emptycloud wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMOgjHxxZRY
alternatively Ueshiba taught the aiki power to try and get folks interested in the deeper meaning of his art..
some feel they need aiki power training, some don't... some are looking for body power, some are looking for immovable inner peace.
the body gets weak, the mind keeps on going....deeper into the heart of peace..its all aikido...
facets of a jewel, twirling in emptiness..
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Rich
No, Ueshiba didn't teach the aiki "power" for that. Even Ellis Amdur (who has done far more research and in person interviews into aikido history than most of us) thinks that post-war Ueshiba was just using his students for crash test dummies. Paraphrased greatly but you get the point. I think that's in Hidden in Plain Sight. Great book, btw.
And that vid you referenced ... the person in it is wrong about Ueshiba. Other than that, if you're talking about Modern Aikido, it's all good. Different lineages with different visions. But people really should stop pointing back to Ueshiba when they don't have a clue as to what he was talking about.
Henry Kono, who was there training, asked Ueshiba ... Sensei, why can't we do what you do? Ueshiba replied, Because you don't understand yin/yang. I think I referenced that quote already.
When Kisshomaru wanted to to an aikido demonstration for the public ... the PUBLIC, mind you ... and wanted his father to be part of it, Kisshomaru was extremely hesitant to even ask for fear that his father would fly into one of his rages. Public demos weren't really "approved". This was sometime in the mid 1950s, I think. Reference from Stan Pranin in one of his issues. I think that's where it's at.
Ueshiba teaching aiki to people? Post-war, not really. Not to the public, at least.