Martial Arts.............Aikido

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Does anybody in here doe this martial art at all. I used to do kickboxing but my club went down the pan just over a year ago and so didnt want to travel upto 45 mins each way to carry on :( However, now i've got time to kill again I thought about filling the void with Aikido as i've heard its very practical in terms of self-defense.

Just wondered what you guys thought of it and if any of you have had any experience of it at all.


EDIT: Or failing the above I was also looking at Tai Chi, though i'm aware they are completely different they both interest me from what i've heard :)
 
Nedved11 said:
I practised this a bit. Is a way of using the aggressor's power and anger against themselves. The best bit is playing with the weapons :cool:

I believe Steven Seagal is a master of this martial Art too.
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really, I thought he did jujitsu or something :)
 
Nedved11 said:
He probably did touch on it but not a master in it. Aikido, karate, judo, and kendo were his specialties. He gave me a lot of inspiration when i was younger, he sings too :o
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So assuming you don't do it now how come you finished with it? And while doing it, did you find that what they taught would be useful in a real life situation?

I hate martial arts that expect a "Mortal Combat/Streetfighter" style fight. Most fights end up brawling up close yet a lot of martial arts dont seem to see this somehow. This was putting me off my kickboxing a bit as it was supposed to be kickboxing and self defense. Adn although there were a few arm locks etc. it was mainly different punches and kicks which are great if I was attacking 1st with the element of surprise :rolleyes: lol but that defeats the object of self defense :)
 
greenlizard0 said:
Aye, out of all the movie actors/actresses that do martial arts apparently Mr seagal is the only one who knows his ****.

I think he's the only non Japanese person to have either be awarded super grand master status (or something) or open up an aikido school in the Orient.
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thats quite shocking actually, because you'd think that Jet Li and Jackie Chan would be awarded for what they can do.
 
Hmmmmm thanks for all the information and opinions everyone :) When people say its to do with breathing techniques, and that its a kind of spiritual thing am I right in guessing that some of the lessons you wouldnt touch a pad or kickshield at all. Thats not a problem or anything. I am just trying to visualise what a lesson is like because when I did kickboxing we warmed up for about 15-20 and then practiced combo's and sequences while knocking crap out of the kickshields etc. It was an agressive martial art and mostly offensive in the sense that bar a few blocks, ducks and dodges everything seemed to be designed to inflict damage.
 
Ah I'm gonna have to order this book then :) Stand back everyone........this will be the 1st book i've read since my old Cisco books from uni :D...........................btw............................is there a movie of the book :p ;)
 
ohhh talk about thread ressurection :D It now seems that for the short term at least i'll be back kickboxing again because my old club is starting up again. The guy that used to run it has been sacked and other instructors have been brought in from other areas to relaunch my local club again \:D/ I get to carry on from where I left off so its just a case of getting my fitness back up to par now :)
 
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