tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468938946429434456.post8324518102159132066..comments2024-03-03T02:58:58.761-08:00Comments on So, You Want To Start Aikido?: Chapter 18: The Feeling Of Pain....An Essential Part Of Training?aikilass2006http://www.blogger.com/profile/01307379920336409870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468938946429434456.post-57961871746516274562007-07-05T12:06:00.000-07:002007-07-05T12:06:00.000-07:00Hi,Just discovered your blog today and it brought ...Hi,<BR/>Just discovered your blog today and it brought back memories of being a beginner aikidoka.<BR/>Thanks for the trip down memory lane.<BR/>Regards,<BR/>IanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468938946429434456.post-5610054085303169812007-07-04T20:10:00.000-07:002007-07-04T20:10:00.000-07:00From a martial point of view:Sometimes the most pr...From a martial point of view:<BR/><BR/>Sometimes the most practical way for you to realize confidence in your abilities, confidence in your equipment, or confidence in whatever else, is to have whatever it is done to you. <BR/><BR/>In the U.S. Army's basic training, each recruit is familiarized on and drills in the use of a gas mask, but what it all means is not really internalized until you practice with the equipment in the gas chamber. The recruit enters a tear gas filled room wearing the mask---no problem. The recruit is instructed to take a deep breath, remove the mask, wait, put the mask back on, clear the mask, and then resume breathing---again, no problem. Finally, the recruit is instructed to remove the mask... Eventually, he breathes in the tear gas---wow!<BR/><BR/>When the exercise is complete, the recruit has not only an understanding of one type of gas, but also a confidence in his mask.<BR/><BR/>I understand that police who train to use tasers will also be subjected to the receiving end. Feeling the pain, the officer will know what the offender will be experiencing and will have confidence in the weapon.<BR/><BR/>There's definite value in these things.<BR/><BR/>The same can be said for feeling the pain in Aikido. However, there's an additional aspect: each person is learning how <I>little</I> is necessary to cause what effect. It's an exercise in building sensitivity in the application of the techniques.<BR/><BR/>-JoeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06639576996810057526noreply@blogger.com