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Dan Takaoka wrote:
In Aikido what are the most common injuries sustained in practice? Is the injury rate high in Aikido. Long term does Aikido have any long terms injuries as one gets older i;e bad back, nek injuries so forth. Any information would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
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http://www.aikidojournal.com/new/art...sp?ArticleID=8 for documented research on the topic.
In precis, most injuries occur when two UKE's hit each other falling; most serious injuries occur in Jpn universities.
More impressionistically, a LOT of my aikido friends end up with knee problems. I don't know if lots of tennis, bowling, biking, handball, etc. folk end up with them, too, though.
Niggling stuff--beginners usually spend some time with sore shoulders from learning to forward roll (and the older, over-weight one I've seen injured disproportionate to the general aikido population), over-stretched wrists, bruises (YONKYO night!), twisted ankles, stiff thumbs and fingers, etc.
This notwithstanding, I'd guess aikido does more for us than to us. (I'm not stopping soon...)