Ah, but if I grab your wrist I can instantly detect your Ki pulse and hurl you to the floor with my pointy finger. LOL
In fact, we are so tough that MY sister bit a moose (or mouse, can’t remember!)
Let’s see now, Tohei was an OK martial artist, got pissed and fell downstairs, injured his back and thought ‘shit, I can’t train any more. I know, I’ll invent a style that involves no physical effort and wrap it up in psychobabble for gullible Westerners’. Job done.
Meanwhile, Gozo Shioda found out that he was really a tiny little guy who Westerners could keep at bay with one arm. So he invented a style which allowed him to jump in the air, smack em in the face and THEN execute fatal hand-holding jiyuwaza.
Conclusion: both extremes of Aikido suck with Westerners, and so does everything in between, so let’s all invent our OWN style. That way, I can do MY Aikido, the Syrians can do theirs and as long as we never meet, we can all fleece the cannon-fodder.
Now MY style is infallible: ‘ENGLISH AIKIDO’ has been specifically designed for our island inbreeds:
Shodan Grading Syllabus:
Whilst pissed up on a minimum of 10 pints of Newcastle Brown (essential heritage reference), take on a bouncer of at least 15 stone and achieve the following:
Verbal abuse, including parentage and sexual references, in excess of 2 minutes
Puking on his shoes
Receiving said shoes and feet in the face without bleeding
Bouncing down a minimum of five steps and clearing the last with flashy ukemi into a wall
Regaining a standing position and launching a new attack
Engaging him in shomen-tsuki jiyuwaza using the face to block atemi aimed at the hand
After at least 5 minutes of random larping, the candidate must make a speech about ‘Ki’ and why he was unable to use it because he was attacked ‘all wrong’ by an amateur.
This must be so convincing at least one judge must cry empathetically.
Finally, meet attacks from two other pissed Aikidoka as armed attacks with the empty Newcastle Brown bottles, broken or intact.
Criteria:
Any cuts and effusive bleeding will result in an immediate FAIL.
However, bruising and fractures of any limb and/or the skull shall not negate a claim of using mystical powers, plus awesome timing, distance and balance in the grading.
Hakama need not be worn, as this may encourage homophobia in said bouncer, thus confusing motivation to crush the Aikidoka’s skull.
Works for me!