Friday, May 21, 2010
Where can I find cheap aikido classes in long beach, ca?
the Ki society owns the ki-aikido branch of aikido schools. They do not charge much. I believe they have a website with locations. THere are soe in Santabarbara and LA, so there must be some near your local.
Aikido Practicality?
I%26#039;ve been taking aikido for a couple months now and I enjoy it a LOT; but I%26#039;m just wondering as to what its practicality is when it comes to the real world is as compared to other martial arts-- I%26#039;ve asked others this and gotten very mixed results; i%26#039;m hoping that whoever answers this has experience with aikido and some other martial art.|||All martial arts have practical applications, all have limitations.
The most practical application of martial arts is not in the ring or in a streetfight, but the attitude you learn, which can apply to daily life....|||Good answer, though I%26#039;m of the opinion that if you%26#039;re asking %26quot;could I use Aikido in a fight%26quot; the answer is you%26#039;ll be very limited. I%26#039;ve heard of people using Aikido techniques to fight but they already had a base of resistance-based BJJ. Aikido works with compliancy and projected unrealistic attacks Report Abuse
|||I think it%26#039;s very practical if you%26#039;re more interested in subduing someone who attacks you rather than breaking parts of their body or killing them. Although this can be accomplished in Aikido as well.|||designeq.com/deq/aikido/insideout/martia... - 8k - Cached - Similar pages
Two martial aspects of aikido are important to include in your study. These are intent and practicality.
Intent determines the seriousness of the outcome, and practicality determines the efficacy of the outcome.
Intent
When you apply the martial aspect of aikido, you have a range of choices from being very protective to devastating your opponent.
After you achieve a degree of proficiency, the difference in a response that is protective from a response that is devastating is only the difference in your intent.
Let%26#039;s state this again: The difference between protection and devastation is not one of technique or method. It%26#039;s only a difference in your intent. The very same technique can protectively disable an opponent or physically devastate an opponent, depending on what you intend.
This truth engenders both a sense of security and a sense of responsibility. There is security in knowing that you may deal with any situation with an appropriate degree of force. There is also responsibility in knowing that excessive force may result from losing control or losing your temper. The best maxim in working with intent is to strive to produce the greatest effect with the least force. This practice tends to temper intent so that it doesn%26#039;t devastate.
Practicality
The martial aspect of aikido is a good reference point to use when judging the practicality of the technique. From the martial point of view, you have to ask %26quot;Does it work?%26quot; and %26quot;Does it create any openings?%26quot;
When you ask %26quot;does it work?%26quot; you%26#039;re checking to see if you%26#039;re able to redirect your partner%26#039;s force and energy in a simple, harmonious way, without excess force on your own part. It%26#039;s not enough to just knock your partner down. Much of the importance is in the %26quot;quality%26quot; with which you knock him down!
Openings are times and places in your sphere where you%26#039;re vulnerable to attack. Openings also allow your partner to regain control as you try to neutralize him. If you consider that you have a sphere around you about the diameter of your outstretched arms, you can think of an opening as a weak point in this sphere. It is through these openings that your partner will attack effectively or escape. When you perform a technique, it%26#039;s always important to observe whether you create any openings. In learning to observe your own openings, you%26#039;ll learn to see the openings in your partner%26#039;s techniques as well.|||I used it only once, but with great effect. Guy in a club was getting grabby and my friends didn%26#039;t catch on soon enough so I was on my own. I did this little twist to his wrist and suddenly he was on the floor looking around like what the ^#$%#@ just happened?|||It is as practical as you make it.
Have you snatched the pebble from the hand yet!
The most practical application of martial arts is not in the ring or in a streetfight, but the attitude you learn, which can apply to daily life....|||Good answer, though I%26#039;m of the opinion that if you%26#039;re asking %26quot;could I use Aikido in a fight%26quot; the answer is you%26#039;ll be very limited. I%26#039;ve heard of people using Aikido techniques to fight but they already had a base of resistance-based BJJ. Aikido works with compliancy and projected unrealistic attacks Report Abuse
|||I think it%26#039;s very practical if you%26#039;re more interested in subduing someone who attacks you rather than breaking parts of their body or killing them. Although this can be accomplished in Aikido as well.|||designeq.com/deq/aikido/insideout/martia... - 8k - Cached - Similar pages
Two martial aspects of aikido are important to include in your study. These are intent and practicality.
Intent determines the seriousness of the outcome, and practicality determines the efficacy of the outcome.
Intent
When you apply the martial aspect of aikido, you have a range of choices from being very protective to devastating your opponent.
After you achieve a degree of proficiency, the difference in a response that is protective from a response that is devastating is only the difference in your intent.
Let%26#039;s state this again: The difference between protection and devastation is not one of technique or method. It%26#039;s only a difference in your intent. The very same technique can protectively disable an opponent or physically devastate an opponent, depending on what you intend.
This truth engenders both a sense of security and a sense of responsibility. There is security in knowing that you may deal with any situation with an appropriate degree of force. There is also responsibility in knowing that excessive force may result from losing control or losing your temper. The best maxim in working with intent is to strive to produce the greatest effect with the least force. This practice tends to temper intent so that it doesn%26#039;t devastate.
Practicality
The martial aspect of aikido is a good reference point to use when judging the practicality of the technique. From the martial point of view, you have to ask %26quot;Does it work?%26quot; and %26quot;Does it create any openings?%26quot;
When you ask %26quot;does it work?%26quot; you%26#039;re checking to see if you%26#039;re able to redirect your partner%26#039;s force and energy in a simple, harmonious way, without excess force on your own part. It%26#039;s not enough to just knock your partner down. Much of the importance is in the %26quot;quality%26quot; with which you knock him down!
Openings are times and places in your sphere where you%26#039;re vulnerable to attack. Openings also allow your partner to regain control as you try to neutralize him. If you consider that you have a sphere around you about the diameter of your outstretched arms, you can think of an opening as a weak point in this sphere. It is through these openings that your partner will attack effectively or escape. When you perform a technique, it%26#039;s always important to observe whether you create any openings. In learning to observe your own openings, you%26#039;ll learn to see the openings in your partner%26#039;s techniques as well.|||I used it only once, but with great effect. Guy in a club was getting grabby and my friends didn%26#039;t catch on soon enough so I was on my own. I did this little twist to his wrist and suddenly he was on the floor looking around like what the ^#$%#@ just happened?|||It is as practical as you make it.
Have you snatched the pebble from the hand yet!
I take Aikido and I noticed it 's not really practical.WHEN WILL IT BECOME Practical.?
I need something that is practical give me an example.
Or Tell if Aikido becomes useful.
Give me examples of what ever Martial art you take and why its good and why its bad.
A TRUE BUSHIDO KNOWS NO DEFEAT
Unless they fight someone who knows Chinese Martial arts.
My response, a true Bushido must accept that he/she can be defeated by someone with more skill and higher chi.A true Bushido must acknowledge when he or she is right or wrong and must admit defeat when they are truly defeated.Thats a true warrior!A true warrior accepts defeat when they are truly beaten.
Domo arigato Gozaishimashita
From:JHKORYO|||What you must realize about Aikido is the same thing that people must understand about Tai Chi Chuan: a lot of the motions are symbolic! That is to say, if you understand what the techique is actually trying to accomplish, you should be able to defend yourself once you have a basic comprehension on how it is to be done.
Bear in mind too that a lot of MMA (mixed martial artists) will tell you that forms are useless, but forms are the application of techniques in succession. I bet MMA practice shadow boxing and kicks and all sorts of other things which are easy to see what they accomplish. Forms are more symbolic and take training to understand what is being done!
Understand your forms/sets/katas/, keep practicing, spar with intent, and you should learn something practical in every class you attend.|||I%26#039;ve heard that takes at least 5 years of consistent Aikido training before it becomes effective for your personal defense. It%26#039;s a good art but not one that is immediately useful. If you want something that you can use immediately try Krav Maga.|||So how long have you trained aikido? if you%26#039;ve invest a great deal of time and still can%26#039;t find a way to shift the style to meet your personal needs, then i%26#039;d tell you to admit defeat right now and walk away from the whole martial arts world. And you are right aikido is very unpractical, but by no fault of the style itself. it more is flawed by the philosophy that is brought into class by the instructors. if you%26#039;ve trained in this style and like the movements then i%26#039;d suggest to look into hapkido, or take what you%26#039;ve learned and teach yourself how to apply it. otherwise stay with karate and taekwondo and those very typical martail arts.|||I studied tae kwan do and kung fu when I was very young. Afterwords I wrestled for a very long time, and still coach when I can. In the time since I%26#039;ve graduated from school I%26#039;ve bounced between boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, jiu jitsu, judo, and most recently Brazilian jiu jitsu.
If you look back you%26#039;ll notice there%26#039;s a trend in the martial arts I%26#039;ve taken since wrestling. They are all styles that involve large amounts of sparring in their training. I believe that real full contact sparring is the best thing you can do to prepare yourself for an actual fight or self defense situation. I%26#039;ve seen Aikido practitioners train, and I would say their training is more effective than form based training, but still less effective than true sparring. It takes a long time to get a true mastery of any art, but sparring will help you to build a comfortable base faster.|||If Steven Seagal attacks ya.|||aikido is all about self defense. the only time you%26#039;ll ever use it would probably be for self defense. that is...if all your skills and training come rushing into you while you are being attacked [:|||Aikido is good when attacked by someone, it%26#039;s more of a defensive art. Mine are both offensive and defensive. American Ninjitsu, Tiger Kung Fu, and %26#039;Snafa%26quot;. Need i say more!!!!!!!!|||aikido is effective against knife and sword attacks. it was derived from the japanese sword art kendo. it is of course, mostly only effective when you are standing and have a good hold on your ground. 脺 constant training for about 2 years should be enough.|||Practical ?
You will see a lot of the locks and holds used in numerous other martial arts.
A lot of Police Forces are trained in Aikido throughout the world.
Depends on what you are trying to accomplish... do you want smash someones face? or throw them to the ground and walk away?
I have found people who say Aikido is not useful or practical or real ... does not know it very well or has not had it properly used on them.|||I%26#039;ve never actually trained in Aikido but i currently train in karate and kung fu and both are freestyle clubs. the difficulty i find with traditional clubs is that their syllabus never changes and never moves with the times. in principle it works %26quot;if you stand there and your opponent stands there and if he attacks you like this%26quot; etc etc fine in the dojo but not to realistic. the major problem with traditional karate schools and from the sounds of it Aikido is the honour and tradition again in practice brilliant mutual respect for one another never kick a man when he is down and all that great hundreds of years ago but nowadays if you immediately put yourself on the defencive by waiting for an attacker to strike you first and then you defend is asking for trouble they may only need one strike and trust me they will not hesitate to kick and hit you when you are down no amount of honour and tradition will save you then. karate quote %26quot;there is no first strike in karate%26quot; sounds rather pessimistic now I%26#039;ve read it back to myself sorry bout that.
this is just my personal experiences with traditional schools no offence intended all roads lead to Rome and all that.
hope this helps.|||i see ppl answering this question are all without root..which means ur art is mixed..
akido by itself is very weak..its principles is to use the strength of the attacker to counter attack him..so dun expect urself to attack anyone face to face (sneak attack possible) always know that akido is the best defense
Or Tell if Aikido becomes useful.
Give me examples of what ever Martial art you take and why its good and why its bad.
A TRUE BUSHIDO KNOWS NO DEFEAT
Unless they fight someone who knows Chinese Martial arts.
My response, a true Bushido must accept that he/she can be defeated by someone with more skill and higher chi.A true Bushido must acknowledge when he or she is right or wrong and must admit defeat when they are truly defeated.Thats a true warrior!A true warrior accepts defeat when they are truly beaten.
Domo arigato Gozaishimashita
From:JHKORYO|||What you must realize about Aikido is the same thing that people must understand about Tai Chi Chuan: a lot of the motions are symbolic! That is to say, if you understand what the techique is actually trying to accomplish, you should be able to defend yourself once you have a basic comprehension on how it is to be done.
Bear in mind too that a lot of MMA (mixed martial artists) will tell you that forms are useless, but forms are the application of techniques in succession. I bet MMA practice shadow boxing and kicks and all sorts of other things which are easy to see what they accomplish. Forms are more symbolic and take training to understand what is being done!
Understand your forms/sets/katas/, keep practicing, spar with intent, and you should learn something practical in every class you attend.|||I%26#039;ve heard that takes at least 5 years of consistent Aikido training before it becomes effective for your personal defense. It%26#039;s a good art but not one that is immediately useful. If you want something that you can use immediately try Krav Maga.|||So how long have you trained aikido? if you%26#039;ve invest a great deal of time and still can%26#039;t find a way to shift the style to meet your personal needs, then i%26#039;d tell you to admit defeat right now and walk away from the whole martial arts world. And you are right aikido is very unpractical, but by no fault of the style itself. it more is flawed by the philosophy that is brought into class by the instructors. if you%26#039;ve trained in this style and like the movements then i%26#039;d suggest to look into hapkido, or take what you%26#039;ve learned and teach yourself how to apply it. otherwise stay with karate and taekwondo and those very typical martail arts.|||I studied tae kwan do and kung fu when I was very young. Afterwords I wrestled for a very long time, and still coach when I can. In the time since I%26#039;ve graduated from school I%26#039;ve bounced between boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, jiu jitsu, judo, and most recently Brazilian jiu jitsu.
If you look back you%26#039;ll notice there%26#039;s a trend in the martial arts I%26#039;ve taken since wrestling. They are all styles that involve large amounts of sparring in their training. I believe that real full contact sparring is the best thing you can do to prepare yourself for an actual fight or self defense situation. I%26#039;ve seen Aikido practitioners train, and I would say their training is more effective than form based training, but still less effective than true sparring. It takes a long time to get a true mastery of any art, but sparring will help you to build a comfortable base faster.|||If Steven Seagal attacks ya.|||aikido is all about self defense. the only time you%26#039;ll ever use it would probably be for self defense. that is...if all your skills and training come rushing into you while you are being attacked [:|||Aikido is good when attacked by someone, it%26#039;s more of a defensive art. Mine are both offensive and defensive. American Ninjitsu, Tiger Kung Fu, and %26#039;Snafa%26quot;. Need i say more!!!!!!!!|||aikido is effective against knife and sword attacks. it was derived from the japanese sword art kendo. it is of course, mostly only effective when you are standing and have a good hold on your ground. 脺 constant training for about 2 years should be enough.|||Practical ?
You will see a lot of the locks and holds used in numerous other martial arts.
A lot of Police Forces are trained in Aikido throughout the world.
Depends on what you are trying to accomplish... do you want smash someones face? or throw them to the ground and walk away?
I have found people who say Aikido is not useful or practical or real ... does not know it very well or has not had it properly used on them.|||I%26#039;ve never actually trained in Aikido but i currently train in karate and kung fu and both are freestyle clubs. the difficulty i find with traditional clubs is that their syllabus never changes and never moves with the times. in principle it works %26quot;if you stand there and your opponent stands there and if he attacks you like this%26quot; etc etc fine in the dojo but not to realistic. the major problem with traditional karate schools and from the sounds of it Aikido is the honour and tradition again in practice brilliant mutual respect for one another never kick a man when he is down and all that great hundreds of years ago but nowadays if you immediately put yourself on the defencive by waiting for an attacker to strike you first and then you defend is asking for trouble they may only need one strike and trust me they will not hesitate to kick and hit you when you are down no amount of honour and tradition will save you then. karate quote %26quot;there is no first strike in karate%26quot; sounds rather pessimistic now I%26#039;ve read it back to myself sorry bout that.
this is just my personal experiences with traditional schools no offence intended all roads lead to Rome and all that.
hope this helps.|||i see ppl answering this question are all without root..which means ur art is mixed..
akido by itself is very weak..its principles is to use the strength of the attacker to counter attack him..so dun expect urself to attack anyone face to face (sneak attack possible) always know that akido is the best defense
Aikido advice please?
I%26#039;m a college student and I wanted to sign up for a martial arts class. I wanted to take Juijitsu (spelling?) but the class was full. I decided to take Aikido. It seems very interesting. How effective is Aikido for self defence compared to other martial arts? I heard that there is no offense in this art. I%26#039;d like to read up on it. The internet isnt great. Any advice or info would be much appreciated. Thanks.|||as effective as you make it.
The techniques in aikido are often elaborate and unpractical and that usually sparks the question to it%26#039;s practicality. But if you use your common sence you can turn aikido into as practical a martial art as you want. The main goal for the beginner in aikido is to get out of the way of the attack (most sound philosophy in a fight) you%26#039;ll learn ro recognise an opponents initiative and later on use it to your advantage to master the effective techniques takes a long time but if you accomplish the points mentioned above you can get as creative with your aikido knowledge and use real or faint strikes or include some basic grappling and turn it into a good defensive tool. Aikido is truly more than meets the eye
you made a good choice keep at it|||To paraphrase from http://www.aikidofaq.com/history/index.h... : %26#039;Technically , Aikido is rooted in several styles of jujitsu, particularly daito ryu aiki-jujitsu, as well as sword and spear fighting arts. To simplify, you could say that Aikido takes the joint locks and throws from jujitsu and combines them with the body movements of sword and spear fighting. However, many Aikido techniques are the result of Master Ueshiba%26#039;s own
innovation.%26#039;
The way I%26#039;ve understood it, Aikido started out nearly identical to Aiki-Jujitsu (the advanced version of Jujitsu), and ended metamorphising toward a more peaceful, internal style, as the founder got older and more spiritually minded.
So, while some of the earliest versions of Aikido will still have the Jujitsu strikes, most of the styles you%26#039;ll run into, have them taken out.|||Aikido is very effective for both excercise and for self defense and internal energy systems. Aikido is one of the many Arts the Ninja and Samurai of Japan were once trained in. (and they were one of the most effective fighting forces in combat... they mastered the art of war when the white man was living in caves)|||Aikido is a beautiful style and it has a rich tradition. It does not, however, have a good reputation for being an effective martial art for self defense. There are many sites on the web dedicated to exposing martial arts myths (Bullshido.net for one) and aikido is often a topic of great interest. Probably more so than any other art. It seems a number of people are very passionate about it both for and against. That doesn%26#039;t mean you won%26#039;t enjoy it and get a lot out of it. You just need to look into it further to see if it%26#039;s what you really want to be spending your time doing.(martial arts are a huge time commitment).|||Do not confuse self defense with martial arts. They are two separate topics.
Self defense classes teach you to be aware of your surroundings, avoid dangerous places, run from trouble, and use a powerful technique if you have no alternative, but only so you can run away.
Martial arts are primarily sports. People entertain themselves participating and observing others, get some exercise, make martial arts friends, and learn traditional fighting techniques in a controlled environment.
