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Old 03-24-2002, 09:01 PM   #2
Edward
Location: Bangkok
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Originally posted by Chris Li


Like M. Ueshiba, when he talked about Aikido being a path to unify the world family, or the path of Aikido being the path of protecting love?

Best,

Chris
Honestly, and with all the due respect to the founder of our art, I think his ideas about unifying the world in one family and the like are completely weird.

However I try not to forget that no matter how weird and excentric these ideas are, they were behind the philosophy of aikido as we know it today and the actual application of techniques Ueshiba style which made it it different from other Aikijitsu arts.

Nonetheless, I can't keep myself from smiling when reading Osensei's quotes or seeing footages of his training. This guy was really different in all aspects

Cheers,
Edward
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