Thread:Demotivator/@comment-26484417-20171025101948/@comment-26484417-20171103204401

No worries, it's the fan-flame like yours that keeps / kept some of those works afloat. =P

Pretty much everyone--including the people who instigated it, and many of those who then voted for it--think it was a bad move; it's one of those misinformation campaigns with success that took even its instigators by surprise. That said, if there are any secessions--and it looks like a real possibility--I hope it goes better than what we see in Spain these days.

You're right, Aikido works a lot with the redirection of the attacker's power to rob them of their centre of gravity (which may include a nasty throw), and / or to lead them into a joint lock. The defensive bit is part truth and part misnomer; skipping over the truth part, Aikido can be used offensively if one is so inclined even though its philosophy suggests that one generally isn't so inclined. Moreover, contrary to the popular belief, Aikido practitioner needn't wait for an attack, and advanced curriculum commonly includes strikes--they are rather important.

Yeah, Kanji are a real toughie, it's not the most challenging aspect of the language (for me). One must acquire an ability to instinctively interpret the meaning based on the context at hand precisely because of the common use of homophones; it's only when you know both the Kanji and the pronunciation that you can isolate a specific meaning without any context.

I don't know what you mean by "even the conjugated ones", I meant only the Hangeul--the alphabet, its script and composition rules. There was no conjugation as far as I remember.