The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. Over the years in Aikido, Mizukami Sensei said when training technique for the incoming punch, “Wait it out. Take a glancing blow if you have to. Then move in and finish.” I waited, moved into the attack, letting the punch just pass, taking a hit if I had to, then execute kotegaeshi (wrist lock) or Just train. In an Aikido Seminar, the French Aikido Sensei said,