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- Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:57:28 CST
- From: David James Alexander Hanley <U16244@uicvm.uic.edu>
- Message-ID: <93025.235728U16244@uicvm.uic.edu>
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Aikido vs. kicks
- References: <20037@mindlink.bc.ca>
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- Dealing with kicks is not much different from dealing with punches.
- Just imagine it as a lower, harder blow. However, you don't want to block
- it. Blocking kicks is one of the reasons I left karate :). Evade and
- step inside and get a grasp of the leg. Once you have the leg there is
- a whole range of nasty stuff you can do. Yonkajo and Sihonage to the
- ankle come immediately to mind.
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- Remember though, aikido is not about fighting. It is better to learn
- to avoid the kick than to stop it. This is the essence.
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