Aikido practice to help Taijiquan training?
Something I have wondered about for a while now is we have a really good Aikido school close by me and I would love to train there but I dont want to mess up my Taijiquan.
I have seen the classes and they look like advanced Taijiquan push-hands/applications classes.
Does anyone know about training in Aikido to aid in Taijiquan mastery?
Don't be the Jack of all Trade
Hello,
Although I have a lot of respect for some Aikido lineages (but not all), and that there are many similiarities between the two, I believe that Tai Chi is Tai Chi, and Aikido is Aikido. You cannot confuse between the two....
However, after saying that, what is Tai Chi? What is Aikido anyway? What are you trying to achieve? For myself, I am searching for the ultimate expression in mind and body, and my Tai Chi training had helped me in more ways than I can imagine. But may be what may help you the most is something else?
So IMHO, the bottom line is, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong in doing some Aikido, as long as you know that it is a different system to Tai Chi, and that you are clear what your signature martial art style is. It's like, Catholic priests/nuns may learn budhist meditations, but they remain Catholics.
Cheers,
John