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Mark Murray wrote:
Hi Greg,
Thanks for the reply. I probably should state somewhere that I'm reviewing the books and looking for sections where the authors talk about aiki or structure in relation to aiki...do. That's why I'm placing the reviews here in the non-aikidoTM section. It has nothing to do with whether the book is useful in some other venue. Some of them do have value elsewhere. Nothing wrong with that at all.
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Hi Mark,
Understood on your focus of aiki...do - Koretoshi does do aiki..do, but he does not train it; at least not back when I trained with him in the late 70's. His approach then was the standard Tohei method; which will give you a good foundation for mind and body coordination, but as Mike S has stated, he does not take it to the next level.
I have a pretty extensive Aikido library (no where near as large as Clark B's though) and I have not found any of those books to be very explanatory on the aiki stuff; other than the standard esoteric babel prevalent with most of the senior Japanese shihans. However, some of the Chinese books will delve into more of an explanation, but I have not really seen any that will give you a simple road map to this stuff.
If you find that elusive aiki for dummies book, please be sure to share it with the rest of us.
Greg