I just found a small illustrated instruction by Shigeo Takagi and it is for the most part the same as George Sands work. He starts off, however, cutting the rope using Eric Lewis scissor pick-up. I have always heard about this fellow but after seeing this blatant rip-off, I am shocked. Chalk up another Sands ripoff.
It is, however, well illustrated with English text.

Having known and spent lots of time with Takagi-san, I would guess in his lectures that he credited those necessary.

Ian
Takagi was famous for taking other peoples routines, and perfecting the presentation as only he could. To me watching Takagi work was very much like watching Shoot Ogowa work. He really was the master of making every move count.

I only had the manuscript which had no credit to others. Just an observation.
I would love to see him in action.

I find the Japanese do not give credit to the original work or ideas they glean their material from. As discussed previously, it looks most magic comes from the U.S.A. and goes around the world. We are just more aware of it now with international communication and commerce.

The Japanese silk magic routines, in many cases, are Marconic's. Combining and enhancing the routines to create a nice flowing routine.

A good magician creates from what has gone before him to enhance his magic creations.

Bill
Taking an average overlooked American rope trick, and making it a unique experience is what Mr Takagi was famous for.

for example
I bought Gregory Wilson's "Hundy 500", and I loved it until I saw Richard Sanders "Extreme Burn 2.0". I then took my Hundy apart, and I only do Extreme burn now.

Bill
After reading my previous post I realized that doing old stuff with a twist is what all new magic is all about, and all of us knew that already.