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Walter Martindale wrote:
Kodo Horikawa thread in this (non-aikido martial traditions) has "don't use shoulders" to raise arms. I don't really know how famous the man is/was.
Cheers,
W
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Sagawa Yukiyoshi was also an early student of Takeda Sokaku, like Horikawa.
Akuzawa Minoru trained for two years or so (happy to be corrected on this) in Sagawa's dojo. In the following clip, he demonstrates the
aiki age exercise captured in the still photo of Sagawa above. In particular, watch his shoulders from 0:08 to 0:16.
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?...AB64DECBF6D8B5