Arhat of Fury
01-11-2004, 04:50 PM
My pursuit in finding a good TCMA school in my new location has come up with nothing, This being said my next choice would be aikido being that alot of the principals are the same as my core art.
My question is how hard is it on the body. I have trained and sparred for about 4 years(full contact) so I'm not exactly a punk when it comes to that. Although when I do check on some of the schools I see alot of the pictueres are peopl being thrown hard to the mat. I know alot of grapplers(jj,judo and such) and they are always hurt with a torn ligament here or a shoulder that came out of socket. I know that most arts is you only go as hard as you want, but how much down time do you experience in aikido with injuries if you enjoy training hard?
Thanks for any input,
Arhat
My question is how hard is it on the body. I have trained and sparred for about 4 years(full contact) so I'm not exactly a punk when it comes to that. Although when I do check on some of the schools I see alot of the pictueres are peopl being thrown hard to the mat. I know alot of grapplers(jj,judo and such) and they are always hurt with a torn ligament here or a shoulder that came out of socket. I know that most arts is you only go as hard as you want, but how much down time do you experience in aikido with injuries if you enjoy training hard?
Thanks for any input,
Arhat