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Ron Tisdale
6th February 2006, 19:04
Lately there have been some discussions in various forums here and elsewhere on Ki and Kokyu in Asian Martial Arts. While some of these discussions have been rather heated, I believe that some good information has come out in them. I thought I would start a thread here for people to give their thoughts. I'd like to suggest some reading that might provide a basis for discussion:

From AikidoJournal.com, by or about Kenji Ushiro:

http://www.aikidojournal.com/article.php?articleID=241&highlight=ushiro
http://www.aikidojournal.com/article.php?articleID=152&highlight=ushiro

From Aikiweb.com, by Rob John, Mike Sigman, and others:

http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/showthread.php?p=120164&highlight=ki+kokyu#post120164

http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9461&page=1&pp=25&highlight=ki+kokyu

From AikidoJournal.com, by Ellis Amdur and others:
http://www.aikidojournal.com/?id=1517

The search engines at these sites will turn up quite a bit of material. It would be nice if people kept any sniping to a minimum, but of course, there is no real way to control that.
Best,
Ron