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Hellis · 10-06-2010, 02:23 AM

I have never been in a Aikido dojo where they don't bow.

I have though wondered about the clapping ritual. I never saw this with the early teachers such as Kenshiro Abbe and Nakazono Sensei, it is something we have never done.
Is this a recent introduction, say in the last 10 / 15 years ??

Henry Ellis
http://kenshiroabbe.blogspot.com/

10-06-2010, 02:23 AM	#5
Hellis Dojo: Ellis Schools of Traditional Aikido Location: Bracknell Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 657 Offline	Re: Bowing in question - Clapping? I have never been in a Aikido dojo where they don't bow. I have though wondered about the clapping ritual. I never saw this with the early teachers such as Kenshiro Abbe and Nakazono Sensei, it is something we have never done. Is this a recent introduction, say in the last 10 / 15 years ?? Henry Ellis http://kenshiroabbe.blogspot.com/