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The Art of Pacifism; Monday, Second Period [03/16].
As the students headed to class, they would find a note on the door, clearly from their teacher by the liberal use of hearts scattered across the pink flowery paper:
♥♥♥♥♥
Please meet me in the gymnasium, little ducklings!
I hope you're feeling limber this morning!
♥♥♥♥♥
Once in the gym, they would find their teacher, robed and hatted as always, waiting for them. The floor was scattered with mats and Shunsui had removed his geta so he stood barefoot and ready.
Oh, and Rosa was there, toofor convenience. Really hoping this was worth the free bottle of sake and the promise of at least a month's worth of not being bothered again.
"Form a line, ducklings ♥!" he said happily and, once they'd arranged themselves, he gave them a formal sort of bow. "Welcome to the gymnasium ♥! We've talked a lot about pacifism as nonviolence, but we have not spent as much time covering a more defensive aspect of it, and this is the day for that ♥! Today, I would like to teach you about Aikido, a Japanese style of martial arts which combines defense with spiritual and religious beliefs ♥.
"Loosely translated, Aikido can mean 'the Way of unifying with life energy' or 'the Way of harmonious spirit' ♥. The whole concept behind Aikido is that a person may defend themselves against an attacker without actually harming the attacker in the process. One takes the motion of the attacker and redirects the force of it, rather than meeting it head-on; this does not even require much physical strength, because you are using the attacker's own strength and energy against him, with entering and turning movements ♥! Various joint locks and throws will complete the process ♥."
Shusnui smiled a bit there, tilting his head as he looked over the class. "Allow me to demonstrate, and to do give a very heartfelt appreciation for my lovely assistant for this class, as you may have noticed, the simply radiant Detective Rosa-chan ♥." He gestured with a bow her way; Rosa, arms still folded firmly in front of her, looked like she had more than a few regrets, yes. "I have been assured that Dectective Rosa-chan is as skilled as she is beautiful, and so she will make for an excellent counterpart to show you just how this works ♥. Now," Shunsui settled easily into a loose stance, "Dectective Rosa-chan, come at me with your fiercest attack, and please, do not be shy, my kuroi rōzu ♥!"
....yeah, Rosa was not going to have a problem with that. They had discussed it briefly, that Shunsui would not know exactly how Rosa would attack, and she chose what would have been a combination attack of two alternating hooks, an uppercut, and a nice solid knee to the groin (specially chosen just for him), but after Shunsui deftly avoided the first two punches, he executed a fewpotato quality moves that deflected and turned away each subsequent move on Rosa's part after that, without even losing his hat, until she was down on the mat.
Which Rosa was expecting, of course. She knew Aikido. But it was still annoying and frustrating. Even though the whole thing looked effortless on both their parts, she found herself out of breath from the effort. And trying not to show it.
"Like poetry in motion ♥!" Shunsui beamed once they'd stepped apart. "Now, to break it down for you all...." He nodded to Rosa to see if she was good to continue, and, using her as an example, he walked the students through the implemantations of Aikido.
"And now," he smiled again as he settled into another loose stance, "the reverse ♥. Dectective Rosa-chan will now demonstrate, so you can see that, even though she is quite smaller than myself, she can also use the same moves effortlessly with the right application. It is not always a matter of the bigger combatant winning ♥."
And he truly did have students of all sizes in this class, didn't he, though he did admit, he was going to wonder how all this would turn out if Mae-chan and Grog-san were the ones to match up in practice...
Either way, Shunsui then rushed at Rosa with a great deal of energy, trying his very best to not let her being a woman hold him back, although, if he was honest it certainly did, though perhaps less so once they got started and Rosa's significant competence was executed flawlessly. She went to the task of executing the movements herself, and now it was Shunsui who had his back to the mat....
Though he still kept his hat.
He chuckled, pushing himself back up to his feet. "Now, there are some criticisms for Aikido, as there are with many things. Some say the attacks done in practise or training are not entirely realistic. But it is also a spiritual thing, and some feel not enough emphasis is placed on that spiritual aspect, that it becomes too much about competition and defense. Some also wonder if something that involving throwing can really be considered nonviolent, but Aikido follows a philosophy of pacifism that does not look at pacifism as passive-ism, as the opposite of violence. Pacifism in this philosophy is the opposite of belligerence ♥. It is a philosophy that acknowledges that, yes, there are bad people in the world and to ignore that is dangerous. There are more shades to the spectrum than to just destroy something on one hand and just lying back and letting it destroy you on the other ♥. Aikido recognizes these other options in between and embraces them ♥.
"If hawks have always had that same nature, why should you pretend that mankind change theirs?'
"'Your duty is not to see that you get killed, but to take care that you don't.'"
Shunsui smiled again, bobbing his head in a nod. "So let us think about these things as I'll teach you a few more Aikido moves, and then I would like you to pair up and practise with each other. If we turn out uneven, either myself or Detective Rosa-chan will work with you, whichever of us if the better match ♥. Remember, we are just diverting energy and the point is to avoiding harming the other person, even if they may intend to harm you ♥. Please ask any questions you may have, and allow me or Detective Rosa-chan to demonstrate more should you feel you need a bit more guidance on the moves ♥."
