Aikido is taught all over the world. It is not known exactly the official number of countries that it is taught in. There are many international Aikido associations, organizations, and affiliations that can be accounted for however, there are many Aikido training places which are independent/private and are "unaccounted" for. The website Aikiweb.com currently lists around 110 countries which Aikido is taught in.

Judo would be closely related to Aikido.

I am not sure exactly which "Devon" you are asking about however, to answer your question simply. Use the "Dojo Search" option listed on Aikiweb.com

Aikido is not an ancient art. It was founded in the 1920s by Morihei Ueshiba. It is off of Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu. Aikido is often translated as"the Way of harmonious spirit."

The hakama is a traditional form of Japanese clothing that is worn by tying it at the waist over a kimono. The meaning of the seven pleats in the hakama are a symbol of the seven bushido virtues.

This is a good question. Controversial because it depends on the Aikidoka. It does not matter if it is Ki Aikido, Aikikai, Yoshinkan and so forth. Aikido is Aikido. We all learn the same techniques, they may vary just slightly, but its still Aiki.

For your question, I think I will let you answer it for yourself. Im going to talk about a few things here for you to visualize. Ikkyo or Ikkajo Omote or Ichi from Shomen strike. You don't let Uke hit you, and the technique will not work if Uke fully develops his technique, you have to meet Uke at least half way to preform the technique. You almost have to move at the exact same time as your attacker. Thus people ask, who is attacking who ?

As for Jiyuwaza or Randori as some schools do. Lets break this down. Lets just say that you are familiar with wrist grabs and chest grabs. whats the difference? Think about it. The only difference is if you let them actually grab you. So I treat the attack as the same. It does not matter if they are trying to grab your wrist or your chest, You can treat the attack as the same. Shomen and Yokomen are very similar as well. The angle is slightly different however you can almost treat them as exactly the same.

So realize that there is a difference, if you just stand there and you let Uke fully develop a wrist grab, now its a full on wrist grab and you can no longer treat it as a chest grab. You are limiting yourself as to what you can do. You need to control the attack. That's the bottom line. You asked just a simple question however the answer is not a yes or no.

Timing in Aikido is important, I meet the attacker, I don't let him meet me. I am defending myself because you want to cause a conflict, but I will attack in the sense that I am defending myself. I wont just stand there and let you grab me.

Hope this helps.

There is also "atemi", a strike used by the defender (nage or tori) to distract uke in order to perform or complete a throw. I think that a defender using atemi would be considered to be attacking uke.

As it applies to the physical aspect of self defense, they each use a different approach to dealing with an attack.

Aikido = mostly avoidance and redirection/parry to joint manipulation, throws and projections.

Karate = mostly forceful blocks, and damaging strikes with hands and feet.

In general terms of fight analysis, an opponent may attack by striking, throwing, or grappling techniques. The defender may likewise strike (or counter-strike), throw, and/or grapple in any order or combination. As for defensive tactics against a strike, the defender can either avoid being hit, block with a counter-strike to the attacking limb (typically at a 90 degree angle and with significant force to abruptly stop and possibly damage the limb), or redirect via parry.

"Karate" is a term that has been used to describe many different interpretations of Asian Martial Art training. Originally, it was a term applied by the inhabitants of the island of Okinawa. After learning of the Chinese hand fighting (called "te" for "hand" in Japanese), the Martial Artists of Okinawa modified the curriculum to create Okinawa-te. To distinguish this from the earlyhand fighting from the T'ang Dynasty, the called the Chinese system "Kara-te" (Karla-tay), meaning "ancient hand,""T'ang hand" or "China hand." Later, this system spread from Okinawa throughout Japan, and became "Karate-do" (the way of the "Empty Hand") with a change in the Chinese writing as suggested by Shotokan founder, Gichen Funakoshi. Since that time, "Karate" has also become a generic term to mean any unarmed combat or self defense in general, and can refer to any system under any other name or country's origin.

