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Old 12-22-2001, 10:17 PM   #7
Edward
Location: Bangkok
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Originally posted by Brian

In aikido class, I practice aikido. In judo class, I practice judo.
Couldn't have been said better. It is a sign of respect to your instructor, fellow students and to your art to do so. I used to brag about my judo techniques during Aikido, and now when I remember how impolite it was, I really wish I could have known better.

I would like to add that Aikido and Judo are very similar in some ways, which could create confusion, and very different in other ways, which could make them incompatible. I see many Senseis have studied Judo for many years before starting up Aikido, or vice-versa. So I guess practicing simultaneously is not commendable.

One last thing, a few Aikido styles such as Tomiki and Yoseikan have been founded by Judokas, hence the close relationship. But if you study Aikikai, Takemusu or Yoshinkan the relationship with Judo is less pronounced, and more pure Aikido, I would say.
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