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JJF · 05-26-2006, 08:10 AM

Hi Christian

If I remember right our old sensei Leo told me that In the beginning Nishio sensei told his students Aiki-toho was a style of iaido, but later he changed this and said it is a new budo. It is obiously closely integrated to the aikido of Nishio sensei, and I wouldn't think it to be of much value to practice one without the other. However I do believe it to be a separate budo - not a part of aikido practice the way ken-tai-ken and ken-tai-jo is. The mere fact that we have separete gradings in aiki-toho underlines this line of thought, wouldn't you say?

- JJ

05-26-2006, 08:10 AM	#9
JJF Dojo: Vestfyn Aikikai Denmark Location: Vissenbjerg Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 803 Offline	Re: Do you practice TohoIai ? Hi Christian If I remember right our old sensei Leo told me that In the beginning Nishio sensei told his students Aiki-toho was a style of iaido, but later he changed this and said it is a new budo. It is obiously closely integrated to the aikido of Nishio sensei, and I wouldn't think it to be of much value to practice one without the other. However I do believe it to be a separate budo - not a part of aikido practice the way ken-tai-ken and ken-tai-jo is. The mere fact that we have separete gradings in aiki-toho underlines this line of thought, wouldn't you say? - JJ
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