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Paul E Ester

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22. I am biased toward Aikido

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 02:49 PM

Mar 2013

Aikido is mostly defensive. Even when it is used offensively it harnesses the attackers energy to use against him.

The other end of the spectrum is krav maga which has as it's goal the destruction of a person. I think what we choose to teach children is important and I think a child would learn much more positive things practicing aikido than Krav maga.

Kendo, another japanese sword art, removed all the beheading, neck cutting, and belly cutting replacing it with points scored by hitting parts of the opponents body. kendo is a sport, Iaido is a meditative art focused on efficient killing, based on actual experience.

Regarding gun target practice, I would not approve of a child practicing the "art of shooting a person". Most ranges will not allow the use of lifelike human targets for that reason.

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Video -Adorable Young Japanese Girl practicing Sword -Iaido [View all] Katashi_itto Mar 2013 OP

I loved iaido Recursion Mar 2013 #1

What a cutie. enlightenment Mar 2013 #2

I agree! I really enjoyed watching how determined she is :) Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #3

Adorable or Evil? Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #4

Oh, FFS. kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #5

+1! n/t backscatter712 Mar 2013 #12

As a practicing Iaidoka...your point? Trace any martial art back to it's original form, Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #6

My point is the sport is not adorable Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #16

I hope it's tamer than Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #19

The Original: J�san-nin no Shikaku / The Thirteen Assassins [1963 | 640p | full film Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #26

The scene where he's eating dinner, and making target practice on the peasant family.. Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #32

She cut someone's head off? LanternWaste Mar 2013 #15

If she learns the basic Iaido moves, she's training to behead someone. Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #17

BFD. Do you whine about ALL martial arts? More importantly, do you kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #21

I am biased toward Aikido Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #22

Well, then, you'd better work hard to make these sword arts illegal. kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #25

No problem with people studying martial arts Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #41

I used to do the same thing on the farm when I was 10, 11, 12... snooper2 Mar 2013 #51

+1000 I am done debating nonsense with him Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #23

How do you feel about fencing? Marr Mar 2013 #24

I studied fencing when I was younger. Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #49

Son na baka na... AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #28

Gomene Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #38

... AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #45

When I clicked this thread, I said to myself, "I wonder who said the inevitable stupid thing." WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #39

cheers...nt Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #42

Kewl...will we get to see her in Banki state or is she still learning Shikai? Rex Mar 2013 #7

Well this was film just last year. I will look and post more if I find more :) Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #8

Thanks...she is adorable. Rex Mar 2013 #9

Awwww, so cute LittleBlue Mar 2013 #10

Ha...! So thats what that refferance is!! I was racking my brains wondering...well thats not Iaido. Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #11

Hehe...banki!!! Rex Mar 2013 #13

That's "bankai." sakabatou Mar 2013 #33

Oops you are right, spelled it wrong. Rex Mar 2013 #43

Np sakabatou Mar 2013 #46

YES! Rex Mar 2013 #47

I said after he got his Vizard form, "Wouldn't it be cool if he also had Quincy powers?" sakabatou Mar 2013 #48

So he/has been/was/might be a shinigami, full blown hollow, visard, quincy, fullbringer Rex Mar 2013 #52

Well... (spoiler alert) sakabatou Mar 2013 #54

LOL Rex Mar 2013 #56

Me too sakabatou Mar 2013 #57

I don't think he is dead. Rex Mar 2013 #58

What I meant was after the battle with Aizen sakabatou Mar 2013 #61

If you outlaw katanas, only criminals will have katanas. Bucky Mar 2013 #14

Katanas are outlawed for the public in Japan without a license. Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #44

And THAT'S why the UN blue helmets were able to take over Japan's sovereignty! Bucky Mar 2013 #50

It is an ironic sort of world we live in cthulu2016 Mar 2013 #18

Discipline Aerows Mar 2013 #20

By the time she reaches 20 she may AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #27

+100 Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #29

Toshiya - Pretty Japanese Girls in Kimono doing Kyudo (Japanese Archery) in Kyoto Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #31

Loved the Ninja dog.. AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #34

:) Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #35

here is another cool item AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #37

Oooo very nice!!! I've only done this twice, and never hit anything ! :) Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #40

That must be a lil harder on the forearms sakabatou Mar 2013 #36

Wish I started kenpo/karate at that age too sakabatou Mar 2013 #62

What a little cutie! She's going to be great one day! Demo_Chris Mar 2013 #30

Kids with swords = good. Kids with guns = bad. Common Sense Party Mar 2013 #53

Except no practitioner of iado has used them outside of a dojo (I think) sakabatou Mar 2013 #55

Righhttt... Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #60

I believe she's using a wakazashi Samurai_Writer Mar 2013 #59