Hi Charlie,
I am a new group member so I am not sure whether I am
allowed to take part in the discussion. The
difficulties that I have with few of the techniques of
Aikido are kind of based on my understanding, which is
of-course questionable. I have few martial arts CDs
and few books on Aikido from Japan. In one of the book
O'Sensei said that without Ki there is no aikido and
then someone asked him about the pressure points usage
in Aikido and he said, "Of-course you have to have
that knowledge to do proper Aikido". I am currently
doing aikido for now about 2years but I haven't seen
any usage of the pressure points apart from yonkyo(the
fourth hold down).
What I am concerned about that whether we are ever
going to be taught about the pressure points in the
future or its just not there.
thanks and regards.

> Charlene Willis <c.willis@...> wrote:
> It's been quiet on the list for sometime now so I'd
> like to spark a
> discussion. I was wondering what people found the
> most difficult about
> aikido. Not which technique etc, but which
> principle. On the mat I often
> utter the phrase "ohhhhh, you wanted me to move my
> ONE-point......" after
> three years you think I'd have gotten the gist of
> that little piece of
> information. But the principle I have the most
> difficulty with is the
> principle of non-attachment.
>
> After some experience with other fighting styles,
> I'm not particularly
> attached to the attack, I don't watch the hand or
> anything like that. But
> I'm quite attached to technique. If I've decided to
> go for nikkyo, then
> nikkyo it is, regardless of whether the nikkyo is
> actually working. This
> point was demonstrated to me last week, Danny and I
> were play fighting in
> the kitchen and I was in position for nikkyo, but
> Danny was extending too
> well and I couldn't get the thing on. Finally after
> half a minute I had a
> realisation, Danny has two arms!!!! I took the
> other and put him down with
> a beautiful koytoroshi. A little too beautiful
> because as I stood there
> admiring my work for a tad too long Danny had
> reversed out of it and I was
> now in a rather effective sankyo. End of round one
> :)
>
> Ever the sucker for punishment I began round two. I
> don't remember it quite
> as well as round one but it ended up with me doing
> yet another ineffective
> technique due to Danny's extension. This is when
> (once again after a
> lengthy period of time) my second realisation came
> to me. If Danny had two
> arms then it's quite possible that I too have two
> arms!!! A little poke
> with my other arm was just enough to take his mind
> and down he went. End of
> round two; score - a draw :)
>
> Anybody else want to mention their difficulties???
>
> Charlie
>
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