In fact, I'm not sure that I would read the proposed statute as
forbidding training in a school, including sparring. Nor does it
include jiyu waza and other aiki versions of pro wrestling.

Charles Yeomans

On Aug 1, 2005, at 11:22 AM, Shumaker, Gordon wrote:

> Is jiyu waza "sparring"? The definition of "prize fight" in the
> proposed
> Canadian legislation seems aimed at boxing, where both parties are
> using
> their fists. So, in Aikido, we have uke punching or kicking but sh'te
> applying a pin or a throw. Sometimes we have sh'te delivering atemi
> in the
> form of a distraction punch. But it would seem to be quite a stretch
> to
> suggest that anything in Aikido is reasonably covered by the
> definition of
> prize fight.
>
> Gordon Shumaker