Looking for Martial Arts
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I did some basic karate when I was a kid, and would like to get into it again. I know there are a lot of places that offer lessons in all sorts of marital arts, but I had a very bad experience with the one in Arlington Center.
To put it simply, I hate people yelling at me. Most martial arts teachers I've seen treat their students like a drill instructor chewing out new recruits, and I absolutely refuse to pay money to have someone scream at me.
Can anyone recommend a place to learn martial arts with polite, helpful instructors? I don't have much of a preference for the type of art, though I think Akido would be interesting. I am looking for some place on public transportation, preferably on the Red Line.
Do you have any suggestions? Thanks!
To put it simply, I hate people yelling at me. Most martial arts teachers I've seen treat their students like a drill instructor chewing out new recruits, and I absolutely refuse to pay money to have someone scream at me.
Can anyone recommend a place to learn martial arts with polite, helpful instructors? I don't have much of a preference for the type of art, though I think Akido would be interesting. I am looking for some place on public transportation, preferably on the Red Line.
Do you have any suggestions? Thanks!
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Date: 2010-03-09 03:02 pm (UTC)Best of luck.
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Date: 2010-03-09 03:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-09 03:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-09 10:11 pm (UTC)http://www.shobu.org/
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Date: 2010-03-09 10:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-10 04:37 am (UTC)http://aikidotjboston.org/
Good luck!
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Date: 2010-03-09 04:15 pm (UTC)i teach kokikai aikido, with an emphasis on aikido's goal of safety for all parties in conflict and nearby. i'm the senior instructor at aikido kokikai littleton. (i *am* looking for a more-local dojo space -- i live in davis but my current mat space is in littleton -- so if anyone reading this knows of any please to ping me :)
now that it's spring i'm also considering teaching more informally outdoors, likely in powderhouse park (a ten-minute walk down college ave from the davis t-stop) but have not yet set a schedule for that.
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Date: 2010-03-09 09:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-10 01:55 pm (UTC)(others invited as well of course :)
when we go to littleton we usually carpool from davis, so i wouldn't discount that entirely, but it might be a ways from now anyway :)