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Old 07-20-2011, 01:08 PM   #67
Lee Salzman
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Re: The Word "Aikido"

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Graham Christian wrote: View Post
Why did people get attracted to this new Aikido? Well I think most people now only have to remember what attracted them.

Why were thousands if not millions attracted to Bruce Lee and his way? The answer lies in those people once again.

So the answer to that question is once again pretty obvious, it's down to how it was promoted, the concept promoted. Very simple really.

Add to this the words of O'Sensei that were used in those promotions and descriptions and there you have it......Aikido.

After that we have opinion.

Regards.G.
Would it be that presumptuous of me to assume that a majority of what attracts people to aikido, what initially defined it for us, was O'Sensei? Was he the promoter, or was he really the promotion? If we promote on his back our own interpretations, without first being able to match or exceed his own, what does that make us?
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