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Charles Hill wrote:
Just to throw a little gas on the fire...
The story goes that Ueshiba actually used his sword to kill people whilst on that Omoto-kyo fiasco in Mongolia. And this was before the 1936 film. How many kenjutsu teachers can say that?
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Do you have a source for that? The only thing I've heard, from
horse's mouth, was that he was involved in a fire fight, during which he used a Mauser.
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Carl Thompson wrote:
In a purely sword-based art, if you lose your sword, you can no longer practice your art.
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I disagree with that.