Whether martial arts are effective for self defense is debatable. In fact, martial arts applied in a self defense setting are often ineffective and may create all kinds of problems:
At a party, some fellows become rowdy. As people start to leave, they pick on a girl, but a brave martial artist strikes a warning posture to protect her. One of the rowdies pulls a knife and lashes a permanently %26quot;Z%26quot; on the martial artist%26#039;s stomach. (He also leaves a sliver bullet).
A skilled martial artist is attacked by a mugger. He responds with force, and seriously injures his attacker. The latter presses charges, and the surprised martial artist finds himself on unfriendly ground in court as the judge rules that his defense %26quot;went beyond a reasonable response.%26quot; However, his new jail partner is very friendly.
A martial artist finds himself in a conflict that turns physical. He stands his ground and uses his most powerful technique. To his great surprise, his larger, stronger opponent is not affected, but does become enraged. The martial artist wakes up in the hospital, his new home.
While these examples are intended to be humorous, there have been a lot of real situations just like these.
So, my point is, for self defense take self defense training.
However, that should not prevent you from taking martial arts, and some of the techniques might be useful in conjunction with your self defense training, or just for fun and exercise.
I do completely agree with you that Aikido has less offense than other arts. In fact, it is the only martial art I have found that truly moves to the metaphysical realm of the arts. I have a friend who practices it, but he was first a master Judoka before starting Aikido, so it is hard for me to measure how effective his particular style of Aikido is by itself.
My friend personally studied with the originator of the art.
He told me that when he was in Japan, the master once sat in a room with martial artists from various disciplines and asked them all, including my friend, to attack him simultaneously with a weapon. My friend said he chose a stick, but when they attacked, his stick was suddenly wrested from him with great force, and everyone ended up on the ground, with the master laughing from the room%26#039;s edge.
When I questioned these %26quot;chi%26quot; power theories, he asked me to put my hand on his shoulder. He then pressed down with all his weight on my elbow joint and asked me to resist. Well, I could not, he was too heavy and strong, and my elbow joint gave way to his force.
Then, he invited me to do some visualization techniques with my eyes closed and arm extended, but this time completely relaxed. He then asked me to open my eyes.
When I did, it was like a dream. There he was, hanging with all his weight on my straight elbow joint, and I felt nothing.
I will never forget that %26quot;chi%26quot; moment. It was most enlightening.
So, when it was time for me to choose a martial art, can you guess what I did?
Join an Aikido class.
No.
No, I enrolled in a dirty, dingy, hard slugging boxing school, with an ape-like instructor who slurred %26quot;DAH, WUR GONNA TEACH YUS ALL TAH HIT REAL HARD, AND TAKE A HID TOO%26quot;....!
At that moment, the stereotypical boxer lingo seemed rather comical.
But no one laughed.
Good luck, take that self defense course, and have lots of fun in Aikido class
(But, stay away from boxers).|||I have been taught Aikido and can tell you it is indeed effective as a Martial Art
%26quot;Aikido is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Aikido is often translated as %26quot;the Way of unifying (with) life energy%26quot; or as %26quot;the Way of harmonious spirit.%26quot; Ueshiba%26#039;s goal was to create an art practitioners could use to defend themselves while also protecting their attacker from injury.
Aikido techniques are normally performed after first blending with the motion of the attacker, so that the defender may redirect the attacker%26#039;s momentum without directly opposing it, thus using minimum effort. This is often done with various types of throws or joint locks, resulting in aikido typically being categorized under the general umbrella of grappling arts.
Aikido derives mainly from the martial art of Dait艒-ry奴 Aiki-j奴jutsu, but began to diverge from it in the late 1920s, partly due to Ueshiba%26#039;s involvement with the 艑moto-ky艒 religion. Many of Ueshiba%26#039;s senior students have different approaches to aikido, depending on when they studied with him. Today, aikido is found all over the world in a number of styles, with a broad range of interpretation and emphasis. However, they all share techniques learned from Ueshiba and most have concern for the well-being of the attacker.%26quot;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikido
It is a method by which the aggressors strength is used against them in order to keep yourself safe.|||It can be extremely effective. However, it has a much larger learning curve than most arts before it is practical at all to use in a fight.
The techniques in aikido are often elaborate and unpractical and that usually sparks the question to it%26#039;s practicality. But if you use your common sence you can turn aikido into as practical a martial art as you want. The main goal for the beginner in aikido is to get out of the way of the attack (most sound philosophy in a fight) you%26#039;ll learn ro recognise an opponents initiative and later on use it to your advantage to master the effective techniques takes a long time but if you accomplish the points mentioned above you can get as creative with your aikido knowledge and use real or faint strikes or include some basic grappling and turn it into a good defensive tool. Aikido is truly more than meets the eye
you made a good choice keep at it|||To paraphrase from http://www.aikidofaq.com/history/index.h... : %26#039;Technically , Aikido is rooted in several styles of jujitsu, particularly daito ryu aiki-jujitsu, as well as sword and spear fighting arts. To simplify, you could say that Aikido takes the joint locks and throws from jujitsu and combines them with the body movements of sword and spear fighting. However, many Aikido techniques are the result of Master Ueshiba%26#039;s own
innovation.%26#039;
The way I%26#039;ve understood it, Aikido started out nearly identical to Aiki-Jujitsu (the advanced version of Jujitsu), and ended metamorphising toward a more peaceful, internal style, as the founder got older and more spiritually minded.
So, while some of the earliest versions of Aikido will still have the Jujitsu strikes, most of the styles you%26#039;ll run into, have them taken out.|||Aikido is very effective for both excercise and for self defense and internal energy systems. Aikido is one of the many Arts the Ninja and Samurai of Japan were once trained in. (and they were one of the most effective fighting forces in combat... they mastered the art of war when the white man was living in caves)|||Aikido is a beautiful style and it has a rich tradition. It does not, however, have a good reputation for being an effective martial art for self defense. There are many sites on the web dedicated to exposing martial arts myths (Bullshido.net for one) and aikido is often a topic of great interest. Probably more so than any other art. It seems a number of people are very passionate about it both for and against. That doesn%26#039;t mean you won%26#039;t enjoy it and get a lot out of it. You just need to look into it further to see if it%26#039;s what you really want to be spending your time doing.(martial arts are a huge time commitment).|||Do not confuse self defense with martial arts. They are two separate topics.
Self defense classes teach you to be aware of your surroundings, avoid dangerous places, run from trouble, and use a powerful technique if you have no alternative, but only so you can run away.
Martial arts are primarily sports. People entertain themselves participating and observing others, get some exercise, make martial arts friends, and learn traditional fighting techniques in a controlled environment.
Whether martial arts are effective for self defense is debatable. In fact, martial arts applied in a self defense setting are often ineffective and may create all kinds of problems:
At a party, some fellows become rowdy. As people start to leave, they pick on a girl, but a brave martial artist strikes a warning posture to protect her. One of the rowdies pulls a knife and lashes a permanently %26quot;Z%26quot; on the martial artist%26#039;s stomach. (He also leaves a sliver bullet).
A skilled martial artist is attacked by a mugger. He responds with force, and seriously injures his attacker. The latter presses charges, and the surprised martial artist finds himself on unfriendly ground in court as the judge rules that his defense %26quot;went beyond a reasonable response.%26quot; However, his new jail partner is very friendly.
A martial artist finds himself in a conflict that turns physical. He stands his ground and uses his most powerful technique. To his great surprise, his larger, stronger opponent is not affected, but does become enraged. The martial artist wakes up in the hospital, his new home.
While these examples are intended to be humorous, there have been a lot of real situations just like these.
So, my point is, for self defense take self defense training.
However, that should not prevent you from taking martial arts, and some of the techniques might be useful in conjunction with your self defense training, or just for fun and exercise.
I do completely agree with you that Aikido has less offense than other arts. In fact, it is the only martial art I have found that truly moves to the metaphysical realm of the arts. I have a friend who practices it, but he was first a master Judoka before starting Aikido, so it is hard for me to measure how effective his particular style of Aikido is by itself.
My friend personally studied with the originator of the art.
He told me that when he was in Japan, the master once sat in a room with martial artists from various disciplines and asked them all, including my friend, to attack him simultaneously with a weapon. My friend said he chose a stick, but when they attacked, his stick was suddenly wrested from him with great force, and everyone ended up on the ground, with the master laughing from the room%26#039;s edge.
When I questioned these %26quot;chi%26quot; power theories, he asked me to put my hand on his shoulder. He then pressed down with all his weight on my elbow joint and asked me to resist. Well, I could not, he was too heavy and strong, and my elbow joint gave way to his force.
Then, he invited me to do some visualization techniques with my eyes closed and arm extended, but this time completely relaxed. He then asked me to open my eyes.
When I did, it was like a dream. There he was, hanging with all his weight on my straight elbow joint, and I felt nothing.
I will never forget that %26quot;chi%26quot; moment. It was most enlightening.
So, when it was time for me to choose a martial art, can you guess what I did?
Join an Aikido class.
No.
No, I enrolled in a dirty, dingy, hard slugging boxing school, with an ape-like instructor who slurred %26quot;DAH, WUR GONNA TEACH YUS ALL TAH HIT REAL HARD, AND TAKE A HID TOO%26quot;....!
At that moment, the stereotypical boxer lingo seemed rather comical.
But no one laughed.
Good luck, take that self defense course, and have lots of fun in Aikido class
(But, stay away from boxers).|||I have been taught Aikido and can tell you it is indeed effective as a Martial Art
%26quot;Aikido is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Aikido is often translated as %26quot;the Way of unifying (with) life energy%26quot; or as %26quot;the Way of harmonious spirit.%26quot; Ueshiba%26#039;s goal was to create an art practitioners could use to defend themselves while also protecting their attacker from injury.
Aikido techniques are normally performed after first blending with the motion of the attacker, so that the defender may redirect the attacker%26#039;s momentum without directly opposing it, thus using minimum effort. This is often done with various types of throws or joint locks, resulting in aikido typically being categorized under the general umbrella of grappling arts.
Aikido derives mainly from the martial art of Dait艒-ry奴 Aiki-j奴jutsu, but began to diverge from it in the late 1920s, partly due to Ueshiba%26#039;s involvement with the 艑moto-ky艒 religion. Many of Ueshiba%26#039;s senior students have different approaches to aikido, depending on when they studied with him. Today, aikido is found all over the world in a number of styles, with a broad range of interpretation and emphasis. However, they all share techniques learned from Ueshiba and most have concern for the well-being of the attacker.%26quot;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikido
It is a method by which the aggressors strength is used against them in order to keep yourself safe.|||It can be extremely effective. However, it has a much larger learning curve than most arts before it is practical at all to use in a fight.
Is the Iriminage (Aikido attack) a good streetwise attack?
Or perhaps a hard football lariat (a move banned in all football organizations for decades and popularized in pro wrestling as seen in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a4b8RFzl... )|||Iriminage (entering throw) is not an attack, but a defense - as is all traditional Aikido. This defensive move can be adapted to just about any attack, however (like most Aikido techniques) to adapt it and perform it effectively in a street situation will take you quite a few years of dedicated training. Not only does it take muscle-memory, but it takes incredible timing and a sense of relaxed, fluid movements that simply cannot be learned properly in a few weeks or even a year. (novices in a real life situation will tense up and have little true control over their situation or their body to respond properly)
Aikido is considered a %26quot;soft%26quot; art. Hard arts (such as Karate) can be easier to adapt to, because speed and power can be substituted at times when solid technique hasn%26#039;t been achieved yet in your movements. Although, if this %26#039;attacker%26#039; is comfortable on his feet and has a good sense of balance and isn%26#039;t easily jittered, nothing will substitute for good, solid technique and years of training -- no matter what art you take.|||The irimi-nage or %26quot;entering throw%26quot; is a good technique if done correctly. It is unfortunately not one of the easier throws to get good at.
Understand that in a real fight it is not what technique you do that is important. what is important is that you respond to the attack with an appropriate response. In other words don%26#039;t go into a fight planning to use a certain technique. Fights are just to unpredictable to play that game. Better to be well trained and be able to respond with what is needed.|||if you know how to apply the different variations on the technique it ranges from practical to deadly. it is based upon a neck break technique developed by the samurai and if you know what you are doing you can indeed get that effect if desired and needed. it%26#039;s a rudimentary but o so effective technique|||Yes, depending on circumstance.
Myself I far prefer irimitsuki.
Aikido is considered a %26quot;soft%26quot; art. Hard arts (such as Karate) can be easier to adapt to, because speed and power can be substituted at times when solid technique hasn%26#039;t been achieved yet in your movements. Although, if this %26#039;attacker%26#039; is comfortable on his feet and has a good sense of balance and isn%26#039;t easily jittered, nothing will substitute for good, solid technique and years of training -- no matter what art you take.|||The irimi-nage or %26quot;entering throw%26quot; is a good technique if done correctly. It is unfortunately not one of the easier throws to get good at.
Understand that in a real fight it is not what technique you do that is important. what is important is that you respond to the attack with an appropriate response. In other words don%26#039;t go into a fight planning to use a certain technique. Fights are just to unpredictable to play that game. Better to be well trained and be able to respond with what is needed.|||if you know how to apply the different variations on the technique it ranges from practical to deadly. it is based upon a neck break technique developed by the samurai and if you know what you are doing you can indeed get that effect if desired and needed. it%26#039;s a rudimentary but o so effective technique|||Yes, depending on circumstance.
Myself I far prefer irimitsuki.
K1 kickboxing or aikido, this is what choice i have?
This is the most frequently asked question from people wanting to join and train in the martial arts but can%26#039;t decide which art or style to take.
First and foremost, the internet is full of keyboard ninjas, MMA poseurs, and psuedo karate masters who thinks that they have all the answers you%26#039;ll ever need. The problem with this is that they don%26#039;t know you, so how can they determine what%26#039;s good for you. The fact is only YOU can determined what%26#039;s good for you.
I can easily say “oh, take Shorin ryu karate because….blah, blah, blah..” but I won’t. Why ? Well for one, I don’t know you. Second, telling you about my art is like selling you a used car over the phone.
Finding the right school, style and instructor can be a very discouraging and perplexing endeavor. However, I can suggest the following steps to assist you in your search:
The reality is I don%26#039;t know you from the gecko thus it makes it even more harder. Finding the right school, style and instructor can be a very discouraging and perplexing endeavor. The truth is ultimately only %26quot;YOU%26quot; can make that decision.
I don%26#039;t believe in the %26quot;one size fits all%26quot; mentality. It would be hard to picture a sumotori ( person who trains in Sumo) doing a 360 jump spin triple kick. My point is that you have to find an art that fits YOU. It does not matter which art. Just find an art that will make YOU feel happy.
The best suggestion I can offer you is to try both styles or any other styles. Call the schools to see if they are offering free lessons or find out if they have any and how much is introductory classes for a month.
Taking one trial classes just does not cut it because at that moment you%26#039;re excited and often times this excitement often leads you to making a wrong decision such signing a long term contract ( Never ever sign a contract !) or other bad decisions.
Martial Arts training is about making right choices and good investment. If you are serious enough, It pays to do your homework before you do your legwork.
Good Luck !|||They%26#039;re both excellent arts.
I%26#039;d suggest deciding based on the teacher ... go with who your gut tells you to go with.|||Kickboxing.|||be a student of the teacher not of the art.... that said kickboxing is more of a sport(unless your talkin tomiki aikido) just go with what ever suits your personality more(theart, the teacher, the class, the class structure) which ever one will make you take what you need in a way that you need it (as aposed to giving you what you wantin a way that you want it) if it were me i would visit both classes and get a feel for the styes and if i still couldint decide then look at judgemental things like %26quot;is this kickboxing gym watered down%26quot; or %26quot;did this aikido school lose track of realistic technique%26quot; i do a aikitype art and am gunna commit to an okinawan te (karate) style as soon as i get a job so i dont feel im being to bold saying what i just said|||look up the different types of martial arts ur in to on a website cos dey hav dem listed and der quite easy 2 find and make ur decision based upon wateva wun offers u wat u want da most.|||lol|||i would choose kickboxing over aikido, but aikido is pretty handy too. Take both if you can.
First and foremost, the internet is full of keyboard ninjas, MMA poseurs, and psuedo karate masters who thinks that they have all the answers you%26#039;ll ever need. The problem with this is that they don%26#039;t know you, so how can they determine what%26#039;s good for you. The fact is only YOU can determined what%26#039;s good for you.
I can easily say “oh, take Shorin ryu karate because….blah, blah, blah..” but I won’t. Why ? Well for one, I don’t know you. Second, telling you about my art is like selling you a used car over the phone.
Finding the right school, style and instructor can be a very discouraging and perplexing endeavor. However, I can suggest the following steps to assist you in your search:
The reality is I don%26#039;t know you from the gecko thus it makes it even more harder. Finding the right school, style and instructor can be a very discouraging and perplexing endeavor. The truth is ultimately only %26quot;YOU%26quot; can make that decision.
I don%26#039;t believe in the %26quot;one size fits all%26quot; mentality. It would be hard to picture a sumotori ( person who trains in Sumo) doing a 360 jump spin triple kick. My point is that you have to find an art that fits YOU. It does not matter which art. Just find an art that will make YOU feel happy.
The best suggestion I can offer you is to try both styles or any other styles. Call the schools to see if they are offering free lessons or find out if they have any and how much is introductory classes for a month.
Taking one trial classes just does not cut it because at that moment you%26#039;re excited and often times this excitement often leads you to making a wrong decision such signing a long term contract ( Never ever sign a contract !) or other bad decisions.
Martial Arts training is about making right choices and good investment. If you are serious enough, It pays to do your homework before you do your legwork.
Good Luck !|||They%26#039;re both excellent arts.
I%26#039;d suggest deciding based on the teacher ... go with who your gut tells you to go with.|||Kickboxing.|||be a student of the teacher not of the art.... that said kickboxing is more of a sport(unless your talkin tomiki aikido) just go with what ever suits your personality more(theart, the teacher, the class, the class structure) which ever one will make you take what you need in a way that you need it (as aposed to giving you what you wantin a way that you want it) if it were me i would visit both classes and get a feel for the styes and if i still couldint decide then look at judgemental things like %26quot;is this kickboxing gym watered down%26quot; or %26quot;did this aikido school lose track of realistic technique%26quot; i do a aikitype art and am gunna commit to an okinawan te (karate) style as soon as i get a job so i dont feel im being to bold saying what i just said|||look up the different types of martial arts ur in to on a website cos dey hav dem listed and der quite easy 2 find and make ur decision based upon wateva wun offers u wat u want da most.|||lol|||i would choose kickboxing over aikido, but aikido is pretty handy too. Take both if you can.
Should I take Aikido, Tae Kwon Do or Kick Boxing? This will be for fun/exercise at my college.?
