Brad wrote:
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Mixing various martial arts? Not a good idea. Why? Well, for one, you will never master any of the arts you attempt and as different arts evoke different philosophies, it will only create confusion.
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I mix em all the time! I have found that it makes you think hard about what you are learning, and work harder to understand. It may slow you down some, or cause some obstacles, but I think it really only causes you to face those obstacles you'd incur anyway sooner.
I think it is harder to train this way as it can cause conflict and frustration, but pain can be growth. I personally prefer the challenge rather than being comfortable in a predictable pattern that can cause complaceny to set in. I think aikido can be very prone to this as we tend to be polite to a certain degree in our training.