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	<title><![CDATA[My Aikido is Better Than Your Aikido]]></title>
	<body><![CDATA[Wow, how many times I've heard this from people, and especially from students who came to my class from another dojo and said, my sensei is better than you.

How misguided people can get sometimes.  Aikido is an art, how can one mans art be better than another.  How can one Aikido work better than another.....

So many questions, so many opinions and so many ways to judge....

I'd prefer to say some people like doing things one way, some people like doing them another.  Some people like McDonalds better than Buger King. 

I personally like Five Guy Burgers better than Smash Burger.  AND OF COURSE, I like my way of doing Aikido better than anyone else's way.  

I'd say, let's not judge one another.  We can always learn from everyone....I even learn from beginners!

Here's another video clip.  

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LpAEShrYV0"]Ryote-Dori Tenchinage[/URL]

Erik Calderon
[URL="http://www.escalderonmartialarts.com"]Erik Calderon's Martial Arts Program[/URL]]]></body>
	<date>08-10-2010</date>
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