Explain why I should take it xD|||That%26#039;s hard... I%26#039;ve been doing Taekwondo for 18 years and I%26#039;ve been doing Aikido for 14 years. And along the line of my martial arts experience, I%26#039;ve come across Thai King Boxing fighters (mostly the tournaments I went for were multi style) - trust me, I hated it when I have to fight against them... they%26#039;re tough as a rock and kicked really well too :(
Main reason I chose Taekwondo and Aikido was because it would give me balance. Taekwondo gives me speed and that long range fighting ability, while Aikido gives me the knowledge and ability to take down an opponent without using much of my own energy, and it%26#039;s close contact, can be used on a lot of other fighting styles.
But if you only want to choose one, then I%26#039;d say go with Aikido.
It gives you a lot of options to handle a lot of situation, mainly close contact, and I found this really useful, because on the streets, if you have enough room to kick then I%26#039;d rather use that space to run.
Plus... Aikido is a lot of FUN, and you%26#039;ll learn how to direct opponent%26#039;s energy so you won%26#039;t need to use yours.|||I would say kickboxing but I would also qualify that with training only and only sparring in class with other students there. Sometimes coaches try to get people to fight on some ones fight card and if you are doing it for fun and exercise then you don%26#039;t belong in the ring. Aikido and Tae Kwon Do are serious martial arts and a student being there for fun and exercise may not fair well with a serious minded instructor that wants serious type students.|||It really depends on your personal preference.
I have been taking Tae kwon Do and I enjoy it very much. It involves mostly kicks and uses agility. To do some of the kicks, it is good to be slightly flexible, but it%26#039;s not necessary.It also uses some joint locks and throws.
Aikido is a mostly grappling art and uses throws and joint locks. You mostly %26quot;blend%26quot; with the attacker%26#039;s motion and then strike.
Kick boxing has many different variations but all of them involve kicks, punches, sometimes throws, and focuses on strength.|||I was in Tae Kwon Do for over seven years. It was an amazing experience. I met some of the nicest people. My instructor was awesome as well. He taught us a lot of Korean also and had us use it during class. I just thought that added a little extra. I can%26#039;t say that this type of martial arts is better than any other(b/c it%26#039;s the only kind I was in) but my personal experience was wonderful. I feel like it really is a confidence booster and I think I really took something away from the class. Plus, it was fun and definitely a good way to lose weight! Oh, I only quit because I shattered my heel btw.|||to me kickboxing is more fun...if you like more physical contact. aikido is less striking and more grappling. and taekwondo is more practicing in the mirror type training.
of course this is a generalization(perhaps an over generalization)|||My personal answer, while not on your list, is Boxing. It is the largest striking style in the world, and will teach you how to use your fists. You will be able to bob and weave any shots thrown at you, and crack open the other person%26#039;s face at the same time.|||Aikido if you are really skillful and can apply the techniques efficiently is best for larger people as the other arts either focus on over powering or out speeding someone.
TKD is good for multiple opponents as it focuses on FAST and snappy knockout kicks (but make sure you don%26#039;t fall down yourself when you go for the head shot, else you might find yourself in a heap of trouble)
Kickboxing is ideal for 1 on 1 combat. Matter of fact, thats all you do is 1 on 1, in the ring competing or at the gym training. So you definately will develop alot of good tactics for that area.
For fun I would definately say TKD or Aikido. Kickboxing tends to be rather.... monotone to me.
PS. I just saw your avatar and noticed your a girl. Oh yeah, Aikido would or TKD would definately be your thing then. Girls tend to be faster and more direct at kicking then we men are. Plus Aikido totally focuses on weilding to the force.
Main reason I chose Taekwondo and Aikido was because it would give me balance. Taekwondo gives me speed and that long range fighting ability, while Aikido gives me the knowledge and ability to take down an opponent without using much of my own energy, and it%26#039;s close contact, can be used on a lot of other fighting styles.
But if you only want to choose one, then I%26#039;d say go with Aikido.
It gives you a lot of options to handle a lot of situation, mainly close contact, and I found this really useful, because on the streets, if you have enough room to kick then I%26#039;d rather use that space to run.
Plus... Aikido is a lot of FUN, and you%26#039;ll learn how to direct opponent%26#039;s energy so you won%26#039;t need to use yours.|||I would say kickboxing but I would also qualify that with training only and only sparring in class with other students there. Sometimes coaches try to get people to fight on some ones fight card and if you are doing it for fun and exercise then you don%26#039;t belong in the ring. Aikido and Tae Kwon Do are serious martial arts and a student being there for fun and exercise may not fair well with a serious minded instructor that wants serious type students.|||It really depends on your personal preference.
I have been taking Tae kwon Do and I enjoy it very much. It involves mostly kicks and uses agility. To do some of the kicks, it is good to be slightly flexible, but it%26#039;s not necessary.It also uses some joint locks and throws.
Aikido is a mostly grappling art and uses throws and joint locks. You mostly %26quot;blend%26quot; with the attacker%26#039;s motion and then strike.
Kick boxing has many different variations but all of them involve kicks, punches, sometimes throws, and focuses on strength.|||I was in Tae Kwon Do for over seven years. It was an amazing experience. I met some of the nicest people. My instructor was awesome as well. He taught us a lot of Korean also and had us use it during class. I just thought that added a little extra. I can%26#039;t say that this type of martial arts is better than any other(b/c it%26#039;s the only kind I was in) but my personal experience was wonderful. I feel like it really is a confidence booster and I think I really took something away from the class. Plus, it was fun and definitely a good way to lose weight! Oh, I only quit because I shattered my heel btw.|||to me kickboxing is more fun...if you like more physical contact. aikido is less striking and more grappling. and taekwondo is more practicing in the mirror type training.
of course this is a generalization(perhaps an over generalization)|||My personal answer, while not on your list, is Boxing. It is the largest striking style in the world, and will teach you how to use your fists. You will be able to bob and weave any shots thrown at you, and crack open the other person%26#039;s face at the same time.|||Aikido if you are really skillful and can apply the techniques efficiently is best for larger people as the other arts either focus on over powering or out speeding someone.
TKD is good for multiple opponents as it focuses on FAST and snappy knockout kicks (but make sure you don%26#039;t fall down yourself when you go for the head shot, else you might find yourself in a heap of trouble)
Kickboxing is ideal for 1 on 1 combat. Matter of fact, thats all you do is 1 on 1, in the ring competing or at the gym training. So you definately will develop alot of good tactics for that area.
For fun I would definately say TKD or Aikido. Kickboxing tends to be rather.... monotone to me.
PS. I just saw your avatar and noticed your a girl. Oh yeah, Aikido would or TKD would definately be your thing then. Girls tend to be faster and more direct at kicking then we men are. Plus Aikido totally focuses on weilding to the force.
Difference Between Hapkido and Aikido?
I already know the basics of each but I was looking for an experienced view
I am already well versed in striking and have been leaning more towards aikido but is there really a noticable difference besides hard vs. soft|||Hapkido and Aikido share a common origin through Daito-Ryu Aiki JuJutsu. It is also because of this association that a close relationship between both styles is inferred although in actual fact both styles have much different philosophies.
Both Hapkido and Aikido teach their students to receive an attack with minimal resistance, move it away past the defender then add the defender%26#039;s own force to it. This results in the opponent becoming unbalanced and vulnerable to throws, locks and other take-down techniques.
However unlike Aikido, Hapkido teaches offensive techniques as well as defensive techniques. It is this philosophical difference that sets both styles apart.
The founder of the Japanese art Aikido, Morehi USHEBA (O-Sensei), trained in Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu. This form of Jujitsu is understood to be the art on which much of Hapkido is based. It is because of this common foundation that a close relationship between Aikido and Hapkido is inferred. The similarity of technique is apparent in the circular non-resistive motions, joint locks and throws.Both arts teach their students to receive an attack with minimal resistance, move it past the defender and then add the defender%26#039;s force to it. This results in the opponent becoming unbalanced and vulnerable to throws, locks and other take-down techniques. In fact the styles have very different philosophies. Unlike Aikido, Hapkido teaches offensive techniques as well as defensive techniques. A Hapkidoist mixes hard techniques with the soft (including kicks and strikes).
For further info, look at the following excellent link:
I am already well versed in striking and have been leaning more towards aikido but is there really a noticable difference besides hard vs. soft|||Hapkido and Aikido share a common origin through Daito-Ryu Aiki JuJutsu. It is also because of this association that a close relationship between both styles is inferred although in actual fact both styles have much different philosophies.
Both Hapkido and Aikido teach their students to receive an attack with minimal resistance, move it away past the defender then add the defender%26#039;s own force to it. This results in the opponent becoming unbalanced and vulnerable to throws, locks and other take-down techniques.
However unlike Aikido, Hapkido teaches offensive techniques as well as defensive techniques. It is this philosophical difference that sets both styles apart.
The founder of the Japanese art Aikido, Morehi USHEBA (O-Sensei), trained in Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu. This form of Jujitsu is understood to be the art on which much of Hapkido is based. It is because of this common foundation that a close relationship between Aikido and Hapkido is inferred. The similarity of technique is apparent in the circular non-resistive motions, joint locks and throws.Both arts teach their students to receive an attack with minimal resistance, move it past the defender and then add the defender%26#039;s force to it. This results in the opponent becoming unbalanced and vulnerable to throws, locks and other take-down techniques. In fact the styles have very different philosophies. Unlike Aikido, Hapkido teaches offensive techniques as well as defensive techniques. A Hapkidoist mixes hard techniques with the soft (including kicks and strikes).
For further info, look at the following excellent link:
Any Aikido school or training near Hot Springs Arkansas?
Here are some Aikikai -- a couple might be a bit of a drive, but they are the closest I could find:
Hernandez School of Martial Arts, 501-624-2992, hernandezm@hsmail.K12.ar.us (in Hot Springs; also a Tae Kwon Do school)
Little Rock Athletic Center, http://www.moorecsi.net/aikido/ (also a multi-art school)
Central Arkansas Aikikai, http://www.centralarkansasaikikai.com/w7...
There%26#039;s also one in Conway and one in Jonesboro but these seemed a little far for you. Good luck!|||Yes its one in hot springs Hernandez School of Martial Arts Aikido
600a1 Main St
Hot Springs, AR 71909 USA
501-624-2992
Miguel Hernandez
Your welcome i%26#039;m thinkin bout goin there
Hernandez School of Martial Arts, 501-624-2992, hernandezm@hsmail.K12.ar.us (in Hot Springs; also a Tae Kwon Do school)
Little Rock Athletic Center, http://www.moorecsi.net/aikido/ (also a multi-art school)
Central Arkansas Aikikai, http://www.centralarkansasaikikai.com/w7...
There%26#039;s also one in Conway and one in Jonesboro but these seemed a little far for you. Good luck!|||Yes its one in hot springs Hernandez School of Martial Arts Aikido
600a1 Main St
Hot Springs, AR 71909 USA
501-624-2992
Miguel Hernandez
Your welcome i%26#039;m thinkin bout goin there
Where can I find information on Aikido Tournaments? ?
Traditional Aikikai Aikido - the linage most closely related to the final Uchideshi of O-Sensei - does not have tournaments. Aikido is a defensive art, and the idea of a tournament puts me in mind of two people facing off and then competing to see who could run away from the fight faster.
O-Sensei felt that the idea of a tournament in Aikido would generate a spirit of competitiveness that was completely against the spirit of harmony. In Aikido, your primary enemy is the agression in yourself. In place of regular tournaments, we have seminars, where we bring in a high level master instructor to provide an intense weekend of training and sharpening our skills.
When an attacker attacks an Aikidoka, there are only so many ways to strike, grab or hit someone. Once the attacker commits, everyone knows what he%26#039;s doing. The question is how the Aikidoka will react, because he has a myriad of different ways of meeting the attack, none of them good for the attacker, and only he knows how it%26#039;s going play out. No one in their right mind would initiate an attack in such a circumstance. This is why sparring is an irrational term in Aikido.
Another reason that Aikido does not have tournaments is that it%26#039;s just dangerous. Many martial arts have been sanitized to take out the dangerous things for the purposes of sport competition. In Aikido, the attacker will not pull his punch, and many of the techniques threaten serious damage to the uke if he does not react appropriately. In a competitive atmosphere where %26quot;winning%26quot; becomes important, there would be a severe risk of serious injury.
Aikido takes years to become proficient, and no one ever quits learning. The skills learned there are well suited for street brawls, but you will likely not see a particular clear technique develop in such a situation, as the dynamic changes so quickly compared to the controlled atmospher of the dojo.|||the only tournament style is shodokan, or tomiki, aikido. try googling these.|||I think Yoseikan Aikido may have competition as well
O-Sensei felt that the idea of a tournament in Aikido would generate a spirit of competitiveness that was completely against the spirit of harmony. In Aikido, your primary enemy is the agression in yourself. In place of regular tournaments, we have seminars, where we bring in a high level master instructor to provide an intense weekend of training and sharpening our skills.
When an attacker attacks an Aikidoka, there are only so many ways to strike, grab or hit someone. Once the attacker commits, everyone knows what he%26#039;s doing. The question is how the Aikidoka will react, because he has a myriad of different ways of meeting the attack, none of them good for the attacker, and only he knows how it%26#039;s going play out. No one in their right mind would initiate an attack in such a circumstance. This is why sparring is an irrational term in Aikido.
Another reason that Aikido does not have tournaments is that it%26#039;s just dangerous. Many martial arts have been sanitized to take out the dangerous things for the purposes of sport competition. In Aikido, the attacker will not pull his punch, and many of the techniques threaten serious damage to the uke if he does not react appropriately. In a competitive atmosphere where %26quot;winning%26quot; becomes important, there would be a severe risk of serious injury.
Aikido takes years to become proficient, and no one ever quits learning. The skills learned there are well suited for street brawls, but you will likely not see a particular clear technique develop in such a situation, as the dynamic changes so quickly compared to the controlled atmospher of the dojo.|||the only tournament style is shodokan, or tomiki, aikido. try googling these.|||I think Yoseikan Aikido may have competition as well
Ballet, Aikido or Modern techniques for actors?
Who wrote that these highly technical classes were not good for actors because it made them move in a stereotyped way? Stanislwski or Grotowski or both? Any other author that addressed this issue? Thanks :-)|||Good Job! I applaud you for finding your answer....I would have steered you in that direction, I have a BA in theatre and I am a dance teacher!! You%26#039;ll just have to give me the points, trust me on this one!!!
What type of weapons do u learn to use in aikido?
and how easy is it to learn them?|||you learn to use the bokken or wooden training sword, the jo or short staff and you also learn defense against a tanto or knife.
The jo and bokken are both used for offensive and defensive purposes (attack and defense against the weapon.)
the knowledge of weapons is very beneficial to aikido as many of the empty handed techniques are based on these weapons|||you learn how to shoot laserbeams out of your hands
jk. jo (staff), tanto (knife), and bokken (sword). It is more of a non weapon techniques, and you are supposed to go to more hands only classes. As for the difficulty of using them, not very hard, if you are in a small class with a knowledgeable class master.
The jo and bokken are both used for offensive and defensive purposes (attack and defense against the weapon.)
the knowledge of weapons is very beneficial to aikido as many of the empty handed techniques are based on these weapons|||you learn how to shoot laserbeams out of your hands
jk. jo (staff), tanto (knife), and bokken (sword). It is more of a non weapon techniques, and you are supposed to go to more hands only classes. As for the difficulty of using them, not very hard, if you are in a small class with a knowledgeable class master.
I was thinking of learning aikido but is it just purly defensive?
i think th elogic of this martial art is soo peacful and i really like it..not attacking but still stopping a conflict but i%26#039;m also looking for a mixture of attack and defense..i%26#039;v heard of Aikido %26quot;Aikikai%26quot; wich includes samurai sword...isint%26#039; tht the case to all aikido tranings?
and if it%26#039;s just defensive can u please help me find another martial art?( i lvoe samurai swords katana btw lol)|||The general perception of Aikido is that it is a purely defensive martial art, and that there are no offensive techniques. In fact, Aikido is not so limited.
As described in a previous article in Dragon Times, there are four levels of technique in Aikido:
KATAI (rigid)
YAWARAKAI (resilient)
KI-NO-NAGARE (flowing)
KI (spirit)
Level 1 is where most training should be take place. The practice consists of a first training partner attacking a second training partner with a grip or strike, and the second partner performing a technique to neutralize the attack. The roles are then reversed, with the partners taking turns being the attacker and defender. In this form of training, the attacker is allowed to get a rigid grip on the defender before the defender begins the defensive technique. This is training to the hilt, because the defender must overcome the entire power of the attacker, who knows in advance which technique the defender is going to use.
Level 3 is similar to level 1, but the defender does not wait until the attacker gets a strong grip. Instead, the defender starts moving into the defensive technique as the attacker is in the process of gripping. This form of technique is flowing in that the attacker is led forward by his own determination to secure the grip.
Level 2 can be considered a transition between levels 1 and 3. In level 2, the defender is overwhelmed by the attacker%26#039;s power and gives in resiliently like bamboo bending in the wind.
In all three of these levels, the defender merges into the attacker%26#039;s power and takes control, more specifically transforming the original attacking movement into a new movement which results in the attacker being thrown or pinned. This the principle of AIKI, known in Japanese as AWASE (coming together) or KI NO MUSUBI (link of spirit).
Levels 1 to 3 are the basic training in Aikido, and can be compared to learning the alphabet and basic grammar of a language. The defensive part of the training is generally static, as the defender waits for a physical attack before initiating a defense.
Level 4 is where the defender%26#039;s spirit and the attacker%26#039;s spirit are one, and the defender is able to sense and control all movements of the attacker. In the words of Aikido founder O-Sensei Morihei Uyeshiba, %26quot;All I have to do is stand with my back facing the opponent. If the opponent tries to strike at me, his will to strike will hit and hurt himself. I am integrated with the universe, I possess nothing. When I stand up, I absorb my opponent.%26quot;
Although level 4 is the ultimate in Aikido, it is very hard to attain, and to the best of my knowledge only O-Sensei and perhaps a very few others have reached it. The rest of us should not think about it, and train diligently in levels 1 to 3 to improve ourselves little by little, one day at a time.
An Exemplary Gateway
SHOMEN-UCHI IKKYO is one of the most basic techniques in Aikido. It consists of gripping an attacker%26#039;s arm with both hands and pinning him face down. This technique can, and is in a number of schools, performed in response to a straight overhead strike (SHOMEN-UCHI). As such, the scenario is static defense as presented above.
However, O-Sensei and my teacher Morihiro Saito do not perform the technique this way. As taught by O-Sensei %26quot;Step out on your right foot and strike directly at your opponent%26#039;s face with your right TEGATANA (handblade) and punch his ribs with your left fist.%26quot; Budo, Teachings of the Founder of Aikido, translation by John Stevens, Kodansha America, Inc. 1991, page 41. Saito-Sensei teaches %26quot;The basic rule calls for your initiating a strike of your own prior to your partner%26#039;s and grabbing his hand has he tries to parry your blow. By taking the initiative you will be leading the hand of your partner out into your own sphere of action.%26quot; Aikido, Volume III, by Morihiro Saito, Minato Research %26amp; Publishing Co., Ltd., 1974, page 40.
