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Tim Fong · 08-01-2007, 01:03 AM

All through the late nineteenth century there were Chinese military cadets at Japanese schools. Local governments in China sponsored cadets to learn military science and so on, with the idea that they would bring back the knowledge to China.

That's the origin of the "Mao suit;" it was based on the Japanese cadet uniform.

It would not be surprising if there were [gasp] Chinese martial arts practitioners going to military school in Japan. Plus, there was quite a bit of contact between the ultra-right in Japan and the KMT revolutionaries in China. Who were often, martial artists....

08-01-2007, 01:03 AM	#29
Tim Fong Dojo: Aunkai Location: California Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 181 Offline	Re: Ellis Amdur's Post on Aikido Journal All through the late nineteenth century there were Chinese military cadets at Japanese schools. Local governments in China sponsored cadets to learn military science and so on, with the idea that they would bring back the knowledge to China. That's the origin of the "Mao suit;" it was based on the Japanese cadet uniform. It would not be surprising if there were [gasp] Chinese martial arts practitioners going to military school in Japan. Plus, there was quite a bit of contact between the ultra-right in Japan and the KMT revolutionaries in China. Who were often, martial artists....