Should i take both martial arts class at the same time? aikido & karate?

I%26#039;m thinking of taking both of the class but still undecided. The classes are 1/2 units each and two hours long, 1 day per week. Would it be a good idea to take or no? Any suggestions are welcome.|||First of all the guy with the bare knuckles. What the hell do Karate and Boxing have to do with each other. Secondly Aikido teaches you how to defend against attackers. Karate teached you how to kick high and brake pine boards and cinderblocks.





Now onto the question. It is fine to take 2 different martial arts at once. But do them on seperate nights. That way you don%26#039;tfeel conflicted when one teaches you to do somthing differently than the other. Rather than Karate, if you%26#039;re looking for a striking art. Try Tai Boxing if you are looking morefor take downs and submissions Aikido should be enough for now. But if you%26#039;ve never trained Judo would be better. Or Juijitsu. Remember if you are expecting it to be like a Steven Segal or Bruce Lee Movie it%26#039;s not going to be. It%26#039;s hard work and it will be a great experience. Just be sure you know it is what you want and stick with it. You will not master anything in a year.|||I would say take two different arts but at different nights. For example, I would take Muay thai on mondays wednesdays and fridays, and then Grappling or val tudo on the alternate days. That way, by you taking two different martial arts ( one emphasizing on stand up, and the other countering and gound fighting) you are on your way to being well rounded. Most martial arts is stand up only; you also need something to defend yourself on the ground. Trust me, it wouldn%26#039;t hurt to learn basic amateur wrestling or jujitsu. You%26#039;ll thank me later when you do get into a fight with a good standing striker and your get him on his back and he doesn%26#039;t know what to do...|||Well, I do this martial arts called Han Mu Do. It is a mixture of different kinds of martial arts, including Aikido and Karate. You should try it out.|||I think you should take only one of it because if you take both of them you probably will had tension|||It%26#039;s not a good idea. You need to be an advanced student to be able to take 2 different martial arts at the same time. Otherwise, you%26#039;ll only confuse yourself, you%26#039;ll mix them up and won%26#039;t learn a thing. First focus on one. After you%26#039;re really good at one, then you might take another.|||just one at a time so you can have undivided attention|||Take Karate. Aikido is useless. Don%26#039;t believe me? Try go to boxing gym and ask for a bare knuckles fight then try to grab their hands as they hit you.|||i would only start with one so that your body has learn only one trait instead of two, because karate and aikido is very different and it%26#039;s going to slow your progress if you try to make both school of techniques a second nature for your body.





Also, if you%26#039;re going to take karate i would suggest that you take a judo class, just because in the earlier days of karate, when it was just coming out of okinawa, the judo masters of the main land japan thought karate was a great MA and some try to cross train their students in judo and karate. So i think judo might have changed a bit during that time to be more accepting to the fusion between karate and judo.





also i%26#039;d think aikido would compliment the internal chinese ma better than karate would, but if it%26#039;s from the same school maybe they have a way to have the karate and aikido mix together into one system fluently.|||I have sent my children to Karate.


But as an adult I would recommend Aikido.


It is a powerful art form, that looks amazing. Those that practise it seem to command respect and attention.


I am friends with a 5 Dan Master, his grandson also my friend went to china to spend time with an old teacher. I see these people and am impressed and in awe with them.


Karate is good for defence, aikido is good for a lifestyle.