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Old 02-28-2007, 02:23 PM   #3
Chuck Clark
 
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Re: Who Does Aikido Belong To?

The Japanese model for understanding levels of learning is "Shu, Ha, Ri" Interesting subject to do some research on...

To my understanding we BEGIN to "make it our own" somewhere around yondan level. While we are shodan we can take responsibility for "our shodan practice level" but it isn't the level where we "make aikido our own."

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