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12-23-2009, 05:02 AM
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Username: Melchizedek
Dojo: PI Aikikai/Santiago Aikido Club
Join Date: Nov 2009
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Re: How old were you when you began...
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I'm 28 and have no prior martial arts experience. After doing some research, I found Aikido the most attractive MA because it appears to be challenging and promotes a general philosophy I agree with. Now I'm just wondering how older beginners generally fare in class. Do you have to start when your five years old to develop the "right stuff" for MA?
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I started Judo at the age of 6 and various martial arts b`coz im a Filipino I also need to learn our native martial arts i.g. knife fighting & Kali and started Aikido when I was 12 till to day Im 26 still practice the art and established my Dojo 4 yrs. ago.
speaking of (MA) Mastering the art It depends on how sincere an individual is in its degree of learning. IMHO there is a long way to go in Mastering the martial Art Aikido. and lots of way in Mastering it.
(e.g. youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTIre...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH309YwzxsY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Jjciss6jA
Last edited by Melchizedek : 12-23-2009 at 05:15 AM.
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12-23-2009, 05:22 AM
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#102
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Username: Melchizedek
Dojo: PI Aikikai/Santiago Aikido Club
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Re: How old were you when you began...
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02-19-2010, 03:12 PM
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#103
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Username: Eric Hood
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Re: How old were you when you began...
I started last year at age 48. I must be one of the older ones.  |
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02-19-2010, 06:56 PM
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#104
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Username: donplummer
Dojo: Aikido School of Self Defense/Monticello NY
Location: Lower New York State
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Re: How old were you when you began...
started at age 28, 11 years later it was one of the best decisions I ever made, has saved my life (and that of others) numerous times both physically and mentally
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02-19-2010, 08:47 PM
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#105
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Username: Boris Spassky
Dojo: Zenshin School of Aikido
Location: San Diego, CA.
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 28
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Re: How old were you when you began...
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I'm 28 and have no prior martial arts experience. After doing some research, I found Aikido the most attractive MA because it appears to be challenging and promotes a general philosophy I agree with. Now I'm just wondering how older beginners generally fare in class. Do you have to start when your five years old to develop the "right stuff" for MA?
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Not at all! 28 is still a ripe young age to begin the journey. MANY have begun their studies at a much older age in the arts. Aikido is even more age forgiving as it is not based on strength or size. Once you learn how to take Ukemi, you are all set.
I started the martial arts when I was 20... |
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02-20-2010, 12:40 PM
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#106
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Username: ilia rudnitskiy
Dojo: Saskatoon Aikikai
Location: Saskatoon
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 28
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Re: How old were you when you began...
I started Aikido when I was 6. I am 19 now, and I practiced Aikikai all this time with about a year of Yoshinkan in 2000-2001
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02-23-2010, 09:47 AM
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#107
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Username: mari
Dojo: Green Bay Aikikai
Location: Green Bay
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 29
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Re: How old were you when you began...
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I began when I was 7 and I am now 63 and have enjoyed every minute of aikido.
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Wow! That's impressive! |
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02-23-2010, 02:18 PM
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#108
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Username: ramenboy
Dojo: midwest aikido center
Location: chicago
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 242
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Re: How old were you when you began...
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Mariya Cacheva wrote:
Wow! That's impressive!
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and how old were Y0U when you started? |
practice hard
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02-23-2010, 03:17 PM
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Username: mari
Dojo: Green Bay Aikikai
Location: Green Bay
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Re: How old were you when you began...
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Jerome Cervantes wrote:
and how old were Y0U when you started?
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18 or 19. Young and full of hopes  thank you for asking! how about you? |
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02-23-2010, 03:21 PM
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Username: ramenboy
Dojo: midwest aikido center
Location: chicago
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Re: How old were you when you began...
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Mariya Cacheva wrote:
18 or 19. Young and full of hopes thank you for asking! how about you? |
27 :P of course |
practice hard
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02-23-2010, 03:59 PM
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#111
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Username: Rayleen Dehmke
Dojo: Masa Kokoro-Calgary
Location: Calgary
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 54
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Re: How old were you when you began...
Just started at 41, and lovin' it  |
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03-12-2010, 02:56 AM
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#112
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Username: bulevardi
Dojo: Tobu Chiku Aikikai
Location: Brussels
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 98
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Re: How old were you when you began...
Started at 6, until I was 11, then I stopped...
Now I'm 26 and re-started again with a transparant belt
Got to get my white one back again.. forgot lots of the basics and techniques. |
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03-29-2010, 10:12 AM
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#113
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Username: David S
Join Date: Mar 2010
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Re: How old were you when you began...
Just started, age 45
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03-30-2010, 09:30 AM
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Username: Christine Morris
Dojo: Aikido Seishinkan, Fort Washington, PA
Location: Eastern Pennsylvania
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 7
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Re: How old were you when you began...
Started training at 40.
(About 9 years after this thread began!)  |
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03-31-2010, 05:04 AM
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#115
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Username: Michael Vlug
Dojo: Aikido Rotterdam Tenchigowa
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 38
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Re: How old were you when you began...
Trained for about 6 months when I was 20 or 21. Started training again last year, aged 30...
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"Foster and polish the warrior spirit, while serving in the world; illuminate the path according to your inner light."
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03-31-2010, 02:59 PM
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#116
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Username: brian donohoe
Dojo: Nenagh and sadly no longer police college Templemore
Location: Nenagh
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 18
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Re: How old were you when you began...
I started when I was 17. I'm 37 this month. I love doing Aikido as much now as I did then.
It's just so much flip'n fun.
Brian
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05-11-2010, 03:08 PM
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#117
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Username: Anne-Marieke van Rooij
Dojo: Tenchi Ryu
Location: Amsterdam
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 14
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Re: How old were you when you began...
Just started, 49. |
I'm only the piano player
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