Possible injuries in Aikido
(Extracted from Aikido-L)

Date:    Mon, 8 Apr 2002 15:14:04 +0200
From:    Kjartan Clausen
Subject: Re: What possible injuries occur in AIKIDO?

On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Cher Pace wrote:

}What possible injuries occur in AIKIDO?

_Anything_ is possible. Including death.

What is _common_ though, is a different matter :-)

What is common is: knee injuries of some kind, sprains, broken toes & torn muscles. It does not happen often enough so that it's anything to get scared about though.

What everybody gets sooner or later is: sore muscles, mat burns, wounded pride & an uncontrollable urge to do aikido exercises in public, causing
people to look very strangely at you.

}Hello to everyone,
}
}I am new to the list and this is my first posting to the group. I whole
}heartily want to begin taking AIKIDO as soon as I find a local Dojo. I have
}never taken Martial Arts before and have a question for all of you.

In that case I suggest you take a look at "The Newbie Guide to Martial Arts Training" http://www.aikidofaq.com/misc/newbie.html which will give you a lot of tips for how to locate a dojo you'll like.

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Kjartan Clausen          Aikido is Origami with people instead of paper (tm)

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Date:    Mon, 8 Apr 2002 13:17:21 +0000
From:    Mike
Subject: Re: What possible injuries occur in AIKIDO?

The two worst injuries I've heard of have both been dislocated knees, which tends to happen if you can't be bothered to take your foot with you when you tenkan.

Off the mat however, I've known people die in nasty ways, car accidents, stabbings, etc.. Knew someone who broke his back falling off a mountain (like you do). Seems Aikido is a much safer thing than many things in life.

Thank you for flying Church of England....

Mike Haft
"We need the falkland islands for strategic sheep purposes"
                     -Eddie Izzard, Dressed to Kill

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Last updated on 13 Sep 2002