In short, Daito-ryu was developed as a way to effectively and efficiently neutralize violence, not cause it. This is why that although we have forms used to demonstrate aikijutsu, there are no competitive matches. This was done to better allow the student to capture the essence of budo and to transform the art into a comprehensive one. One might recall that while Shinra Saburo Yoshimitsu, the distant founder of Daito-ryu, was skilled in martial techniques and the arts of war, he was also a skillful player of the sho . It is in this anecdote, perhaps, that we find a hint of the true essence of Daito-ryu.
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