Comments on: Brian Kagen pick: From the Sacramento Bee: “Notebook: Repelling an attack with the heart” http://www.aikidojournal.com/blog/2009/01/01/brian-kagen-pick-from-the-sacramento-bee-notebook-repelling-an-attack-with-the-heart/ Aikido Journal Online's Official Blog Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:32:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: charles warren http://www.aikidojournal.com/blog/2009/01/01/brian-kagen-pick-from-the-sacramento-bee-notebook-repelling-an-attack-with-the-heart/#comment-1223 charles warren Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:58:46 +0000 http://www.aikidojournal.com/blog/2009/01/01/brian-kagen-pick-from-the-sacramento-bee-notebook-repelling-an-attack-with-the-heart/#comment-1223 Martial arts work for direct attacks. Indirect attacks are cowardly, but, unsurprisingly, more common. A possible response would be to expand the schedule. Of course many low-lifes work after midnight and except maybe new year's eve it will be hard to schedule classes to match. Once upon a time people were breaking into and burglarizing the dojo where I trained. One of the teachers decided to spend the night and arrested the perpetrators at gunpoint. Just because it is a cliche doesn't mean it doesn't work. Martial arts work for direct attacks. Indirect attacks are cowardly, but, unsurprisingly, more common. A possible response would be to expand the schedule. Of course many low-lifes work after midnight and except maybe new year’s eve it will be hard to schedule classes to match.

Once upon a time people were breaking into and burglarizing the dojo where I trained. One of the teachers decided to spend the night and arrested the perpetrators at gunpoint. Just because it is a cliche doesn’t mean it doesn’t work.

]]> By: Masa http://www.aikidojournal.com/blog/2009/01/01/brian-kagen-pick-from-the-sacramento-bee-notebook-repelling-an-attack-with-the-heart/#comment-1221 Masa Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:10:27 +0000 http://www.aikidojournal.com/blog/2009/01/01/brian-kagen-pick-from-the-sacramento-bee-notebook-repelling-an-attack-with-the-heart/#comment-1221 I admire the owners of the dojo who clearly understand the meaning of "tenkan". The point is not to clobber the wayward adversary but to deepen our own understanding of ourselves through the processing of how we react to an "atemi". Great work. I admire the owners of the dojo who clearly understand the meaning of “tenkan”. The point is not to clobber the wayward adversary but to deepen our own understanding of ourselves through the processing of how we react to an “atemi”. Great work.

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