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Re: jodo vs. aikijo
[QUOTE Aiki-jo could not stand alone as its own art - the point of it, in my opinion, is to improve your aikido.
Spike[/quote]
Hello Spike. But a note about my situation. I came to aikido "too late", in that I soon learned that my joints are too old and crunchy for the rigours of the mat. Nevertheless I found a dojo where they were willing to allow me to join the weapons-only class. I accept that weapons work serves to improve one's aikido, and there is a valid argument (with which I disagree) that, if you do taijutsu in aikido, weapons work is done only to improve the taijutsu. Yet in my case I can do only weapons work, and I feel glad of it. I am learning the inner lessons of aikido through the weapons class. Even half of aikido is better than no aikido.
At your service
Peter
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