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Old 02-28-2013, 11:20 AM   #7
Dan Rubin
Dojo: Boulder Aikikai
Location: Denver, Colorado
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Re: Moving to Aikido

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Benjamin Edelen wrote: View Post
The best reason to move from one art to another: that green, green grass.
...and finding a low, low fence.

Stephen:

I think your questions can better be answered by the Aikido Federation of South Africa (http://www.aikido.org.za/afsa.asp) or another such organization (if there is one).

In your "Hi from South Africa" introductory post you said you've studied a little aikido and Daito Ryu over the last several years. Enough, perhaps, to understand that while aikido is descended from jujutsu and, to a beginner, seems to be a soft form of jujutsu, it is really a different martial art. So, to learn aikido, you need to join a dojo as a beginner and gradually learn the difference.
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