Aikido: The Art of Leverage, According to Steven Sigal

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Aikido, as articulated by Steven Seagal, emphasizes the law of leverage, paralleling principles found in jiu-jitsu. The discussion touches on historical references, such as Archimedes' assertion about leverage, and connects these ideas to modern physics concepts like Planck's theories and the Higgs field. The conversation explores the mathematical implications of leverage, particularly through the principle of double action, which suggests a deeper understanding of mass and energy. Participants debate the mathematical expressions related to leverage and torque, questioning the applicability of vector products in certain scenarios. Ultimately, the dialogue bridges martial arts and physics, highlighting the intricate relationship between physical principles and their mathematical representations.
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The marshal art of Aikido is based on and is all about the law of lever.
Steven Sigal says: “Nobody bits me in the kitchen!”
 
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deda said:
The marshal art of Aikido is based on and is all about the law of lever.
Finally something that we can agree upon (sort of). Aikido and jiu-jitsu rely on an understanding of leverage.
Steven Sigal says: “Nobody bits me in the kitchen!”
Don't get me started on Seagal. He should spend less time in the kitchen, if you know what I mean. (He's getting soft!) :wink:
 
Archimedes used to say that give him a place to stand and he can use the level to move the earth.

At his time, there was no quantum physics and Planck constant. So he couldn't have known that the action principle is based on the level.

100 years later, Planck couldn't have known about particle physics, quantum field theories with all its problems of uniting the forces of nature. Now, the Higgs field can be explained by using the principle of double actions, which is based on applying the level twice.

Mass and Energy can be described by the principle of double levels action.

This double levels principle is a Local Infinitesimal Motion (LIM) of one dimensional space.

The problem is how to use existing math to describe the LIM and to assert that this LIM is conserved and is another invariant quantity of nature by the principle of directional invariance.
 
A first shot at its math expression for the double action is:

r_i \times F_i \cdot r_j \times F_j
 
Antonio Lao said:
A first shot at its math expression for the double action is:

r_i \times F_i \cdot r_j \times F_j
Ok, I expected an equal sign in your reply but you have my attention any way. I’m curious if that double lever thing of yours can finally give me the vector relation of the forces and distances in a multi particle lever as shown here: www.geocities.com/dr_physica/bla_bla.htm

Also, I doubt that vector product can have anything to do with it cause it depends on the angle between the crossing vectors thus it doesn't cover collinear vectors for instance.
 
Torque is equal to the vector product of r and F.

r \times F

The scalar product of two torques is the square of energy and if energy is conserved then the square of energy is also conserved. LIM is conserved because the square of energy is conserved.
 
So I know that electrons are fundamental, there's no 'material' that makes them up, it's like talking about a colour itself rather than a car or a flower. Now protons and neutrons and quarks and whatever other stuff is there fundamentally, I want someone to kind of teach me these, I have a lot of questions that books might not give the answer in the way I understand. Thanks
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