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Old 03-19-2007, 12:38 PM   #6
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Re: "One Point" - is it gone, or is it a matter of semantics?

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Mike Braxton wrote: View Post
P.S. tanden not tan dien. If you look for the second spelling in a Japanese dictionary you will never find it.
No you won't find it because it is not Japanese. Dan Tien is the way Hara is called in Chinese...of course assuming he was not mentioning the Chinese term hee hee, which is probable coz in Aikido seldom is used Chinese
And just to be exact, Ba Qua is not a type of Tai Chi, but it is an internal Martial Art like Tai Chi, but different Art.
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