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Old 10-19-2006, 03:03 PM   #28
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Re: Why do some people hate Aikido?

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Mike Braxton wrote:
Kisshomaru was pointed in charge of the Aikikai when he was in High School if my memory serves me correctly so he was in charge for a very long time. He was put in this position by O'Sensei. Aikido follows the iemoto system of transmission so Tohei would never have been in charge, this also explains why there is no rank for Kisshomaru or Moriteru and the same for Waka-Sensei. Tohei Sensei was in charge of the technical instruction only.

The things that Tohei Sensei wanted to introduce to Aikido was not learned from O'Sensei but from the Tempukai, hence the dissatisfaction of this idea from Kisshomaru and the other high ranking Sensei.
Here's a nice interview with Tohei Sensei about it all. If someone can find one with Kisshomaru Sensei, we can get to the bottom of this issue:
http://www.aikidojournal.com/article.php?articleID=93
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