Mobility on the ground

[pittbullJudoka]

I like Eddie's stuff. I've been looking at his rubber guard stuff for about a year or so now and it's still mind boggling and I've recently started to look into the twister wow. He's amazing.

[bushido_man96]

I'm all up for anyone learning how ever it takes. But I believe you have to have a very good working knowledge before you can look at a video or book with a series of pictures and be able to learn a move. And then you still need to work the kinks out of it with someone with the ablility to tell you something is or isn';t working.

I agree that reading a book or watching a video isn't the most ideal circumstance under which to learn a move, but they can be valuable resources when you can't tap the knowledge of an instructor or senior student. With my limited time in Aikido, I have found that the reading that I have been doing on the subject can help me to work as best I can on the techniques that I have learned. Then, when I get into class, I can work on fixing up the little things. Otherwise, I'd never feel like I am making any progress.