Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 --- , Richard Shepard <devlin_76> wrote: Hi Richard, Actually YOUR post was a GOOD post. The " other " post was a mismatching profile post, argumentative with no basis towards the subject of my original post, which was in answer to Roy's post and what ROY WANTED to get more information about. The " other " fellow's post used ASSUMPTIONS and INFERENCES " NOT " mentioned by me nor by any of the other posters. But because he " said " I said them, then they must be true, right? One thing I like about a good hands on fight. The whining and bitching and mouthlyness and name calling don't mean caca once you square off and start swinging. Then a reality check does set in very quickly. > > It's not just " He was a brute and he could fight, but these day > > Aikidoka are all wimps. " The system > > was valid then and is valid now. The people who want to learn to use > > it for serious self defense have an excellent vehicle for doing so. I > personally believe it is at its best as a postgraduate > > course in advanced work for accomplished martial artists, but it's a > > deep enough system that people can get what they want to out of it > with enough work. > > > > One Aikido blackbelt I have had the pleasure to debate with has decided > that Aikido is a very good system for developing weapon skills, but is > not taht effective for unarmed self-defense. I can only assume that > though his view is certainly valid, it would probably be different had > his experience been in Tomiki/Fugakukai Aikido instead of Aikikai. > > > > The Tomiki and Yoshinkai schools have excellent reputations training > > some pretty hard-core police officers. Their methods aren't the same > as, say, the Ki Society. But they don't serve the same ends. > > > > " Angry White Pajamas " is a great book about one man's experience in the > Yoshinkan Riot Police program in Japan. > > > >They might be better served by having gone through other parts of the > development, but that's always the problem,isn't it? You only > > get a snapshot of a teacher. > > > > Then as always, the teacher is a critical aspect of learning any > martial art. There are butt-kickin' Taiji instructors just like there > are hippie Aikido instructors. Find the kind of teacher that best > meets your needs and hope for the best. > > Thanks, > Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.