aefibird Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 Hi, I hope that you could giuve me some advice. At the moment I train in shotokan karate and have done so for about 3 and a half years. I'd like to 'broaden my martial arts horizons' a little and I'm thinking about starting a new martial art. However, I'm not quite sure which would be good one to train in to complement my shotokan training. I was thinking about maybe judo or aikido or some form of chinese martial art, possibly. I know quite a bit about shotokan, but not much about other arts, so please help me in deciding which new martial art to try!! Thanks. "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers!
Icetuete Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 so what do you look for in your new art? a grappling art would indeed round things up. do you plan to go on with shotokan? since you do a striking art now, judo probably is a good choice. Jiu Jitsu or BJJ might fit the purpose as well.
Darce Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 Yeah, try judo. Shukokai Karate, Orange belt ( 7. kyu)
Hybrid Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 BJJ, JJ, Judo. “Iron is full of impurities that weaken it; through forging, it becomes steel and is transformed into a razor-sharp sword. Human beings develop in the same fashion.” ~Morihei Ueshiba
aefibird Posted October 30, 2003 Author Posted October 30, 2003 Thank you all for your replies! Yep, I plan on continuing training in shotokan - I just wanted something that would complement it. I think I'm gonna go with judo; there's a club fairly near me, so I'll go along and watch sometime soon and see what I think. Thanks again! "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers!
hajime Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 I agree that Ju Jitsu is the one. I know the grappling fans will say that as a former Karate-ka get in close to me and I've lost but whoever thinks Karate is only about kicking is a dumbass I think Akido looks beautiful when done by an expert but it takes way too long to learn to be effective and you can't mix up a striking art and it imo 700 hours of official training. Injury finished me dammit!1st Kyu Wado Ryu
cross Posted December 2, 2003 Posted December 2, 2003 Something that focuses on clinch, takedowns, grappling and ground fighting would supplement your shotokan training well.
G95champ Posted December 3, 2003 Posted December 3, 2003 Judo is a very good fit with Shotokan because Funakosh trained with Kano (judo master) in Toyko for some time. Both were good friends. Both took a lot for the other and added it to their style. Akkido would be a good tie in as well but the training for Akkido is so differant from Shotokan you would have to bridge a lot of the gaps yourself. Shotokan to Judo and Judo to Akkido would be a nice step by step process. IMO (General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory."
aefibird Posted December 8, 2003 Author Posted December 8, 2003 Well, I went last week to a judo club near where I live, but I wasn't impressed with it at all. The instructor didn't seem to want to bother answering any of my questions and just wanted to get me signed up and started that evening. It all seemed a bit McDojo-ish to me. Anyway, a friend of mine has his own aikido club, so I think I'm gonna go along and train with him. The only problem is that his club is about an hours drive away from where I live (and I can't find an aikido club closer), so I wouldn't be able to train very regularly. He's warned me that aikido will be quite different to what I'm used to with shotokan, but I figure that if I know the differences beforehand it will help me prepare for 'the worst' and it shouldn't be such a shock when I start training. One thing that is worrying me slightly is that the instructor is a friend of mine. Should you let a friend become your sensei, or do you think it doesn't matter? Anyway, I'm gonna start training with J's club after Christmas - I'll keep you all posted as to how I'm getting on! "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers!
CheekyMusician Posted December 8, 2003 Posted December 8, 2003 Well, I went last week to a judo club near where I live, but I wasn't impressed with it at all. The instructor didn't seem to want to bother answering any of my questions and just wanted to get me signed up and started that evening. It all seemed a bit McDojo-ish to me. Anyway, a friend of mine has his own aikido club, so I think I'm gonna go along and train with him. The only problem is that his club is about an hours drive away from where I live (and I can't find an aikido club closer), so I wouldn't be able to train very regularly. He's warned me that aikido will be quite different to what I'm used to with shotokan, but I figure that if I know the differences beforehand it will help me prepare for 'the worst' and it shouldn't be such a shock when I start training. One thing that is worrying me slightly is that the instructor is a friend of mine. Should you let a friend become your sensei, or do you think it doesn't matter? Anyway, I'm gonna start training with J's club after Christmas - I'll keep you all posted as to how I'm getting on! I'm a Shotokan girl and I did Aikido for a few weeks....I LOVED it! I quit because the guy who ran the club was a bit of a neo-Nazi and I didn't feel too comfortable with bowing to 'shrines' of O'Sensei (I'm a Christian), but I really liked the art, so good luck with it It would probably be best if you could find a club that wasn't run by a friend, but since you can't, you may as well try it out and see how it goes. Smile. It makes people wonder what you've been up to.
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