This concept is not static defense. The defender initiates the engagement with a strike to the attacker%26#039;s face. The defender has two choices; do nothing and get hit, or raise his arm in front of his face to block the strike. This latter movement is what is desired, and places the attacker%26#039;s arm in the proper position for an IKKYO pinning grip. In other words, the defender calls out the attacker by inducing him to move in a desired way, and then merges into this movement and takes control in accordance with the principle of AIKI.
It is highly relevant that one of the most basic techniques in Aikido, as taught by the founder and his most long-time student, begins with an offensive strike. SHOMEN-UCHI IKKYO is not an isolated example. This is downplayed in basic training, but demonstrates clearly that the roots of Aikido run much deeper than static defense.
Reality
Aikido is a martial art that is especially concerned with self-defense. The first premise of self-defense is to walk away from a violent or potentially violent engagement as intact as possible. The main tools of self-defense are awareness and avoidance. If these tools fail and a person is physically attacked by a violent individual or group, the situation can be extremely dangerous and potentially lethal.
Physical self-defense techniques should never be limited to static defense. Especially in the case of an engagement involving multiple attackers who may be armed with deadly weapons, the odds are strongly in favor of the attackers. The difference between life and death can depend on a defender%26#039;s ability to reduce the odds by preempting an initial attack.
Conclusion
Although basic Aikido training consists of static defense, the gateway to offensive application of technique is in plain sight and leads to another dimension of the art. Offensive technique should never, of course, be used to commit unprovoked attacks on innocent people. However, in some situations the only potentially successful defense is a strong offense, and the scope of Aikido fortunately provides this capability.|||I would say aikido is mainly defensive. It is all about using your attackers energy against him. If you master aikido, not much can harm you. It takes like 15 years to be a black belt. It is a really good system. It doesn%26#039;t have to be the only one you do though.
For a more offensive art, why not some form of karate, muay thai, tang soo do or taitwondo?|||This is a common misconception. But why it%26#039;s a misconception is pretty difficult to explain. I only skimmed the first answer, but it appears to come as close to an explanation as you%26#039;re likely to get.
On the whole, though, the biggest problem with saying it%26#039;s a defensive art is that it appears to imply that Aikido is passive. I have to admit, that I%26#039;ve been in Aikido classes where the instructor believed that himself, but as I approach my sandan I%26#039;m coming more and more to understand that it simply isn%26#039;t true.
The idea that attacking is not good Aikido assumes that an attack is motivated by aggression. Aggression runs counter to the ideas of Aikido, but an attack in response to a promised attack can be as defensive as any passive technique.
I think, though, that beginning Aikidoists must learn a passive sort of subset of Aikido in order to avoid becoming aggressive. Later, as you come to a deeper understanding, you begin to explore the more active aspects. But even at a beginning level it%26#039;s important to distinguish between a reactive mindset and a responsive one. The former doesn%26#039;t allow for creative response, the latter does and that can make all the difference.
Okay, %26#039;nuff rambling. Read the first response. Don%26#039;t be passive. Don%26#039;t be reactive.|||Well, I doubt I can top the first poster%26#039;s answer. So I%26#039;ll just answer your question regarding the training with a sword. Aikido basic training at higher levels incorporates the practice of %26quot;Suburi%26quot; or cutting exercises with a Bokken(wooden sword) not as a weapon technique, but as a supplement to your empty hand and disarming techniques, the idea is that, if you can confidently defend against a 30 inch sword, then you can definitely gain enough confidence to defend against a shorter knife or a steel pipe. But that%26#039;s not all, since Aikido forms are similar to kendo forms, the sword training forms helps you develop proper footwork, a good sense of timing and proper %26quot;maai%26quot; or distance. The countless repetition of sword strikes also helps develop proper breathing and strengthens your forearm muscles to improve your %26quot;tegatana%26quot; or sword hand as well as your grip. In addition to this, there is also supplemental training with a Jo or a short staff where you learn to extend your Ki thru your staff and onto your opponent. This is high level training that requires great sensitivity and well developed %26quot;Tai Sabaki%26quot; or body movements. But proficiency in the above weapons are usually required only when you reach nidan and sandan rank, but you shouldn%26#039;t have to worry bout that until you reach shodan or first degree black belt rank, just concentrate more on your basic Katame waza(Flooring techniques) and Nage waza(Throwing techniques). With perseverance and dedication, you can cross that bridge when you get there.|||Then the ideal martial art for you is aiki-jitsu, a mixture of aikido and ju-jitsu|||No martial art is purely defensive but maybe the style has more counters than straight attacks. Counters are sometimes better than straight attacks. But if you want to do another martial art that involves swords I recommend you try Hapkido. Hapkido is an aggressive martial art.It has many of the weapons that Japanese martial arts have. For example, nunchucks, samurai swords, sais and various staffs. Good Luck!|||OK, I%26#039;m going to talk about Aikido. Aikido is one of the best martial arts ever created. It doesn%26#039;t use unnecessary physical strength like other martial arts. Aikido uses ki, internal energy, and that surpasses physical strength infinitely. That%26#039;s why Aikido is made up of 3 words, ai, ki, and do. Ai= harmony, ki= internal energy or spirit, and do=path. That basically means %26quot;the way of harmonious spirit%26quot;. Aikido uses techniques that makes the opponent(s) lose their balance and use their strength/momentum against them, which is very good in combat. Aikido also helps with flexibility by doing the Aikido excercises. This art also helps with health, by using the techinque of misogi, breathing with the hara, the foundation of ki. That is what makes Aikido so good. You could combine it with Muay Thai if you wish, because soft and hard martial arts make the best combination. An example of that is Karate and Tai Chi. But if that can%26#039;t fit your schedule, I recommend practicing Aikido. Aikido might be the %26quot;PEACE%26quot; art, and that is the thing you want to strive for. But Aikido can be very devastating, because it includes defense against weapons and disarming the opponent. Hope I helped and good luck on your path on martial arts!
Remember, self-defense is a last resort, use it if you REALLY need it. That%26#039;s when people start attacking you. I thought this was a very interesting question. Thanks for letting me push out all my knowledge for Aikido. :]|||I live in Japan and I used to take Aikido when I was younger. It was a lot of defensive stuff in that we focused primarily on what to do when an opponent strikes, but then again we turned that into offensive attack by, for example, if the enemy charges, we can grip them and throw them in such a way that it turns into an offensive move. So even though the offensive moves result from defending yourself, it is not only defensive. I don%26#039;t remember ever using the samurai sword in that class but maybe I never got to that level. Are you at all interested in Karate/ Tai Kwon Do/ Judo? If you like swords, you should check out Kendo, Japanese fencing once used in samurai training exercises.
and if it%26#039;s just defensive can u please help me find another martial art?( i lvoe samurai swords katana btw lol)|||The general perception of Aikido is that it is a purely defensive martial art, and that there are no offensive techniques. In fact, Aikido is not so limited.
As described in a previous article in Dragon Times, there are four levels of technique in Aikido:
KATAI (rigid)
YAWARAKAI (resilient)
KI-NO-NAGARE (flowing)
KI (spirit)
Level 1 is where most training should be take place. The practice consists of a first training partner attacking a second training partner with a grip or strike, and the second partner performing a technique to neutralize the attack. The roles are then reversed, with the partners taking turns being the attacker and defender. In this form of training, the attacker is allowed to get a rigid grip on the defender before the defender begins the defensive technique. This is training to the hilt, because the defender must overcome the entire power of the attacker, who knows in advance which technique the defender is going to use.
Level 3 is similar to level 1, but the defender does not wait until the attacker gets a strong grip. Instead, the defender starts moving into the defensive technique as the attacker is in the process of gripping. This form of technique is flowing in that the attacker is led forward by his own determination to secure the grip.
Level 2 can be considered a transition between levels 1 and 3. In level 2, the defender is overwhelmed by the attacker%26#039;s power and gives in resiliently like bamboo bending in the wind.
In all three of these levels, the defender merges into the attacker%26#039;s power and takes control, more specifically transforming the original attacking movement into a new movement which results in the attacker being thrown or pinned. This the principle of AIKI, known in Japanese as AWASE (coming together) or KI NO MUSUBI (link of spirit).
Levels 1 to 3 are the basic training in Aikido, and can be compared to learning the alphabet and basic grammar of a language. The defensive part of the training is generally static, as the defender waits for a physical attack before initiating a defense.
Level 4 is where the defender%26#039;s spirit and the attacker%26#039;s spirit are one, and the defender is able to sense and control all movements of the attacker. In the words of Aikido founder O-Sensei Morihei Uyeshiba, %26quot;All I have to do is stand with my back facing the opponent. If the opponent tries to strike at me, his will to strike will hit and hurt himself. I am integrated with the universe, I possess nothing. When I stand up, I absorb my opponent.%26quot;
Although level 4 is the ultimate in Aikido, it is very hard to attain, and to the best of my knowledge only O-Sensei and perhaps a very few others have reached it. The rest of us should not think about it, and train diligently in levels 1 to 3 to improve ourselves little by little, one day at a time.
An Exemplary Gateway
SHOMEN-UCHI IKKYO is one of the most basic techniques in Aikido. It consists of gripping an attacker%26#039;s arm with both hands and pinning him face down. This technique can, and is in a number of schools, performed in response to a straight overhead strike (SHOMEN-UCHI). As such, the scenario is static defense as presented above.
However, O-Sensei and my teacher Morihiro Saito do not perform the technique this way. As taught by O-Sensei %26quot;Step out on your right foot and strike directly at your opponent%26#039;s face with your right TEGATANA (handblade) and punch his ribs with your left fist.%26quot; Budo, Teachings of the Founder of Aikido, translation by John Stevens, Kodansha America, Inc. 1991, page 41. Saito-Sensei teaches %26quot;The basic rule calls for your initiating a strike of your own prior to your partner%26#039;s and grabbing his hand has he tries to parry your blow. By taking the initiative you will be leading the hand of your partner out into your own sphere of action.%26quot; Aikido, Volume III, by Morihiro Saito, Minato Research %26amp; Publishing Co., Ltd., 1974, page 40.
This concept is not static defense. The defender initiates the engagement with a strike to the attacker%26#039;s face. The defender has two choices; do nothing and get hit, or raise his arm in front of his face to block the strike. This latter movement is what is desired, and places the attacker%26#039;s arm in the proper position for an IKKYO pinning grip. In other words, the defender calls out the attacker by inducing him to move in a desired way, and then merges into this movement and takes control in accordance with the principle of AIKI.
It is highly relevant that one of the most basic techniques in Aikido, as taught by the founder and his most long-time student, begins with an offensive strike. SHOMEN-UCHI IKKYO is not an isolated example. This is downplayed in basic training, but demonstrates clearly that the roots of Aikido run much deeper than static defense.
Reality
Aikido is a martial art that is especially concerned with self-defense. The first premise of self-defense is to walk away from a violent or potentially violent engagement as intact as possible. The main tools of self-defense are awareness and avoidance. If these tools fail and a person is physically attacked by a violent individual or group, the situation can be extremely dangerous and potentially lethal.
Physical self-defense techniques should never be limited to static defense. Especially in the case of an engagement involving multiple attackers who may be armed with deadly weapons, the odds are strongly in favor of the attackers. The difference between life and death can depend on a defender%26#039;s ability to reduce the odds by preempting an initial attack.
Conclusion
Although basic Aikido training consists of static defense, the gateway to offensive application of technique is in plain sight and leads to another dimension of the art. Offensive technique should never, of course, be used to commit unprovoked attacks on innocent people. However, in some situations the only potentially successful defense is a strong offense, and the scope of Aikido fortunately provides this capability.|||I would say aikido is mainly defensive. It is all about using your attackers energy against him. If you master aikido, not much can harm you. It takes like 15 years to be a black belt. It is a really good system. It doesn%26#039;t have to be the only one you do though.
For a more offensive art, why not some form of karate, muay thai, tang soo do or taitwondo?|||This is a common misconception. But why it%26#039;s a misconception is pretty difficult to explain. I only skimmed the first answer, but it appears to come as close to an explanation as you%26#039;re likely to get.
On the whole, though, the biggest problem with saying it%26#039;s a defensive art is that it appears to imply that Aikido is passive. I have to admit, that I%26#039;ve been in Aikido classes where the instructor believed that himself, but as I approach my sandan I%26#039;m coming more and more to understand that it simply isn%26#039;t true.
The idea that attacking is not good Aikido assumes that an attack is motivated by aggression. Aggression runs counter to the ideas of Aikido, but an attack in response to a promised attack can be as defensive as any passive technique.
I think, though, that beginning Aikidoists must learn a passive sort of subset of Aikido in order to avoid becoming aggressive. Later, as you come to a deeper understanding, you begin to explore the more active aspects. But even at a beginning level it%26#039;s important to distinguish between a reactive mindset and a responsive one. The former doesn%26#039;t allow for creative response, the latter does and that can make all the difference.
Okay, %26#039;nuff rambling. Read the first response. Don%26#039;t be passive. Don%26#039;t be reactive.|||Well, I doubt I can top the first poster%26#039;s answer. So I%26#039;ll just answer your question regarding the training with a sword. Aikido basic training at higher levels incorporates the practice of %26quot;Suburi%26quot; or cutting exercises with a Bokken(wooden sword) not as a weapon technique, but as a supplement to your empty hand and disarming techniques, the idea is that, if you can confidently defend against a 30 inch sword, then you can definitely gain enough confidence to defend against a shorter knife or a steel pipe. But that%26#039;s not all, since Aikido forms are similar to kendo forms, the sword training forms helps you develop proper footwork, a good sense of timing and proper %26quot;maai%26quot; or distance. The countless repetition of sword strikes also helps develop proper breathing and strengthens your forearm muscles to improve your %26quot;tegatana%26quot; or sword hand as well as your grip. In addition to this, there is also supplemental training with a Jo or a short staff where you learn to extend your Ki thru your staff and onto your opponent. This is high level training that requires great sensitivity and well developed %26quot;Tai Sabaki%26quot; or body movements. But proficiency in the above weapons are usually required only when you reach nidan and sandan rank, but you shouldn%26#039;t have to worry bout that until you reach shodan or first degree black belt rank, just concentrate more on your basic Katame waza(Flooring techniques) and Nage waza(Throwing techniques). With perseverance and dedication, you can cross that bridge when you get there.|||Then the ideal martial art for you is aiki-jitsu, a mixture of aikido and ju-jitsu|||No martial art is purely defensive but maybe the style has more counters than straight attacks. Counters are sometimes better than straight attacks. But if you want to do another martial art that involves swords I recommend you try Hapkido. Hapkido is an aggressive martial art.It has many of the weapons that Japanese martial arts have. For example, nunchucks, samurai swords, sais and various staffs. Good Luck!|||OK, I%26#039;m going to talk about Aikido. Aikido is one of the best martial arts ever created. It doesn%26#039;t use unnecessary physical strength like other martial arts. Aikido uses ki, internal energy, and that surpasses physical strength infinitely. That%26#039;s why Aikido is made up of 3 words, ai, ki, and do. Ai= harmony, ki= internal energy or spirit, and do=path. That basically means %26quot;the way of harmonious spirit%26quot;. Aikido uses techniques that makes the opponent(s) lose their balance and use their strength/momentum against them, which is very good in combat. Aikido also helps with flexibility by doing the Aikido excercises. This art also helps with health, by using the techinque of misogi, breathing with the hara, the foundation of ki. That is what makes Aikido so good. You could combine it with Muay Thai if you wish, because soft and hard martial arts make the best combination. An example of that is Karate and Tai Chi. But if that can%26#039;t fit your schedule, I recommend practicing Aikido. Aikido might be the %26quot;PEACE%26quot; art, and that is the thing you want to strive for. But Aikido can be very devastating, because it includes defense against weapons and disarming the opponent. Hope I helped and good luck on your path on martial arts!
Remember, self-defense is a last resort, use it if you REALLY need it. That%26#039;s when people start attacking you. I thought this was a very interesting question. Thanks for letting me push out all my knowledge for Aikido. :]|||I live in Japan and I used to take Aikido when I was younger. It was a lot of defensive stuff in that we focused primarily on what to do when an opponent strikes, but then again we turned that into offensive attack by, for example, if the enemy charges, we can grip them and throw them in such a way that it turns into an offensive move. So even though the offensive moves result from defending yourself, it is not only defensive. I don%26#039;t remember ever using the samurai sword in that class but maybe I never got to that level. Are you at all interested in Karate/ Tai Kwon Do/ Judo? If you like swords, you should check out Kendo, Japanese fencing once used in samurai training exercises.
Anthony Leung / Aikido instructor / Califronia ?
I train Aikido and my instructor is always talking about an Anthony Leung who has %26quot;several dojos in California%26quot;. I haven%26#039;t been able to find anything about him from a net search. Does anyone have first hand knowledge of this peson or his style? From what I can gather my instructor and this Anthony Leung trained together in Japan. I%26#039;d really like more detailed info. Instructors Ichiban Sempai claims to have talked with this person as well and talks about taking a trip to california to train with him. I take EVERY thing that the two of them say to me with a grain of salt, so I was just trying to do a little investigation of my own, outside training circles. My questions about this person are evaded. When he is suppose to show up, never does and they always have a reason he couldn%26#039;t come. During bb test, something happen. Seminar, again. Many times this has happen. Must take everything these two say with grain of salt. Wanting to know.|||I would take this question up at http://www.bullshido.com
Or actually http://www.aikiweb.com/ would be even better. I show no instructor of that name listed on there as a known instructor, perhaps ask around on their forums and see if anyone has heard of him.
Good luck, I can%26#039;t find shite on him.
I found something on a Tony Leung, however he is Tai Chi, and Qi Gong Shaolin type of guy, doesn%26#039;t seem to match the profile.
Nothing on Aikiweb, Nothing on dojo search, can%26#039;t find any Anthony Leung with Aikido ties anywhere.|||I would contact a well know sensi in the California area and if that doesn%26#039;t work, contact the Aikido Federation
Or actually http://www.aikiweb.com/ would be even better. I show no instructor of that name listed on there as a known instructor, perhaps ask around on their forums and see if anyone has heard of him.
Good luck, I can%26#039;t find shite on him.
I found something on a Tony Leung, however he is Tai Chi, and Qi Gong Shaolin type of guy, doesn%26#039;t seem to match the profile.
Nothing on Aikiweb, Nothing on dojo search, can%26#039;t find any Anthony Leung with Aikido ties anywhere.|||I would contact a well know sensi in the California area and if that doesn%26#039;t work, contact the Aikido Federation
Aikido: Is it reality or fiction!? Maybe I should switch to Krav Maga!?
