terry_gardener
Yellow Belt
I have taken up Taekwondo about 3 months ago and i am yellow belt.
I have been looking at Aikido for about a month now because i really enjoy the self defence part taekwondo. The times that my Taekwondo class is on makes it really hard to attend because of work commitments.
i am only 5 foot 5 inches and 9 stone and i am not very strong so i thought that aikido would be good for me.
There is a 3 schools that are in my area.
Does any one know what is the difference between Aikikai and aikido if any.
On one of the clubs website it says this below for what to expect.
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"In general, 75% of class time is devoted to body arts and the remainder mainly to Jo (staff) and Bokken (wooden sword). Tanto (knife) is also taught. The study of these weapons has great relevance to body arts.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ukemi (the art of falling) is also a very important aspect of our training."[/font]
is this standard practice for aikido.
Thanks in advance
Terry
I have been looking at Aikido for about a month now because i really enjoy the self defence part taekwondo. The times that my Taekwondo class is on makes it really hard to attend because of work commitments.
i am only 5 foot 5 inches and 9 stone and i am not very strong so i thought that aikido would be good for me.
There is a 3 schools that are in my area.
Does any one know what is the difference between Aikikai and aikido if any.
On one of the clubs website it says this below for what to expect.
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"In general, 75% of class time is devoted to body arts and the remainder mainly to Jo (staff) and Bokken (wooden sword). Tanto (knife) is also taught. The study of these weapons has great relevance to body arts.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ukemi (the art of falling) is also a very important aspect of our training."[/font]
is this standard practice for aikido.
Thanks in advance
Terry