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| | Last night I was thinking about Aikido and O'Sensei and was wondering that if O'Sensei had not been born into a privileged family would there be aikido? Think about it. If he was born into a poor family, he wouldn't of had the opportunities to travel, study and develop this art. Do you think aikido just wouldn't of been developed or is it something that would of come about in a different way? Just thinking, Adam |
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| I suspect it would have been developed sooner or later. It's not out of the realm of possibility that another martial artist somewhere decided "hey, you know I kind of like the concept of ending conflict through redirection instead of aggressive resistance". The spiritual and philosophical aspects (as I understand them) of Aikido are nothing new. It was only a matter of time before one who possessed both the internal and external abilities as well as the monetary resources to develop the art took upon themselves to do so.
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| I really don't know if it would have happened. O'Sensei was eccentric, unconventional (even by Japanese standards), a martial arts genius, and from a privileged family. That kind of combination isn't common to come by today's standards, and would have been even less common in Meiji era to WWII era Japan. Plus, on top of this he was the consummate warrior, who was profoundly effected by devoutness to an equally eccentric, unconventional, privileged Holy Man.
I think this is one thing that we need to consider when we bow to the shomen. O'Sensei gave us a great gift, and most rarely for the time, shared it with the world. In a time (at first) when Japan's Nationalistic ferver was high, and then later when the traditional was abhorred.
Aikido had so many hurdles in its quest to be developed, and now with the politics and divisiveness that rears its ugly head.
But, yet it survives and flourishes. The next time you bow in, let the weight & responsibility of what you are part of be in the front of your mind... it will help bow your head in humbleness. Don't let it sit in the back of your mind and tip your nose up in indifference and arrogance.
*Mike
"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." -Dalai Lama
"If I begin to play with power too casually, it may begin all too casually to play with me." -Nietszche |
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| An unusual happy accident of life. Kind of like when the first person to accidentally make beer was able to consistantly repeat the process.
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