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Old 01-14-2005, 12:30 PM   #5
jpjaqua
Dojo: Aikido of North County
Location: Vista, CA
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 8
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Re: Training in other dojo's as a beginner

I've heard the principals of Aikido are the same wherever you go. I actually think there would be a huge advantage to training at other dojos because you get to apply the principals of Aikido to different people, big, small, experienced, inexperienced, different techniques etc... I read somewhere that once you get to a certain point you should abandon the techniques and make it your own. I don't think it meant to abandon your training and techniques, but to abandon relying on them to apply Aikido principals. I could be wrong because I've only been training for 5 months.

I attended a seminar last week. The style seemed different than what we do at our dojo, however because of this difference I was able to feel the principals behind Aikido that were the same. Hope this helps??
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