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Brett Charvat wrote:
"If Aikido is a way to reconcile the world then it will have to adapt to other people and cultures, not kick them out when they refuse to comply with a physical ritual that really has nothing to do with Aikido practice."
--That's interesting. I always thought of reiho as one of the more important lessons within Aikido practice.
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And reiho is confined to the specific physical act of bowing? There's plenty of reiho around the world that involves none of that.
I respect that the founder was born in Japan, but I wasn't, and I don't live there anymore.
Best,
Chris