The reason I quit Aikido and stuck with Judo.

**Colin** · Posted On: 4/12/2011 9:19pm

Originally Posted by Ben

...The head sensei was dorking as many aiki babes as he could, and he was in his 50s (yes, I was jealous!)..

I've got to admit, there's something pretty addictive about aikibabes (read: soccer moms) calling you sensei and hanging off your every word.

**judoka_uk** · Posted On: 4/12/2011 9:27pm

I managed to **** a few girls from the Judo club, whilst making sure no one called me sensei. In fact I made it clear to the top 1st kyu to not go 'sensei ne rei' when kicking things off.

Then again if you're a portly 50 year old Aikjoker, you probably need all the help you can get to tap chicks.

**Colin** · Posted On: 4/12/2011 9:31pm

Originally Posted by judoka_uk

I managed to **** a few girls from the Judo club, whilst making sure no one called me sensei. In fact I made it clear to the top 1st kyu to not go 'sensei ne rei' when kicking things off.

Then again if you're a portly 50 year old Aikjoker, you probably need all the help you can get to tap chicks.

This, pretty much. My head Aikido instructor was one of those traditionalist type dudes with a shinto shrine at his house and tatami flooring with shoji walls.

If Ashida Kim did Aikido, and was also a maths teacher - that was my Instructor.
He never pursued the 'Aikibabes', being married with children, etc.. So I was happy to fill that Dojo role ^^

**BKR** · Posted On: 4/12/2011 9:52pm

Originally Posted by judoka_uk

Aikido is still a personality cult built around their coach. I don't mind a bit of a coach idolisation, because I and the club idolise our coach a fair bit. The key difference being our coach has verfiable international Judo record whereas the Aikijoker has chero and acts as if he's the second coming of jesus christ.

I'll carry on inviting them to sparring sessions and making jokes about them until them man up and take us on.

Does Aikijoker wear face paint and have green hair?

Don't hold your breath on the joint training, they are too concerned for your welfare to show up.

Ben

**Lindz** · Posted On: 4/12/2011 9:57pm

Originally Posted by judoka_uk

it meant they actually chilled our shared room and we pointed out that this was dangerous. Artifically chilling the room and meaning increase injury potential for people actually doing exercise.

O rly? How

PS how do fast track to aikido senseidom?

**BKR** · Posted On: 4/12/2011 9:57pm

Originally Posted by Colin

I've got to admit, there's something pretty addictive about aikibabes (read: soccer moms) calling you sensei and hanging off your every word.

I didn't allow anyone to call me sensei, now it's unavoidable. Some people seem to get a thrill from using the word. My japanese instructor, who was a All Japan weight class champ and got a silver medal in the '75 world championships, refused adamantly to let anyone call him sensei, so who am I to be "sensei".

When I was teaching at Tulane U., I was just "Ben" or "coach". As I had USA Judo coach certifications and had signed on to the ethics code, fucking students was frowned upon. Every now and then we would get chicks who got turned on by wrestling with guys, it was pretty obvious what was going on. I'd just stay away from them and let the kyu grades chase them around. Too much drama for me. It was very tempting, though, and I have to admit I did succumb once, but I thought she was marriage material. Oh, how wrong I was.

Ben

**Colin** · Posted On: 4/12/2011 10:21pm

Originally Posted by BKR

Does Aikijoker wear face paint and have green hair?

Don't hold your breath on the joint training, they are too concerned for your welfare to show up.

Ben

I can't shake the image of the guys at the Aikido club discussing this. Legit comedy sketch material.

Also, I allowed them to call me Sensei (even though the more correct term is probably Sempei), despite both terms being ego-fuelled and obnoxious.
That's right. I was a whore.

**Iainkelt** · Posted On: 4/12/2011 10:48pm

Slightly related story. When I was doing Aikido for a while in college (much to my eternal anger I recently found out, via Omega, that an awesome Sambo/Judo guy was like 10 minutes away from my campus but I never knew it, God damn early search engine days) I trained at a small dojo with guys who were more in the Aikijujutsu vein (i.e. slightly, and I do mean slightly, less pussyfied) but there was also a college Aikido club filled with....you guessed it....complete pussies. The main guy I knew who trained with them was a tall, doughy, pasty white guy who walked around campus wearing those renaissance fair elf boots that lace up, a thin leather head band, and sometimes a cape. That pretty much told me all I needed to know about them.

**Tom Kagan** · Posted On: 4/12/2011 11:46pm

Originally Posted by Colin

It looks like I'm reading my own dairy or something.

How does that work? Is the a picture of you with a phone number underneath on the side of a carton or something?

**Oonjuk** · Posted On: 4/12/2011 11:57pm

Originally Posted by BKR

Every now and then we would get chicks who got turned on by wrestling with guys, it was pretty obvious what was going on.

These chicks delayed my cross-training in Judo for an year.
After 1+ year of Aikido, I wanted to start training in a practical martial art (JUDO!!!) along with Aikido. I went into observe a Judo class, only to find bunch of chicks who were having too much fun doing newaza with guys or giggling madly as they fell on top of the guys with poorly executed throws. I got disgusted with the foolery and didn't return to Judo club till 4 months ago. However, it turns out the day I went in for an observation was one day out of the ordinary where things ran amok. Oh all the Judo I could have done for the year...