I have taken Aikido for a little while now. However when we practice the %26quot;attacker%26quot; doesn%26#039;t EVER resist during drills! I have to let out of shape people who are half my size and a 1/16 of my strength submit me EVEN though I could easily pull away or throw them or punch them or kick them or even choke them out!!!!!!!!! I let the Sensei put a wrist and arm lock on one of my arms, but I had to hand him a OPEN HAND! The whole time I knew I could easily escape! And who the hell hands someone there hands so they could put a lock on it! Am I wrong about this or has anyone used Aikido IN REAL LIFE ATTACKS AND HAD IT WORK!??? The little skinny and fat guys and gals in the class think this stuff works you should see them!!!!!!!!
I am thinking of switching to Krav Maga! I just did a Krav session and it was REALLY realistic. During just the drills the %26quot;attacker%26quot; would actually try and hit you!|||Couple of points.
First off, it sounds like you may not be in the best of aikido schools. I can%26#039;t really pass that judgement, because I haven%26#039;t seen it for myself, but from what you say here, they%26#039;re not teaching proper Ukemi, which is a dying art. Uke should resist the technique.
But Uke should also resist the technique within reason. You are unreasonable in thinking every time you are shown something, you should be able to do whatever you please to counter it. These are exercises designed to get you to perfect the technique; they are not full-fledged combat. The point is not whether you could do something else, the point is whether Nage can perform the technique successfully. As you advance, you will be called on to do more %26quot;freestyle%26quot; exercises, which involve more imagination and are more unpredictable. But if everybody just fought with all they got whenever they were shown something, you%26#039;d never learn a thing - you%26#039;d just be going to brawling class. The idea is to take the time to absorb the techniques and to learn from them. Aikido techniques are relatively complex. They take a lot of familiarity to be used well.
Of course, if you%26#039;re not doing it properly, Uke should not submit. If you%26#039;re doing Nikio (or something else) and you%26#039;ve got it wrong, there%26#039;s no reason for Uke to go down. If Uke goes down whether you get it right or not, then there%26#039;s little point in trying to do the technique. He might as well just kneel in front of you and let%26#039;s move on to something else. But that%26#039;s not Aikido%26#039;s fault - if that%26#039;s happening, it%26#039;s just your school%26#039;s fault for not teaching Ukemi well.
Strikes will come on later on. And you will learn to block them, and they will be coming at you. So will chokes and other uncomfortable things. Aikido trains in a way where we try to avoid injury. So the strikes are expected, but the motion is real. I suspect you might be too quick to judge, as you have only seen a few classes.
It%26#039;s up to you, of course, and I can%26#039;t tell you what to do, but perhaps you are a bit quick in judging. But I do suspect your school is a little lax when it comes to teaching some of the traditions of aikido, especially the proper role of Uke. On the other hand, you sound a bit like a piano student that comes to a couple of lessons and says: Why do we have to learn scales? Real piano players don%26#039;t play scales! I want to play concert pieces!|||It just sounds like the people in your classes aren%26#039;t very enthusiastic, really.
When I went to Tae Kwon Do, the higher belts would grab your wrists and they would not let go. The only way to make them let go would be to perform the technique properly. In Karate, I%26#039;m stuck in the lower belt classes, so the people there are a lot more timid, and worried about hurting you/ themself. It%26#039;s bothersome in the sense that it%26#039;s not realistic. They don%26#039;t grab you hard enough, and they%26#039;ll let go at the first sign of pressure.
We do a bit of Aikido in Karate, and it seems realistic to me. A lot of is a bit fancy, however, and I prefer TKD styles of self defense. However, trying Krav Maga might sound fun! It%26#039;s always good to get new experience, I think (that%26#039;s why I switched to Karate from TKD).|||It%26#039;s real, what%26#039;s fiction is the idea that you can kick as$ like Steven Seagal does in his movies especially after only 6 months of Aikido training. Fact is, in a real self defense situation where an Aikido student uses Aikido techniques, the moves won%26#039;t look as fancy as shown in movies or in randori at the dojo. It mostly involves the attacker being thrown off balance and falling down, breaking a bone or two because he resisted the hold applied on him and didn%26#039;t know how to break his fall and also because the student didn%26#039;t have enough experience to control his throws and techniques.|||How long have you been training? Have you looked around to see if there are other schools around you?|||It really depends on your school. The problem with many martial arts schools that claim they are for self-defence is the same problem you%26#039;re experiencing: they practice the same drills over and over with the same timing so that you get used to it... but that%26#039;s not how it will go in real life. Aikido and Krav Maga are both GREAT martial arts for self-defence. Both tried and true. If you stick with aikido, learn the moves and just do something different... suggest to your sensei or your drill partner that you switch up timing, make it more realistic. If that doesn%26#039;t work, just get a friend to mess around with you... if he/she doesn%26#039;t mind getting hurt hehe. If THAT doesn%26#039;t work, either switch schools or train in Krav Maga. If what you want is self-defence that will DEFINITELY do the trick. But as far as styles go, both are great martial arts.|||Im feeling the same way. Thats why im prolly switching from MT and Aikido to wrestling for a little while. Time to clear my head and explore other oppurtunities you know. Ill prolly come back because I love MT. and the aikido sensei is a great guy buti my thing is how do I know it works if I dont resist and fight back. btw we do resist in MT
I am thinking of switching to Krav Maga! I just did a Krav session and it was REALLY realistic. During just the drills the %26quot;attacker%26quot; would actually try and hit you!|||Couple of points.
First off, it sounds like you may not be in the best of aikido schools. I can%26#039;t really pass that judgement, because I haven%26#039;t seen it for myself, but from what you say here, they%26#039;re not teaching proper Ukemi, which is a dying art. Uke should resist the technique.
But Uke should also resist the technique within reason. You are unreasonable in thinking every time you are shown something, you should be able to do whatever you please to counter it. These are exercises designed to get you to perfect the technique; they are not full-fledged combat. The point is not whether you could do something else, the point is whether Nage can perform the technique successfully. As you advance, you will be called on to do more %26quot;freestyle%26quot; exercises, which involve more imagination and are more unpredictable. But if everybody just fought with all they got whenever they were shown something, you%26#039;d never learn a thing - you%26#039;d just be going to brawling class. The idea is to take the time to absorb the techniques and to learn from them. Aikido techniques are relatively complex. They take a lot of familiarity to be used well.
Of course, if you%26#039;re not doing it properly, Uke should not submit. If you%26#039;re doing Nikio (or something else) and you%26#039;ve got it wrong, there%26#039;s no reason for Uke to go down. If Uke goes down whether you get it right or not, then there%26#039;s little point in trying to do the technique. He might as well just kneel in front of you and let%26#039;s move on to something else. But that%26#039;s not Aikido%26#039;s fault - if that%26#039;s happening, it%26#039;s just your school%26#039;s fault for not teaching Ukemi well.
Strikes will come on later on. And you will learn to block them, and they will be coming at you. So will chokes and other uncomfortable things. Aikido trains in a way where we try to avoid injury. So the strikes are expected, but the motion is real. I suspect you might be too quick to judge, as you have only seen a few classes.
It%26#039;s up to you, of course, and I can%26#039;t tell you what to do, but perhaps you are a bit quick in judging. But I do suspect your school is a little lax when it comes to teaching some of the traditions of aikido, especially the proper role of Uke. On the other hand, you sound a bit like a piano student that comes to a couple of lessons and says: Why do we have to learn scales? Real piano players don%26#039;t play scales! I want to play concert pieces!|||It just sounds like the people in your classes aren%26#039;t very enthusiastic, really.
When I went to Tae Kwon Do, the higher belts would grab your wrists and they would not let go. The only way to make them let go would be to perform the technique properly. In Karate, I%26#039;m stuck in the lower belt classes, so the people there are a lot more timid, and worried about hurting you/ themself. It%26#039;s bothersome in the sense that it%26#039;s not realistic. They don%26#039;t grab you hard enough, and they%26#039;ll let go at the first sign of pressure.
We do a bit of Aikido in Karate, and it seems realistic to me. A lot of is a bit fancy, however, and I prefer TKD styles of self defense. However, trying Krav Maga might sound fun! It%26#039;s always good to get new experience, I think (that%26#039;s why I switched to Karate from TKD).|||It%26#039;s real, what%26#039;s fiction is the idea that you can kick as$ like Steven Seagal does in his movies especially after only 6 months of Aikido training. Fact is, in a real self defense situation where an Aikido student uses Aikido techniques, the moves won%26#039;t look as fancy as shown in movies or in randori at the dojo. It mostly involves the attacker being thrown off balance and falling down, breaking a bone or two because he resisted the hold applied on him and didn%26#039;t know how to break his fall and also because the student didn%26#039;t have enough experience to control his throws and techniques.|||How long have you been training? Have you looked around to see if there are other schools around you?|||It really depends on your school. The problem with many martial arts schools that claim they are for self-defence is the same problem you%26#039;re experiencing: they practice the same drills over and over with the same timing so that you get used to it... but that%26#039;s not how it will go in real life. Aikido and Krav Maga are both GREAT martial arts for self-defence. Both tried and true. If you stick with aikido, learn the moves and just do something different... suggest to your sensei or your drill partner that you switch up timing, make it more realistic. If that doesn%26#039;t work, just get a friend to mess around with you... if he/she doesn%26#039;t mind getting hurt hehe. If THAT doesn%26#039;t work, either switch schools or train in Krav Maga. If what you want is self-defence that will DEFINITELY do the trick. But as far as styles go, both are great martial arts.|||Im feeling the same way. Thats why im prolly switching from MT and Aikido to wrestling for a little while. Time to clear my head and explore other oppurtunities you know. Ill prolly come back because I love MT. and the aikido sensei is a great guy buti my thing is how do I know it works if I dont resist and fight back. btw we do resist in MT
Which martial art would be more useful on a street fight? Aikido or Kick-Boxing (Muay Thai)?
I do Aikido and I%26#039;m not too sure if joining Muay Thai would be cool. Since Muay Thai is bent on destruction, killing, and a whole lot of damage. Yet, Aikido is for Peace. So..where to go? Aikido for peaecful %26quot;cop like%26quot; restraint techniques or Muay Thai Elbow-Knee action?|||If the guy has a gun he probably won%26#039;t care. When you take your first class you should learn that street fighting is stupid and dangerous. People learn at different paces tho so keep taking that first class as many times as you need to learn this.|||Define %26quot;street fight%26quot;. If you mean getting mugged in the streets and having to defend yourself, then either one or any of the other martial art styles will do as long as you trained for situations with a certain degree of practicality. But if you mean a one on one duel in the streets to see who%26#039;s the toughest, then you can forget about using Aikido, since it%26#039;s a purely self defense art, so it wouldn%26#039;t be of any use in that situation. Muay Thai is more appropriate for that one on one type of fight.|||Depends on how you train Aikido and whether it%26#039;s being trained for self defense in at all. Frankly, I%26#039;ve trained with Tomiki Aikidoka, one who had attained his first black belt in the art. And after his years in the art, he was very smooth, lithe even with his techniques......when he applied them against a horribly inadequate offensive technique, such as what I can only call an %26quot;overhand judo chop%26quot;. That%26#039;s how they trained. Austin Powers-esque %26quot;Judo chops%26quot;, slow karate style from-the-hip punches, toe push kicks, etc. When I lunged in with a solid, 100% speed punch, he spent the whole time retreating. He caught me one time in an entire 15 minute session, and when he grabbed my wrist, I rolled my hand over, a la small circle, and broke the lock as he began a kote gaeshi, tenkan side, throw. It left him wide open for attack.
Now, this is not to say all Aikido is worthless, but considering I had not even trained in Muay Thai at the time and my fighting skills primarily came from my boxing, Shotokan karate, and small amounts of Judo and Jujutsu understanding, I%26#039;d say the black belt in Tomiki Aikido failed against a white belt in Shotokan. So I am a bit biased against Aikido myself. After about 5 months, though, while he and I trained with Kodokan Judoka, a couple of freestyle and Goju karateka, and another boxing instructor, all of us were beginning to incorporate our own parent styles into a more complete understanding of what worked and what didn%26#039;t and how to use it outside of our sheltered training regimens of old.
Now, that said, everything I learned at that point was blown away when I began in Muay Thai. Only the Judo was useful when I began MMA training soon after taking up Muay Thai. For striking, Muay Thai is one of, if not the most efficient form of striking art. Add solid boxing to it and those are the core principles of striking that one can attain. My opinion, and I know it diverges with many traditionalists, but I%26#039;m talking efficiency here, in today%26#039;s world. Not in Okinawa circa 1550, or in China circa 1300, but today, circa 2007. Okinawan arts are great, but some of the movements and stances are too inefficient, too open to attack. Chinese arts are beautiful and rich in history, but again many of the punching styles are weak, the acrobatics unneeded and, thusly, very inefficient for today%26#039;s combat where everyone and their dog is getting a better understanding of the human anatomy through MMA training and CSI reruns.
Now, that is not to say that Muay Thai is the penultimate. Nor is MMA. Combat evolves every, single day. Tomorrow someone might develop something even more efficient, faster, stronger, or a variation that incorporates a different angle, or etc., but that hasn%26#039;t happened yet. So until it does, I%26#039;d go with Muay Thai anyday.|||what style of Aikido do you take. not all of them are practical
I studied the Tomiki style and it is very practical and I studied Shinbu style it is a whole lot better then the Tomiki style you can also take Yoshinkan Aikido it is alot like Tomiki and Shinbu style combined.|||The guy that said Aikido is dumb doesn%26#039;t know what he%26#039;s talking about. Even though peace is what they ultimately teach; Aikido can be devastating. It also includes weapons training and how to disarm. They show you how to break bones; especially spiral breaks which can take months to heal. I can%26#039;t understand how those that have no clue spout their claims about something they obviously know nothing about.
As with all martial arts, there are both negative and positive things about Aikido. So, research on your own and train with what you think will be right for you.|||in a %26#039;street fight%26#039; ANYTHING goes.
The combination of Aikido and Muay Thai COULD be devastating.
I%26#039;ve always gone with this creed so to speak.
If you can talk it out, talk.
If you can run, run fast.
If there are no other options, beat a memory into them so when they see that scar, they%26#039;ll remember your name.
MOST people anymore prefer the modern arts of %26quot;GunDo and Shot GunFu%26quot;|||i think aikido and muay thai is good, but iakido can control your emotion,with control emotion you can control your enemy and you maybe can win. that my answer,but is up to you|||id say both
muay thai would be good to train in tho i did hap kido that has a lot similar to akido and i didnt like all the injuries from people using too much force to restrain me etc|||OK, I%26#039;m going to talk about Aikido. Aikido is one of the best martial arts ever created. It doesn%26#039;t use unnecessary physical strength like other martial arts. Aikido uses ki, internal energy, and that surpasses physical strength infinitely. That%26#039;s why Aikido is made up of 3 words, ai, ki, and do. Ai= harmony, ki= internal energy or spirit, and do=path. That basically means %26quot;the way of harmonious spirit%26quot;. Aikido uses techniques that makes the opponent(s) lose their balance and use their strength/momentum against them, which is very good in combat. Aikido also helps with flexibility by doing the Aikido excercises. This art also helps with health, by using the techinque of misogi, breathing with the hara, the foundation of ki. That is what makes Aikido so good. You could combine it with Muay Thai if you wish, because soft and hard martial arts make the best combination. An example of that is Karate and Tai Chi. But if that can%26#039;t fit your schedule, I recommend practicing Aikido. Aikido might be the %26quot;PEACE%26quot; art, and that is the thing you want to strive for. But Aikido can be very devastating, because it includes defense against weapons and disarming the opponent. Hope I helped and good luck on your path on martial arts!
Remember, self-defense is a last resort, use it if you REALLY need it. That%26#039;s when people start attacking you. I thought this was a very interesting question. Thanks for letting me push out all my knowledge for Aikido. :]|||One is the defense aspect
The other
Offensive
both different techniques for obtaining the same effect
both work just as well when done correctly at a high level
also thing about whether its to disable or kill, of which u want to acheive|||I just LOVE your question!!! %26#039;Cuz it soooo applies to me and I can relate to it. I took aikido for two years and now I just started muay thai for a month. Having seen muay thai, I am giving serious thoughts about going back to aikido after doing muay thai for an year or so. The difference between the two is same as comparison between apples and oranges or rather banana but reason why I am so inclined in going back and finishing it of is because of aikido%26#039;s long heritage, tradition and philosophy. Most importantly aikido can give you a confidence which other martial arts can%26#039;t. I am probably the weakest guy in my muay thai class and that makes me feel like sh^t, yet when I was doing aikido I knew it%26#039;s not about SIZE and STRENGTH rather TECHNIQUE which will determine the best man on the feet. Yet muay thai being all about POWER can only give you consolation that even if you are good, and really good you will do certain well at street fights with certain people. Note not with ANY people which aikido used to give. Interestingly enuff one can go to an aikido class with a big ego and come out with humility while go to muay thai class with humility and come out with a coksure ego. And also one must remember aikido was truly created for self-defense (check out my other question) whereas muay thai is geared towards ring fights. At the end of the day, although one can get majestic self-cleansing with aikido, I%26#039;d say one needs both to complete the complement of yin and yang.|||Well, If you want to take any of the Arts on the street i wouldn%26#039;t recommend it it%26#039;s a disgrace to your instructor and you fellow classmates. Unless your using the self-defense tactics then try Submission fighting or maybe Tae- Kwon -Do to learn some Discipline %26amp; self- defense. xx
鈾?br>
=^)|||Have you ever seen any Aikido practitioner test there skills against anyone other than a student or their little brother.
If you have someone out to hurt you %26quot;Peace%26quot; is the last thing you should be thinking. We all would love to live in a world where we could all hug each other and trust everyone. But going into a conflict thinking peace and harmony when someone wants to beat you down is dumb.
Learning Muay Thai does not mean killing them. it may mean hammering their thigh till they can%26#039;t walk. Or knocking them on their butt hard.
Those peaceful little wrist lock throws will get your butt kicked.
I am not trying to dog Aikido but go to your local high school wrestling club and give it a try you will be on your back squirming fast.|||Wrestling is key.... Because it is defencive
You want to be able to counter his strength if he gets on top of you... Many street fights end up on the ground so I would know the ins and outs of the grappling trade.
Also, be in shape!!!.. Most thugs are not in shape so after 2 minutes of going at it they usually run out of gas....And you should just be getting warmed up..
Muay Thai would be your opponents worst nightmare at this point in the fight..
Street fighting is dangerous because of the unknown factor...Anything could happen...even death.
Fighting is a last resort..|||Aikido would be MUCH better! Calm, cool and collected and letting his opponent take himself out. Muay Thai? no offense but keep the egos in the ring where it belongs. Sorry, but these gay comments about Aikido is only self defense for Karate/Judo chops is rediculas and coming only from a sportists view.
So I disagree only with the mid answers. I agree with all the Aikido students on here.
Remember - softness overcomes hardness.....
