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- From: quixote@cix.compulink.co.uk (Aurelio Barranco)
- Subject: Re: Stupid Religious Views
- Reply-To: quixote@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 12:55:00 +0000
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- In-Reply-To: <1992Dec23.121328.13687@crash> jfrost@crash.cts.com (Julian Frost)
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- >
- > Research your Aikido history!! Morihei Ueshiba, the Founder of Aikido
- > was a devout believer in Shinto. He later followed Deguchi Onnisaburo
- > in the Omotokyo religion. Some dojos begin by clapping their hands
- > before doing the bow to O Sensei -- this is a Shinto tradition
- > (Buddhists rub hands, Shintoists clap).
-
- It was explained to me that we clap our hands to dispel our ego.
- After all we wouldn't want anything as big and heavy as an ego to
- slow us down while we break someones arms would we :)
- But seriously now .... I think the lack of competetiveness in
- training is probably a shinto thing.
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-
- Aurelio
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