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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2012 4:00:00 GMT -5
What is the difference between Aikido styles?
Such as Aikikai Yoshinkan Kokikai Ki Society Tomika
Which ones are more self defense focused?
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Post by Glutton4Punishment on Oct 29, 2012 15:46:37 GMT -5
From what I saw during my time in the art, the differences can be pretty subtle. Aikikai is the original and closest to the Aikido taught by O'Sensei. Yoshinkan seems to be a style focused on keeping movements as small as possible. Shin-Shin Toitsu, or what you called Ki Society, was my style and it's got a strong focus on "Ki" and the internal aspects of the art which were not originally taught by O'Sensei. I don't have any experience with Kokikai or Tomika, though.
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Post by odee on Oct 29, 2012 18:28:51 GMT -5
Tomika guys tend to focus more on the sparring. It looks a lot like competition Judo with strikes thrown in and it's usually the style used to showcase Aikido as an 'alive' system with resistance.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2012 4:57:44 GMT -5
Glutton4Punishment. Could you tell me more about your experience and thoughts on Shin-Shin Toitsu (Ki society)? Good for self defense? No good? anything would be great. Kokikai is an offshoot of it.
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Post by Glutton4Punishment on Oct 30, 2012 11:32:44 GMT -5
The training was very soft and it was loaded with "Ki Exercises". As you know by now, I don't actually believe in all of that, but back when I was doing Aikido I still was totally into it. During that time, I really enjoyed Aikido. I actually don't hate it now, either, I just wouldn't consider it a style for fighting or self defense. It is enjoyable, though. Morihei Ueshiba was a great man and his history is pretty interesting, plus many of the movements of Aikido are based on Iaido which was also incorporated into our training. If you want to dive into another culture regardless of how effective the style is, then Aikido is an interesting way to do so. If you're concerned with effectiveness, Judo is a good alternative. You won't get the same level of culture attached to Judo in many cases, though, so there's the trade off.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2012 20:49:32 GMT -5
Thanks Glutton.
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