That is what they say.
That is what they say.
Ed Boyd
I do know about it, and I studied both. I have studied the arts since 8 forty years. They do compliment each other very much. I started in Southern Shaolin and went to Traditional Okinawan Goju, I studied Aikido under Sensei Mehter and I studied Aikijujistu. From my experience, the body has four limbs which can move in certain directions which unifies each art easily.
If you study any art and you can master learning your own body it’s movements learning a second art would be easier to understand as long as you can make each movement applicable. Goju is Hard/Soft hard movements are more linear and direct, soft are more circular. Focusing on the soft will open the door for Aikido, whereas blending with your opponent force is the ju of the art. Notice how mawashi Ike is circular it teaches you to move to the opponents shikaku the blind spot. Aikido uses empty hand sword techniques. In Goju we call shuto or knife hand strikes, perfect your knife hand techniques and you can blend both arts easier.
I love Goju because it does simplify every movement of the body in a attacking and defending formation with less complicated forms or patterns. Goju kata are simple and extremely brutal.
Steven Seagal combines both in his movies. Striking the opponents blind spots rapidly using the Ju and attacking with the Go. Hope this helps
Don-Miguel Cummings 先生