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Old 01-07-2009, 11:09 AM   #9
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Re: The Different Styles of Aikido?

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Sam Barnes wrote: View Post
Could somebody please tell me about the different styles of aikido, as I am not sure what class to look for ?

Many thanks

Sam
If you've had any type of fight in the street, you'd know the best Aikido classes use pressure point attacks, and the non street fighting Aikido uses a more gentle way of fighting. The gentle way will take years before you gain confidence. The pressure point way is more effective. I was in a class where you never learned anything new because a new person would sign up almost every day, and since we all trained together, we all had to go back to the beginning. Years earlier, I was in a class where I was learning 3 new techniques a day. So, you need to know what you really want in a fighting art. Is it grace or the ability to really fight and win.
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