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Oisin Bourke wrote:
Shoji Nishio stated that he trained under Uesh because he found his morality superior to Mifune Kyuzo's (the great Judo player).
The article is over on Aikido Journal somewhere.
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Thanks for the pointer. The article is here:
http://www.aikidojournal.com/article?articleID=524
It deals with a coat stolen from Tohei and some thieves breaking into Mifune's house.
Here's Stan's article going over the essence of what happened in relation to aikido principles:
http://www.aikidojournal.com/article?articleID=695
Personally, I took Nishio's words in more of a budo sense, but rereading it, I can see where one could view it in terms of a spiritual sense.
Mark