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Old 05-23-2009, 04:18 AM   #16
Kent Enfield
 
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Re: Taisabaki and Ueshiba

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Al Gutierrez wrote: View Post
If that's what the kendoka meant, why didn't they say they went to him to learn kokyu, kokyu-ryoku, or ki no nagare or some other more likely term?
They did use "some other more likely term." Kokyu (other than straightforwardly meaning breathing), kokyu-ryoku, and especially ki no nagare are not part of the normal jargon of kendo. Taisabaki is.

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