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Cito Maramba wrote:
Here is what Saito Sensei wrote about Kaeshi-waza in Vol. 4 of Traditional Aikido
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With all respect to Saito sensei
this sounds rather like a good old Japanese Martial Art fairy tale.
"First I provide you with my super-techniques, which cannot be countered by any opponent. And later you'll get the tool to be undefeatable by any technique, even my own." Wel lhow to solve that paradoxon?
Ther must lots of truth in Saito sensei's statement. To me it sounds like old master behaviour, as it is told of Sokaku Takeda: "You have to pay for every technique, you learn. And you have topay for every technique, you are allowed to teach. And you are not allowed to teach anything without licence, not techniques from other arts, you have learnt before and not self-developped techniques."
And to not appearselfish and money-driven, just wrap it in another story.
Best regards
Dirk