One of my favorite stories at the last Seidokan summer camp I attended was from my room mate Eli Landau. Eli is an instructor in Israel and this is the story he told me one night. My apologies for any errors in retelling but this is as I remember it.
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I was nearly ready to quit aikido. I was frustrated. All my teachers kept telling me that aikido techniques didn't have to hurt, but every time they did one to me it hurt. Not one of them could do the technique without the pain like they claimed it could be done. Then I met Kobayashi sensei. I grabbed his wrist and he touched me here and I fell down. I attacked again and he touched me over here and I fell down. I got up and thought AHA, aikido doesn't have to hurt! That was when I started following his teachings.
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Bronson