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Re: Ueshiba's Aikido?
I realize that I may be considered one of the Danettes like Mark though I had been in Aikido well over 30 years before I met Dan.........for me this "all" is about the social network that today's Aikido has become and how folks play in that network....well actually it was a social network when I started in the 70's.....it is just that the Internet has allowed for connections across city, county, state, and international borders. Folks still function now the way they did then even with the exposure that is now available with any number of possible teachers. Folks come to seminars, listen, spend a little time attempting what is being shown, explain it to others on the mat using the personal context they came onto the mat with and then go home to train doing what they had always done. It is not good form to call anyone out, to challenge anyone, to question their lineage, their approach, methods or results.........after all you then are open for this yourself.
Aaaaahhh enough from me............have a good day
Gary
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