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Liane Stevenson (Wolfi3) wrote:
Can anybody tell me if Iai is a part of Aikido? I'm kinda new to all this and researching for college work.
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Not generally, but some aikido teachers, as Mongo and Ted noted, inclue it or offer it a part of the school's curriculum. A couple of aikido folks (Nishio and Chiba come ot mind) have actually incorporated sword-drawing into their aikido and practice a form of iai as part of their aikido.
Chuck