Clone Posted July 31, 2003 Posted July 31, 2003 Hi all, I have the opportunity to train in Aikido during the week and train on Kali on fridays, saturdays and sundays for two hours a day and the class is made of my best friend, me and the Kali teacher. I would like to take Aikido because I really like it(gotta love locks and throws ) and besides liking kali alot and the fact that it will be almost a personal class I would like to get the speed, reflexes, agility, help my left hand to react better(not that I have a problem with it, but because I've heard that by training in Kali/eskrima you can get both hands to be = in alot of aspects that normal person can't do) and to get a good workout. I would like to know if this is a good opportunity. Take into consideration that I haven't started training on any of them and that I have never trained in a MA, althought I do alot of sports, I learn fast and I have the time and dedication to master a MA and I'm 19yrs old. Will I have alot of trouble mastering both at the "same" time? Should I try it? Your advice will be appreciated! Thanx!
CheekyMusician Posted July 31, 2003 Posted July 31, 2003 Well both arts are fairly different from each other, so you probably wouldn't confuse them, but if I were you I'd stick to one for at least a short while. An almost personal class in any martial art is a great opportunity, but only if the teacher is respectable and reputable. Make sure that he's not a chancer before you and your friend put your martial arts training in his hands. Smile. It makes people wonder what you've been up to.
Clone Posted July 31, 2003 Author Posted July 31, 2003 Well both arts are fairly different from each other, so you probably wouldn't confuse them, but if I were you I'd stick to one for at least a short while. An almost personal class in any martial art is a great opportunity, but only if the teacher is respectable and reputable. Make sure that he's not a chancer before you and your friend put your martial arts training in his hands. Thanx for your advice! As far as the teacher's reputation well I haven't seen him. All that we have talked was by phone and the demonstration class is this sunday. He also told my friend he was a direct student from Remy Presas. I'll see what's the real deal this sunday!
CheekyMusician Posted July 31, 2003 Posted July 31, 2003 Well both arts are fairly different from each other, so you probably wouldn't confuse them, but if I were you I'd stick to one for at least a short while. An almost personal class in any martial art is a great opportunity, but only if the teacher is respectable and reputable. Make sure that he's not a chancer before you and your friend put your martial arts training in his hands. Thanx for your advice! As far as the teacher's reputation well I haven't seen him. All that we have talked was by phone and the demonstration class is this sunday. He also told my friend he was a direct student from Remy Presas. I'll see what's the real deal this sunday! Ok. Good luck! Smile. It makes people wonder what you've been up to.
cross Posted August 10, 2003 Posted August 10, 2003 Give it a try. You will soon find out if you like it or not.
Tal Posted August 10, 2003 Posted August 10, 2003 aikido and kali are very different arts, so they should not conflict with eachother. would you be able to, for example, learn soccer and basketball at the same time if you'd never done them before? if yes then you should be ok with 2 different MAs. at the moment i do both karate and kendo, and i know several other people studying more than one MA. shotokan karate nidanjujitsu shodankendo shodan
GrrrArg Posted August 10, 2003 Posted August 10, 2003 If it works, it works, if it doesn't change it so it does
delta1 Posted August 10, 2003 Posted August 10, 2003 Hi all, I have the opportunity to train in Aikido during the week and train on Kali on fridays, saturdays and sundays for two hours a day and the class is made of my best friend, me and the Kali teacher. I would like to take Aikido because I really like it(gotta love locks and throws ) and besides liking kali alot and the fact that it will be almost a personal class I would like to get the speed, reflexes, agility, help my left hand to react better... If you have the time and energy, do it. But remember that for every hour of class time you need to spend at least two hours (more is better) training on your own. If they are both good instructors and you can only do one, I'd do the Kali. It is better rounded, and any FMA I've seen includes joint locks and throws. Kali will condition you better and is far quicker to learn and build your reflexes. From your post I get the idea that this is most important to you. But either way you go, if the class is good, you can't loose. Both are excellent arts. And if you can do them both I strongly suggest you do it. I study an internal and an external art at the same time, and get a lot out of them both. They provide a ballance in my training and undrstanding. Kali is an external art, very aggressive and brutal. Aikido is internal, yielding, doing no more harm than is necessary. Both are extremely effective. Freedom isn't free!
Gino Posted August 10, 2003 Posted August 10, 2003 Both are good arts to be involved with so good luck and train hard. Only you and you alone will know if your spreading yourself to thin.Remember look inside yourself when your training, if you feel that you need to give your art more time(more training time)you have to do it other wise you will seriously hinder your progression, that can be difficult when you are training in more than one art.Thats when some hard decisions may have to be made.You should try never to find yourself in the position where one art is suffering because of the time spent in another. It can be done but it will take maturity, I would like another car and a bike for the weekend, I could probably do it but would other parts of my life start to suffer? Just be careful one doesn't start to lose out, give 100% all the time nothing alse is good enough. Never give in
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