On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 04:56:54PM -0600, David Rodemaker wrote: > Well, I'd first want you to define attack. I don't study Aikido, but in JKD > we consider attacking in any number of levels or dynamics. > > There's controlling range, Not classified as an attack in aikido. Controlling *anything* is generally not classified as an attack in aikido. there's controlling the rhythm of the fight, > there's controlling the tools used in the fight... > > Is an attack an active physical action? Or is it a more mental or spiritual > action? That's a little more philosophical than I was thinking.. have you any specific examples we could discuss? >Is a feint an attack? Debatable. I'd lean more towards the 'it's a controlling move, therefore not an attack' standpoint, even if it is followed immediately by an attack. > Is taking advantage of endurance an attack? Could you be more specific? > Is > an attack meant to cause damage? I would classify all actions meant to cause damage as attacks. However, not all attacks are actions meant to cause damage. Grabbing someone's wrist or lapel is an attack. Pushing someone away when they weren't already going that direction or close to it is an attack. > Oh, and to answer the question above - assuming equal skill and the same > style/school? If I'm twice as fast and just as strong or even stronger? 'twice as fast' means more skilled, imo. If you can do a technique at speed X, but you want to double your speed, you practice, thus becoming more skilled. Perhaps I should have clairified the 'equal skill' question. When I asked it I had in mind 'all other things being equal', whether that applies to two human opponents or two opposing armies and all their technology and ordinance and the ground they hold. Kat