Well I come from a karate background before 20 years in Aikido. Turning around our centers, employing fascia connectivity to improve connection and power, understanding our flexibility as applied against our structure. Thanks for the kind words! Please feel free to share it with any women you think would find it interesting. Kelly, I truly enjoyed reading your perspective in this article. The experience is quite liberating!
Thank you. Thank you very much for your comment! Awesome article, Christina! Really great and informative article. Thank you so much for the clear succinct and insightful view of Aikido. My particular dojo is a key Aikido dojo on Maui, the first dojo outside of Japan that was formed in I am blessed with extraordinary black belts most of which are female to take this discipline to heart. My daughter is 11 years old and two years ago I brought her into the dojo due to boundary challenges where she was being harassed.
That is no longer the case, and after two years I decided it was time for me to step up to the plate. I started Aikido two months ago and now I try to be in the dojo 4 to 6 hours a week. Thank you so much for your words of encouragement and opening the process two people who may be interested. This is very informative! It must be said that as a traditional Japanese martial art, Aikido is more than simply an efficient method of self-defense.
Everything in Aikido training is meant to develop not only a strong individual but one with the wisdom and energy to positively benefit society. While many words have been spent here debating flexibility, range of motion, CV fitness, core strength, i. This results in people with sub-average core strength, fitness and flexibility being able to perform powerful aikido.
This is why I believe we need to keep our minds open to the concept of ki and mind-body coordination shin shin toitsu and its application in the aikido context. While many practitioners deny it as a valid pedagogical tool, preferring positivist mechanical explanations, it seems to me that they may be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I think there will come a time when ki will be explained using bio-mechanical models. There currently is research, in Korea, I believe, on physical correlates of Qi in therapeutic contexts.
This, when scientifically understood, could have significant implications for self-defence and other life-preserving reactions. What I am saying is that, there may come a time when physical strength no longer has to be an indicator or limiter of power to perform work. Then, gender will no longer be seen to favour or limit effectiveness in aikido, nor will age.
I point you to videos of O Sensei in his 80s to support my claim. That is the beauty and the gift of aikido. Dear Ms. I absolutely adore your article, thank you so much for writing it! I found this when I was looking up how to explain aikido fully but concisely in my college application. The way you write about Aikido, even though you are relatively new to it, is just so meaningful and through. Thank you for your excellent article, Christina!
I am a 67 year-old Godan 5th degree black belt who has been practicing for almost 40 years. I am the head teacher of my dojo in Newfoundland, Canada, and have been teaching for 20 years. I have been saying what you wrote in your article for many years, about the benefits of Aikido to women.
However, being male, my opinions in this matter could be ignored and I have even been accused of sexism a few times for expressing my opinions in this matter. I therefore welcome your article wholeheartedly and will be quoting it widely. We promote Aikido more as a means of conflict resolution than a martial art, a message that appeals to more people. Just a quick point about the cardio benefits of Aikido. When I was younger, I was an avid runner, running up to 10 miles a day.
But I was never as tired than after an hour of Aikido. The nice thing about Aikido is that you can practice at the pace that you select. When I was younger, I practiced at a very high pace.
I practice at a slower rate today — but I still practice, and I practice to the fullest extent of my cardio capabilities. And I intend to keep practicing for the foreseeable future. Thank you for your extremely kind comment, Mike Sensei! Your training approach with respect to pace sounds similar to the advice I have heard from my teachers, so it is great to get additional confirmation that this is a healthy path.
He is a direct student of Mitsugi Saotome Sensei and is the Piotr began his Aikido journey in and is a professional Aikido instructor. He studied as a uchideshi under Email Us. Contributed Discover Aikido Editorial. Josh Gold. Aiki Budo aikido Christina Kelly. View all posts. Thanks very much, Billy!
I owe my fourth kyu promotion to your hard work and support. Very interesting and informative account. Well written too. Hello Kenny, As you clearly invested some time and thought into this comment, please permit me to share a response in kind. Sincerely, Christina. Why am I writing all this…? Why am I passionate about this?
It will give more motivation especially to girls. Thank you for the thoughtful and I formative article. Very inspiering. Thanks, Christina. Thank you again for relating your experience in Aikido.
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That is Aikido. I hope this has been of some benefit to you Khaled keep training all the best. Aikido doesn't work? My Aikido works, what on earth are you practicing?! Aikido is nice because it gives us the option of diffusing situations with compassion I don't think that one martial art is superior over another I would suggest to choose the style that you are drawn to the most and don't worry what others say.
I studied TKD for seven years when I was younger. It was good for me at that time. Now I have found Aikido. For "real life" situations that I would likely be in as a school teacher, Aikido is the best path for me now. I would like to be able to subdue a violent student without doing damage to them.
This is not to mention the non-violent situations in which I try to use Aikido philosophy just to get through my day. Best wishes in finding your path, Kahled. You've made your choice to do aikido. So why waste your time proving or disproving aikido's effectiveness?
