For example, the final rank in Aikido is the 7th dan. This means master status and is the ultimate sign of respect within the martial art. For most that practice Aikido, they will never achieve the 7th dan which means it holds great honor.
Usually, those who are awarded the 7th dan are given so as homage to the art and have dedicated many years of their life to Aikido and promoting it in a positive way. With this said, the black belt is the last rank in Aikido, but after that, there is still status within the rank. For example, achieving a Judo black belt takes roughly the same amount of time, as does Karate.
In most cases, you can achieve a Taekwondo black belt a few years earlier, whilst a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu takes close to 10 years for the average person. If you were thinking about cynically training for the status of the belt, there are probably other martial arts to go after instead. This is looking at it from a traditional, historic viewpoint, where there were only ever two belts in the art.
Having said this, in modern day Aikido many gyms have broken convention. Sometimes there are 7 belts from white to black with the usual colors such as yellow, blue, green, purple and brown in between.
This is completely down to the owner of the dojo and their interpretation. One way of looking at this is the stripe system in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. This also holds for other endeavors as well.
I also believe aiki is inherent in everybody but that somebody just needs to draw it out of us since Aiki is the invention of nature. Unlike any other martial arts that I have tried which aims for perfection, what has drawn me to aikido is the search. IMHO, for aikido, it is not the search for perfection of techniques but the search for what true aiki is.
I am challenged by what I do not understand. If you are going to search anyway, then why not dedicate a lifetime seeking "it"? I do not mind the time spent no matter how long it will take since in the end I feel it would be a worthy exercise. For me it is not the instant gratification that I can apply aikido to a real fight situation and win but of what I am really capable of once I scratch the surface in understanding what true aiki really is.
Janet Rosen wrote:. Training 4 hours a day 6 days a week will net roughly 1, hours of training in a year. Training twice a week for 2 hours a session will net roughly hours of training a year. The part-time Aikidoka will have put it 1, hours after 10 years. To hit that 10, hours mark it would take the part-timer roughly 52 years. The execution of techniques in a practical sense, is probably possible within months if you train hard. No doubt you could brute force an ikkyo, snap a wrist with kotegaeshi, slam someone into the ground with iriminage, etc.
Doing aikido, with correct body form, adherence to the principles, actual blending, resolving it with little or no damage to your opponent etc will take much longer. Well put Geoff. A friend of mine have taken judo many years back in a dojo where competition was not the main goal. Technique were practiced. In most other dojo's students were encouraged to start compeeting very soon.
In his point of view this bore the risk of creating judo-ka's that rely on strength before technique. I think the same thing can apply to Aikido. If you are primarily focused on learning Aikido as a selfdefence for 'realistic situations' whatever that is then I think you might miss the whole point of what Aikido can be.
Aikido techniques can be used in at least two ways - but only by putting in the many many hours on the mat will you be able to perform the kind of magic that some of the really big stars are able to, and if you start out on with focus upon raw bodymechanics and physical power then I would expect the journey to effortless power would be quite a fair bit longer. And of course the whole thing depends on the student, the teacher and about a million other factors.
I think I have heard more stories of people using their skill to avoid a 'combat situation' than to dishing out woop ass. This leads me to think that practicing Aikido as a quick route to fighting ability is probably not a clever strategy.
Either train Aikido as it is and accept the different view upon conflict - or go do something else. Krav Maga, BJJ, wing chung or something along those lines would probably turn you into a fighter a lot faster than most styles of Aikido. Geoff Byers wrote:. If you ever achieve the highest rank, do you ever stop learning? I have no reason to "master" aikido in any time frame. I will do this until my body no longer ables me to and if I obtain higher ranks, so be it.
I think we will always be learning and training our muscles. Okinawan farmers practiced Kare-Te 2 hours a day everyday, after a full day at their farm, I have read and heard. Some who became sensei practiced four hours a day. I'm planing on four times eeks, what a hypocrit! I'm OK if I never "master" aikido or karate, but i do notice i have far less time now for surfing or mt.
Last edited by Chris Evans : at PM. Chris Evans wrote:. Re: How long does it really take? Everyone makes progress at a different pace. The time it takes to learn aikido depends on how proficient you would like to become.
After your very first class you will know how to blend with an attack, do a basic meditation technique and you will have taken a significant step towards physical fitness and clarity of mind.
To become a black belt takes on average 4 years. Most people see steady improvement practicing 2 or 3 times per week. The more you practice, the greater the benefits to your health, ability to focus and self-defense. Practice as often as you can. He began aikido in and became the youngest aikido black belt in America at the age of Kaicho Bookman was last promoted to 6th Degree black before starting his own Aikido organization in Kaicho Bookman is regarded as one of the top aikido instructors in the country.
Sometimes, just the awareness improvements you gain from training is enough to avoid a bad situation. A few of our students did find it necessary to use Aikido to subdue an attacker.
Below are three real examples from our students. Their names have been changed to keep their anonymity. Two of these people were not even a black belt level.
The first example is of self-defense. The second example is of the defense of someone else. The third example is also of the defense of someone else but the attacker and victim are the same person. No one was hurt in these cases. The training our students had gave them confidence and skills to make a difference in a dynamic critical incident. You do not have to be in good physical condition to begin training. As a beginner, most training will be slow, step by step. The pace of your training will increase as your skill increases.
Rank is not the goal of training. Focusing on achieving a rank is often times detrimental to training. We study Aikido to improve ourselves and rank represents our progress.
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