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Please meet me in the gymnasium, little ducklings!
I hope you're feeling limber this morning!
♥♥♥♥♥
Once in the gym, they would find their teacher, robed and hatted as always, waiting for them. The floor was scattered with mats and Shunsui had removed his geta so he stood barefoot and ready.
Oh, and Rosa was there, too
"Form a line, ducklings ♥!" he said happily and, once they'd arranged themselves, he gave them a formal sort of bow. "Welcome to the gymnasium ♥! We've talked a lot about pacifism as nonviolence, but we have not spent as much time covering a more defensive aspect of it, and this is the day for that ♥! Today, I would like to teach you about Aikido, a Japanese style of martial arts which combines defense with spiritual and religious beliefs ♥.
"Loosely translated, Aikido can mean 'the Way of unifying with life energy' or 'the Way of harmonious spirit' ♥. The whole concept behind Aikido is that a person may defend themselves against an attacker without actually harming the attacker in the process. One takes the motion of the attacker and redirects the force of it, rather than meeting it head-on; this does not even require much physical strength, because you are using the attacker's own strength and energy against him, with entering and turning movements ♥! Various joint locks and throws will complete the process ♥."
Shusnui smiled a bit there, tilting his head as he looked over the class. "Allow me to demonstrate, and to do give a very heartfelt appreciation for my lovely assistant for this class, as you may have noticed, the simply radiant Detective Rosa-chan ♥." He gestured with a bow her way; Rosa, arms still folded firmly in front of her, looked like she had more than a few regrets, yes. "I have been assured that Dectective Rosa-chan is as skilled as she is beautiful, and so she will make for an excellent counterpart to show you just how this works ♥. Now," Shunsui settled easily into a loose stance, "Dectective Rosa-chan, come at me with your fiercest attack, and please, do not be shy, my kuroi rōzu ♥!"
....yeah, Rosa was not going to have a problem with that. They had discussed it briefly, that Shunsui would not know exactly how Rosa would attack, and she chose what would have been a combination attack of two alternating hooks, an uppercut, and a nice solid knee to the groin (specially chosen just for him), but after Shunsui deftly avoided the first two punches, he executed a few
Which Rosa was expecting, of course. She knew Aikido. But it was still annoying and frustrating. Even though the whole thing looked effortless on both their parts, she found herself out of breath from the effort. And trying not to show it.
"Like poetry in motion ♥!" Shunsui beamed once they'd stepped apart. "Now, to break it down for you all...." He nodded to Rosa to see if she was good to continue, and, using her as an example, he walked the students through the implemantations of Aikido.
"And now," he smiled again as he settled into another loose stance, "the reverse ♥. Dectective Rosa-chan will now demonstrate, so you can see that, even though she is quite smaller than myself, she can also use the same moves effortlessly with the right application. It is not always a matter of the bigger combatant winning ♥."
And he truly did have students of all sizes in this class, didn't he, though he did admit, he was going to wonder how all this would turn out if Mae-chan and Grog-san were the ones to match up in practice...
Either way, Shunsui then rushed at Rosa with a great deal of energy, trying his very best to not let her being a woman hold him back, although, if he was honest it certainly did, though perhaps less so once they got started and Rosa's significant competence was executed flawlessly. She went to the task of executing the movements herself, and now it was Shunsui who had his back to the mat....
Though he still kept his hat.
He chuckled, pushing himself back up to his feet. "Now, there are some criticisms for Aikido, as there are with many things. Some say the attacks done in practise or training are not entirely realistic. But it is also a spiritual thing, and some feel not enough emphasis is placed on that spiritual aspect, that it becomes too much about competition and defense. Some also wonder if something that involving throwing can really be considered nonviolent, but Aikido follows a philosophy of pacifism that does not look at pacifism as passive-ism, as the opposite of violence. Pacifism in this philosophy is the opposite of belligerence ♥. It is a philosophy that acknowledges that, yes, there are bad people in the world and to ignore that is dangerous. There are more shades to the spectrum than to just destroy something on one hand and just lying back and letting it destroy you on the other ♥. Aikido recognizes these other options in between and embraces them ♥.
"If hawks have always had that same nature, why should you pretend that mankind change theirs?'
"'Your duty is not to see that you get killed, but to take care that you don't.'"
Shunsui smiled again, bobbing his head in a nod. "So let us think about these things as I'll teach you a few more Aikido moves, and then I would like you to pair up and practise with each other. If we turn out uneven, either myself or Detective Rosa-chan will work with you, whichever of us if the better match ♥. Remember, we are just diverting energy and the point is to avoiding harming the other person, even if they may intend to harm you ♥. Please ask any questions you may have, and allow me or Detective Rosa-chan to demonstrate more should you feel you need a bit more guidance on the moves ♥."
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Re: Talk to the Teachers - AoP, 03/16.