To practice aikido, it is necessary to work with good attacks. A good attack is one in which the attacker has the intent of connecting and doing harm. To do this, the attacker needs to apply force by "giving" some of his weight to the person he is attacking. Though in aikido we often practice slowly to gain skill, even slow attacks need to have force behind them. Visit us on the web at http://aikidocenter.tripod.com/