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Old 03-18-2015, 05:52 PM   #19
Chris Li
 
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Re: Mr. Kimura’s Aikido Memories, Part 2

FWIW, according to Fumiaki Shishida:

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Takeda’s instruction gave Hisa the chance to compare the techniques that he had been taught for the previous three years (1933-1936) by Ueshiba with those taught by Takeda. His conclusion was that they were the same---meaning that Ueshiba had not by that time significantly modified or evolved what he had been taught by Takeda. In later years, Hisa was adamant about Ueshiba’s and Takeda’s techniques being identical. He stated this clearly at a round table talk, “When Tomiki came to Osaka to teach aiki-bujutsu to the Asahi people2, the techniques that both master Ueshiba and Takeda taught were the same. Definitely the same.
from "The Process of Forming Aikido and Japanese Imperial Navy Admiral Isamu Takeshita: Through the analysis of Takeshita’s diary from 1925 to 1931"

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Chris

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