Re: Re: The sportiest activity that I do regularly is best categorized as...

Wouldn't that qualify as sparring?

our @item = reverse (114, 101, 107, 99, 97, 104, 32, 108, 
114, 101, 80, 32, 114, 101, 104, 116, 111, 110, 97, 32, 116, 115, 117,
+ 74); local $my = reverse ")meti@\ ,rhc (pam tnirp";eval $my;
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Re: Re: Re: The sportiest activity that I do regularly is best categorized as... by simon.proctor (Vicar) on May 28, 2004 at 13:51 UTC
Not unless you do sparring.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: The sportiest activity that I do regularly is best categorized as... by weierophinney (Pilgrim) on May 29, 2004 at 02:59 UTC
Aikido has several main schools, but the two most prominent are aikikai and yoshinkai. Aikikai is the style most typically practiced, and is non-competitive; Yoshinkai has a competitive element, but even this is not the main focus of training. As such, sparring isn't a typical aspect of aikido training; self-actualization is. Since the two main tenets of aikido are 'entering' and 'turning', 'Crossing distances' made more sense as an option. I still argue a martial arts or meditative arts category would have been nice. Aikido's aim is to bring harmony and resolve conflict ('ai' means love or harmony; 'ki' means energy; 'do' means way; 'aikido' thus means 'way of harmonizing energy'). Our techniques, while martially effective, stop short of injury; injury means you are breaking the energy flow. (My reading and observation of other martial arts is that self-actualization is typically the final goal, even though martial effectiveness is often what is outwardly taught.)	[reply]