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Katherine Derbyshire wrote:
The Founder is clearly *demonstrating* shiho nage. Without sound, it is impossible to say what he is *teaching.*
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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
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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.