yeah, but it was maybe bc of ur post... Anyway, i think Nigel is a gr8, skillfull person: Senior Instructor, Moderator, Martial artist... Who knows what's next?
... euh, GTAman, u know that until NOW, i didn't recognize what was ur avatar? Maybe that's my screen's poor image. Or my poor sore eyes... But i thought that the robot's head was a stereo radio box!
Japanese doesn't translate directly to English, so it can have many interpretations. We teach that it means 'gentle art', which basically means using the least amount of effort to cause the most damage!.
But there are various 'translations', 'compliant technique' is another common one.
Yeah, that's the general idea that I was taught abt: be "gentle", but not 2 cause damage, to avoid the most damage oneself, "returning" the "bad influence" of the opponent back to him...
Hehe, I think that this post is turning out to be a Japanese-Martial arts discovery topic :wink: :lol: !