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This is Arthur's site. You could ask him yourself. Maybe he is just not part of Vlad's Org anymore.

Any of you guys knowledgable of ki aikido circles around Tokyo? I am looking for info on a gentleman by the name of Kentai Takahashi. he is/was 3rd Dan Ki Aikido and 5th dan Daito ryu. I am trying to...

I like the idea of offering a discount if you sign a year long contract and pay up front or through an auto withdrawl. This benefits both the student and the teacher. Anyone who requires me to set up...

He is also apparently from Tokyo or there abouts. He was in Victoria then Vancouver for about 2 1/2 years before moving back to Japan in 2003.

The only other thing I know about him is that he is a 3rd Dan Ki aikido. A google search turned up nothing.

Anyone know this name. Apparently 5 dan Daito Ryu. I have no reason to doubt him, he was the intructor a friend of mine trained under but I just don't know the Daito world very well. If he is legit,...

The litmus test for fraud, to me, is did the person deliberatly try to mislead. Lets say I joined an organization and they decided to grant me a ranking based on my previous skill set. An advanced...

That is not true. Some of the others can give you specifics but the martial arts as a cult thing is, for the most part, a fallacy these days.

Personally, I could care less about organizations but then again I have never been brought up in one. I have generally had independan instructors or instructors who were members of organizations but...

Spelling and grammar are important but there is no need to get anal about it. When I write an article, I spell check it, then I proof read it and then I send it to Phil and he fixes it. That ensures...

Welcome to the aikido forum Tony. As you said the only thing being good at randori proves is that you are good at randori. I know very sucessful judoka who know their 5 competition moves and that's...

I think what is meant is arrogance and having a "big head".

There I am not sure I can agree. I see alot of high ranking aikidoka preforming very large tenkans and huge circular movements. When preforming en no irimi nage, for example, they will run a circle...

Hi Rob,

What I mean is that he makes tight circles rather than large ones. Watch him do his tenkans during kotegeashi. The circle is very small rather than the wide one often taught. Seagal is not...

Shiai can lead to ego as well. A healthy ego is necessary to compete at a high level. You don't have to be arrogant but you definately need to be confident in yourself and think you are better than...

Go to
http://www.aikidofaq.com/dictionary/
Run your mouse over the title bar that reads "An aikido Dictionary"

IIRC Osu is like saying yes or I understand. I have never used it much unless...

Paul did you mean you were pleasantly surprised or your weren't?

I love Seagal's Aikido, it is very small circle which I like it is also fairly aggressive for aikido. I am a huge fan of his work...

This is a split to allow discussion on Szczepan's question as to Ego in the Martial arts which I closed because of a rule violation.


Try an keep this clean people.

We do not want to kill conversation but we do not want to deal with the personal arguements so common on this and other sites. The previous thread was closed because it had nothing to do with Lynn's...

Alright this thread has outlived its usefulness. I am closing it.

Knife throwing is a nice skill. As Phil said distance is very important but you can compensate for that by a number of means (controlling spin and how you hold the knife). The problem is that unless...

True but I was being very general. Aikido can be linear as well but more often you see the circular, from my (limited) Taijutsu experience the opposite could be said for it. Perhaps a better way to...

Define Ninjutsu, please. Do you mean the taijutsu taught in the X-kans? If so there are alot of similarities. In general taijutsu is linear where aikido is circular. Also Taijutsu involves a lot of...

They lost in the world basketball championships awhile back as well. It speaks of the way basketball is going. No one plays as a team anymore. You sure as hell didn't see the Dream Team with Larry...

As you can tell I like writing from the first person. I find it easier to be descriptive if I pretend I am the one doing it.