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Stanley Pranin: On Weapons in Aikido
Interviews and Lectures • 11m
A short video editorial by Stanley Pranin on the role of weapons training in aikido. Stan describes the two main schools of thought and discusses the historical events that influenced these two divergent approaches.
The aiki-jo video course Stan references in this video is now available on AikidoJournal.TV. The Aiki-ken course will soon be available here as well.
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