Defining the Essential Question

1) What is the best way to become a successful aikido practitioner?
2) Successful and Aikido.
3) The best way to become a successful aikido practitioner is by training.
The best way to become a successful aikido practitioner is by teaching the techniques.
4) Francis Takahashi because he was there from the beginning. He started to train in aikido when it was first going to different parts of the world. He's been training for around fifty years now and his sensei was the founder of aikido, he has trained with him, his son, and his grandson. So I think he knows lots about aikido and I think he is a great resource.