Doshu Succession

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[Rupert Atkinson]

Here's a link to a YouTube Koichi Tohei Vid someone just sent me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrIXa3VdCxs

It may be politically incorrect, but if Koichi Tohei had become the Doshu after O Sensei, who would be in line for the role now that he has retired?

[crbateman]

That might be a matter of some conjecture. Politics notwithstanding, I would guess it would be whomever is designated to do so by the outgoing Doshu (Tohei Sensei already has his son, Shinichi Sensei, administering Ki no Kenkyukai). I can't say, however, if hereditary claims could be made by others, and there would, I'd presume, need to be some endorsement by Aikikai.

[p00kiethebear]

Koichi Kashiwaya, No contest.

That man spins like a goddamn top.