There was no answer, predictably.

I doubt he has even READ #Ueshiba-sama's statements, any of them, or anything but the random cards with Ueshiba's quotes their legit caring sensei elected to have read at beginning of every class, to expose the lazy folks to a drop of wisdom, every now and then of their lives.

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@stephanwind I never got to practise with her when I was visiting Cali, but hopefully some day! Very interesting that she uses the #bō. Rare in #Aikido. The ikkyo kata is very similar to #Saito's jo kata 31, and #Tohei's jo kata 1 (or 'kata 22'). Nikyo kata seems superficially similar to Tohei's jo kata 2 (but I haven't done it).

My theory is #Ueshiba probably did a sequence of movements based on feel, with some rough elements, and his students tried to formalise it, and each in different ways.