This is a question that has also occured to me.
On the courses that I've been to, I've always understood him to say that Shinkage Ryu was what O Sensei learnt / practiced but I haven't heard him talk about practicing Shinkage Ryu with O Sensei in the same way that he talks about practicing Aikido / taking ukemi for O Sensei etc.
On Monday, he talked about learning the jo kata from Tohei Sensei. (There's a sentance I don't write too often!) But, while he was quite specific about the Shinkage Ryu practice; the excercises and katas etc, he didn't talk about where he learnt it.
All I can say is that in my very, very limited experience Maruyama Sensei draws a clear link between the Aikido and Sword arts which he teaches and the Aikido and Sword arts practiced by O Sensei.
That isn't much help is it?
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Mike wrote:
Am really irritated at still not being able to get to the seminars he has taught in the UK
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If you formed a renegade splinter group, you could maybe get him to do seminars in Aberdeen
Have I suggested that before?
Alternatively, have you thought about emigrating?
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Ed wrote:
That isn't much help is it?
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Take care,
Ed