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**truttyMab** · 07-19-2007, 08:29 AM

I have no idea why the people on aiki-web have a problem with the term aikidoka, since that's what they are.

I think it's because originally the ka was a professional and so that people like me who only do aiki 2-4 times a week could not consider themselves to be one. More like an amateur or an enthusiast. Same way some people don't like to say aikidoist because it implies a profession like a dentist, geologist, scientist but i think that is feckin stupid because : numerologist, philatelist, scientologist... none of which need be professions. To be honest, most of them are most uncool.
Apparently though, the "ka" has been chilled out in definition recently.. so it's ok.

thanks!

07-19-2007, 08:29 AM	#24
truttyMab Join Date Oct 2005 Location Malawi Posts 392 Senior Member	I have no idea why the people on aiki-web have a problem with the term aikidoka, since that's what they are. I think it's because originally the ka was a professional and so that people like me who only do aiki 2-4 times a week could not consider themselves to be one. More like an amateur or an enthusiast. Same way some people don't like to say aikidoist because it implies a profession like a dentist, geologist, scientist but i think that is feckin stupid because : numerologist, philatelist, scientologist... none of which need be professions. To be honest, most of them are most uncool. Apparently though, the "ka" has been chilled out in definition recently.. so it's ok. thanks!
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