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Charles Hill wrote:
Hi Chris,
Can you give the details of the instance you`re talking about?
Thanks,
Charles Hill
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Well, Morihei Ueshiba had his realization about "the great spirit of mutual loving protection" (note the "spirit") in 1925, and yet he turned down an invitation to demonstrate to the imperial family in 1941 (16 years later) because the "real" techniques would end with the opponent dead (the demonstration ended up with Ueshiba breaking Yukawa's arm by mistake).
There are other instances after the war as well, from conversations with post-war students. Western thinking tends to be fairly black and white, Japanese thinking tends to be better at reconciling ideal visions with pragmatic action.
Best,
Chris