Thread: Stealing
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Old 08-15-2005, 06:26 PM   #7
Mark Uttech
Dojo: Yoshin-ji Aikido of Marshall
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Re: Stealing

Onegaishimasu. "Stealing" comes from the sense that in the old days, techniques were not explained. The sensei would demonstrate a techniques once or twice, and then you would have to attempt to practice and find the way yourself. When you would pay close attention by observing the technique in such a way as to see how it was done, that was called 'stealing the technique'.
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