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Old 03-05-2004, 05:56 PM   #4
willy_lee
Dojo: City Aikido
Location: San Francisco, CA USA
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Re: Starting - Aikido

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Mark Holloway wrote:
Aikido, more so than any other martial art I've discovered, seems to be the most pure and stems from those grass roots that one can feel good about.
Be wary of romanticism. Aikido is unique, but not that unique.
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I feel as if I'm getting ready to make a life long decision.
As other have said, you're not.
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The instant adrenolin rush from BJJ is short term. Eventually it wears off I think.
I don't think it does. Think of it as play. Does the enjoyment of play wear off? Is constantly learning and refining a short term thing?
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Aikido seems to live on forever (at least by the posts I read on the net and people I've talked to). It's more a way of life and philisophy rather than just a sport.
Again, be wary of romanticism...it is still a martial art, after all. As I heard someone say once (not an aikidoist), "It's fighting, not folk dancing!"

Still, I understand. I felt the same way when I started aikido. Probably most people here did to some extent. It's just due to the way aikido is presented and thought of outside of Japan. Ask some of our members who've trained in Japan about it sometime.....

=wl
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