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ahh Klingon & some thoughts on martial arts deeper meaningFrom: thelerner
Subject: General
Date/Time 2004-11-14 10:49:45
Remote IP: 152.163.101.6
MessageThat reminds me of a story in Aikido in America. I forget the author but the story was called Aikido with Wolves. An Aikido black belt who worked as a naturalist. He worked with and was adopted by a pack of wild wolves.
He talked about his relationship with one female in particular. It would run at him 'bite' his arm and he would put pivot, raise his arm and throw the wolf on its back. Then they'd do it again. The wolf could actually bite through his arm, but there was a deep trust between them. Likewise there was play where the whole pack would 'attack' to knock him down, a man/wolf randori.
In the book, Preworld War Aikido masters, a young student of Ueshiba's in the 30's speaks of doing aikido with the wild dogs in the park.
Karate lore has the story of a hardened master going into a hungry tigers cage and beating back the tiger with a fierce look and one blow. A zen priest watching said thats not the way to do it. The priest enters the cage, walks quietly and peacefully to the tiger, pets his head and exits the cage.
What I'm getting at is kicking a dog in the throat is much better then getting mauled by the animal. But its not the best example of martial arts technique or spirit.
I studied a little bit of Kaishan Kung fu, that started with hitting yourself with open fisted in a prescribed manner then w/ fist, then sand bag, then herb treated bricks, then having other people hit you with bricks. It was wild seeing the advanced classes pound away. And easy to lose the point of why you were hitting.
Peace
Michael
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