this thread had me thinking a lot about my aikido experience and this part. aikido gets oft criticized on this site and others. i did it for about 1 1/2 years. heck i think i might have been one of the criticizers before i did it. i absolutely loved it. had a blast training in it. i did it for me. and for no one else. i did it to have fun, not to learn to beat up on other people--now i do bjj for that. lol tell you what, it's already come in very, very useful. i was walking around this winter and slipped on a patch of ice. i did the smoothest roll out of it one could imagine.
Martial Arts changed my life...You have the chance to change the lives of other people... This is very important for me. Anderson Silva