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crbateman · 07-25-2009, 12:34 PM

IMHO you will never see a reunification of the naming conventions, any more than you will see reunification of the different ryus. Even if someone went to all the trouble of classifying and naming all the variations, there will be those who will not join the fold simply because they don't believe in conformity. You will most likely be taught some derivative of what your teacher was taught, which is likely a further derivative of what his/her teacher was taught, etc. etc. etc... Knowing the names is not nearly as important as knowing the techniques.

07-25-2009, 12:34 PM	#16
crbateman Location: Orlando, FL Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,502 Offline	Re: History of nomenclature for Aikido techniques IMHO you will never see a reunification of the naming conventions, any more than you will see reunification of the different ryus. Even if someone went to all the trouble of classifying and naming all the variations, there will be those who will not join the fold simply because they don't believe in conformity. You will most likely be taught some derivative of what your teacher was taught, which is likely a further derivative of what his/her teacher was taught, etc. etc. etc... Knowing the names is not nearly as important as knowing the techniques.