Simply agree with them and admit that aikido is absolutely useless in a street fight. Ask for a demonstration of their prowess not on you of course , and look for every opening in their attack and defence.
Then thank them for their impressive display of martial effectiveness and say you are too much of a sissy to take such hard punishment and that you'll stick with a sissy sport like aikido instead. And walk away. The most frustrating thing for people like this is if you don't play their game.
You can always reply with the argument: "You're training for competition in which there are rules, so you are actually training not to use full force or power when punching and kicking. I hope this doesn't come back to hurt you in a fight when you 'punch' someone and give them a little tap for the 'point'. I train in something where there is very little competition because it is too dangerous not to know what your opponent is doing May i point out.
And I've hopped between quite a few styles too. Over at my place we don't have any problem Hmmm, I wonder if the fact that Yoshinkan style has anything to do with it? One can only guess. Hi E1. Let me say apart from being 'bad form' to offer opinions on other arts, it is extremely ignorant if you know nothing about them?
I have been involved in martial arts for 0ver 40 years and ALL arts are good in there individual way. I chose Aikido as my 'life art' for many reasons, its philosophy I am not Naive before anyone says it its all about how you yourself want to live your life - I find violence to be a bit of a bore, a negative thing in most cases.
But, being oldish but not too fat I can if required delve very very deeply and subtley into violence. Luckily due to aikido It has not been called upon too often. Aikido in my view is an excellent vehicle in which can be included any aspects of any other martial art if required usually as a back up for a mistiming.
It can be gentle at one end, and in a split second, lethal at the other. So do not be disheartened, These macho comments mean nothing to a 'thinking' person. PS: In fact aikido's potential frightens me sometimes.
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Registration is absolutely free and takes only a few minutes to complete so sign up today! Page 1 of 7. Last ». Thread Tools. Find More Posts by Khaled. JKD teaches that the best defense is a strong offense. Aikido is a defensive art. Both Aikido and Judo were developed around the same time. They both originate from old-style Ju Jitsu. There are two principle differences between Aikido and Judo.
First, Judo is a sport and it has tournaments and medals. There are many rules that govern matches and certain moves are not allowed. Secondly, Judo practice involves one attacker — one defender and the attacks are from the front. In Aikido we conceive that there may be more than one attacker and that attacks can come from any direction. We practice freestyle jiyuwaza with multiple simultaneous attacks. The Judo school in Fredericksburg used to sublet mat space in our dojo in Spotsylvania.
There are many kinds of Ju Jutsu, sometimes spelled Jiu Jitsu. Ju Jitsu is the proverbial parent art of many different martial arts from all over the world; Aikido, Sambo, Systema, Krav Maga, Hapkido, and BJJ all incorporate forms from and consider Ju Jitsu integral to the creation of their art. Like Aikido, Ju Jitsu focuses on throws, pins, and small joint manipulation to end a conflict. The main difference between Aikido and Ju Jitsu appears in the method and application of these techniques.
Many Ju Jitsu techniques are designed to break bones or maim the attacker. Aikido was intentionally developed to minimize injury while still ending the conflict effectively. In the 20 th century the term was popularly broadened as a catch-all term for the martial arts. Karate, depending on the ryu, or style, can range from traditional to modern. Traditional Karate was developed as a self-defense curriculum in the Ryukyu Islands south of Japan these islands include Okinawa and focuses on blocks and strikes.
Traditional Karate can be a philosophical art for its practitioners, much akin to other traditional Japanese martial arts like Aikido. Like Aikido, traditional Karate also focuses on kihon, or basic, techniques before moving on to more complex techniques. Traditional Karate styles include Goju-ryu, Shotokan-ryu, and Shito-ryu.
There are more modern forms of Karate, like modern Taekwondo, they vary widely in their technical content and many have developed into sport fighting styles. Along with Karate, the traditional forms of Kung Fu are familiar to many. Kung Fu is something of an umbrella term for many different schools teaching many different types of Chinese martial arts. Wushu is a competitive form of Kung Fu which focuses on solo or group demonstrations. The terms Wushu and Kung Fu are synonymous and interchangeable.
Wing Chun Kung Fu and Aikido both include fluid movement, relaxation, the use of a center line, and a heavy emphasis on the defensive aspect to the arts. Both Aikido and Kendo are derived from traditional Japanese sword arts. There are two principle difference between Aikido and Kendo. Kendo is a sport. It has tournaments and medals. Armor called bogu is worn in Kendo practice. In Aikido we use our bare hands and we practice with the wooden sword and staff, which are called bokken and jo.
Kendo uses a bamboo sword called a shinai. There are currently no Kendo schools in the Rappahannock area. We at Aikido in Fredericksburg would be interested in hosting a class in Spotsylvania if a qualified instructor was available. Krav Maga is a hybrid Israeli martial art developed from boxing, wrestling, and street fighting. Krav Maga is used by the Israeli Defense Force.
Krav Maga and Aikido have very little in common as the philosophical goal in Aikido is to end a conflict peacefully and without injury.
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