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**NowFloabDow** · 07-24-2006, 03:59 AM

I've been taking Kendo since March and I'm thinking of taking some kind of hand to hand martial art in the Fall in addition to Kendo. My worry, however, is I play guitar and I've heard that its common to break or injure fingers in Karate, so I'm considering Judo or Aikido, does anyone know what the threat to one's hands is like in these martial arts?

In summary, you have just started kendo since March, have likely just started in bogu and are not advanced enough to visit other clubs and would like to start studying something else. I worry about the two hares. If you chase two hares you will catch neither.
Kendo will soon take up an awfull lot of your time. Between practices, homedrills, visiting other clubs, tournaments, and seminars you will not have a lot of time to learn another martial art properly. I would concentrate on passing your 1st kyu and shodan and then consider looking for something else.
As for self defence, there are several specialized quick fix catalogue courses (easy compendium of how 2.... take-down, throw a punch, pop a knee...) that can teach you a series of useful basic techniques with very little study in almost no-time. They are a great way to learn how to land yourself in a hospital by standing your ground like a man instead of walking away.

However, I don't know of a legitimate martial art that doesn't take years of hard work to become remotely effective .

07-24-2006, 03:59 AM	#19
NowFloabDow Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	I've been taking Kendo since March and I'm thinking of taking some kind of hand to hand martial art in the Fall in addition to Kendo. My worry, however, is I play guitar and I've heard that its common to break or injure fingers in Karate, so I'm considering Judo or Aikido, does anyone know what the threat to one's hands is like in these martial arts? In summary, you have just started kendo since March, have likely just started in bogu and are not advanced enough to visit other clubs and would like to start studying something else. I worry about the two hares. If you chase two hares you will catch neither. Kendo will soon take up an awfull lot of your time. Between practices, homedrills, visiting other clubs, tournaments, and seminars you will not have a lot of time to learn another martial art properly. I would concentrate on passing your 1st kyu and shodan and then consider looking for something else. As for self defence, there are several specialized quick fix catalogue courses (easy compendium of how 2.... take-down, throw a punch, pop a knee...) that can teach you a series of useful basic techniques with very little study in almost no-time. They are a great way to learn how to land yourself in a hospital by standing your ground like a man instead of walking away. However, I don't know of a legitimate martial art that doesn't take years of hard work to become remotely effective .
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