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Old 11-30-2005, 07:36 AM   #9
Tim Gerrard
 
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Re: Aikido and Self Defense

To expand on the above, What level of defence do you want, and how soon do you wish to attain this? Aikido is a Martial Art, it is not a self defence system, you can apply a martial art to a situation, or you can do a self defence course if you want a few basic moves/counters to your usual mugger. I believe Aikido to work, I have made it work in the real world, but that was after about 3 years practice. Aikido and all MAs take time to master, but doing something like Karate, Kickboxing could give you more conifidence in a self defence situation sooner than Aikido can, as the attacks are more 'real world' than something like Ai-Hanmi, to be honest, when you first start it takes a bit of imagination as how this is a realistic attack.
Not entirely what I hoped to get across, but I'm at work, and time is short.

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Tim

Aikido doesn't work? My Aikido works, what on earth are you practicing?!
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