Yeti In Your Spaghetti

Hey it's true Aikido is sort of a finisher art. It's good to learn a hard style like Kung Fu or Karate etc before you go to soft style so that you understand it better and you can defend yourself applicalbly on the street. Though Aikido is extremely effective it does take longer to use than say Shotokan. Also having done a hard style you will understand Aikido better than joe nobody off the street and you will get a feel for it quickly. Those in my Aikido dojo who came from Kung Fu have all caught on very fast.