What goes well with my art?

[shotokanbeginner]

I do Tae Kwon Do and Aikido and I find they work very well together, mainly because they are so different. Also, Tae Kwon Do is Korean and Aikido is Japanese so I learn different languages and they don't get mixed up. Aikido works very well on the self defence part of Tae Kwon Do as well. However, if karate is Japanese you may find that it a little difficult to separate out the terminology but that really depends on the person.

Thanks for the tip.

[danbong]

If self defense is an interest I would recommend BJJ or JJJ. I would tend to say go with BJJ because in th long run you can rely on the shotokan for a lot of the standup self defense (although in most shotokan schools, teaching self defense early on is not a priority). On the other hand, if you are into Japanese tradition, obviously JJJ will have that in spades compared to BJJ.