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Your Goals and the School's

The first step is to realize who you, as a new student, are. An important aspect to consider is the ethics of your motivation for studying aikido, and the ethics of the school's motivation for teaching it. Why do you want to learn aikido? Are there specific aspects of the art that you are more interested in, and that you'd like your training to focus on? If your primary motivation is self-defense, for example, then your criteria for judging a school depend on that. Many aikido schools do not emphasize the self-defense aspects of training, but rather the development and transformation of the person. The focus of each aikido school may vary according to the style and the instructor. Some schools will focus on the development of ki over technical proficiency. Others will focus on more practical self-defense or weapons training. Just as you need to determine the focus of aikido that interests you, you'll also need to determine the focus of potential schools.

The right school is the one that best matches your reasons, motivation, and ethics. Therefore, it is important for new students to be clear about why they want to train in aikido and what they want to get out of that training. By asking these questions of yourself up front, you'll be better able to recognize the school that best suits your needs.