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Another data point - I trained in Aikido for several years, and enjoyed it tremendously. I eventually moved away from my dojo and couldn't make it often enough,
by silentbicycle 16y ago
Another data point - I trained in Aikido for several years, and enjoyed it tremendously. I eventually moved away from my dojo and couldn't make it often enough, so I stopped, but I highly recommend it.
It's been particularly helpful in defending me "on the street" - it taught me to be really good at falling without hurting myself, which is an incredibly practical self-defense skill. It's come in handy many times on icy Michigan roads. I'm not looking to start a fight, and I've never been ambushed by ninjas, so striking arts haven't really appealed to me.
Capoeria looks like a lot of fun, too.
- David 16y agoI have a friend through Karate (he's my age, 18/19) who went to boy scout camp a couple years ago and was screwing around with some friends. They were free-climbing a cliff. He fell from around 40 feet up. He broke many of the bones in the left side of his body, but a few months later he was fine. He actually owes his life to knowing how to fall correctly. If that ain't a reason to pick up a martial art that trains falling... (Or you could have common sense. Either way.)
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