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Originally posted by scardog
I believe you are getting buddism and aikido mixed up. Segal is the real deal as far as Aikido is concerned. He was on the cover of Karate Magazines in the 70's. He only got rich because he was the aikido instructor of Michael Ovitz, hollywood superagent. His technique is great.
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Don't give me that; I know too many people that have put him down. He married into most of his rank and made up the crap about his life. A friend of mine even witnessed his 1 minutes shichidan test at hombu which he contributed over a million dollars to have. He could barely finish it, he was so winded. I'm not saying he hasn't been around for a while...I never said that...but he talks B.S. and I'm not impressed with his techniques at all. Works great as a 6'5" guy throwing around a little 5' uke, but what if the situation was reversed?