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David Soroko wrote:
Lineage.
Its an imperfect approach but should tell you something. There is a sequence of teachers between the sensei you are looking at, and the founder. Reading up on these teachers should give you an idea on what sort of Aikido you can expect from the sensei.
Oh, and if the sensei can't tell you what his/her lineage is, then keep looking.
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The lineage thing should tell you a bit if the teacher has only had one teacher. It gets a bit tricky if they have had many teachers and branched out on his own a bit.
For example, if you look at my lineage...
6 years in the lineage of Gesshu Sugawara -
http://www.fujiryuaikido.org/federationHistory.html
4 years in the lineage of Masatake Fujita -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfin2...feature=relmfu
1.5 years in the lineage of Shoji Nishio -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY6ihEtD72Q
and my current teacher is like me. He has trained under heaps of different styles.
So, what does my aikido look like? I don't even know myself anymore.