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Ellis Amdur
09-19-2009, 11:29 PM
I just read Transparent Power by Kimura. I was pleased to note that there are a lot of areas where Sagawa and Kimura tend to confirm some of my speculations:
1. That Hoshina most likely did not teach "aiki" to Takeda Sokaku
2. That Daito-ryu was not taught in the kata form we see it. In fact, Sagawa states that the "numbers" of kata in the various menkyo were, more or less, because Takeda thought those were lucky numbers. Arbitrary, in other words (which would suggest that the kata were placed on the "matrix" of the numbers later - by someone(s) else, yet another of my speculations.
3. Takeda's character - which a) he did not play well with others b) he DID have a remarkable ability to focus on solitary study until he figured something out. Which would make him, in a dojo context, not so suited for years of cooperative kata practice, but very much suited for solitary figuring things out, punctuated by challenges, tests and other competitions.
4. Sagawa scoffing at the idea of the "palace art of
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This is going to be a bit of an odd blog post as it’s more like a legal disclaimer than anything else. As we continue to get used to regular training again, consider accepting new students, and look to producing more public content it feels important to be clear about our influences and our affiliations. Jeremy Hulley and I have been training and teaching together for nearly 30 years now, and during that time, the question that we have always asked ourselves is, “Is this what our teacher wants us to be doing in their space?” After closing down Seattle School of Aikido and introducing the idea of Japanese Fighting Arts NW, the question is now, “Is this what WE want to be doing?”
One of the biggest challenges for us going forward, especially wrt video content, is to credit our influences and teachers correctly and transparently while not implying an ongoing affiliation or endorsement that does not exist. This also means generating useful content for public consumption that does not violate any trust put in us to protect information that is not considered public. This is the tightrope that we will walk.
For the upcoming video content we will be posting a mix of exercises and concepts as they were taught, but also modifications and variations of those concepts and exercises. A l
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