Re: Weapon forms vary?
FWIW I don't particularly care for weapons in Aikido much anymore. After some exposure to Iaido from a very capable sensei, Aiki bokken just didn't make a lot of sense any more, at least from an attack/kata point of view. I consider that there are merits of bokken in aikido only from the nage point of view, in disarming the uke. Almost everything I was taught in Aikido bokken got thrown out the window when I started Iaido, but that is to be expected somewhat as Iaido is focused solely on the sword .
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