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seizei · 01-26-2004, 01:37 AM

The main point I'm trying to make here is that you can't just write off an entire style as 'not working'.

I think that each person develops their own martial art no matter what they study - based on their own body, strengths, and weaknesses.

For a person whose strength lies in power and aggressiveness, an internal martial art such as aikido may look like pretty little tricks. The aikidoka are using their own strengths of relaxation and fluidity, and a well trained aikido practitioner can be a force to be reckoned with, just like a well trained bjj/judo/western boxing/(insert martial art name here). By well-trained I mean a person having an understanding of techniques, principles, and body mechanics, and an understanding and practical experience of how to apply their skills in real life or death situations.

If I am facing someone who is very 'earthy' - strong, direct, forceful, I will become like 'wind' - loose, relaxed, and providing no resistance to the force the person is trying to hit me with.

There can be different approaches to fighting. Some may look strange, but they still might work.

The best approach, however, is not to fight in the first place.

01-26-2004, 01:37 AM	#19 (permalink)
seizei Purple Monkey Dishwasher Location: CFB Gagetown, NB, CANADA	The main point I'm trying to make here is that you can't just write off an entire style as 'not working'. I think that each person develops their own martial art no matter what they study - based on their own body, strengths, and weaknesses. For a person whose strength lies in power and aggressiveness, an internal martial art such as aikido may look like pretty little tricks. The aikidoka are using their own strengths of relaxation and fluidity, and a well trained aikido practitioner can be a force to be reckoned with, just like a well trained bjj/judo/western boxing/(insert martial art name here). By well-trained I mean a person having an understanding of techniques, principles, and body mechanics, and an understanding and practical experience of how to apply their skills in real life or death situations. If I am facing someone who is very 'earthy' - strong, direct, forceful, I will become like 'wind' - loose, relaxed, and providing no resistance to the force the person is trying to hit me with. There can be different approaches to fighting. Some may look strange, but they still might work. The best approach, however, is not to fight in the first place. __________________ "If you're not weird, you're not interesting". I'm very interesting ... seizei; (adv - Japanese) at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible. (pronounced - say-zay)