O'Sensei said something to the effect
that
aikido is largely entering and striking -- irimi/atemi.
Here are all of
O'Sensei's atemis in his 1935 movie "Budo."
Pre WWII Aikido taught by Usheiba showed much more atemi than the akido Usheiba taught post WWII.
When his prewar book on Aikido was translated in the 1970's there were Akido instructors who forbade their students from practicing atemi.
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