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Old 09-07-2016, 06:47 AM   #8
philipsmith
Dojo: Ren Shin Kan
Location: Birmingham
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 362
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Re: Teachers who won't share

All of my teachers encouraged cross-training; not just in Aikido but wherever I wanted. In fact I remember after I told Tamura sensei that I'd trained with Senta Yamada asking me every time I saw him thereafter if I'd trained in Tomiki Aikido again; and Chiba Sensei passing on his regards to Sakegame Sensei from Wado-Ryu (I didn't even know they had met).

As other posters have said I believe that if a teacher is secure they actively encourage their students to explore other arts.
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