In response to Ronnie T. Vaughan Sr.,

I’m not even sure what the ASAF is, and therefore claim no knowledge of its views, practices or relative merrits. I did however practice for eighteen months in a Ki Society dojo, where I left for three main reasons, I was frustrated by not advancing, I felt that the teachers did not see the whole picture, and I believe in practicing an art with more than an end result. It’s my understanding that to be really good in Aikido, you have to train for 20-40 years and much before that you don’t really have the grasp of it you need, for it to have any martial or combative application. In Ki Society Aikido or Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido (Tohei Sensei’s school), you will gain a great deal of spiritual presence, and understanding, but once again, in my school, it was very repetitive, hence the leaving. I do feel however, that while some of the physical habits took my years to break, and some linger on, much of the mental, emotional and spiritual training was exceptionally useful to me in my quest for an art and teachers that are right for me. I now practice within the Bujinkan, before which I practiced Aikido, and 27 other arts before settling with my teacher, in my school. My advice, as always, is to find the right teacher for you and your wife, Ronnie. If you’re curious about me and my credibility, then bounce around this site, I have over 15 posts, and they all have different names. Most are in the Ninjutsu page, though. If you know anything about writing style, it should be easy to pick them out. Final piece of advice, train for a couple of weeks or a month in both of them before deciding. Talk at length witht the teachers, go in depth on what it is that you are looking for in martial arts, and how you want to get it, your general personality, your combative style from previous and concurrent training in other arts, and just talk, once you choose a school get involved with it. Really go after every experience in your life. Whether the school is right or wrong for you is really immaterial, it’s what you do with the experience and the memory. If it’s wrong, then find a new one, if it’s not, then good for you, your search is over. Either way you’re an experience richer. Also, don’t be discouraged if a school isn’t for you, I went through 29 different styles or teachers or schools or whatever form they took, before I found my teacher. Embrace your quest whether there is a clear path, or slopes and brush and trees and no end in sight, or anywhere in between, just remember to enjoy it, because if you’re not, then what the hell are you doing this for?

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