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Old 08-28-2016, 03:49 PM   #19
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Re: Cross Training

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How important do you think cross training in other martial arts is to your development as a martial artist? I think it's critical, because it's one of the only ways to check your unconscious assumptions and find out what you really don't know. I put a lot of my thoughts about it in this blog post
http://budobum.blogspot.com/2016/08/cross-training.html
What do you think? Is cross training important? Do you do it?
When i tried to cross train in Judo a few years ago, neither club liked it and i ended up getting banned from both. Aikido senseis don't like the idea that you can use aikido kata in freestyle sets, and judoka don't appreciate being immobilised by the skill of aikido move sets. It was very effective for me at the time though?!?
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