Typically, Karate is known as a stand-up method of sparring with an opponent by avoiding attacks, blocking with force, and counter-striking with mostly closed and open hand strikes, elbows, knees, and some essential kicks. The objective is to damage the opponent with impact force from strikes and cause debilitating injury, knockout, or death as needed to thwart an attack and defend one's self from eminent harm.

Aikido was named as the way of "harmony" by founder Morihei Ueshiba to describe the concept of avoidance and blending of mind, spirit, and physical energy with your attacker - to "join forces" rather than resist your attacker's energy. The approach to dealing with a strike is to either evade, or gently, but firmly intercede and redirect with a parry - often with the open blade of the hand. The attacking force is assisted and either propelled in a linear direction, reversed back upon the attacker, or takenfluently in a circular direction while maintaining a constant state of off-balance of the opponent.

In Aikido, the attacker is typically sent stumbling or falling, or is brought down and under control through the use of joint locks or joint manipulation that tend to hyper-extend joints and muscles, compress joints, or twist limbs to cause pain and discomfort that will bring about submission, cooperation, or accelerate the attacker into various throws or projections.

Kotegeish. From a punch, you tencan out of the way, and grab the uke's wristwith the hand closer to it. Tencan once again leading the uke down and back up again. Slide your hand down to his/her's so that your thumb is in between the knuckles of the attacker's ring finger and pinky and the rest of your fingers wrap around. Twist his wrist/hand down and out away from his body causing him to fail due to the pain this creates.

Morehei Ueshiba

There is no specific time. Aikido is self paced and some people will promote faster than others. Generally, once you reach a black belt rank, there becomes time restrictions before you can promote to the next Dan ranking. I know an Aikido Sensei who has over 40 years of Aikido experience, and he is a 6th Dan. Most people have a misconception of rank. Again, generally speaking, once you reach 3rd Dan, there is no difference to the next rank and so forth. It is merely "status" and political. You can be recommended for a Dan ranking and be promoted. That does not mean you are any better or know any more than a lesser rank.

No, it is a Martial Art focused on defence, and harmony with your attacker.

While it does let you get the upper hand over your opponent, most of the techniques learned are arm locks/ breaks, or throws.

You could use the knowledge from Aikido to kill someone, but there are no 'killing moves' taught in Aikido.

That depends upon why you want to study Aikido. In theory, all styles of Aikido should operate from the same set of basic principles. There are just different ways to study those principles and determine which principles to place emphasis on. Your best bet is to visit several schools and find the one that YOU are most comfortable with.

Kung Fu is Chinese, a lot of people mistake it for being Japanese because Japan once colonized China.

These are audio links from AikiWeb pronouncing the two names:

Morihei: http://c.aikiweb.com/language/audio/mp3/morihei.mp3

Ueshiba: http://c.aikiweb.com/language/audio/mp3/ueshiba.mp3

Uchi-deshi programs usually do not exist in the United States. Depending on the state that you live in, there are rules that buisness have to follow, and people can not live at the buisness because it is not a residence. However, there are some people that come from Japan that visit the Dojo, and the Dojo will just secretly let them sleep in the dojo, take a shower, and all that sort of thing.

The more common things today that I have seen is you provide assistance to the dojo in which you can study the art free of cost. Maybe you have duties that you do for the Sensei, you clean the dojo, maybe wash everyone's keikogi's ? There are a list of tasks that you may do however the traditional Uchi-deshi as it is in Japan really does not exist here in the US. At the end of the day, the Aikidoka goes home and comes back the next day.

Hapkido and Aikido are entirely different martial arts. As far as belts, these are entirely dependent on the dojo or school of each art and would be difficult to standardize.

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No. Korea does have a similar martial art, but Aikido is Japanese.

Any martial art when practiced well can be applied in a fight, the outcome is not based upon the style used but the skill of the practitioner and the opponent. No style is better than another, it is the discipline and skill that make the art effective in defense.