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Attilio Anthony John Wagstaffe wrote:
Didn't start till 1974...... and we went at it like bulls in a china shop!!
No political correctness then and no litigation either ........ just got on with it!! We were quite proud of the bruises and the like...... just accepted it as being part & parcel of what we did...... a martial art!!
How things change....... and not for the better as far as I am concerned.......
But that's how it is ......
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And that
IS love.
Since it was Ellis who started this thread it seems appropriate to mention Terry Dobson Sensei, who had a very strong personal impact on my training.
Terry said he started Aikido to save his own life. Aikido was a strong enough art to do that then. Is it still?
Can someone still walk in the dojo and be transfixed by the power that is present? I hope so.