Thread: Aikido and Sumo
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Old 02-23-2007, 02:21 PM   #8
Ron Tisdale
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Re: Aikido and Sumo

Most Japanese males of that time and before did some amount of sumo...the way many males in many parts of the world did some form of wrestling growing up. I remember reading the same thing you did, but have no other details handy.

One of the Daito ryu instructors Dan was referencing was Sagawa Yukiyoshi.

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Ron

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