Every 3 months at my dojo we have a night where we do something different. Last thursday we did Aikido. I didnt know much about it beyond it gets a bit of respect in the martial arts world. I found it from what I saw that it was very similar to ninjitsu. I was once told that Jujitsu, Akijitsu and Ninjitsu were once the one art but for political reasons they got split up. Ive found that jujitsu and ninjitsu were based on similar principles but utilised different philosophies. I would asume that aikido is tyhe same. One thing you do have to take into account when learning a martial art is the practicality issue. In all forms of grappling you have to work alot more before it will work in a real fight. Once there it is awsome. My sensei said that he was training it for 10 years before his instructor said his technique was good enough to be considered terrible. I know in Ninjitsu that you have to be training for over 50 years before you can be considered for grand master. Saying that I really liked it for the one night I did it and I found some moves would compliment my thai boxing very nicely. If you start let us know what you think of it.