If anyone really knows anything at all about Aikido instead of badmouthing all REAL Martial arts, they would know the reasons why it is so effective.
I%26#039;m positive if any Aikido Master wasn%26#039;t teaching his students and was doing the moves for real that they would be MUCH more effective.
Don%26#039;t people understand that you need to go over moves slowly and they build them up?
Shall we go work out with someone and break their arm because that%26#039;s what we were really wanting to do?
%26quot;be water my friend%26quot; - Bruce Lee
Same token, I train some with MT.. Kicking and elbows and they are devistating.
Walk in with an attitude and I put money on any real fight - your neck is sliced or your head gets blown off..
That%26#039;s what happens to sportists on the street.
Now, this is not to say all Aikido is worthless, but considering I had not even trained in Muay Thai at the time and my fighting skills primarily came from my boxing, Shotokan karate, and small amounts of Judo and Jujutsu understanding, I%26#039;d say the black belt in Tomiki Aikido failed against a white belt in Shotokan. So I am a bit biased against Aikido myself. After about 5 months, though, while he and I trained with Kodokan Judoka, a couple of freestyle and Goju karateka, and another boxing instructor, all of us were beginning to incorporate our own parent styles into a more complete understanding of what worked and what didn%26#039;t and how to use it outside of our sheltered training regimens of old.
Now, that said, everything I learned at that point was blown away when I began in Muay Thai. Only the Judo was useful when I began MMA training soon after taking up Muay Thai. For striking, Muay Thai is one of, if not the most efficient form of striking art. Add solid boxing to it and those are the core principles of striking that one can attain. My opinion, and I know it diverges with many traditionalists, but I%26#039;m talking efficiency here, in today%26#039;s world. Not in Okinawa circa 1550, or in China circa 1300, but today, circa 2007. Okinawan arts are great, but some of the movements and stances are too inefficient, too open to attack. Chinese arts are beautiful and rich in history, but again many of the punching styles are weak, the acrobatics unneeded and, thusly, very inefficient for today%26#039;s combat where everyone and their dog is getting a better understanding of the human anatomy through MMA training and CSI reruns.
Now, that is not to say that Muay Thai is the penultimate. Nor is MMA. Combat evolves every, single day. Tomorrow someone might develop something even more efficient, faster, stronger, or a variation that incorporates a different angle, or etc., but that hasn%26#039;t happened yet. So until it does, I%26#039;d go with Muay Thai anyday.|||what style of Aikido do you take. not all of them are practical
I studied the Tomiki style and it is very practical and I studied Shinbu style it is a whole lot better then the Tomiki style you can also take Yoshinkan Aikido it is alot like Tomiki and Shinbu style combined.|||The guy that said Aikido is dumb doesn%26#039;t know what he%26#039;s talking about. Even though peace is what they ultimately teach; Aikido can be devastating. It also includes weapons training and how to disarm. They show you how to break bones; especially spiral breaks which can take months to heal. I can%26#039;t understand how those that have no clue spout their claims about something they obviously know nothing about.
As with all martial arts, there are both negative and positive things about Aikido. So, research on your own and train with what you think will be right for you.|||in a %26#039;street fight%26#039; ANYTHING goes.
The combination of Aikido and Muay Thai COULD be devastating.
I%26#039;ve always gone with this creed so to speak.
If you can talk it out, talk.
If you can run, run fast.
If there are no other options, beat a memory into them so when they see that scar, they%26#039;ll remember your name.
MOST people anymore prefer the modern arts of %26quot;GunDo and Shot GunFu%26quot;|||i think aikido and muay thai is good, but iakido can control your emotion,with control emotion you can control your enemy and you maybe can win. that my answer,but is up to you|||id say both
muay thai would be good to train in tho i did hap kido that has a lot similar to akido and i didnt like all the injuries from people using too much force to restrain me etc|||OK, I%26#039;m going to talk about Aikido. Aikido is one of the best martial arts ever created. It doesn%26#039;t use unnecessary physical strength like other martial arts. Aikido uses ki, internal energy, and that surpasses physical strength infinitely. That%26#039;s why Aikido is made up of 3 words, ai, ki, and do. Ai= harmony, ki= internal energy or spirit, and do=path. That basically means %26quot;the way of harmonious spirit%26quot;. Aikido uses techniques that makes the opponent(s) lose their balance and use their strength/momentum against them, which is very good in combat. Aikido also helps with flexibility by doing the Aikido excercises. This art also helps with health, by using the techinque of misogi, breathing with the hara, the foundation of ki. That is what makes Aikido so good. You could combine it with Muay Thai if you wish, because soft and hard martial arts make the best combination. An example of that is Karate and Tai Chi. But if that can%26#039;t fit your schedule, I recommend practicing Aikido. Aikido might be the %26quot;PEACE%26quot; art, and that is the thing you want to strive for. But Aikido can be very devastating, because it includes defense against weapons and disarming the opponent. Hope I helped and good luck on your path on martial arts!
Remember, self-defense is a last resort, use it if you REALLY need it. That%26#039;s when people start attacking you. I thought this was a very interesting question. Thanks for letting me push out all my knowledge for Aikido. :]|||One is the defense aspect
The other
Offensive
both different techniques for obtaining the same effect
both work just as well when done correctly at a high level
also thing about whether its to disable or kill, of which u want to acheive|||I just LOVE your question!!! %26#039;Cuz it soooo applies to me and I can relate to it. I took aikido for two years and now I just started muay thai for a month. Having seen muay thai, I am giving serious thoughts about going back to aikido after doing muay thai for an year or so. The difference between the two is same as comparison between apples and oranges or rather banana but reason why I am so inclined in going back and finishing it of is because of aikido%26#039;s long heritage, tradition and philosophy. Most importantly aikido can give you a confidence which other martial arts can%26#039;t. I am probably the weakest guy in my muay thai class and that makes me feel like sh^t, yet when I was doing aikido I knew it%26#039;s not about SIZE and STRENGTH rather TECHNIQUE which will determine the best man on the feet. Yet muay thai being all about POWER can only give you consolation that even if you are good, and really good you will do certain well at street fights with certain people. Note not with ANY people which aikido used to give. Interestingly enuff one can go to an aikido class with a big ego and come out with humility while go to muay thai class with humility and come out with a coksure ego. And also one must remember aikido was truly created for self-defense (check out my other question) whereas muay thai is geared towards ring fights. At the end of the day, although one can get majestic self-cleansing with aikido, I%26#039;d say one needs both to complete the complement of yin and yang.|||Well, If you want to take any of the Arts on the street i wouldn%26#039;t recommend it it%26#039;s a disgrace to your instructor and you fellow classmates. Unless your using the self-defense tactics then try Submission fighting or maybe Tae- Kwon -Do to learn some Discipline %26amp; self- defense. xx
鈾?br>
=^)|||Have you ever seen any Aikido practitioner test there skills against anyone other than a student or their little brother.
If you have someone out to hurt you %26quot;Peace%26quot; is the last thing you should be thinking. We all would love to live in a world where we could all hug each other and trust everyone. But going into a conflict thinking peace and harmony when someone wants to beat you down is dumb.
Learning Muay Thai does not mean killing them. it may mean hammering their thigh till they can%26#039;t walk. Or knocking them on their butt hard.
Those peaceful little wrist lock throws will get your butt kicked.
I am not trying to dog Aikido but go to your local high school wrestling club and give it a try you will be on your back squirming fast.|||Wrestling is key.... Because it is defencive
You want to be able to counter his strength if he gets on top of you... Many street fights end up on the ground so I would know the ins and outs of the grappling trade.
Also, be in shape!!!.. Most thugs are not in shape so after 2 minutes of going at it they usually run out of gas....And you should just be getting warmed up..
Muay Thai would be your opponents worst nightmare at this point in the fight..
Street fighting is dangerous because of the unknown factor...Anything could happen...even death.
Fighting is a last resort..|||Aikido would be MUCH better! Calm, cool and collected and letting his opponent take himself out. Muay Thai? no offense but keep the egos in the ring where it belongs. Sorry, but these gay comments about Aikido is only self defense for Karate/Judo chops is rediculas and coming only from a sportists view.
So I disagree only with the mid answers. I agree with all the Aikido students on here.
Remember - softness overcomes hardness.....
If anyone really knows anything at all about Aikido instead of badmouthing all REAL Martial arts, they would know the reasons why it is so effective.
I%26#039;m positive if any Aikido Master wasn%26#039;t teaching his students and was doing the moves for real that they would be MUCH more effective.
Don%26#039;t people understand that you need to go over moves slowly and they build them up?
Shall we go work out with someone and break their arm because that%26#039;s what we were really wanting to do?
%26quot;be water my friend%26quot; - Bruce Lee
Same token, I train some with MT.. Kicking and elbows and they are devistating.
Walk in with an attitude and I put money on any real fight - your neck is sliced or your head gets blown off..
That%26#039;s what happens to sportists on the street.
Aikido classes in Harlem New York?
For the longest time now i%26#039;ve been reading up on aikido (the most perfict martial arts in creation) but I would like to do more than just read about it. If any one knows any thing about Akido dojo%26#039;s in Harlem New York or in New Jersy, Jersey City Please say so, and i will be eternally greatfull, thank you|||try yahoo yellow pages, or yellowpages.com, good luck
Should I Join a Taekwondo, Karate, or Aikido School?
There are no better arts, only better artists.
Find a good school, not a good style.
Tips for a good school:
Never sign a contract
Never pay for rank testing
Look for a clean facility with friendly people.
For great school:
Make sure the teacher is willing and clear about his lineage
Watch a couple of classes
Kumite is a must|||It depends on what sort of thing interests you. I do Taekwon-do and am a black belt 2nd dan. 15. Female. I enjoy doing taekwon-do because i think it is just amazing. Great experiences too. Been doing taekwondo for 6 and a half years and went to the junior world champs in Australia in September. WHAT AN EXPERIENCE. But i dont know about the other martial arts. but taekwondo has 2 main parts. technical and sparring. sparring uses alot of leg and kicking techniques while technical is patterns which is like forms. Its a great sport to do!|||First off - why are you going into the martial arts?
If you want something that can help you in the real world, Aikido. It%26#039;s fully defensive and highly effective martial art. But it%26#039;s not focused on hard techniques - the plus to this is you can do it when you%26#039;re out of shape, the down side it that it doesn%26#039;t force you do be in shape.
both TKD and Karate are going to require and force you to get in shape and if you%26#039;re not in shape then don%26#039;t worry about a gym - you%26#039;ll be in enough pain.
Tae Kwon Do focuses on legs - so if you like to run and have strong legs and a good sense of balance then this would be a good fit for you. If you%26#039;re athletic this is a good one to keep you athletic while pushing you as well.
Karate is more punches and blocks with few high and spinning kicks. Good for you if youf balance is not so great and you need to loose some weight as well.
Pick the one that will help you reach your goals.|||they are all the same,but aikido is most advanced|||it depends just look into them all and c whitch u like best although not bragin%26#039; but i myself have done karate for many years|||Aikido is grappling. Karate %26amp; Tae Kwon Do are both striking. TKD puts more emphasis on foot techniques. I study %26amp; Teach TKD %26amp; love it. the 2 things you need to consider are:
1) What high quailty schools are in your area.
2) Which you like best.
There is no %26quot;best%26quot; style.|||Check out this article for things to look for in choosing a school:
http://www.mendersdojo.com/Other/Choose....|||%26quot;they are all the same,but aikido is most advanced%26quot;
That%26#039;s a very ignorant statement, but I%26#039;d agree that aikido is the most practical self-defense style. Karate can also be highly effective but requires more direct physical contact, which turns many people off to it. I%26#039;m biased against TKD because all TKD studios I have known teach tournament style martial arts which are neither practical for self-defense nor entail any spiritual or traditional elements in their studies. But I obviously don%26#039;t know all TKD studios or practitioners, so now I%26#039;m the one being ignorant. TKD is admittedly very good for getting oneself in good physical shape.|||These are 3 very different styles. Tae kwon do is 80 percent kicking, most karate I would guess is about 50/50 punching, blocking,kicking. Aikido uses pressure points, joint locks and throws to disable an attacker.
Myself I studied tae kwon do, hapkido (very much like aikido) and boxing. If I were still young and had to start again I would choose aikido or hapkido (some korean schools teach hapkido that includes kicking and punching). The only problem with hapkido and aikido is the time it takes to learn it.
As to schools I was very lucky to train under master chun lee. He taught all the classes. Many schools the master doesn%26#039;t teach, he leaves the work to be done by his black belt students. I find the master has the most patience.|||Tae kwon do, karate and aikido are NOT all the same. They are each very different martial art styles. The style that you wish to take is up to you. I won%26#039;t offer you my opinion on which style is any %26quot;better%26quot; than the other, because different styles are better suited to different people and their individual wants and needs. Actually, I guess I should say different people are better suited to different styles. I%26#039;ve had some brief, %26quot;informal%26quot; training in all three disciplines and I enjoyed the time I spent learning each.
There are many factors that you should take into consideration when choosing which style is right for you. Some styles incorporate techniques that are more physically demanding or require the use of brute force compared to others. Some styles deal more with physicality, others with mental/emotional disciplining Some styles are considered hard styles, others soft styles. Or external and internal styles. Soft styles redirect energy to unbalance an opponent--so use less force. Aikido is considered a soft style. In contrast, in hard styles force meets force, or energy meets energy. Force and attacks are used. Tae kwon do and karate are considered hard styles. Internal styles (an example is Tai Chi) are styles which focus on the mind and spirit, as opposed to external styles (karate, tae kwon do, etc.) which focus on the body (weight, size, strength and leverage) and the ability to execute moves. Mental reaction precedes physical reaction with internal styles, versus physical reaction preceding mental reaction with external styles.
Tae kwon do, like another person mentioned, focuses on the legs and kicking techniques. This style emphasizes power, agility, and flexibility and helps one hone these skills. As well as balance and stamina, and not only physical strength and discipline, but mental as well. So if you%26#039;re not in the best of shape, tae kwon do may not be for you.
Karate primarily uses strikes, kicks, blocks, locks and grappling, and is generally considered a hard martial art, but it depends on the specific discipline. The Goju Ryu style incorporates both hard and soft techniques. Karate can be a good style for someone of any age that may be not in the best of shape.
Aikido is also a good style for someone of any age that may not be in the best of shape. It is the least %26quot;forceful%26quot; of the three styles. Aikido uses ones internal energy (Ki) to counter an opponent%26#039;s movement or immobilize them. Aikido is truly a self-defense martial art because the techniques used in aikido are not intended to really inflict [serious] injury. Aikido uses an opponents own force against him to overcome him. It%26#039;s about blending energy, not energy clashing.
As far as determining the quality of a school you may be looking into, this can be difficult. Just remember that if you want to find a good school, it%26#039;s about quality over quantity. You don%26#039;t want to find a school that is only interested in the money out of your pocket. Talk to the sensei/teacher/instructor. Ask questions and see how receptive he is to answering your questions. Don%26#039;t be concerned about his degrees or ranking, but do concern yourself with his experience that would qualify him to be in his position. Whom did he study with? How long was he a student? How long has he practiced this style? Does the school only focus on one style or incorporate other styles into their training? How long has he been a teacher? And you may also want to ask if they offer any free classes or classes at a reduced rate so that you can see if that style or school is right for you.
Most importantly, you%26#039;ll want to find out what you can about the belt ranking system within the school. Now, belt ranking should not be important if your chief concern is the quality of your training, but you can get an idea of what kind of school you may be joining by how they promote to the next belt level or degree. If they hand out belts according to a set and given time (say, you advance from belt to belt every month or two), I would seriously consider a different school because they are most likely only concerned about money. Belt ranking should be based on your skill proficiency, when you are qualified enough to advance and your dedication, regardless of how long it may take. Not how many hours or months you%26#039;ve put in. Advancement is not something that should be rushed and belts shouldn%26#039;t just be handed out. These young people that you see that are shodans (first degree black belt) or higher after only a few months or just a year%26#039;s time...they were most likely trained in schools that cared more about the money than skill proficiency.
Something else you may also want to consider is competition and tournaments. Many styles of martial arts have tournaments where you can compete against an opponent and win trophies. If competing in tournaments to display your martial arts prowess in the hopes of winning a trophy is one of your objectives when selecting a style, then aikido is not for you. Competitions and tournaments contradict the philosophy and principles of aikido, so a majority of schools that teach this style do not partake in them. Tae kwon do and karate both have tournaments. I took part in a tournament once, and while I found it pretty interesting, the air was thick with tension and hostility among those wanting to win and/or prove their competency. After a few hours it was just too showy for me.
Well, I hope I%26#039;ve helped in some way. Good luck in making your selection!|||To find a good school I would do some research on the internet concerning the specific schools you are looking into as well as the styles they represent. Go to these different martial arts schools, observe, take some free lessons, and find one that interests you. Find a school where the instructors are knowledgeable and professional, and the school is a member of national and/or international organizations that promote their style.
Beware schools that charge lots of up-front fees and want you to sign contracts to train their. You should be able to go month to month. Beware schools that claim you can get a black belt in a couple of years, when it should really take about 5. Beware instructors who claim they are %26quot;grandmasters%26quot; and are only 30 or 40 years old, or those who don%26#039;t have credentials awarded by those international organizations they claim to belong to (like the All Japan Karate Federation, or thier TKD or Aikido counterparts, etc.)
Find a good school, not a good style.
Tips for a good school:
Never sign a contract
Never pay for rank testing
Look for a clean facility with friendly people.
For great school:
Make sure the teacher is willing and clear about his lineage
Watch a couple of classes
Kumite is a must|||It depends on what sort of thing interests you. I do Taekwon-do and am a black belt 2nd dan. 15. Female. I enjoy doing taekwon-do because i think it is just amazing. Great experiences too. Been doing taekwondo for 6 and a half years and went to the junior world champs in Australia in September. WHAT AN EXPERIENCE. But i dont know about the other martial arts. but taekwondo has 2 main parts. technical and sparring. sparring uses alot of leg and kicking techniques while technical is patterns which is like forms. Its a great sport to do!|||First off - why are you going into the martial arts?
If you want something that can help you in the real world, Aikido. It%26#039;s fully defensive and highly effective martial art. But it%26#039;s not focused on hard techniques - the plus to this is you can do it when you%26#039;re out of shape, the down side it that it doesn%26#039;t force you do be in shape.
both TKD and Karate are going to require and force you to get in shape and if you%26#039;re not in shape then don%26#039;t worry about a gym - you%26#039;ll be in enough pain.
Tae Kwon Do focuses on legs - so if you like to run and have strong legs and a good sense of balance then this would be a good fit for you. If you%26#039;re athletic this is a good one to keep you athletic while pushing you as well.
Karate is more punches and blocks with few high and spinning kicks. Good for you if youf balance is not so great and you need to loose some weight as well.
