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Old 07-21-2010, 08:26 AM   #7
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Re: Aikido: more than a martial art?

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Graham Jenkins wrote: View Post
I think that inherent in the technical instruction you have recieved, is vast spiritual/philosophical teaching.
It could also be a recipe for noodle soup. Until someone explains it to me I'll never know.

I learned several technqiues in Jujutsu before I learned them in Aikido such as kote gaeshi, shiho nage, nikkyo and their use in Jujutsu predates Aikido by several hundred years and apparently the vast spiritual/philosophical teaching was missed by the several million people exposed to those techniques.
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