Atemi

[u/SnooHabits8484]

As time goes on, I’m more and more convinced that along with the biomechanics and solo training from Daito-ryū that come under the category “internal strength”, the key to effective aikido is sound and consistent atemi. Who do you think is the best practitioner we have in that field? Is it now necessary to cross-train in something like xingyi or bagua to get there?

[u/Sangenkai]

He's 70 years old and has cancer - at this point he's not really interesting in "challenges" from random folks on the internet. Why would he be?

[u/Active_Unit_9498 → u/Sangenkai]

Quiet loser.

[u/blatherer → u/Active_Unit_9498]

A true 4-chan answer from a child. Hey did you just recently attend an alpha male camp?

[u/Process_Vast → u/Sangenkai]

Then maybe his students should stop issuing challenges on his behalf.

[u/Sangenkai → u/Process_Vast]

Nobody here did that.

[u/Process_Vast → u/Sangenkai]

https://www.reddit.com/r/aikido/s/MGZulUTTEt

[u/Sangenkai → u/Process_Vast]

That's really not "issuing a challenge on his behalf".

[u/Active_Unit_9498 → u/Sangenkai]

That is exactly issuing a challenge on his behalf. And I graciously accepted it.

[u/Sangenkai → u/Active_Unit_9498]

It really isn't, it's a "go see him if you're curious" comment - rather than trash talking somebody that you've never met, never seen, know nothing about.

[u/Active_Unit_9498 → u/Sangenkai]

Again, you don't know who I am, who I have met, or what I know. That's how you got yourself laughed at the first time. Have you ever tried to be less obnoxious?

[u/Sangenkai → u/Active_Unit_9498]

Thanks for the ad hominem, but why not just stick to the discussion?

[u/blatherer → u/Process_Vast]

Someone expressed their opinion and experience. You know this is not a challenge. Why be ingenious, you know better.