Pick the one that will help you reach your goals.|||they are all the same,but aikido is most advanced|||it depends just look into them all and c whitch u like best although not bragin%26#039; but i myself have done karate for many years|||Aikido is grappling. Karate %26amp; Tae Kwon Do are both striking. TKD puts more emphasis on foot techniques. I study %26amp; Teach TKD %26amp; love it. the 2 things you need to consider are:
1) What high quailty schools are in your area.
2) Which you like best.
There is no %26quot;best%26quot; style.|||Check out this article for things to look for in choosing a school:
http://www.mendersdojo.com/Other/Choose....|||%26quot;they are all the same,but aikido is most advanced%26quot;
That%26#039;s a very ignorant statement, but I%26#039;d agree that aikido is the most practical self-defense style. Karate can also be highly effective but requires more direct physical contact, which turns many people off to it. I%26#039;m biased against TKD because all TKD studios I have known teach tournament style martial arts which are neither practical for self-defense nor entail any spiritual or traditional elements in their studies. But I obviously don%26#039;t know all TKD studios or practitioners, so now I%26#039;m the one being ignorant. TKD is admittedly very good for getting oneself in good physical shape.|||These are 3 very different styles. Tae kwon do is 80 percent kicking, most karate I would guess is about 50/50 punching, blocking,kicking. Aikido uses pressure points, joint locks and throws to disable an attacker.
Myself I studied tae kwon do, hapkido (very much like aikido) and boxing. If I were still young and had to start again I would choose aikido or hapkido (some korean schools teach hapkido that includes kicking and punching). The only problem with hapkido and aikido is the time it takes to learn it.
As to schools I was very lucky to train under master chun lee. He taught all the classes. Many schools the master doesn%26#039;t teach, he leaves the work to be done by his black belt students. I find the master has the most patience.|||Tae kwon do, karate and aikido are NOT all the same. They are each very different martial art styles. The style that you wish to take is up to you. I won%26#039;t offer you my opinion on which style is any %26quot;better%26quot; than the other, because different styles are better suited to different people and their individual wants and needs. Actually, I guess I should say different people are better suited to different styles. I%26#039;ve had some brief, %26quot;informal%26quot; training in all three disciplines and I enjoyed the time I spent learning each.
There are many factors that you should take into consideration when choosing which style is right for you. Some styles incorporate techniques that are more physically demanding or require the use of brute force compared to others. Some styles deal more with physicality, others with mental/emotional disciplining Some styles are considered hard styles, others soft styles. Or external and internal styles. Soft styles redirect energy to unbalance an opponent--so use less force. Aikido is considered a soft style. In contrast, in hard styles force meets force, or energy meets energy. Force and attacks are used. Tae kwon do and karate are considered hard styles. Internal styles (an example is Tai Chi) are styles which focus on the mind and spirit, as opposed to external styles (karate, tae kwon do, etc.) which focus on the body (weight, size, strength and leverage) and the ability to execute moves. Mental reaction precedes physical reaction with internal styles, versus physical reaction preceding mental reaction with external styles.
Tae kwon do, like another person mentioned, focuses on the legs and kicking techniques. This style emphasizes power, agility, and flexibility and helps one hone these skills. As well as balance and stamina, and not only physical strength and discipline, but mental as well. So if you%26#039;re not in the best of shape, tae kwon do may not be for you.
Karate primarily uses strikes, kicks, blocks, locks and grappling, and is generally considered a hard martial art, but it depends on the specific discipline. The Goju Ryu style incorporates both hard and soft techniques. Karate can be a good style for someone of any age that may be not in the best of shape.
Aikido is also a good style for someone of any age that may not be in the best of shape. It is the least %26quot;forceful%26quot; of the three styles. Aikido uses ones internal energy (Ki) to counter an opponent%26#039;s movement or immobilize them. Aikido is truly a self-defense martial art because the techniques used in aikido are not intended to really inflict [serious] injury. Aikido uses an opponents own force against him to overcome him. It%26#039;s about blending energy, not energy clashing.
As far as determining the quality of a school you may be looking into, this can be difficult. Just remember that if you want to find a good school, it%26#039;s about quality over quantity. You don%26#039;t want to find a school that is only interested in the money out of your pocket. Talk to the sensei/teacher/instructor. Ask questions and see how receptive he is to answering your questions. Don%26#039;t be concerned about his degrees or ranking, but do concern yourself with his experience that would qualify him to be in his position. Whom did he study with? How long was he a student? How long has he practiced this style? Does the school only focus on one style or incorporate other styles into their training? How long has he been a teacher? And you may also want to ask if they offer any free classes or classes at a reduced rate so that you can see if that style or school is right for you.
Most importantly, you%26#039;ll want to find out what you can about the belt ranking system within the school. Now, belt ranking should not be important if your chief concern is the quality of your training, but you can get an idea of what kind of school you may be joining by how they promote to the next belt level or degree. If they hand out belts according to a set and given time (say, you advance from belt to belt every month or two), I would seriously consider a different school because they are most likely only concerned about money. Belt ranking should be based on your skill proficiency, when you are qualified enough to advance and your dedication, regardless of how long it may take. Not how many hours or months you%26#039;ve put in. Advancement is not something that should be rushed and belts shouldn%26#039;t just be handed out. These young people that you see that are shodans (first degree black belt) or higher after only a few months or just a year%26#039;s time...they were most likely trained in schools that cared more about the money than skill proficiency.
Something else you may also want to consider is competition and tournaments. Many styles of martial arts have tournaments where you can compete against an opponent and win trophies. If competing in tournaments to display your martial arts prowess in the hopes of winning a trophy is one of your objectives when selecting a style, then aikido is not for you. Competitions and tournaments contradict the philosophy and principles of aikido, so a majority of schools that teach this style do not partake in them. Tae kwon do and karate both have tournaments. I took part in a tournament once, and while I found it pretty interesting, the air was thick with tension and hostility among those wanting to win and/or prove their competency. After a few hours it was just too showy for me.
Well, I hope I%26#039;ve helped in some way. Good luck in making your selection!|||To find a good school I would do some research on the internet concerning the specific schools you are looking into as well as the styles they represent. Go to these different martial arts schools, observe, take some free lessons, and find one that interests you. Find a school where the instructors are knowledgeable and professional, and the school is a member of national and/or international organizations that promote their style.
Beware schools that charge lots of up-front fees and want you to sign contracts to train their. You should be able to go month to month. Beware schools that claim you can get a black belt in a couple of years, when it should really take about 5. Beware instructors who claim they are %26quot;grandmasters%26quot; and are only 30 or 40 years old, or those who don%26#039;t have credentials awarded by those international organizations they claim to belong to (like the All Japan Karate Federation, or thier TKD or Aikido counterparts, etc.)
Are there Aikido classes in Goa or Kerala?
No Delhi|||For any information log on to http://www.goacom.com/
http://goagovt.nic.in
http://goatourism.nic.in
http://www.goatrip.com
http://www.goahub.com/goa/travel_guide
http://ruralbazargoa.nic.in
http://goamuseum.nic.in
http://www.goa-tourism.com|||See aikiweb.com
Keralites want to promote their own Kalariyapattu.|||no|||mal.nabanita is a crook... big fraud. Look at all his/her answers. This person seems to be from India. He/She would visit a particular section and then give the same answer to each question: %26quot;www.google.com%26quot;
Whenever this person visitis the category of Indian tourism the answer to each question is either:
%26quot;www.indiatourism.com%26quot; or %26quot;www.incredibleindia.com%26quot;
For answers to the questions in sub-categories in India, the answer would be:
“www.%26lt;state%26gt;tourism.com” or %26quot;www.indiarail.com%26quot; etc
This is just the ridiculous way of earning points and violates the yahoo community rules and very irritating too. I have reported this to yahoo but it seems they are more worried about being takenover by Microsoft.
Please people, let’s all report this person mal.nabanita to yahoo so he/she can be blocked and prevented from ruining this community
http://goagovt.nic.in
http://goatourism.nic.in
http://www.goatrip.com
http://www.goahub.com/goa/travel_guide
http://ruralbazargoa.nic.in
http://goamuseum.nic.in
http://www.goa-tourism.com|||See aikiweb.com
Keralites want to promote their own Kalariyapattu.|||no|||mal.nabanita is a crook... big fraud. Look at all his/her answers. This person seems to be from India. He/She would visit a particular section and then give the same answer to each question: %26quot;www.google.com%26quot;
Whenever this person visitis the category of Indian tourism the answer to each question is either:
%26quot;www.indiatourism.com%26quot; or %26quot;www.incredibleindia.com%26quot;
For answers to the questions in sub-categories in India, the answer would be:
“www.%26lt;state%26gt;tourism.com” or %26quot;www.indiarail.com%26quot; etc
This is just the ridiculous way of earning points and violates the yahoo community rules and very irritating too. I have reported this to yahoo but it seems they are more worried about being takenover by Microsoft.
Please people, let’s all report this person mal.nabanita to yahoo so he/she can be blocked and prevented from ruining this community
Would Aikido be a good art to cross train with Ju-Jitsu?
Yes !!!
As aikido comes from jiu-jitsu they naturally compliment each other :)***|||At the risk of sounding unoriginal, I would try Muay Thai, Boxing or some striking art. You are learning to grapple, locks and all the things needed to bend and break folks, now try some punching, kicking, blocking and weaving.
Another type of workout will also work different muscles, so it%26#039;s good, switch up the type of workout a little. Muay Thai is a great art, heck Tai Chi Chuan is a great art, but it takes patience and a long time to learn, but once you start getting into push hands( usually a couple of months), the grappling and joint locking skill you have developed will be seen in a new light, the Chinese call joint locking %26quot;chin na%26quot;, which goes with tai chi chuan like ketchup with french fries.
Of course Taijiquan, however you spell it is a form based art, so you can do the Yang Traditional (108) posture or Wu Solo (108 posture and my personal favorite) after stretching first thing in the morning for a good energy buzz.
Hey, it%26#039;s just a thought, and an entirely different workout and skill set from the one you are getting and yet the two are complementary.|||It depends.
Basically, if you like to practice Aikido: YES.
If you do not like Aikido: NO.
I found out that most people that goes for results instead of joy in their practice will get disappointed along the way with the art they chose, because the results might not come and they did not like to practice it.
When I realized that, my Aikido training changed and I get results without going after it. I just have fun during practice.
In my site, there are some information in Aikido:
http://www.institutouniao.com.br/aikido/|||not just soft versus hard as the others mention above
Aikido is another grappling art, Ju Jitsu is primarily grappling
pick something more stand up with punches and kicks
find something that fits you, and you feel you can flow from one to the other Ju Jitsu into (punching/kicking) and then back|||No not really cause Akido is a very beautiful style but a lot of it is not really effective in real situations. Especially if you go up against some one who knows how to box its going to be impossible to catch thier punches.|||They are both soft martial arts - I would pair Jujitsu with a hard art to become the most well-rounded. I would recommend looking into Muay Thai! Cross training is almost always beneficial whatever you choose, though...good luck!|||Actually aikido is a derivative style of jujitsu. Try something more like karate, or kung fu.|||Chute Boxe or muay thai will get it done. If you have a photo shoot coming up instead of a fight do turbo abs or tae bo with billy blanks.|||Unless you have good hand skills i would suggest you cross train with kick boxing or karate.|||i suggest a stand up style such as karate.
As aikido comes from jiu-jitsu they naturally compliment each other :)***|||At the risk of sounding unoriginal, I would try Muay Thai, Boxing or some striking art. You are learning to grapple, locks and all the things needed to bend and break folks, now try some punching, kicking, blocking and weaving.
Another type of workout will also work different muscles, so it%26#039;s good, switch up the type of workout a little. Muay Thai is a great art, heck Tai Chi Chuan is a great art, but it takes patience and a long time to learn, but once you start getting into push hands( usually a couple of months), the grappling and joint locking skill you have developed will be seen in a new light, the Chinese call joint locking %26quot;chin na%26quot;, which goes with tai chi chuan like ketchup with french fries.
Of course Taijiquan, however you spell it is a form based art, so you can do the Yang Traditional (108) posture or Wu Solo (108 posture and my personal favorite) after stretching first thing in the morning for a good energy buzz.
Hey, it%26#039;s just a thought, and an entirely different workout and skill set from the one you are getting and yet the two are complementary.|||It depends.
Basically, if you like to practice Aikido: YES.
If you do not like Aikido: NO.
I found out that most people that goes for results instead of joy in their practice will get disappointed along the way with the art they chose, because the results might not come and they did not like to practice it.
When I realized that, my Aikido training changed and I get results without going after it. I just have fun during practice.
In my site, there are some information in Aikido:
http://www.institutouniao.com.br/aikido/|||not just soft versus hard as the others mention above
Aikido is another grappling art, Ju Jitsu is primarily grappling
pick something more stand up with punches and kicks
find something that fits you, and you feel you can flow from one to the other Ju Jitsu into (punching/kicking) and then back|||No not really cause Akido is a very beautiful style but a lot of it is not really effective in real situations. Especially if you go up against some one who knows how to box its going to be impossible to catch thier punches.|||They are both soft martial arts - I would pair Jujitsu with a hard art to become the most well-rounded. I would recommend looking into Muay Thai! Cross training is almost always beneficial whatever you choose, though...good luck!|||Actually aikido is a derivative style of jujitsu. Try something more like karate, or kung fu.|||Chute Boxe or muay thai will get it done. If you have a photo shoot coming up instead of a fight do turbo abs or tae bo with billy blanks.|||Unless you have good hand skills i would suggest you cross train with kick boxing or karate.|||i suggest a stand up style such as karate.
Is Aikido an effective martial art?
It looks cool, but can it work on the streets? I%26#039;ve never seen anyone use it in real life (just in the movies).|||It can work on the streets, but only after spending many years in practice. When I use to train at the Hawaii Aikikai many many years ago (When I saw Steven Segal in %26quot;Above The Law%26quot;) there were many Honolulu Police Officers who trained at the dojo. I would ask them if they ever used Aikido in a situation and they said %26quot;Yes, many times, but mostly to control a suspect and cuff them.%26quot;
I switched to Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu after training Aikido for 8 years when a good friend who trained Jiu-Jitsu beat me in a sparring match 10 out of 10 times after training Jiu-Jitsu for just 6 months. I was never taught how to defend against leg kicks, defend against a double leg takedown slam, and once on the ground I was clueless to what was happening.
I would say 95% of all Aikido schools do not train realistically for the street. Most don%26#039;t even practice defense against kicks. Look at the United States Aikido Federation Testing from 5th Kyu to Shodan (1st dan black belt) there is no testing for defense against kicks.
Randori (multiple attackers) is not trained realistically as well. Most of the time your attackers are taking turns one at a time and
only try and grab you half *** because they are more concerned about taking ukemi (falling).
Sorry I%26#039;m just pissed because I trained for 8 years religiously (5 days a week for 1-2 hours) and my Aikido failed me in a sparring match against a different style. What if it had been a real street fight?
Aikido is still beautiful to watch and practice. You do get a good workout running around taking ukemi, but I would choose something else more street effective.|||Not saying it isn%26#039;t effective, but I%26#039;ve seen a few fighters early in the MMA days around %26#039;93 or %26#039;94 before brazilian Ju jitsu and wrestling totally took over that were blackbelts in aikido. I didn%26#039;t see anything in any of the fights that even resembled aikido. Just ended up them throwing a few punches being taken down and beaten into submission.
I%26#039;ve never practiced aikido, but I have watched some documentaries on it. The problem I see with it is it always seems like your opponent has to be running at you with his hands streched out like superman. Which I%26#039;ve never seen a fight go down like that. Maybe I%26#039;m wrong on aikido though.|||Aikido is highly effective, fully defensive martial art. The first principal alone is %26quot;Get out of the Way%26quot; (basically - and a principal I failed to re-learn having been so ingrained to %26#039;block%26#039; so I had to quit) and since it follows up with redirecting someone%26#039;s force of attack your opponent is really just setting themselves up to get hurt - you%26#039;ll just help them along.
While I%26#039;ve never had the opportunity to use the limited Aikido I know (and at an early level I knew how to break peoples arms if I wished) I do have a friend who%26#039;s a brown belt in Aikido (he doesn%26#039;t want to make black belt because in our region you have to register yourself with law enforcement should you %26quot;accidentally%26quot; kill anyone)... I can%26#039;t beat him in a pound for pound fight. I have a background in Tae Kwon Do, Aikido, Judo, Karate and Kung Fu. I%26#039;m taller and generally stronger than he is, physically but the only way to beat him in a fight is to not throw a punch or kick that the Aikido can use against me - no matter how much smack he talks I just have to smile and say %26quot;whatever, I%26#039;m still not going to attack you... I win!%26quot; even a fake jab has landed me in a wrist lock.|||talk about stirring up a hornet%26#039;s nest. I%26#039;ll try to be as diplomatic and polite as possible.
The problem with Aikido is that it has a reputation for not training with any resistance.
How can you learn without resistance against a fully resisting opponent? Simple you can%26#039;t.
However, this doesn%26#039;t mean there isn%26#039;t a legitimate Aikido school out there that does eventually pressure-test it%26#039;s techniques and train with full resistance. Most don%26#039;t.
