Re: The continuing Aikido or Non aikido aiki debate and what is or isn't aiki
Dan, in the very long term you might be right. At this point, folks I meet are still in the "this is way cool, how do we do it?" phase or the "hmmm, starting to be able to use it in my aikido; let's keep going!" phases. So I'm wondering if rather than having individuals and short term (few years) in mind this is more a matter of recognizing general human tendencies within groups as cultural norms shift over time?
So far the only individuals I hear or read say "it's already in there" are those who haven't had hands-on. Some of us recognize that some existing aikido exercises can be vehicles for integrating this stuff but only if done differently - just as finding how to integrate it into aikido forms themselves has to be puzzled out.
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