Richard,
I have been watching this thread for sometime and I must say that your posts have been excellent. I appreciate you sharing your insight and perspective. I haven't posted much since e-budo came back up, not sure why, but I have enjoyed reading numberous threads. I am tempted to restart the 'great aiki debates' just so I can read your input and pick your brain. While many have stated it is worthless to discuss aiki because you have to learn it on the mat, I have always felt that a good discussion can help a student understand what they were learning on the mat AND give them new avenues to explore the next time they are on the mat. Certainly learning only occurs while training but I have found new ideas and perspectives learned through discussion to be valuable in focusing different areas of my training. Anyway, I got of the track there for a moment. Thanks to everyone for a good thread.
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