Passed my Aikido test today...

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March 12, 2023, 12:25 PM

abnmacv

Passed my Aikido test today...

Congrats for being a young and dedicated 64 year old.

March 12, 2023, 12:27 PM

ChicagoSigMan

Nice! Congrats.

March 12, 2023, 02:51 PM

jsbcody

Congratz and thanks for the inspiration! I have been toying with the idea of trying Aikido classes at the ripe old age of 61 (been doing Filipino Martial Arts for a while now). I did a very hard style Aikido while stationed in Hawaii back in the 1980s (lots of Honolulu cops training there).

March 12, 2023, 03:24 PM

katndog

That is awesome, congrats

March 12, 2023, 03:37 PM

kkina

quote:
Originally posted by jsbcody:
Congratz and thanks for the inspiration! I have been toying with the idea of trying Aikido classes at the ripe old age of 61 (been doing Filipino Martial Arts for a while now). I did a very hard style Aikido while stationed in Hawaii back in the 1980s (lots of Honolulu cops training there).

You should! I did Filipino Kali for about a year prior to training in Aikido.

March 12, 2023, 03:55 PM

Appliance Brad

Well done Sir. A great step in your journey.

March 12, 2023, 08:08 PM

ersatzknarf

Ausgezeichnet!!!

Fantastic!! So proud of you, my friend.

Didn't know we were so close in age.

Omedetou gozaimasu, hontou ni

My FIL is (was?) black belt. He's now 89 and also did judo.

We got to see him when we were in Japan over Christmas and New Year's, when we were there to mainly see our new grandson.

(btw, wife rolled her eyes, when i mentioned kaishakunin...

)

March 12, 2023, 08:20 PM

bryan11

Congratulations! That's a serious accomplishment.

March 12, 2023, 10:14 PM

400m

That is wonderful news, Congratulations!

March 13, 2023, 01:09 AM

KMitch200

quote:
Originally posted by GCE61:
That’s an awesome accomplishment, congratulations!

What ^^he^^ said. That’s awesome!

March 13, 2023, 01:22 AM

10X-Shooter

Outstanding sir!

March 13, 2023, 02:23 AM

Prefontaine

Very nice.

March 13, 2023, 07:21 AM

myrottiety

Congrats!! Ni-Dan here under Aikido World Alliance (Andrew Sato Sensei).

March 13, 2023, 07:36 AM

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Awesome progress congrats!

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March 15, 2023, 08:30 AM

Modern Day Savage

An outstanding endeavor and accomplishment. Congratulations!

I took several years of Taekwondo while in junior high and high school, but other pursuits eventually pulled me away. I've toyed with the idea of getting back into some form of martial arts, but realistically with my limited training time, it would be limited and focused on self defense.

Do you compete in competitions and tournaments?

March 15, 2023, 09:25 AM

copaup

Congratulations! I did Aikido for a few years when I was in college. I really enjoyed it and took away at least two things that served me well in my career. Really effective wrist locks and the ability to fall without injuring myself. The wrist locks were great when it came to controlling unruly suspects. The falling because I'm a clumsy oaf and only get clumsier the older I get.

I should really get back into it.

March 15, 2023, 11:21 AM

kkina

quote:
Originally posted by Modern Day Savage:
An outstanding endeavor and accomplishment. Congratulations!

I took several years of Taekwondo while in junior high and high school, but other pursuits eventually pulled me away. I've toyed with the idea of getting back into some form of martial arts, but realistically with my limited training time, it would be limited and focused on self defense.

Do you compete in competitions and tournaments?

There's no competitions in Aikido (we do have seminars). When I was doing karate, I did the odd tournament, but wasn't really into competition per se.