Re: Aikiken Roots
According to those who know more than me, there are striking similarities between the first partner katas in Kashima Shinto Ryu and the first ken awase-exercises in Iwama style weapons.
As far as I remember the little Yagyu Shinkage Ryu that O´sensei studied focused on taijutsu, not kenjutsu.
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