If you want more discussion about it ask at www.bullshido.net|||It is a very effective Martial Art, but it%26#039;s also a very technical art to learn. a lot of it is using your opponent%26#039;s power against him and keeping him off balance.
it%26#039;s a very non aggressive discipline, but many of it%26#039;s techniques are effective if used or executed properly.|||No, it is one of the sh1ttiest %26quot;martial art%26quot; (in my opinion it%26#039;s not even a martial art anyway) ever. I%26#039;d rather do tae bo or cardio kickboxing or even ballroom dancing. At least it gets you in a good shape and has a nice work out, wich is something that is also non-existant in aikido.|||Take a note from Bruce Lee take what is good from the art and use what works for you then get rid of the rest|||Remember this...Just about all Martial Arts styles need to be modified for Hollywood. Aikido takes a life long dedication or in plain English, what you may be shown today may be what you%26#039;ll be doing for a very long time before you learn something new. Please don%26#039;t get me wrong, all Arts have there merits. I suggest you stop by your local Dojo and watch as many classes as possible and have some questions. In my area there is only one Aikido School. I hope you have more then that to compare and make the right choice. I have been in Martial Arts for more than thirty years and have studied more then one Art, I do hold dan rank in more then one system. If you are looking for a fast and very effective Art that works on the Street look into the Art of Kenpo, it is designed to defend ones self against multiple attackers from different angles. Check out any of the Jeff Speakman movies or even better yet, just go to his web-site for a video sample. Today many of the Kenpoest sites have technique samples. Enjoy and I wish you the very best.|||Yes, it is a good art. Not what I practice but I respect the art %26amp; those who do practice it.|||Aikido is a legitamate martial art but i don%26#039;t think it is very effective by itself. Aikido%26#039;s techniques are meant to nuetralize the aggression of your attacker by redirecting their force, which is why its referred to as the Art of Peace. Many of the throws and holds are effective ways of temporarily immobilizing your opponent but they do not subdue them or take away their ability to continue their attack. I haven%26#039;t been in many fights outside the ring but they usually consist of a few strikes, a clinch, and then leaning on a wall or going to the ground. This is where I%26#039;d imagine an Aikido practinoner would not fair so well.. Separation and distance are key in Aikido, like most traditional martial arts, and when youre in close quarters there are very few techniques at your disposal because you have no leverage. I believe the Aikido%26#039;s %26#039;finishes%26#039; are weak as well. There are a few stikes and similar versions of arm bars and chokes you see in Jui Jitsu but the emphasis is knocking your opponent out with the ground, which as cool as it sounds, doesn%26#039;t happen that often. Aikido is a great art to learn redirection, throws and takedowns but you have to know where to take it from there because, 9 times out of 10, when you throw someone and just stand there, theyre going to get up and be a little more angry than they were a second ago. I trained with an Aikido master and it was a great asset to my overall game. Take a few classes, learn some jui jitsu and muay thai and you%26#039;ll do just fine.|||yes it can. by practicing aikido, you build up the reflexes and unconciously remember the movements, so when someone tries to steal your purse or something, you can get them under the arm and grab the purse out of their hand without even thinking about it.
edit: you don%26#039;t need to train hard and break brick walls in order to have skills and be able to use them. aikido isn%26#039;t about %26quot;attacking%26quot; it%26#039;s about self defense and how to react in stressful situations. and it%26#039;s not violent.|||Aikido: WTF, artful form of evasion that%26#039;s all this is. Great ******* concept but stop saying you%26#039;re a martial art, you%26#039;re not. If you%26#039;re not going to engage the opponent and you%26#039;re a bunch of whining pacifistic cultist seeking enrichment then fine, go eat your tofu and leave the real martial artist to the real people. Don%26#039;t get me wrong I love some of this **** but if you like most of the aspects and want to learn how to defend yourself find an Aikijujitsu school that does some level of sparring and leave this **** to the ball room dancers.|||I trained for 4 months in it at one stage to see what it could offer me, and I wasnt impressed. why the hell would you want to train in Aikido for years, when 6 months in Muay Thai will work to eliminate a threat? the lack of adrenalised sparring means that on the street, the fine motor skills that Aikido uses (even if you have them in bedded in your memory) will not be effective. you will suffer from the adrenal dump, which directly (and scientifically proven) affects your fine motor skills, making them clumsy. only gross motor skills remain to enable fight or flight.
kicking and punching remain, but joint manipulation of the degree Aikido offers is gone. they end up punching, just like everyone else.
when a guy jumps out in front of you asking for your wallet, the fear forces adrenaline to pump you up, and that fear will destroy your Akidio finesse. you cant stop the adrenaline, though you may adapt to it. but aikido training doesnt get you into the adrenaline zone so you never learn to feel it and train while your heart is racing. man, its like everyones happy all the time. reality isnt like that.
its a martial art for hippy%26#039;s. to redirect the enemys energy, so that there are no losers, only realisation of your superiority. well screw that. if someone wants blood, give them their own back. I wouldnt do it unless you want to be skilled at Aikido itself.
I wouldnt do it if you want to be able to defend yourself. nothing stops a person better than being knocked out. you dont need to hold them down, and you can move onto the next person. oh yeah, you forgot about that in aikido too. life isnt a Segal movie.
train in something that uses gross motor skills, and trains using an unplanned attack. Aikido training is nothing but Kata, which teaches moves, but not reality. people dont punch with one arm alone, people fire off multiple swings at a time.
as someone who has trained in a few different areas, I wouldnt recommend this one to anyone, or I would be letting them down.
As for control %26amp; restraint applications of Aikido, you can learn them as a separate theme from many close combat gyms, BJJ gyms, or law enforcement/ doorman seminars. you dont need to learn Aikido to control. so how do Aikidoka control the person? We crack the face to enable an open window. a much more effective entry tool.
thumb me down if you want you Aikidoka clones. but I have yet to see an Aikidoka on a door at a club.|||From what I see, I wouldn%26#039; bother learning aikido. They seems to perfer do role play instead of training hard and realistic.|||One good thing about aikido is that it teaches you to use your %26#039;attackers%26#039; energy/ki against them, thus enabling even %26#039;small/short%26#039; people to defend themselves/deflect an attack.
I would recommend aikido to anyone.
Aikido is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba (often referred to by his title %26#039;O Sensei%26#039; or %26#039;Great Teacher%26#039;). On a purely physical level it is an art involving some throws and joint locks that are derived from Jujitsu and some throws and other techniques derived from Kenjutsu. Aikido focuses not on punching or kicking opponents, but rather on using their own energy to gain control of them or to throw them away from you. It is not a static art, but places great emphasis on motion and the dynamics of movement|||Most of the MMA guys will say aikido doesn%26#039;t work, but then again, MMA rules outlaw many standard aikido moves. If you want to fight in a cage, pick another art (although, to tell you the truth, these days most MMA bouts have degenerated into %26quot;who can get hit the most and still stand up%26quot; matches. Very little quality MA these days in %26quot;MMA%26quot;.)
On the other hand, many police departments in Japan use aikido as their primary hand-to-hand skill, which should tell you about it%26#039;s real-life effectiveness.
Yes, it takes time to learn, but most quality skills are not acheived overnight. Many of the answers I%26#039;ve seen so far have been from guys who trained in it for a few months and therefore their exposure to the art is extremely limited.
In short, yes, aikido is effective on the street.|||Is Aikido effective? That%26#039;s an odd question. Almost any form of martial arts training can make you a little better in a fight. Is aikido OPTIMAL? No. Is it the most effecient way to learn to fight? No. Even the most vehement support of Aikido would admit that it takes a certain philosophy - in this case, varing degrees of pacifism, depending on the aikido school - and uses only techniques that conform to that philosophy. So if by %26quot;an effective martial art%26quot; you mean, %26quot;Does it maximize fighting skill as quickly as possible,%26quot; I would say no. You will get proficient, quicker, in other arts. I would only advise someone to train in aikido if they already knew a martial art and wanted to study an interesting varient, if they were a dedicated pacifist, or if their reason for wanting to study was excercise or culture first and personal defense second. With rare exceptions, aikido schools also have low or no participation in sports competition, either at the light contact %26#039;sport karate%26#039; level or the harder contact MMA/Kickboxing type of competition, so if light or serious competition is something you expect from an art, aikido is not for you.
Short answer: I don%26#039;t denigrate aikido totally, but it%26#039;s not the straight line route to fighting skill, and it may not be the best first art for someone new to martial arts. As always, there are many branches of many martial arts, so YMMV based on the actual school and teacher in your area.
ALSO, IRT to Bard Noir, above, I don%26#039;t believe there is any part of the world where you actually have to register with law enforcement on reaching a certain point in the martial arts. I could be wrong about the rest of the world, but I%26#039;m quite certain you don%26#039;t have to anywhere in the US at least. Your friend might do well to consider his source.
I switched to Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu after training Aikido for 8 years when a good friend who trained Jiu-Jitsu beat me in a sparring match 10 out of 10 times after training Jiu-Jitsu for just 6 months. I was never taught how to defend against leg kicks, defend against a double leg takedown slam, and once on the ground I was clueless to what was happening.
I would say 95% of all Aikido schools do not train realistically for the street. Most don%26#039;t even practice defense against kicks. Look at the United States Aikido Federation Testing from 5th Kyu to Shodan (1st dan black belt) there is no testing for defense against kicks.
Randori (multiple attackers) is not trained realistically as well. Most of the time your attackers are taking turns one at a time and
only try and grab you half *** because they are more concerned about taking ukemi (falling).
Sorry I%26#039;m just pissed because I trained for 8 years religiously (5 days a week for 1-2 hours) and my Aikido failed me in a sparring match against a different style. What if it had been a real street fight?
Aikido is still beautiful to watch and practice. You do get a good workout running around taking ukemi, but I would choose something else more street effective.|||Not saying it isn%26#039;t effective, but I%26#039;ve seen a few fighters early in the MMA days around %26#039;93 or %26#039;94 before brazilian Ju jitsu and wrestling totally took over that were blackbelts in aikido. I didn%26#039;t see anything in any of the fights that even resembled aikido. Just ended up them throwing a few punches being taken down and beaten into submission.
I%26#039;ve never practiced aikido, but I have watched some documentaries on it. The problem I see with it is it always seems like your opponent has to be running at you with his hands streched out like superman. Which I%26#039;ve never seen a fight go down like that. Maybe I%26#039;m wrong on aikido though.|||Aikido is highly effective, fully defensive martial art. The first principal alone is %26quot;Get out of the Way%26quot; (basically - and a principal I failed to re-learn having been so ingrained to %26#039;block%26#039; so I had to quit) and since it follows up with redirecting someone%26#039;s force of attack your opponent is really just setting themselves up to get hurt - you%26#039;ll just help them along.
While I%26#039;ve never had the opportunity to use the limited Aikido I know (and at an early level I knew how to break peoples arms if I wished) I do have a friend who%26#039;s a brown belt in Aikido (he doesn%26#039;t want to make black belt because in our region you have to register yourself with law enforcement should you %26quot;accidentally%26quot; kill anyone)... I can%26#039;t beat him in a pound for pound fight. I have a background in Tae Kwon Do, Aikido, Judo, Karate and Kung Fu. I%26#039;m taller and generally stronger than he is, physically but the only way to beat him in a fight is to not throw a punch or kick that the Aikido can use against me - no matter how much smack he talks I just have to smile and say %26quot;whatever, I%26#039;m still not going to attack you... I win!%26quot; even a fake jab has landed me in a wrist lock.|||talk about stirring up a hornet%26#039;s nest. I%26#039;ll try to be as diplomatic and polite as possible.
The problem with Aikido is that it has a reputation for not training with any resistance.
How can you learn without resistance against a fully resisting opponent? Simple you can%26#039;t.
However, this doesn%26#039;t mean there isn%26#039;t a legitimate Aikido school out there that does eventually pressure-test it%26#039;s techniques and train with full resistance. Most don%26#039;t.
If you want more discussion about it ask at www.bullshido.net|||It is a very effective Martial Art, but it%26#039;s also a very technical art to learn. a lot of it is using your opponent%26#039;s power against him and keeping him off balance.
it%26#039;s a very non aggressive discipline, but many of it%26#039;s techniques are effective if used or executed properly.|||No, it is one of the sh1ttiest %26quot;martial art%26quot; (in my opinion it%26#039;s not even a martial art anyway) ever. I%26#039;d rather do tae bo or cardio kickboxing or even ballroom dancing. At least it gets you in a good shape and has a nice work out, wich is something that is also non-existant in aikido.|||Take a note from Bruce Lee take what is good from the art and use what works for you then get rid of the rest|||Remember this...Just about all Martial Arts styles need to be modified for Hollywood. Aikido takes a life long dedication or in plain English, what you may be shown today may be what you%26#039;ll be doing for a very long time before you learn something new. Please don%26#039;t get me wrong, all Arts have there merits. I suggest you stop by your local Dojo and watch as many classes as possible and have some questions. In my area there is only one Aikido School. I hope you have more then that to compare and make the right choice. I have been in Martial Arts for more than thirty years and have studied more then one Art, I do hold dan rank in more then one system. If you are looking for a fast and very effective Art that works on the Street look into the Art of Kenpo, it is designed to defend ones self against multiple attackers from different angles. Check out any of the Jeff Speakman movies or even better yet, just go to his web-site for a video sample. Today many of the Kenpoest sites have technique samples. Enjoy and I wish you the very best.|||Yes, it is a good art. Not what I practice but I respect the art %26amp; those who do practice it.|||Aikido is a legitamate martial art but i don%26#039;t think it is very effective by itself. Aikido%26#039;s techniques are meant to nuetralize the aggression of your attacker by redirecting their force, which is why its referred to as the Art of Peace. Many of the throws and holds are effective ways of temporarily immobilizing your opponent but they do not subdue them or take away their ability to continue their attack. I haven%26#039;t been in many fights outside the ring but they usually consist of a few strikes, a clinch, and then leaning on a wall or going to the ground. This is where I%26#039;d imagine an Aikido practinoner would not fair so well.. Separation and distance are key in Aikido, like most traditional martial arts, and when youre in close quarters there are very few techniques at your disposal because you have no leverage. I believe the Aikido%26#039;s %26#039;finishes%26#039; are weak as well. There are a few stikes and similar versions of arm bars and chokes you see in Jui Jitsu but the emphasis is knocking your opponent out with the ground, which as cool as it sounds, doesn%26#039;t happen that often. Aikido is a great art to learn redirection, throws and takedowns but you have to know where to take it from there because, 9 times out of 10, when you throw someone and just stand there, theyre going to get up and be a little more angry than they were a second ago. I trained with an Aikido master and it was a great asset to my overall game. Take a few classes, learn some jui jitsu and muay thai and you%26#039;ll do just fine.|||yes it can. by practicing aikido, you build up the reflexes and unconciously remember the movements, so when someone tries to steal your purse or something, you can get them under the arm and grab the purse out of their hand without even thinking about it.
edit: you don%26#039;t need to train hard and break brick walls in order to have skills and be able to use them. aikido isn%26#039;t about %26quot;attacking%26quot; it%26#039;s about self defense and how to react in stressful situations. and it%26#039;s not violent.|||Aikido: WTF, artful form of evasion that%26#039;s all this is. Great ******* concept but stop saying you%26#039;re a martial art, you%26#039;re not. If you%26#039;re not going to engage the opponent and you%26#039;re a bunch of whining pacifistic cultist seeking enrichment then fine, go eat your tofu and leave the real martial artist to the real people. Don%26#039;t get me wrong I love some of this **** but if you like most of the aspects and want to learn how to defend yourself find an Aikijujitsu school that does some level of sparring and leave this **** to the ball room dancers.|||I trained for 4 months in it at one stage to see what it could offer me, and I wasnt impressed. why the hell would you want to train in Aikido for years, when 6 months in Muay Thai will work to eliminate a threat? the lack of adrenalised sparring means that on the street, the fine motor skills that Aikido uses (even if you have them in bedded in your memory) will not be effective. you will suffer from the adrenal dump, which directly (and scientifically proven) affects your fine motor skills, making them clumsy. only gross motor skills remain to enable fight or flight.
kicking and punching remain, but joint manipulation of the degree Aikido offers is gone. they end up punching, just like everyone else.
when a guy jumps out in front of you asking for your wallet, the fear forces adrenaline to pump you up, and that fear will destroy your Akidio finesse. you cant stop the adrenaline, though you may adapt to it. but aikido training doesnt get you into the adrenaline zone so you never learn to feel it and train while your heart is racing. man, its like everyones happy all the time. reality isnt like that.
its a martial art for hippy%26#039;s. to redirect the enemys energy, so that there are no losers, only realisation of your superiority. well screw that. if someone wants blood, give them their own back. I wouldnt do it unless you want to be skilled at Aikido itself.
I wouldnt do it if you want to be able to defend yourself. nothing stops a person better than being knocked out. you dont need to hold them down, and you can move onto the next person. oh yeah, you forgot about that in aikido too. life isnt a Segal movie.
train in something that uses gross motor skills, and trains using an unplanned attack. Aikido training is nothing but Kata, which teaches moves, but not reality. people dont punch with one arm alone, people fire off multiple swings at a time.
as someone who has trained in a few different areas, I wouldnt recommend this one to anyone, or I would be letting them down.
As for control %26amp; restraint applications of Aikido, you can learn them as a separate theme from many close combat gyms, BJJ gyms, or law enforcement/ doorman seminars. you dont need to learn Aikido to control. so how do Aikidoka control the person? We crack the face to enable an open window. a much more effective entry tool.
thumb me down if you want you Aikidoka clones. but I have yet to see an Aikidoka on a door at a club.|||From what I see, I wouldn%26#039; bother learning aikido. They seems to perfer do role play instead of training hard and realistic.|||One good thing about aikido is that it teaches you to use your %26#039;attackers%26#039; energy/ki against them, thus enabling even %26#039;small/short%26#039; people to defend themselves/deflect an attack.
I would recommend aikido to anyone.
Aikido is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba (often referred to by his title %26#039;O Sensei%26#039; or %26#039;Great Teacher%26#039;). On a purely physical level it is an art involving some throws and joint locks that are derived from Jujitsu and some throws and other techniques derived from Kenjutsu. Aikido focuses not on punching or kicking opponents, but rather on using their own energy to gain control of them or to throw them away from you. It is not a static art, but places great emphasis on motion and the dynamics of movement|||Most of the MMA guys will say aikido doesn%26#039;t work, but then again, MMA rules outlaw many standard aikido moves. If you want to fight in a cage, pick another art (although, to tell you the truth, these days most MMA bouts have degenerated into %26quot;who can get hit the most and still stand up%26quot; matches. Very little quality MA these days in %26quot;MMA%26quot;.)
On the other hand, many police departments in Japan use aikido as their primary hand-to-hand skill, which should tell you about it%26#039;s real-life effectiveness.
Yes, it takes time to learn, but most quality skills are not acheived overnight. Many of the answers I%26#039;ve seen so far have been from guys who trained in it for a few months and therefore their exposure to the art is extremely limited.
In short, yes, aikido is effective on the street.|||Is Aikido effective? That%26#039;s an odd question. Almost any form of martial arts training can make you a little better in a fight. Is aikido OPTIMAL? No. Is it the most effecient way to learn to fight? No. Even the most vehement support of Aikido would admit that it takes a certain philosophy - in this case, varing degrees of pacifism, depending on the aikido school - and uses only techniques that conform to that philosophy. So if by %26quot;an effective martial art%26quot; you mean, %26quot;Does it maximize fighting skill as quickly as possible,%26quot; I would say no. You will get proficient, quicker, in other arts. I would only advise someone to train in aikido if they already knew a martial art and wanted to study an interesting varient, if they were a dedicated pacifist, or if their reason for wanting to study was excercise or culture first and personal defense second. With rare exceptions, aikido schools also have low or no participation in sports competition, either at the light contact %26#039;sport karate%26#039; level or the harder contact MMA/Kickboxing type of competition, so if light or serious competition is something you expect from an art, aikido is not for you.
Short answer: I don%26#039;t denigrate aikido totally, but it%26#039;s not the straight line route to fighting skill, and it may not be the best first art for someone new to martial arts. As always, there are many branches of many martial arts, so YMMV based on the actual school and teacher in your area.
ALSO, IRT to Bard Noir, above, I don%26#039;t believe there is any part of the world where you actually have to register with law enforcement on reaching a certain point in the martial arts. I could be wrong about the rest of the world, but I%26#039;m quite certain you don%26#039;t have to anywhere in the US at least. Your friend might do well to consider his source.
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