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06-02-2005, 03:18 PM
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Location: Mexicali
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Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
Hello gang!
Here's another idea for a top 10 list:
Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido.
10.- You always wanted to beat someone up in a peaceful manner.
9.- You're girlfriend asked you to be one with her, so you thought that you might as well be one with the universe.
8.- You thought that MMA were too girly.
Ok guys, keep'em coming... 
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"He who dies with the most toys...still dies."
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06-02-2005, 04:05 PM
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Dojo: ken mon kan
Location: telford
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
Becuase they go round in gangs were i live and attack you for the fun of it, so my reason is because i like breathing, yes i could run away from it but, then all the other gangs join in, there like wolve's round here, see something running and they got to chase it.
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06-02-2005, 04:07 PM
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Dojo: Chicago Aikikai
Location: Chicago
Join Date: May 2005
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
6 - Here, grab my wrist...
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06-02-2005, 04:52 PM
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Dojo: Boulder Aikikai
Location: Boulder
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
5 - Now grab my lapel...
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06-02-2005, 05:43 PM
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Dojo: Aikido of Midland, Midland TX
Location: Midland Tx
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
No, No, grab like THIS....sheesh, grab right, why-dontcha?
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Play nice, practice hard, but remember, this is a MARTIAL art!
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06-02-2005, 07:14 PM
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Location: Auckland
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
Like many beginners, you attacked me wrong.
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"When your only tool is a hammer every problem starts to look like a nail"
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06-02-2005, 08:49 PM
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Dojo: Sand Drift Aikikai, Cocoa Florida
Location: Melbourne, Florida
Join Date: Jun 2000
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
4. To learn to use The Force.
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06-02-2005, 09:11 PM
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Dojo: Aikido of Northern Virginia
Location: Arlington VA
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
5. 'Cause I've always wanted to wear chaps, and my sensei told me that hakama are just the Japanese version.
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06-02-2005, 09:44 PM
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Dojo: Roppongi Yoshinkan Aikido / Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
Location: Tokyo
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
...joining Aikido was more socially acceptable than becoming an axe murderer  |
Hiriki no yosei 3 - The kihon that makes your head ache instead of your legs
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06-02-2005, 09:51 PM
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Dojo: Aikido Shudokan
Location: Melbourne
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
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Anne Marie Giri wrote:
4. To learn to use The Force.
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I know 1 or 2 who I'm sure started it because they secretly (or not so secretly) wanted to be Jedi when they grew up...
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06-02-2005, 10:01 PM
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Dojo: Roppongi Yoshinkan
Location: Tokyo
Join Date: May 2005
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
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Ulises Garcia wrote:
Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido.
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I got a new job where half the company are aikidoka. I was afraid during heated discussions in staff meetings. 
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06-02-2005, 10:33 PM
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Dojo: Masters of Aikido in Fogelsville
Location: Bethlehem
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
cause my sister told me stories of when she was my age my father abused her.... so i figured id get ready for him!
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06-02-2005, 10:51 PM
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Dojo: None at the moment - on hiatus
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
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Andrew Hamilton wrote:
I got a new job where half the company are aikidoka. I was afraid during heated discussions in staff meetings. |
Hey Drew,
Think on it from the bright side, your company can save on the security bills... and that will be favourable to the said company bottom-line which in effect will be good for your year end bonus, ain't it? 
Boon.
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SHOMEN-ATE (TM), the solution to 90% of aikido and life's problems.
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06-03-2005, 12:41 AM
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Dojo: Roppongi Yoshinkan
Location: Tokyo
Join Date: May 2005
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
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Xu Wenfung wrote:
which in effect will be good for your year end bonus, ain't it?
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Oh, I assumed that the year-end bonus would be "not getting yonkajo'ed at the Christmas party".
- awh
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06-03-2005, 01:36 AM
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Dojo: Aikido Verein Esslingen
Location: Duisburg
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
...because beating each other up on the mat is cheaper than couple´s therapy ;-) (I started with my husband).
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06-03-2005, 06:34 AM
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Location: Diemen, the Netherlands
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
Because the ukemi looks way cool!
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06-03-2005, 06:45 AM
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Dojo: White Rose Aikikai - Durham
Location: Newcastle
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
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Anne Marie Giri wrote:
4. To learn to use The Force.
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Learning to use your face 
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Aikido doesn't work? My Aikido works, what on earth are you practicing?!
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06-03-2005, 06:52 AM
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Dojo: White Rose Aikido - Durham University
Location: Gateshead
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
Cos I got to hit geeks.
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They're all screaming about the rock n roll, but I would say that it's getting old. - REFUSED.
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06-03-2005, 07:10 AM
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Dojo: White Rose Aikikai - Durham
Location: Newcastle
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
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Nick Simpson wrote:
Cos I got to hit geeks.
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Cos I got to hit Nick
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Aikido doesn't work? My Aikido works, what on earth are you practicing?!
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06-03-2005, 08:32 AM
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Dojo: Sand Drift Aikikai, Cocoa Florida
Location: Melbourne, Florida
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
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Stuart Norton wrote:
I know 1 or 2 who I'm sure started it because they secretly (or not so secretly) wanted to be Jedi when they grew up...
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:::whistle while looking up and around like 'who me?'::::
Who's talking about when they grew up? Oh...wait... I haven't grown up yet -- well, not literally that is.
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Anne Marie Giri
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06-03-2005, 09:14 AM
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Dojo: Kiburn, London, UK
Location: London
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
- its cheaper than medication
- its a bit more energetic than darts
- it gives me something to bore the pants off people with at parties
- I also failed the ninja entrance test (couldn't find the damn door)
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06-03-2005, 09:23 AM
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Dojo: Jiki Shin Kan Utrecht
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
'Cause aerobics is boring, and I look better in baggy clothes anyway.
Actually I took one aerobics class last year, in exchange for a friend taking an aikido class with me. The only sports clothes I own are my keikogi, so I wore the pants and a t-shirt...looked kinda odd between all the skinny leotards. The friend btw loved our warm ups and found the throwing each other part boring, how odd is that???
kvaak
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06-03-2005, 09:53 AM
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Dojo: A.K.I.,Misakikai Dojo
Location: Yokosuka, Japan
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
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Anne Marie Giri wrote:
4. To learn to use The Force.
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Whew! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought my sensei looked like jedi the first time i watched a class...
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06-03-2005, 11:26 AM
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Location: Mexicali
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
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Jory Boling wrote:
Whew! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought my sensei looked like jedi the first time i watched a class...
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Would that make Daito-Ryu the way of the Sith?
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"He who dies with the most toys...still dies."
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06-03-2005, 12:33 PM
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Dojo: Tan Aiki Dojo
Location: California
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Re: Top 10 Reasons Why You Joined Aikido
LOL! I would have to say Judo or JuJitsu would be the Dark Side. Hmm...Yoda = O Sensei and Kano Sensei = Darth Sidious?????
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