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the head of my aikido dojo told me I would have to have a shodan in either aikido or karate before I could train in both, such differing styles... however, he didn't mind me cross training in sword arts or tai chi, as they are more similar to aikido. Though I don't pretend to understand the head of my dojo, I can imagine he saw how karate was hurting my aikido, and vice versa (looking back, I can too). Not having the experience in either art to learn to relax correctly, I was tensing up and breaking things down in Aikido, and relaxing too much during karate, resulting in weak stances, etc. Therefore, I'd say pick one or the other, and train in it a while. Just see which you like more, I guess...
Nick
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