Do Tai Chi and Aikido go well together?

they seem to share in philosophy but what about in practice?|||they are like brother and sister. I%26#039;ve only practiced tai chi a few times but I found the internal balance an excellent addition to my aikido.


Aikido is alot about internal balance too but it is not taught as strongly as is done is tai chi or chi qong. you concentrate more on the technique and are supposed to figure out the chi part yourself. tai chi on the other hand is lacks the practicality of aikido so they really are an excellent addition to one another|||In terms of technique yes, though there might be a slight conflict regarding some applications philosophy wise. Aikido is purely self defense and frowns upon violence or any form that promotes it. Tai Chi on the other hand while having some similarity with Aikido in principles of applying techniques by using an opponent%26#039;s own strength against him, does have some techniques that are considered offensive in Aikido like punches and kicks as well as joint breaking and not merely locking for control as in Aikido. But this is more a question of ethics and philosophy and not all that much of a problem if you%26#039;re just interested in the physical techniques. Still, the time it takes to master one art well enough to become proficient to use it in actual self defense means you%26#039;ll be well into your 50s before you get to be good enough to use both at the same time with any great effectivity. But healthwise, it is a good combination, as both arts promotes stamina, good overall physical health and conditioning, a clean stress free lifestyle as well as longetivity.|||For sure they go well together.


But it takes a lifetime to learn and perform each sport by itself.


To get a overall practice in martial arts you also could consider the Mind, Body and Spirit Philosophy teached by


Sensei Rick Tew.


For more details read his books or at least visit his website


www.ninjaninja.com|||They work amazingly well together, I have incorporated so much I have learned from tai-chi into aikido, the flowing, the redirecting, the relaxing.





Just don%26#039;t go using the tai-chi foot pattern in aikido and vice-versa.|||Tai chi focus more on re-directing teh force away or back into the opponent with a strike or disarm....its more open and standing. While in aikido you take the force and send it away in teh form of a throw,disarm,or takedown. So these two would for sure work well together. Tai chi will help your stand-up flow better, but make sure to practice it in a %26quot;combat%26quot; way instead of just for health like most people. Tai chi is a combat martial art, and that was its original purpose|||Aikido and Tai Chi handle two different ways of fighting. Of course, it wouldn%26#039;t matter, since any way you can defend yourself helps. Aikido is a Japanese Style working with the opponant%26#039;s own force. Steven Seagal is an example, a Martial Artist(and very violent person that many people look down upon) who used Aikido in his movies, as well as many other martial arts.


It%26#039;s a strange question that you ask. Of any combination of styles, this is a very creative curiosity.


Tai Chi works with the inner strength to mend wounds, defend one%26#039;s self, ease the mind, stay calm, and stay or become healthy. It uses a very different approach from Aikido, which is physically tough stuff from the start, and uses the mind and spirit much more than Aikido does. It teaches one to feel Chi, the inner strength that we are all born with.


Chi is in each and every one of us, but we are simply unaware of it. When you learn to be aware of it, it flows like water through you and feels like energy. Like electricity. This is what Tai Chi masters really do. And when you see them working all slowly, and it seems like thaty%26#039;re doing nothing, theyre building Chi and strengthening their bodies.


Aikido and Tai Chi are very different, but any martial arts combination is a good one if used for the correct reasons. When I invision it, I can see one keeping an opponant at bay with Tai Chi or Chi Gung before letting them attack you in frustration than completely humiliating them with an Aikido flip or throw. It beleive that any experience with martial arts is a good idea, and any combination can be used.|||Well lemme see. WIth the tai chi, I couldn%26#039;t hit you, and if I got close, the Aikido would manipulate and possibly break the joint, or throw me to the ground with such force, I wouldn%26#039;t want to try to hit you again. If Tai Chi and Aikido were harmonized totally in sync in practical application, I%26#039;d be nervous about challenging or being challenged he/she who has such a skill.|||Some historians of the martial arts claim that Morihei Ueshiba was influenced by Tai Chi Chuan while acting as bodyguard for Onisaburo Deguchi in China.





There appears to be some similarity to Tai Chi Chuan and several Aikido techniques and/or applications of those techniques.





But there is no physical evidence, in documents or in personal journals, of Aikido being influenced by Tai Chi. It is still in the realm of conspiracy theory.