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Originally posted by oldman34I read a lot of shit.
I know BB is crappy but I just cant put it down. I have had a subscription for 6 or 7 years now.
I suck.
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I collected MA mags with a passion during the early-mid '80s and the overall quality of Black Belt has nose-dived since then.
Go to JAMA (Journal of Asian Martial Arts) or some of the newer, more specialized magazines (Western Martial Arts Illustrated is a good example) for well-researched, professional martial arts journalism.
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With regard to the first question, we don't know what actually happens when a no-touch knockout is performed. We're not suggesting toate-jitsu is supernatural or paranormal. On the contrary, we believe it's an entirely natural event. Currently we operate with a paradigm that says conciousness can manipulate energy both in robust ways ( such as physical movement) and in subtle ways (ki projection). But that could be entirely wrong.
The reason we "don't know" what actually happens when a no-touch knockout is performed is because no one who isn't a bullshit artist has ever successfully witnessed one.
I like ki projection though... these are not the bullshidokas you are looking for....
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I've been "knock down" (for lack of a better term) by a no touch knock down.
It was the most fucked up thing.
I was new to Aikido, I can't even remeber what I was doing really. My instructor had me spinning around in a circle and let off a little. When I looked up his open palm was coming towards my face.
BAM
Next thing I know I was falling backwards on my ass without him having even touched me.
I kid you not.
I felt pretty embarassed and stupid. Obviously (and in hindsight) it was a reaction on my part to avoid a paw in the nose but it was weird how I unconsciously threw myself backwards to avoid it. At the time I couldn't figure out why I fell back.
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