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Old 09-23-2014, 08:39 AM   #42
Brian Gillaspie
 
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Re: Third Wave Aikido

I watch a lot of aikido videos on youtube. There are some I like and some I don't but I don't think that indicates whether what I'm watching is good or bad aikido. I understand the desire to make aikido something better than average but being such a varied art I don't think there will ever be a consensus to what good aikido is.

I try my best, and admittedly I'm not always successful, to not worry about how other dojos and organizations train. I focus on making my aikido the best it can be for me. I cross train in other arts and sometimes that works it's way into aikido. Maybe that means my aikido is evolving away from "Folgers" aikido or maybe it means I'm doing something that's not really aikido.

Keep in mind my perspective is coming from someone who has only trained in an independent dojo. I've never been involved with any large aikido organizations so maybe it's a little easier for me to just train and not really worry about the state of aikido across the world.
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