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Originally posted by Chris Li
First thing - "aiki" as Daito Ryu talks about it and "aiki" as M. Ueshiba talked about it can be two quite different things.
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Could you explain what you see as the difference?
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Originally posted by Chris Li
...Also, emphasizing aiki in his practice or not is not really the same thing as his conception of Aikido as a seperate art, which is really delineated on a philosophical basis...
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Are you saying that the only diffence between Aikido and Aiki-jitsu is the philosopy? There is no different direction that can be found in the techniques of the two Arts?
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Originally posted by Chris Li
...He went through a bunch of names, for various reasons, but I don't think that Takeda was quite as complacent about it as you make him appear...
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I mentioned the name change and Takeda to show that two experts both agreed that what Morihei Ueshiba was doing should no longer be called Aiki-jitsu.
Why do you think Takeda was more actively involved?