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Kent Enfield · 08-29-2002, 02:23 PM

I have to agree with Jim. If it uses aiki, it's aikido. If it doesn't it isn't.

I was at a seminar about ten years ago with Saotome s. at which he made this specific point. He said (quoting from memory), "We are not shihonageka; we are not iriminageka; we are aikidoka." He then proceeded to have the entire group practice a flying scissors-leg takedown and using kotegaeshi to make an opening for a front kick to the chest.

08-29-2002, 02:23 PM	#3
Kent Enfield Location: Oregon, USA Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 224 Offline	I have to agree with Jim. If it uses aiki, it's aikido. If it doesn't it isn't. I was at a seminar about ten years ago with Saotome s. at which he made this specific point. He said (quoting from memory), "We are not shihonageka; we are not iriminageka; we are aikidoka." He then proceeded to have the entire group practice a flying scissors-leg takedown and using kotegaeshi to make an opening for a front kick to the chest.
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