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I've spent at least a little time in several different branches of Aikido in a number of different schools. In my experience most if not all schools are going to teach the same set of techniques but they are not necessarily going to apply them in the same way. Some will have larger circles or will be more or less flowery. As far as cardio goes, yeah, that sort of thing is going to vary a lot from school to school. A lot of schools I've been to have not done anything for fitness outside of the side effects of training the techniques themselves (and in some cases that was effectively nothing). On the other hand I went to a Yoshinkan Aikido dojo for a while that spent 20-30 minutes of every class on push ups and similar body weight training.Are some techniques exclusively to certain styles?
Also, is there any general difference in terms of cardio or other things that goes around in different dojos?
Simply put, how do they differ?
I've spent at least a little time in several different branches of Aikido in a number of different schools. In my experience most if not all schools are going to teach the same set of techniques but they are not necessarily going to apply them in the same way. Some will have larger circles or will be more or less flowery. As far as cardio goes, yeah, that sort of thing is going to vary a lot from school to school. A lot of schools I've been to have not done anything for fitness outside of the side effects of training the techniques themselves (and in some cases that was effectively nothing). On the other hand I went to a Yoshinkan Aikido dojo for a while that spent 20-30 minutes of every class on push ups and similar body weight training.
I'm not sure I follow the question. Do you mean intensity of the physical workout? If so, then yes, that can vary a lot from school to school but I suspect it's more a matter of what each instructor wants to focus on and not so much a matter of which flavor of Aikido you're doing. I mean, I'd guess that the average Yoshinkan dojo may train with a little more physical intensity than the average Ki Society dojo, but I expect that the individual instructor is more significant by far. Tomiki Aikido (which I haven't done yet) may be an exception in that they are a competitive, sport style and I would, again, guess that their training is more physically intense.Is there any difference in intensity?
I'm not sure I follow the question. Do you mean intensity of the physical workout? If so, then yes, that can vary a lot from school to school but I suspect it's more a matter of what each instructor wants to focus on and not so much a matter of which flavor of Aikido you're doing. I mean, I'd guess that the average Yoshinkan dojo may train with a little more physical intensity than the average Ki Society dojo, but I expect that the individual instructor is more significant by far.
I'm not an expert of Aikido, I've just got a few years spread over several schools, so don't take what I say as any kind of gospel. In my experience, and my reading on the subject mostly agrees with this, Yoshinkan is one of the harder styles of Aikido, it's got smaller circles, it's not very flowery at all, and tends to have a greater focus on martial application than some styles. Ki Society Aikido is more focused on personal development and the movements tend to be large and flowery. Iwama is somewhere in between but is usually closer to Yoshinkan than Ki society in my experience. Tomiki Aikido is a sport version and is likely to be more focused on functional application than most other styles, at least by reputation. They all pretty much use the same techniques, but there can be a large difference in how they are executed. Again, individual instructor is going to play a major part in how any style is taught.I mean the grappling and techniques applied
I'm not an expert of Aikido, I've just got a few years spread over several schools, so don't take what I say as any kind of gospel. In my experience, and my reading on the subject mostly agrees with this, Yoshinkan is one of the harder styles of Aikido, it's got smaller circles, it's not very flowery at all, and tends to have a greater focus on martial application than some styles. Ki Society Aikido is more focused on personal development and the movements tend to be large and flowery. Iwama is somewhere in between but is usually closer to Yoshinkan than Ki society in my experience. Tomiki Aikido is a sport version and is likely to be more focused on functional application than most other styles, at least by reputation. They all pretty much use the same techniques, but there can be a large difference in how they are executed. Again, individual instructor is going to play a major part in how any style is taught.
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I'm not sure I follow the question. Do you mean intensity of the physical workout? If so, then yes, that can vary a lot from school to school but I suspect it's more a matter of what each instructor wants to focus on and not so much a matter of which flavor of Aikido you're doing. I mean, I'd guess that the average Yoshinkan dojo may train with a little more physical intensity than the average Ki Society dojo, but I expect that the individual instructor is more significant by far. Tomiki Aikido (which I haven't done yet) may be an exception in that they are a competitive, sport style and I would, again, guess that their training is more physically intense.
I've done Tomiki, Iwama Aikido, and Aikikai and yes the difference is quite obvious. The grip alone is a BIG difference. In Iwama Aikido, the grip is full power, it's like a Vice Grip. Tomiki Aikido is very sport-oriented, where randori is present at the end of all classes. Aikikai is more flowing and has a lot of emphasis on ki no Nagare. My statement here is an oversimplification of schools. But if you look at the core of the technique they have a lot of similarities. They all have 'aiki' or 'awase' in the technique. Ideally there's no clash in energy.Are some techniques exclusively to certain styles?
Also, is there any general difference in terms of cardio or other things that goes around in different dojos?
Simply put, how do they differ?