Non-defensive knife encounter

Defensive action draws a direct line to the center. Acceptance allows the knife attacker to continue his trajectory to the ground

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• aikido
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• knife
• attack
• takemusu
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[MrPinoy91]

Studying all your videos I'm completely impressed.

My question for this knife attack Sensei is what if the knife attackers is not going for your center, but is just slashing around to hit something.

Is the answer that we should openly attract him to our center by generating

Benevolent Ki from the start? will the attacker be immediately drawn to our center

even if his intent is our throats. In Filipino and other knife arts they are taught to cut the arm and other parts besides your center.

[Kakushitoride]

@MrPinoy91 The connection that allows aiki to manifest makes the attacker's superficial intention irrelevant. Yes our goal is benevolence toward all. If your attacker is truly attacking you he will attack your center. If he is merely trying to cut your arm or hand, keep them outside the range of his effectiveness. I have a feeling that they knife arts you are describing are defensive, anyway, and you are not going to attack anyone with a knife yourself are you?

[MrPinoy91]

No sensei . haha. knives are used for cooking.

;)

[Kakushitoride]

@MrPinoy91 ha!

[cantwait2look]

learning Ki, and have a basic understanding of the concepts--took me 15 years.

how does this work at high speed?

[Kakushitoride]

@cantwait2look, the effectiveness of all aikido depends on a center-to-center energetic connection. If that is established and maintained while one turns off the line and enters it can not fail (though we can fail to maintain connection for a number of reasons)...

[Kakushitoride]

@riveraluciano I don't blame you for being skeptical. I would have a hard time believing it myself if I hadn't felt it. The thing to understand is that ki is nothing special, it is the most abundant thing in the universe and the basis for all creation

[riveraluciano]

@Kakushitoride ahhh i see now, i'm sorry i'm just a bit skeptical about Ki, and sometimes it is hard for me to see it the way you do, but i'll get used to it as i watch the videos :), thank you!!!!!

[Kakushitoride]

@riveraluciano I'm not sure I would use those words. When we can allow the ki to flood out from us to the other person it is really giving your center to him, not deceiving him. When he unifies with our center through this kind of ki connection uke instinctively feels that his attack has been completed. As he has achieved his fundamental goal (to connect with your center) he will willingly follow that connection to the floor.

[riveraluciano]

i think i got the idea: you're saying give the uke a "wrong" idea of where my center is, by simply relaxing and accepting, taking the knife just like an extension, not as an extra threath?