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Old 04-30-2011, 09:24 AM   #31
Tony Wagstaffe
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Re: Tadashi Abe and Kenji Tomiki and their criticism

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Graham Jenkins wrote: View Post
Aikido didn't exist, pre-war, did it...?

As for the criticisms of the Aikikai, aren't the sources very important? - i.e., I have heard Chiba sensei - a man most respected by at least a few contributors here - once remarked that Tomiki sensei 'Missed the point' of aikido; and I think I recall anecdotes about Tadashi Abe which I read here, talking about him lamenting his missed opportunity to be a suicide bomber during WWII; carrying a knife with him - to give to other people when he got in a fight; and being expelled from France because he kept starting fights.

If that's pre-war aikido, I can't wait 'til it's well and truly dead.
Some would say that the majority of present day aikido is already dead......
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