After having xmas dinner and drinks at one of my aikido sensei’s houses, we sat and watched some old aikido dvds. Some were of his past demonstrations and some were old school aikikai videos of o’sensei’s son and some old school deshis [ tohei, endo, saito.]
Anyway, the discussion came up about the different dojos and affiliations in the US and how aikido is approached at each. I realized there are basically three types of aikido being taught: atemi based (punch to create submission), no touch ( *coKIuSOCIETYgh* ) and finally kuzushi based.
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