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[B]General: Diffusing a fight?[/B] - 15 Replies
From: SeiserL on 5. Jan 2005, 02:46pm
Do a search on violence deescalation. used to be a lot of material avaialble.
[B]General: Aikido Frauds[/B] - 220 Replies
From: John Riggs on 5. Jan 2005, 03:19pm
"Another one where more information may be required. Is it a new style, or simply a new organization? If it's a new organization, make sure they respect their lineage and find out why they made the split".
IMHO someone setting up a new "style" at 3rd or 4th dan is questionable. However, 6th dan and above with involvement in other martial arts and a clear definition of what makes their art different and why they wanted to set up something, new other than for political reasons, would seem more reasonable to me. I'm talking about someone with legitimate rank in an art at a mast level which is usually considered to be about 6th dan minimum in Aikido.
Setting up a new "style" with a new name to me should require something new and innovative not just a different interpretation of what you have been taught or more emphasis on a particular aspect of aikido.
[B]General: How sweet is this?[/B] - 6 Replies
From: batemanb on 5. Jan 2005, 03:28pm
Thought these were amusing too
http://www.fudebakudo.com/en/extras.html
especially
http://www.fudebakudo.com/en/aikido_ki.html
rgds
[B]Techniques: aikido vs jiu-jitsu[/B] - 56 Replies
From: LOEP on 5. Jan 2005, 04:12pm
Heya Rob,
I pretty much agree with you. For most folks (in any reasonably civilized area who are not LEOs, soldiers, or otherwise actively engaged in any daily activity that brings them into contact with violence) doing budo for 'self-defense' on the off chance that they'll be able to Ninja Turtle their assailant is pretty silly.
I'll posit that 90% of self defense is being alert and not being in places where you're likely to be attacked in the first place.
Most trad. budo can and doteach you things about personal combat that will help you defend yourself, but there's very little in most trad. budo curriculae that is actually, directly applicable to CQC.
(I've studied trad. and non-trad. martial arts for 30+ years and have actively served and worked in both police and military situations, by the way.)
As for the 90% thing, it's my understanding that the figure actually came from a study done at a major US university (I think it was UCLA) in the 80s. The study was specifically dealing with police arrest and restraint situations, and the original statement was more like: 75 percent of all apprehensions wherein the perpetrator resists arrest go to ground ...
The conclusion got twisted, applied to non-LEO situations, repeated ad nauseum, until it became part of the martial urban mythology.
Chuck
[B]Teaching: Learning How to Learn Aikido[/B] - 50 Replies
From: MaryKaye on 5. Jan 2005, 04:17pm
We worked on kata tori nikyo last Monday with a fairly junior instructor. I was failing almost every time to throw him: what I was doing looked good to me, but it didn't move him at all.
We traded places, and he said "Here is how your nikyo feels to me." It was a revelation: he managed to show me physically what it felt like if nage was not attached to uke's center. Of course I wasn't throwing him: he wasn't throwing me either, doing that. And then he switched to doing it right....
So for me, I think there' s a lot of value in being shown how something is done wrong, if I was already doing it wrong. I agree with the comment that "Here's a common way this can be done wrong" is not a wise teaching technique unless the students in front of you are doing it here and now.
Mary Kaye
[B]Feedback: New Feature: AikiQuiz![/B] - 19 Replies
From: akiy on 5. Jan 2005, 04:24pm
Hi folks,
I upped the timer to twenty seconds per question. Is that enough time?
-- Jun
[B]Open Discussions: Kenbudo vs. Kali vs. European edged arts[/B] - 51 Replies
From: Bill Danosky on 5. Jan 2005, 04:59pm
Those are some particularly wicked implements, Thomas!
I know this is twisting the thread a little, but who out there has some experience with Jutte or Sai? That is maybe closer to what I'm fishing for.
I'm trying to replace my Cold Steel S.F. shovel and M1918 Knuckle knife as melee weapons.
[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]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]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
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