Hey everyone!
I've always been intrigued by Aikido and I've taken a few classes a year ago. I was kind of put off by something that the sensei told me:
"If you ever have to defend yourself, it won't be aikido. Here you can learn principles that will be useful for self defense but in a self defense situation you won't do aikido."
At first I understood it as "aikido could teach you one thing or two but if you really want to be able to defend yourself go learn something else". After learning...
Might start Aïkido soon
I've always been intrigued by Aikido and I've taken a few classes a year ago. I was kind of put off by something that the sensei told me:
"If you ever have to defend yourself, it won't be aikido. Here you can learn principles that will be useful for self defense but in a self defense situation you won't do aikido."
At first I understood it as "aikido could teach you one thing or two but if you really want to be able to defend yourself go learn something else". After learning...
Might start Aïkido soon