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Niko Salgado 10-20-2004 01:15 PM

Young folk
 
I'm quite curious to how many people under the age of 25, are actively practicing Aikido. Age and rank please. I'm only asking because majority of the people I have met practicing are over 25. I'm 22 and a Nikyu :freaky:

aikido_luver 10-20-2004 01:25 PM

Re: Young folk
 
15 5th kyu ....as far as i know there are very few people that are under 25 at our Dojo.

Jordan Steele 10-20-2004 02:14 PM

Re: Young folk
 
18, Shodan

tenshinaikidoka 10-20-2004 03:05 PM

Re: Young folk
 
At our dojo we have a few "young" folk. We have a 15 year old who is a 5th Kyu, an 8 year old who has passed his 7th/12th Kyu test and another 15 year old who is fairly new.

MaryKaye 10-20-2004 04:42 PM

Re: Young folk
 
Average age in our dojo is 43, but I train a lot with a 13-year-old (in the adult classes now) who recently made 5th kyu. It's hard to train at this age because your body is changing so fast, but he's getting his equilibrium back and looks quite good. We do a lot of jo takeaways together and he is excellent with a jo.

I expect if he sticks with it, he might be shodan around 16-17, which would be a first for us. Usually the really skilled kids don't become skilled adults; they go into soccer instead, alas.

Mary Kaye

Qatana 10-20-2004 05:59 PM

Re: Young folk
 
Same as Mary Kay. We're pretty much all in out forties and we have two 16 year olds. One is there because he has to make up PE credits and both his parents are shodan. But he doesn't really want to be there. The other will be testing for 5th kyu in two weeks (and i go up for fourth).
He also is likely to make shodan by 19 or 20., he is very much in touch with the Principles of aikido, and working on learning to control his body.
My sensei started training when he was 15 in the 60s and made shodan at 18. He has been training non-stop for 39 years.

Clayton Drescher 10-20-2004 06:13 PM

Re: Young folk
 
We have 3 kids classes a week, most of them are elementary school aged, maybe middle school. But they don't train during the regular classes Other than that, I'm 3rd kyu and 21, and the youngest in the "regular" classes. The next youngest is 23 I think, but we have a lot of mid-20s, grad-school types, so there's still lots of young energy in the dojo.

Martin Ruedas 10-20-2004 06:53 PM

Re: Young folk
 
20 years old and in 4th kyu

PeterR 10-20-2004 06:57 PM

Re: Young folk
 
Most students at Shodokan Honbu practicing on any given day are between 17-25.

GaiaM 10-20-2004 07:05 PM

Re: Young folk
 
I'm 23 and nikyu... we have a good range of ages at our dojo, from 11 up to 60s or so... all the blackbelts are over 30 though - I'm the most advanced of the younger folks.
Gaia

Bronson 10-20-2004 07:14 PM

Re: Young folk
 
Quote:

Peter Rehse wrote:
Most students at Shodokan Honbu practicing on any given day are between 17-25.

And oozing with malicious testerone from what I hear ;)

Bronson

kaishaku 10-20-2004 07:35 PM

Re: Young folk
 
19 / Whatever your dojo prefers to call someone who hasn't tested.

L. Camejo 10-20-2004 07:46 PM

Re: Young folk
 
Quote:

Bronson Diffin wrote:
And oozing with malicious testerone from what I hear ;)

Which just goes to show you don't believe everything you hear Bronson.:p

Our dojo has about 6 people who range from 16 to 25. They make up just over 1/4 of the class, the rest are in late 20's and 30's. Had a couple folks over 40 but they couldn't hack it or had non-Aikido injuries that called for a stop to training.

LC:ai::ki:

Zato Ichi 10-20-2004 07:51 PM

Re: Young folk
 
Bah! All you young 'uns got it easy today! In my day we had to do ukemi on concrete! Blindfolded! While wearing only our boxers! Or bra and panties for women! And we liked it!!! :)

Thomas Ambrose 10-20-2004 08:01 PM

Re: Young folk
 
24, unranked... I have trained for about four months now, so I am pretty much new!

Bronson 10-20-2004 08:24 PM

Re: Young folk
 
Quote:

Larry Camejo wrote:
Which just goes to show you don't believe everything you hear Bronson.:p

I don't believe you!

You are SHODOTHUGS the evil scourge of ki wielding purveyors of the true aiki way. You take young men and mold them into...dare I say it....testosterone maddened unenlightened (and most likely unattractive) competitors... GASP!!! ;) ;) <----- see the wink wink

Bronson

Patrick 10-20-2004 08:55 PM

Re: Young folk
 
24 and a Nikyu

aikitim23 10-20-2004 09:18 PM

Re: Young folk
 
14yrs old, 1st kyu, been training for 7 years..... hopefully will test for shodan early next year :)

Caitlyn Raggio 10-20-2004 09:24 PM

Re: Young folk
 
I'm 18, don't have a rank yet (have yet to be worthy of testing), and I think I'm the youngest in my class taught at the university.

sarah07 10-20-2004 09:24 PM

Re: Young folk
 
22, have not yet been graded.

Quote:

Bronson Diffin wrote:
I don't believe you!

You are SHODOTHUGS the evil scourge of ki wielding purveyors of the true aiki way. You take young men and mold them into...dare I say it....testosterone maddened unenlightened (and most likely unattractive) competitors... GASP!!! ;) ;) <----- see the wink wink

Bronson

:rolleyes: Young WOMEN too, just to be pedantic...!

-One sane, rational, enlightened (and most likely attractive) (!)
shodothug-in-training :D

Hrvoje 10-20-2004 09:48 PM

Re: Young folk
 
I'm 16 and am the youngest in our dojo. everyone else is over 25, kinda sad when i think about it.... anyway im grading for 2nd kyu next month!

L. Camejo 10-20-2004 09:53 PM

Re: Young folk
 
Quote:

Sarah Moon wrote:
22, have not yet been graded.

:rolleyes: Young WOMEN too, just to be pedantic...!

-One sane, rational, enlightened (and most likely attractive) (!)
shodothug-in-training :D

You tell him Sarah.:)

Even though unranked I'm sure you can take Bronson any day on these forums. ;) ;)

ShodoThugz rule! :cool:

LC:ai::ki:

PeterR 10-20-2004 10:08 PM

Re: Young folk
 
Quote:

Sarah Moon wrote:
-One sane, rational, enlightened (and most likely attractive) (!)

Not to mentioned unencumbered by an excess of testosterone.

I would never comment on the attractiveness of one of my minions BUT in the posted pici (Images/Dojo) Sarah is the furthest one in.

maikerus 10-20-2004 10:13 PM

Re: Young folk
 
Peter, Peter, Peter...Now look what you've done. Overloaded the Aikiweb server while all the testosterone encumbered caused a denial of service attack just to look at that one pic.

Shame, shame.

Nice looking group of shodothugs, by the way :)

Laurel Wagstaff 10-20-2004 10:19 PM

Re: Young folk
 
I'm 16 and 2nd kyu. There have been quite a few other young people who passed through (came and left), and one 13 year old who is still training.

I also have another guy friend who is 2nd kyu and goes to a different dojo on an off. I try to drag him onto the mat now and then, but there is so much school work and whatnot that it is hard to make time.

Oh, and by the way, hi everybody! I've been a forum lurker for a while, going here when I should be writing essays and would rather be at Aikido. Haha, just like right now!

laurel


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