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Peter Goldsbury · 05-18-2009, 09:45 AM

Hello Mark,

My question was basically a response to Dan's post #37. (Dan is preaching to the converted here, by the way.)

The fact remains, however, that despite the accomplishments of both men in Aiki skills, what they showed, even to their closest students, was waza--in Takeda's case, hundreds. Budo Renshu (compiled in 1933), by comparison, contains about 160, with an introduction dealing with possible attacks and how to deal with them. So it seems to me that Ueshiba, at least, combined aiki skills with waza and used waza also when dealing with people like Tomiki and Shioda.

Best,

PAG

05-18-2009, 09:45 AM	#49
Peter Goldsbury Dojo: Hiroshima Kokusai Dojo Location: Hiroshima, Japan Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,308 Offline	Re: O sensei and 'correct ukemi' Hello Mark, My question was basically a response to Dan's post #37. (Dan is preaching to the converted here, by the way.) The fact remains, however, that despite the accomplishments of both men in Aiki skills, what they showed, even to their closest students, was waza--in Takeda's case, hundreds. Budo Renshu (compiled in 1933), by comparison, contains about 160, with an introduction dealing with possible attacks and how to deal with them. So it seems to me that Ueshiba, at least, combined aiki skills with waza and used waza also when dealing with people like Tomiki and Shioda. Best, PAG
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