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Just in case anyone is interested, please do tell me. I used to practice aikido two years ago but then I became very busy with work. The class is usually held in Cubao, near Arayat market, and sensei is a Filipino. He is very good in terms of form since there are many variants of aikido.

Females are encouraged to join. It is actually not a harmful art but it does give quite a pain kasi me mga break falls, rolling, stretching. Saka hindi siya competitive. Kung meron pong interested na manood ng practice before enrolling, pwede po para ma-meet nyo si Sensei Bong and get an idea of the class and the rates of the lessons.

 
Tapos baka pwede pa makausap yung Japanese instructor na kaibigan ni Sensei, si Kojiro sensei who also teaches aikido and karate.

It's actually a new form of Aikido. Sabi ni Sensei marami daw kasing form ang Aikido, depende daw sa nagtuturo. Our Sensei follows a combination of the traditional and a few modern deriviations pero mine-maintain nya yung form ng art.

Kahit ako nalilito pa. but the one thing I've learned so far is that it is like learning a new language. If you don't practice it, you won't progress    Saka pala dapat walang competition kasi Aikido is not a competitive martial art
 

Tagal ko ng intrigue dito kaya lng ang lalayo ng classes kung saan meron

Xia:

Tagal ko ng intrigue dito kaya lng ang lalayo ng classes kung saan meron

Konnichiwa Xia-san! Taga-san ka b? Medyo malayo nga if you'll be coming from Fairview or Novaliches.

Dati nagkakaroon ng classes sa La Salle Greenhills kaya lang mostly mga elementary student ang nag-eenroll dun - beginners class tapos me strict course outline which is good if you don't have any martial arts background. 

Ulitin ko lang pala na what Sensei teaches is not a competitive form of Aikido  

I just read this email from my former schoolmate and aikidoka. he said may balita na by the end of the year, Moriteru Ueshiba, current doshu and grandson of the Founder of Aikido - Morihei Useshiba - may be coming to the Philippines to hold an Aikido seminar.

This is good news for many Aikido practitioners since the Doshu doesn't really go out of Japan to hold seminars.

*sniff, sniff* sayang, kulang ako sa practice...

Ooooops.... kumakalat na balita lang pala yung pag-bisita ni Doshu sa Pinas... although ang sigurado daw e yung ke Yoshimitsu Yamada, Head of New york Aikikai, sa November

Gomen...  

whoah aikido hehe anu kaibahan nyan sa ibang martial arts? 

Usually sinasabi nilang kaibahan ay ang Aikido ay sa defense lang. Ibang martial arts kasi although encourage sila sa paggamit defense lang pero para madefend mo sarili mo may attacks kang gagawin.

Ang Aikido rin, ginagamit mo ang energy ng kalaban mo para mapatumba mo siya. Sa ibang martial arts sariling energy mo gagamitin mo.

Hai! I'm interested. But do they have other venues other than cubao? How much would it cost? And what's the training sked?  

Saan ba ang preferred venue mo kiten_dama-san?

I live near alabang. Or at least somehwere near makait sana kasi nagagawi din ako dun. (^_^) 

hirodayuy:

whoah aikido hehe anu kaibahan nyan sa ibang martial arts? 

If you ask me, Aikido can be considered as a martial art since it was formed by O-Sensei from other martial arts that he was able to master. It's not really meant for self-defense but of an art form and spirituality - "the way of harmony" ika nga.

There have been a lot of variations in Aikido nowadays. There are some schools who teach Aikido in an aggressive manner, and some in a defensive one. In our Sensei's case, we are taught the form of the art. In short, para kaming sumasayaw.

If you want to take up Aikido lessons, I guess it will depend on which area will you concentrate - the form or the martial way.  But take into consideration na Aikido is not like school na you will become a black belt after a year of daily training, kasi ang application ng would-be black belts (yung authentic ha),  e Kinukuha sa Hombu, Japan, hehehe

kiten_dama:

I live near alabang. Or at least somehwere near makait sana kasi nagagawi din ako dun. (^_^) 

Will ask my former Aikido sensei if there's a school in or near Alabang. Pero kung saan school ka man mapunta sana magaling na sensei ang makuha mo.