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Old 01-19-2017, 05:36 AM   #31
John Longford
Dojo: Cambridge Aikido, Cambridge UK
Location: Cambridge UK
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Re: General News: Hitohiro Saito Sensei Leaves Aikikai Foundation

I know that I have come very late to this discussion but I feel I must comment. Several people here have said that Saito Sensei stated that only Iwama Aikido was right. A load of BS.
I was priviliged, along with a few others, to have dinner with him at the end of his seminar in 1994 in Birmingham, England. He said that Aikido was like a smorgasbord where you can use what you wanted to keep or ignore. He then mimed picking up something, smiling and putting it in his jacket. He did this again then mimed grimacing and throwing something over his shoulder. Hardly the actions of someone with a closed mind.
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