First of all, I'm not looking for "my style is the best" or "I've only tried one, and..." responses. I'm asking those that have tried different styles for their thoughts on the comparison between them in terms of "internal" martial arts. Let me explain:
I'm already taking karate, and I'm not really looking for another "hard" or "external" school, not until I feel I've progressed lots farther with the one I'm doing now. However, I'm looking to augment that with learning on the "internal" work of raising and moving chi/ki. I have a lot of booklearning in this, but almost no master-student teaching. It seems to me that the answer might be either aikido or tai chi/nei kung/chi kung.
I'd be grateful for any responses from those who've tried both of these (or an alternative) and can address the question as to whether either of them is likely to be the appropriate way to learn that area of the arts, and which style, in their experience, helped them more. Again, I'm not looking to take on Ba Gua, Chin Na, Kung Fu, TKD, Jow Ga, etc., but rather to get some training in working with chi/ki. (Yes, I know that they all involve working with chi/ki, but you know what I mean, hopefully. And yes, I know that much depends on the sifu/sensei, but let's leave that variable out of the equation for the time being.)
Any help most gratefully received!
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I'm already taking karate, and I'm not really looking for another "hard" or "external" school, not until I feel I've progressed lots farther with the one I'm doing now. However, I'm looking to augment that with learning on the "internal" work of raising and moving chi/ki. I have a lot of booklearning in this, but almost no master-student teaching. It seems to me that the answer might be either aikido or tai chi/nei kung/chi kung.
I'd be grateful for any responses from those who've tried both of these (or an alternative) and can address the question as to whether either of them is likely to be the appropriate way to learn that area of the arts, and which style, in their experience, helped them more. Again, I'm not looking to take on Ba Gua, Chin Na, Kung Fu, TKD, Jow Ga, etc., but rather to get some training in working with chi/ki. (Yes, I know that they all involve working with chi/ki, but you know what I mean, hopefully. And yes, I know that much depends on the sifu/sensei, but let's leave that variable out of the equation for the time being.)
Any help most gratefully received!
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