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Old 11-19-2005, 12:14 AM   #2
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Re: Book from koichi Tohei

Hi Jason,
I bought that book recently, and am still reading it. There are ideas of a person, who applied them into his daily life and trainings. And we all know that they were effective for his aikido. Therefore, it can be said, it is useful. The problem is, are we able to follow the same path, can we improve our aikido skill like he did. This changes from one person to another...
The interesting side of the book is, he gave some principles of Ki applications, like unbendable arm, sitting stable so that nobody can break your balance off, unliftable arm etc...before reading the book, I only knew the unbendable arm, I can do it and it helps while applying a technique. However, I tryed the other Ki exercises but I was not successful. I wonder if someone else can do them, too?
IMHO, I think the book is not so expensive, having respect to Tohei, we should read it...
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