From Ellis Amdur's blog @
http://www.aikidojournal.com/index.php?id=74:
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As for Ono-ha Itto-ryu, it was that it was not really associated with DR until modern times - AFTER Takeda Sokaku. So although they may be the king and queen of a matched suit in some modern groups, but they weren't in the old days. Ono-ha Itto-ryu is specific to DR descended through Tokimune, and please correct me if I am wrong, but he did not learn much of his DR from his father - he learned from his mother, Sue, and from others, if I have read my AJ correctly.
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If Daito-ryu was already based on sword techniques, why did Tokimune feel it necessary to tack on Ona-ha Itto ryu as a subsidiary/complementary art?
Secondly, why did Kishomaru make that statement I referenced in post #33?
Likewise, how do you account for the fact that the majority of the pins and throws in aikido, have stark similarities with other non-Japanese unarmed arts????
PS: My views on aikido are clearly listed in post #2.