Just to keep this poll separate from that subject...)
-- Jun
[B]AikiWeb System: Tsunami Relief Donations[/B] - 11 Replies
From: siwilson on 5. Jan 2005, 12:12am
Just been on the PayPal website and they are collecting for UNICEF! http://donations.paypal.com/
They are waiving all fees for the donations, so surely they must do the same for our Red Cross appeal!!??
[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/
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