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Old 02-04-2010, 07:19 PM   #112
TomW
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Re: Aiki-Ken vs reality

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Joshua Reyer wrote: View Post
.... The way it abruptly stops leads me to suspect that he was making it up extemporaneously, although the form would eventually be solidified enough to be passed on to Shirata, who did something very similar.
I assume this is what you're referring to: video clip

Allen can speak more definitively on this (if he chooses) but there is no connection between what Ueshiba did in the 1935 Asashi News film and what Shirata Sensei did in the above video.

Tom Wharton

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