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Joep Schuurkes wrote:
This is starting to sound like a Dan Brown novel.
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Joep,
That is quite funny! However, I am glad you stated your critique of my post as such in that
nothing could be further from the truth! I really like Ellis Amdur's book title,
Hidden in plain sight quite well. To me it is the double meaning of the title which I love so much. I certainly hope, and do imagine that Ellis, himself thought this through completely. You see, there really is nothing hidden at all. It is, however ironic, clearly based upon where you look and if you have the capacity to see what is right in front of you. When it comes to the markings I speak of I mean they are really actual signs, you know like as in storefronts that tell you where to find O-Sensei's Aikido. When someone explained to me where to look, sure enough... there they were, all lit up for everyone to see. The truth is MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT LOOKING... and this is no different than when O-Sensei, himself was looking for those who could bring his Aikido forward.
...but I really would love to write a story using your general idea about how Aikido, hidden in plain sight (as it is not) might be rediscovered should it actually have been hidden for some secret reason and revealed in a controversial novel. I am sure it will get as furiously rejected by whatever Aikido version of "Rome" that there might be and denounced as heresy by the Aikido scholars and the almighty historians devoted to their own cover stories and press releases. Conversely, I am sure there won't be the press that the Da Vinci Code received. In any case I will have a good laugh at their expense.
...best in training to all.
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