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Old 08-18-2003, 10:57 PM   #25
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C.E. Clark (Chuck Clark) wrote:
I really don't care much what it is called. A rose by any other name....
I think I still prefer to refer to what I do as Aikido although as I stated elsewhere - if my teacher decided to call what he did something else I would follow his lead.

Still the idea that somehow Aikido is an emasculated form of Daito ryu because it does not have this or that comes up frequently enough that my hackles rise.

The Shodokan curriculum is very different from the curriculum of any of the Daito Ryu styles. Hey its very different from any of the other Aikido styles. That means that there are things that I can do better at my level than people from other styles and conversely things that I am less brilliant at. Without a doubt there are waza performed regularily in some dojos that I have never or rarely seen. However, broadly speaking, I'll say it again. At least with respect to Shodokan Aikido and Daito ryu I have yet to see anything particularily unique.

I don't think Shodokan is at all emasculated.

Peter Rehse Shodokan Aikido
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