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מתוך
Aiki Journal Bulletin Board Forum:
" The name used popularly to describe Morihei's budo began to change around the time he became active in Tokyo about 1925. Such terms as "Ueshiba-ryu jujutsu," "aikijujutsu," "Daito-ryu Aikibujutsu," "Asahi-ryu jujutsu" and "aiki budo" were employed. The later term was the most frequently used and was employed from the mid-1930s through 1942. It seems that Morihei did not concern himself with the name used for his art and it was others that selected a name depending on the occasion. What happened in 1942? It was in this year in the midst of World War II that the Dai Nihon Butokukai--a fifty-year old umbrella organization for the martial arts coopted by the military government of Japan during wartime--began a movement to standardize the nomenclature used to refer to modern Japanese martial arts. The names of judo, kendo, naginata, iaido, karatedo, etc., had already been set, but the word "aiki budo" presented a problem as it contained the generic term "budo" (martial art). It was thus during a series of meetings held in Kyoto by members of the board of the Butokukai, which included Minoru Hirai, General Affairs manager of Morihei's Kobukan Dojo, that the decision was made to remove bu from the term leaving "aikido." Morihei at that time had retired to Iwama in Ibaragi Prefecture and was recuperating from a serious intestinal illness. He thus had no direct hand in the Butokukai decision-making process and did not select the name of his art. The name "aikido" was actually chosen by a group of bureaucrats! -Editor, Stan Pranin "
ומתוך
aikido journal:
" I believe you played major role in the name-change from Aiki Budo to Aikido when you were a representative of the Kobukan Dojo to the Daí Nihon Butokukai (see side bar). I was the Director of General Affairs of the Kobukan beginning around 1942 and I helped out Ueshiba Sensei in dayly matters. "Aikido", rather than being a specifically selected name, was the term used to refer to "Butokukai-Ryu", aiki budo within the Daí Nippon Butokukai. The headquarters of the Daí Nippon Butokukai was located in Kyoto and Butokuden centers were set up in all prefectures. Tatsuo Hisatomi from the Kodokan, and Shohei Fujinuma from Kendo, were close friends of mine. The Butokukai was an independent, umbrella organization for the martial arts, and it also was in charge of martial arts in the police departments. It was very difficult to create a new section in the Butokukai at that time. Mr. Hisatomi proposed the establishment of a new section including arts for actual fighting based on jujutsu techniques. The techniques of Yawara (an alternate term for jujutsu) are comprehensive and also include the use of the ken and jo. I also made a number of suggestions and Mr. Fujinuma and Mr. Hisatomi understood my ideas. However, had I insisted on these things nothing would have been decided. There was discussion within the Butokukai about the choice of a name for this new section. It was discussed many times in meetings of the Board of Directors, and particularly in the judo and kendo sections. We had to consider all of the different individual arts encompassed when we tried to come up with an all-inclusive name.It was decided to select an inoffensive name to avoid future friction among the different martial arts. "
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