where can i get a good aikido class in north philadelphia area?
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I can only recommend Warren's Red Tiger\nTaekwon-do in N. Philly because my kids been going there for a year now.  Located at Frankford and Columbia near the Berks station of el.\n\n215-634-5218 Closed this weekend for tournament  and next weekend closed for holidays, so call Monday through Thursday.  Website below will give you more information
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Ebays the best for find anything, but you can probably pick one up locally at any local karate school (look in your phonebook)
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Hi goto http://www.karateengland.org.uk/ \n\nIt has a list of classes all over england. If you go to the clubs directory then you can search for clubs in an area near where you live.\n\nHope it helps.
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try this one.\nIf the class is near galleria or near northwest\ngood luck
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Yes, I do.  Se-Jong TKD, which is old school.  It is totally worth it.  There are 2 types of schools.  1) old-school schools that teach you respect, discipline & how to be an artist. 2) New schools teach you that if you have enough $$$$$ to spend, you can buy yourself a blackbelt.  1 is about the art of it, 2 is about the sport of it and spending way to much money on patches.
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You can always check with local photographers or designers. The AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) is also a good reference tool, along with NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals). They both require memberships for most information but you still might be able to find a contact number to ask questions about the classes you are looking for. Being in NYC will help considerably, seeing as it is a central hub for art and design.
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i dont live there but u can try some dance studios, some of them offer capoeria classes. or u can try some self defense classes, sometimes capoeria is one of them
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Any discipline is good to learn, what you have to do is find a school that has a good atmosphere (friendly, everybody gets along well both with the instructors and each other) usually family oriented.\n\nsecond of all you should be comfortable with the instructor's(s) style of teaching. find you a few schools that may have trial classes and see which one interests you the most\n\ncheck your local phone book or searchengine to find any schools or schools websites. for schools that're up to maybe a 15 mile radius of where you live, you may wind up with a bit of a drive, but it could be worth it if you can get most of what you're lookin to get out of it.\n\nmostly the two main types of disciplines that use the throwing aspect is Aikido and Hapkido, Hapkido is the more aggressive of the two but still very similar to Aikido.\n\nIf you can find a school that teaches a type of Kung Fu, then go for it, but usually there's very little throwing aspects that're featured, not to mention sword techniques, but it is possible to find a school that does it, but it's gonna be difficult.\n\nas for learning sword techniques, possibly Ninjitsu ( some of the higher techniques incorporate sword techniques) and it too has excellent hand to hand fighting techniques, or Kendo/Iaido for the sword techniques.\n\ngood luck and good training.
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Here are some options for you.\nhttp://www.google.com/local?hl=en&lr=&q=pilates&near=Levittown,+PA&sa=X&oi=localr\n\nThis Is Pilates\n469 Johnson St\nJenkintown, PA\n(215) 887-6852\n\nCentre Pilates\n20 Richboro Newtown Rd\nNewtown, PA\n(215) 579-0007\n\nAbs Personal Pilates\n1200A River Rd\nTitusville, NJ\n(609) 737-8600 \n\nCentre Pilates\n1025 Temperance LN\nRichboro, PA\n(215) 357-5946\n\nPilates by Linda\n2655 Philmont Ave\nHuntingdon Vly, PA\n(215) 947-5510\n\nPilates Center\n80 Lambert LN\nLambertville, NJ\n(609) 397-7117\n\nPilates For Sport\n3488 York Rd\nFurlong, PA\n(215) 794-0229\n\nFlip Dog Power Yoga & Pilates\n74 Peddlers Ln\nLahaska, PA\n(215) 794-9349\n\nPilates Core Ctr\n128 Route 70\nMedford, NJ\n(609) 654-5404\n\nPilates Technique\n230 N Maple Ave\nMarlton, NJ\n(856) 797-8942
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This place offers on-line classes where the lessons are released weekly; you have homework; you can send Q&A.  If you click on a class you can see the content of each lesson and at the end, a sampling of student feedback.  They have a Photoshop class starting June 21 for $99.\nhttp://www.takeaclass.org/
