This is interesting from a kinesiology point of view. Have any of y'all had any contact with these AttackProof/kichuando guys? Anyone read the book? What do y'all think?
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Someone asked me a while back to post what I consider to be pros and cons of aikido and judo – sort of what I like and dislike about aiki... -
Some folks like to characterize aikido as a circular martial art. Some folks like to talk about various styles that may be more (Aikikai, Ki...
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It seems that Japanese arts (we'll take aikido as an example for this post) seem to have a different concept of posture than do Chinese ...
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Here is a good example of one phenomenon that I talked about at the seminar this past weekend. In these film clips, the point of view...
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What is the goal of training? Why do we go through the thousands of repetitions with precise attention to detail? I've heard a definiti...
it looks like a form of up close knife fighting minus the knives.
ReplyDeleteI can't disagree with the points raised in the video, however...
ReplyDeleteIf this reflected the state of the art in American martial arts training, I would really be disappointed. First you learn the rules, then you break them: this is the principle of all artistic endeavors, is it not? So if someone hasn't reached the second stage in their "traditional art", I'm not sure they are qualified to invent a new system--much less one crafted to address the flaws in their personal understanding of the previous one.