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Old 08-08-2006, 03:23 PM   #6
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Re: Is aikido radical or conservative

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Mark Walsh wrote:
What about aikido itself (as opposed to say the politics of those who practice it - though that's interesting too).
That's a loaded question, Mark. Many would say that Aikido is largely defined nowadays by the politics and opinions of those who practice it. Whose Aikido is "the" Aikido? Hard to categorize it as radical or conservative, even fundamentally, without a clear answer to that question. I have my own ideas, but that's just one more opinion to throw on the pile...
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