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Dean Suter wrote:
So it reinforces for me the idea that Ueshiba was concentrating on a set of principles based on his experience in the martial arts. Over time, he was able to become a very good martial artist and didn't rely on technique alone to overcome opponents.  |
No one (who's any good) relies on "technique alone." Nor is the idea of seeing a shape "reveal itself" particularly advanced: it should be well within the reach of a competent shodan, at least some of the time.
It's true that aikido has a relatively limited technique set, but Daito-ryu has a huge library of techniques. To say that Ueshiba "just threw people around" ignores his very solid technical foundation. I think it's more accurate to say that he refined and distilled the Daito-ryu library for his own purposes.
Katherine