Is Aikido a Martial Art?
Sensei Henry Ellis - 2001
This article originally appeared in 3 parts on the Cyberkwoon website. It is here published in its entirety.
PART 1
At first sight of the above title I am sure that a lot of Aikidoist's will be angry, they will assume that this is yet another attack on the credibility of Aikido by other martial artist's.
On this occ ...
Author: Henry Ellis
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Part Two.
Choreography
Aikidoists are often accused of practicing " Choreographed Aikido" and to be honest I must admit that these claims are very often justified, with Uke (attacker) preparing to break fall long before he makes his attack, and most of them attack off balance , therefore making any multiples of techniques possible with the minimum of effort and of course this makes ...
Author: Henry Ellis
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"People here may belittle sports arts...."
Who?
Almost EVERY "combatives" man of any note CAME from a combative sports background. Boxing, wrestling, judo. WEF and O'Neill (SIXTH DAN-Kodokan Judo-personal student of Uchijima Sensei, a NEWAZA LEGEND) are PRIME examples of this.
But HERE'S a BETTER contemporary example:
Damian Ross.
Mention his name in wrestling circ ...
Author: Carl Cestari
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Over the years I've see and heard many claims of how good different people are at their chosen art, and not just in the Martial Arts. Working in the computer systems industry, I often meet people who claim to be experts, and persist on telling me how good they are and that they have worked for this company and that company, but I often find that they actually have little substance to back up their ...
Author: taichi online
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At Japanese Swords 4 Samurai we offer a wide selection of samurai swords and other oriental weapons, such as ninja swords & weapons and various other Chinese swords & weapons. You will also find several authentic samurai swords to choose from. Our most popular are Paul Chen Swords and Thaitsuki Nihonto Swords.
When it comes to samurai swords, there is quite a bit of terminology for the ne ...
Author: John Gottshall
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