Hi all. Haven't been around in awhile. This thread must pre-date my turning off e-mail notifications, because I got a MAP e-mail. It's not "all...
Where are those aikido ranks from? Most aikido organizations here in the US have only two or three belt colors and dan ranks above 6th.
I think the martial arts are unique among sports in that people expect older coaches/instructors to be able to do all the things their younger...
I suspect your BJJ coach's ability to make aikido work in the kind of dynamic context that aikidoists don't train for had a lot to do with the...
How's that?
Personally, I am against teaching martial arts as an anti-bullying system or as a self-defense system for kids. There is nothing about being a...
Let the hate flow through you. [IMG]
Why is what this woman says or thinks about race (or about anything else, for that matter) news? Who cares?
That's an awfully small sample size for you to be making the kind of claims you've been making. You made broad statements about things much...
Is that something that could be learned just by training BJJ, or does crosstraining add something unique?
These are not red herring questions. These are reasonable questions about words which you -- not I -- introduced into this conversation. If you...
The Aikido Journal actually says that most aikido clubs in the US do not train weapons? Nothing you have posted indicates this. Granted. As with...
Okay, now I get snarky, at least by MAP standards. When you say things like... ... and... ... you are not putting forth a subjective opinion;...
I repeat, where do you get your information? I know for a fact that both the ASU and the USAF have weapons testing requirements, and those are the...
Where do you get your information? Every aikido club I've ever been to offers weapons training.
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