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Old 07-21-2003, 03:19 AM   #4
justinm
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We very rarely train with weapons at all, in fact it is more than 6 months I think, since the last time. I think this is because it is very rare in Yoshinkan aikido.

Interestingly, I once asked Amos Parker Shihan about this, and he agreed weapons work was not normal in Yoshinkan. His explanation was that weapons practice in aikido was primarily about finding and working through your centre, however Yoshinkan uses the kihon dosa to learn this. My impression, although he did not state this, was that he did not think weapons training in aikido was really about learning to use the weapons effectively but more about improving your aikido. Something I often hear from those that explicitly study weapons systems as well.

Justin McCarthy
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