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I hope you all find something to think about. I am sure this will start some interesting conversation.

http://tomikiaikido.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... ining.html

Yeah, it's going to be interesting. I've shot you a reply, and noticed Pat Parker already has as well.

Good points all, Eric. This ties right into Roger Wenzel's post about "dynamic maai" - the point being to create and control maai on the fly.

This was very interesting. Being a beginner, it made me reflect on how I normally train. I realized that I hardly ever check maai. After the first couple classes, you just start moving to maai every time. It's kinda funny how quickly that gets ingrained. In regards to uke attacking with a shomen ate, I like training in that way. Like Kyle said, it allows uke to work on aikido as well. Plus, other attacks end with the arm in some sort or relatively outstretched position (punch, chop, etc). Since we train to meet some sort of outstretched attack with a response, i think our muscle memory would react pretty well to varying attacks in a real situation. Seeing as we train how to move, i wouldn't be to surprised if our bodies would adapt and create some sort of new variation on the fly, even if it wasn't an exact pre-trained technique. Its funny how our bodies react when we don't think, and just let it react.