View Single Post Old 02-21-2006, 03:34 PM   #58 ChrisHein's
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Apr 2005 Posts: 1,638 Re: Regrading grabs in Aikido...  Tarik,
nice post. Lots of people have differnt oppinions about how
often fights go to the ground, in most of the fights I've been
involved in, someone ended up on the ground, usually with
someone else on top of them whailing away, but I believe what
you say, and I'm sure a great number of fights never end up on
the ground.  As for the kihon waza training fundamental
principles, I believe that's the definition of kihon waza, but
other unarmed styles train their kihon from the most common
positions they will be in, in a fight, i.e. the clinch, or from
a common hold (headlock, bear hug etc.), they do this to insure
that their practitioners are comfortable fighting in the
positions they will most certainly be in. It's strange that
Aikido doesn't do the same.  "I also happen to believe that
Aikido IS simple. Not easy, but simple, and that