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Christopher Li wrote:
Morihei Ueshiba never counted. If he found you counting then you would get scolded. The students (Saito, Tohei, et al) couldn't figure out how to remember or teach the jo movements without counting and made up the counts to what they saw (or thought they saw) Morihei Ueshiba doing (obviously, they did this when he wasn't around, to avoid getting scoldings). Saito (at least) went through several different numbers before settling on "31".
Best,
Chris
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Very interesting, can you provide the sources for this information?