Word?

Yep.

I've picked up Aikido again. 🙂

Kinda like riding a bike, ya know? You never really lose it.

yea, it's been years, so i'm a little rusty.

i'm watching a video now about the founder, ueshiba.

what type have you studied?

lol

give me a chance to rebuild my skill, son.

Well, I like that Aikido is not about winning or losing, because a fight never takes place. Your goal isn't to harm your potential attacker, but only to make sure that s/he doesn't harm you. It is very calm, imo.

It doesn't require that you exhaust yourself using force or strength, as with karate. Instead, you are trained to use the body weight (or, ki) of your opponents against them. In a sense, you guide them. You learn to throw *their* weight around.

Also, the breathing techniques are soothing.

""also i research escrima, wing chun, wing tsun, aikido, the karates, ninpo, jujitsu, bajiquan, capioera, and so on...""

- cool! i only know of jujitsu, the karates, and capoeira, from that list. capoeira is martial arts in the form of a dance. i saw it performed live once, and they gave us a bit of its history and origins. very cool stuff!

Plus, my Aries dad made all his kids learn it when we were young. We kinda had no choice. Back then, I didn't appreciate it. Now, I do.

Awwww. lol Yea, my dad was overbearing. Thank God for my mom, who could sense that I was a kid that thirsted for knowledge and was internally motivated as it was. She knew to back off me and encourage only as needed. He eventually figured it out.

""Your Dad was keen on Aikido? Did he learn it too?""

He's like, the Grand Master of it. lol!

Really? I always thought he was dorky. lol I guess that's cuz he's my dad.

What's your dad passionate about? Is he really into the arts, too? My dad even went to acting school. He sucked at it though. Too over-zealous

I'd like to get into Krav Maga at some point. From what I've read it's particularly brutal, efficient, and purely designd for self defense, not sport. If someone attacks you unwarrantedly, they should be delt with harshly, not in a sportingly manner.

like i said, aikido is not designed to harm your attacker. you could, but you dont have to. who wants to go to jail? not me. i'm too cute. 🙂

you don't know, others do. most importantly, i know. 😉

good luck with your greatbull-kido.

keep in mind, you could never beat me. 😛

you see, lots of women like to convince themselves they are stronger than men. this is unlikely.

i am well aware that if i were attacked by an average guy, based on strength alone, i would lose.

you don't use force in aikido. you get out of his way, and let him hurt himself.

what is its major weakness?

whatever.

you don't know what you're talking about.

have you learned how to take a weapon?

lethal ones

guns and knives, i meant

GreatBull 6/21/2008 2:07:21 PM | ip: xxx.xxx.xxx.

"ywah, i looked at krav maga, by itself, i don't its all that."

Were you looking at a watered down Krav Maga?