Another thread on the board got me to thinking about some of our techniques in aikido. Many of the techniques that deal with joint locks require a certain level of dexterity higher than say a balance breaking technique. Let's take shiho-nage as applied from a roundhouse punch. It takes a pretty good level of manipulation as you take control of the energy, redirect the weapon (fist) apply the lock all while moving at a speed matching your attacker. The other thread was dealing with folks who have a problem with dealing with that surge of adrenalin that you get when the fight/flight instinct kicks in. When that kicks in you will loose a bit of your fine motor skills on a level commensorate with your ability to deal with the adrenal dump. My question for you all is does your school do anything to deal with this loss of control or to deal with the adrenal dump? If you do, what?