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Old 12-09-2010, 10:48 AM   #20
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Ki Symbol Re: aikido? is it right for me?

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Niall Matthews wrote: View Post
Just to clear up a couple of points. Hapkido came from Daito-ryu, not aikido http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapkido. We can wonder perhaps at the motivation of the founder of hapkido adopting the same name (in Chinese letters) as O Sensei for his new art.

Years ago I trained as a visitor at a hapkido dojo (dojang) in Korea. It wasn't at all violent. There were a lot of kick attacks, including from suwari waza. The ukes blended much more than I was used to doing in aikido in Aikikai dojos. The wikipedia article mentions the influence of Taekkyeon - a dance-like martial art - and that was apparent. There was also musical accompaniment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taekkyeon
Like I said, depending on the dates it may not have been called Aikido yet. Osensei studied Daito-ryu, so the question becomes did the founder of Hapkido study with Osensei?
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