And I concur with your criticism of the current Doshu for relegating weapons training to an unnecessary lower rung of the aiki curriculum in direct contradiction to his grandfather. And also to my shihan and sensei, whose aikido is ...
Koichi Tohei Sensei's technical curriculum from the 1960s. “Early foreign practitioners of the art in the Aikikai system relied heavily on this book to guide their training and preparation for testing as they progressed in aikido. ...
Special Note
"Aikido Techniques are only as good as the person
that is applying them"