Is Budo for
Everyone? -- was: Has Aikido Become the Next Karate Already?
(Extracted from Aikido-L)
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:01:17 -0500
From: Blake Moorcroft
Subject: Re: Has Aikido become the next karate already?
On 28 Mar 2002 at 9:51, Chuck wrote:
> No, budo isn't for everyone. And I sincerely hope aikido does NOT go
> the way of the McDojo (which, if you thnk about it is kind of a
> misnomer) ...
Curious...why is budo not for everyone?
More later
Blake Moorcroft (Sei Bu)
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 19:50:52 -0500
From: The Dojo
Subject: Budo for all
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Because not everyone's suited for budo. Some folks are perfectly happy doing
budo light, sport karate, Jazzercise or pottery. And they achieve their Do
through those venues ...
Chuck
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:43:48 -0500
From: Blake Moorcroft
Subject: Re: Budo for all
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So you're saying some people would not "prefer" to undertake budo...as opposed
to saying that people *cannot* undertake budo.
More later
Blake Moorcroft (Sei Bu)
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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 02:26:16 -0500
From: Craig
Subject: Re: Has Aikido become the next karate already?
On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:01:17 -0500, Blake Moorcroft wrote:
>On 28 Mar 2002 at 9:51, Chuck wrote:
>
>> No, budo isn't for everyone. And I sincerely hope aikido does NOT go
>> the way of the McDojo (which, if you thnk about it is kind of a
>> misnomer) ...
>
>Curious...why is budo not for everyone?
>
>More later
>Blake Moorcroft (Sei Bu)
It is, they just don't know it.
and most are not willing to take the time to discover that.
the rest either found out right away or for one reason or another simply
persevered till they found their path.
Craig
HKA - KWSK
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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 07:54:13 -0500
From: Chuck
Subject: Re: Budo for all
On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:43:48 -0500, Blake Moorcroft wrote:
>So you're saying some people would not "prefer" to undertake budo...as
>opposed to saying that people *cannot* undertake budo.
Yes. And no. Some folks might study budo and never gain a thing from it, but the
exercise. Others can find a Way there and make it part of a life of
growth and personal evolution. Budo is not a panacea. It is a tool. For some, a
hammer is the right tool, for others a chisel ...
Chuck
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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 11:11:17 -0500
From: Jake Jacobe
Subject: Re: Budo for all
My wife took her 5th kyu test in Aikido (to humor me, I suppose), but never
really enjoyed it. On the other hand, she is a wonderful gardener. I finally
came to realize that gardening is her Way.
Granted, her skill at composting will not serve her as well as Aikido might were
she to be mugged on The Street (tm), but, then again, my kotegaeshi talents
don't put tomatoes on the table every summer, either.
It all works out in the end.
Jake
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 01:25:47 +0200
From: "G.A.Miliaresis"
Subject: Re: Budo for all
Chuck wrote:
>Yes. And no. Some folks might study budo and never gain a thing from it,
>but the exercise.
Agreed. But his is not bad either, is it? Especially if there are some deeper
waters which the trainee could discover sometime later. There are people in my
dojo (and I guess in others' too) who came for the exercise and after some years
they started to wonder. If the Way is there (preferably with a capital "W" to
add some weight <g>) sooner or later you bump into it, even without
understanding you did...
Gri
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Last updated on 13 Sep 2002