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Re: Standards of testing???
in some places... rural north carolina jumps to mind... any aikido to be found tends to be in larger more urban areas and spread out so there are rarely any publicized events, mostly organizational events that are only advertised to organizational members, and fringe aikidoka hear about them after it is all over if ever
to me a bit of it seems to be ego and complacency... the older generations of aikidoka seem happy to leave things alone for a variety of reasons that fall into those categories... but it seems to me that the lines or trenches between organizations is hardening (it is also softening in some instances), and I feel this is likely the direction it will continue in... this too will help frauds continue to con people... Boulder sounds like a great place to practice and live... maybe one day I may be lucky enough to get a chance to visit... but I'm still stuck on the farm, but Osensei was a farmer too so maybe there is hope for me yet eh?
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