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Old 10-15-2012, 03:59 PM   #82
Chris Li
 
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Re: VoE: AWASE - The Principle of AIKI

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Carl Thompson wrote: View Post
And yet this statement is a matter of debate for you:

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The founder of AIKIDO, Morihei Ueshiba O-sensei, spent many years adapting techniques from Daito-Ryu Jujitsu and other martial arts to embody the principle of AWASE.
Well, yes, wasn't that how the conversation started?

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I know you have visited Iwama. I think it was clear that I was referring to the current research you and others are doing related to IP/Aiki. Are you saying you came to Iwama as an IP/Aiki proponent in relation to this?
Yes, although I knew much less then than I do now, and by the time I was getting deeper into this the elder Saito was too ill to interact with very much.

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Chris

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