I used to regularly wear my blue BJJ gi to Aikido and no one cared, I did wear my Aikido gi to BJJ when I started which wasn't such a good idea,...
Lookout for the UK drivers license changes coming in June, the paper part will no longer be valid and you need to go to some govt web site to get...
Thanks, I do those ones or variants, like standing pulling my foot to my bum, both for the stretch and also proprioception/balance. But I'd stick...
If you can, would you mind sharing the exercises you've been given, please? I'm always on the lookout to see what else I can try to help my own knee.
Having been rehabbing my knee after minor keyhole surgery (meniscectomy) last year, I've found I've been left with similar complaints ie during...
Same here!
I can predict who's getting the wooden spoon :cry:
If SD is your primary reason for training, Aikido will never satisfy you, as that's not the art's primary focus. IMHO
In relation to using the language of the country of origin of an MA (for technique naming at least) I see as a useful commonality. For instance I...
I second the surgical spirit, when I trained TKD many moons ago, I used to rub some on my feet at night and I felt it toughened the soles up a...
We call that "Nike Waza", but other sporting goods manufacturers are available.
I think what I meant to say was that it corrected my perspective! Inspirational.
I was going to post in the injuries section some queries about my knee! Now I feel a bit daft and should just be getting on with it.
I think TatamiFightWear BJJ Gi's are based in Wales and pretty reasonably priced compared to most. Hope that helps.
My old Aikido club encouraged it, there had been students from other arts training there and if a decent rank would often be asked to take the...
Personally I've found that arts with sparring (and a competition element, whether you choose to compete or not) drive you further. When you are...
I had surgery in July and was feeling great, ready to go back and out of nowhere whilst walking, my foot hit the ground & got a massive sharp pain...
I was in the same boat so started running and skipping to get my cardio up, then tore the cartilage in my knee and not trained in close to a year...
It' a strange world we live in, I don't know you from Adam and would walk past you in the street (well not if you actually look like your avatar!)...
I never trained with Koyo either but my instructor did for many years back in the Chiba days, so a lot of what Koyo said on this site was so...
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