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Old 01-17-2012, 11:52 PM   #1
Ellis Amdur
 
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Oh My Gawd - did no one notice this?

In one of the other threads, this link was posted, and seems to have passed without comment

Lord have mercy! This is extracts from the Takeshita diary. Notice some of the entries.

1. 1925 - Ueshiba and Inoue demonstrating "Daito-ryu judo" - I truly love this, because it illustrates how Japanese can be a lot more casual about terms that Westerners froth at the mouth over.
2. 1927 - Gejo Kosaburo, as part of Ueshiba's entourage, demonstrating Yagyu Shinkage-ryu (which Ueshiba used with various students to encapsulate principles of aiki, notably Tomiki Kenji pre-war and Hikitsuchi Morio, post-war).
3. 1928 - at this point, there is already a move towards independence from Takeda Sokaku. (whom Takeshita, btw, knew). There were probably far more ramifications to Ueshiba's attempts to be independent than have been written or discussed anywhere.
4. 1930 - Takeshita describes himself teaching Mochizuki!

There are only a few excerpts here - what a rich historical record remains to be translated and studied!

Ellis Amdur

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