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Old 11-28-2015, 02:31 PM   #24
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Re: YouTube: PREWAR AND POSTWAR AIKIDO

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Katherine Derbyshire wrote: View Post
The Founder is clearly *demonstrating* shiho nage. Without sound, it is impossible to say what he is *teaching.*
Like a hairdresser who is talking sports while cutting you hair? It is possible but again, why would you think that this is the case?

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Many teachers see technique as a "language" that can be used to address underlying principles. It does not violate Occam's Razor to suggest that Ueshiba Sensei might have been one of them.
Katherine
Sure it does. You can drop all the unnecessary complexities of techniques as a "language" of "underlying principles". What remains is a minimal explanation that covers the data points - a man teaching Shihonage.

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