philipsmith

Interesting thread.

Doshu once said to me that the reason the Aikikai symbol was a tree was because Aikikai Hombu was the root of all Aikido and all the other "splinter groups" were in fact branches off the same root. His concern seemed to be that without an understanding of "root" Aikido people couldn't find their particular branch.

In the same conversation he also said that it didn't matter what "branch" of Aikido people did as long as they were practising Aikido.

Doesn't sound Holier than thou to me.