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here's all i've found near arlington: \n\nhttp://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?Pyt=Typ&city=Arlington&state=TX&uzip=76010&country=us&msa=2800&cs=4&ed=KV8m9K1o2TwYALwKke7SAI9De_Uvx5aMnXJDt1jmMmhf&tab=B2C&stx=8120454&stp=y&desc=Martial+Arts&qtx=martial+arts&offset=3&FBoffset=17&toggle=&stat=ClkNxtUpper&ls=&lp=\n\ni'd suggest giving a few of these places a call, they might be able to point you to a tai chi chuan instructor... you can also check and see if there are any physical therapist that do eastern medicine, they tend to give taiji and qigong classes at their practices.. \n\nsorry i couldn't be more help, i'll ask my sifu if he knows anyone near arlington that would be good to see.. \n\nsorry\n\n~*good luck*~
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If you're looking for a self-defense class....these are the things I would look for...and also, warning signs to watch out for.\n\n1- How simplistic are the techniques that are being taught? \n   Rule of thumb: generally when techniques are overly complex, they're overly prone to failure against a non-compliant attacker...heh..{cough} Tae Kwon Do for example...avoid it at all costs.\n\n2- Does the system teach techniques that are universally applicable? i.e. - do they work against strikes, chokes, grabs, weapons and so forth....if they do not, they're too unilaterally minded to be useful.\n\n3- Does the class have a bunch of students wearing white uniforms screaming for no good reason? Do they perform very static, mechanical movements ala 'rock 'em sock 'em robots?'\nIf so....walk away, just walk away.\n\n4- Do they charge outlandish prices for classes, promotions, and 5 million different colored belts?\nIf so....walk away, just walk away.\n\n5- Do they spar w/ big targeted pads on their chest, poofy helmet things, and shin pads?\nIf so....just leave politely.\n\n6- Do they have a few classes you can try out for no cost and/or obligation? \nIf so, use them.\n\n7- Lastly, to they teach evasion and counter/release techniques over standing there and trying to block?\nIf so, that's a good thing...definitely a good thing. Blocking fails more often than not...it's better to just not be there.\n\nArts I would reccomend if you can find them :\n\nJapanese arts : \nBujinkan Budo Taijutsu (under a qualified Hachidan instructor or higher.) \nAlso, certain kinds of Aikido...depends on the mindset of the class, some are great...some do the whole Zen-hippie thing too much.\nKoryu Jujutsu is great as well, Hontai Yoshin Ryu and Yagyu Shinkage Ryu are great schools if the instructor can get past "kata mindset" and work on real combat.\nOut of all of them, I'd reccomend the Bujinkan first.\n\nChinese arts : \nChen Tai Chi - looks slow, but teaches principles of balance rarely seen elsewhere...and it's great for iso-kinetic exercise.\nChoy Li Fut (choy lay fut) - great southern striking art...lots of curriculum, but geared toward street fighting.\nHung Ga - southern art that combines strikes, throws, and locks/joint breaking w/ ease. GREAT workout too.\nXingyi-quan : tedious to study, devestating when mastered.\n\nKorean arts : I reccomend none.\n\nMuay Thai : for scrapping, 'nuff said.\n\nAnd also any kind of basic police training for unarmed or handheld weapons training - they teach great release and counter techniques very similar to Bujinkan material (same kind of mindset.)\n\nAlso, the Israeli art of Krav Maga....brutal and nasty.\n\nYou can always e-mail me directly if you want a more detailed answer.\n\npeace, and happy hunting!
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You can't find very many good ones. Even if you did, it would be extremely hard to learn from them. I reccomend finding a good martial arts school. ^_^
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Try www.martialartsites.com and www.smartpages.com under Martial Arts Instruction.
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the University Community Rec Ctr at 101 Central Pkwy ((337) 491-8787) offers a "Tae Kwon Do Plus" class which includes Aikido.
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Check the links in the sources below. Also ask at local universities a lot run beginners classes for students. I've got a lot of friends who study Shotokan Karate and really love it (not in that area mind you). Good luck with it.
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You may be able to find classes at your local karate/taekwondo school. I know we have classes offered at our local taekwondo school. Just call around to your martial arts schools.\nGood luck!