You and me both, my aiki brother! The point I was getting at was more along the lines that the NGA guys wouldn't be anywhere along the continuum of the instructors listed in the poll except in the "other" category. Not surprising since NGA makes up a very small subsection of the aiki arts. Having said that I'll say this: I've been on other boards where I was told, point blank, that since I was NGA I wasn't welcome by the other aikido-ka. I've never had that problem here. There was a time, couple of years ago, where we had a lively debate going between myself and a couple of hombu stylist but, thanks to the general attitude of the board the debate was always respectful and both parties wound up gaining a lot of respect for each other. Love the aiki you're doing but never dismiss someone elses flavor.:ubercool:
