2011-02-10

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2011-02-10 01:52 pm

On why Aikido fits me well

So, a couple of weeks back I finally had the click and understood why Aikido fits me so well. Beyond the calm attitude of my sensei and the general stress on taking care of your body, that is. In most other martial arts I know about there are a lot of basic moves you can, and are encouraged to, do alone. In Aikido there is one basic move that you can do alone(other then the 3-4 kinds of fall), every other bare hands move simply doesn't work without a partner. Hell, out of about 10 basic principles that need to be in every Aikido technique only 2-3 are even stuff you can do without a partner. Dialogue and communication are essential to Aikido, and dialogue is very important to me.