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"I thought Aikido was supposed to make up for alot of the mis-match in size and strength. Did you not find this to be true?"

Yes, to some degree. Obviously, it was bad to be uke for the 275-lb, 6'4" guy in the class, but he was careful with all his partners, male and female. I was well-matched in terms of size with most of the men, but the other two women were very petite (perhaps 5' and 100 lbs soaking wet). One of those two (sensei's girlfriend) could toss anyone around with ease - it was really something to watch!

The sensei knew what the jerk was doing, but the aforementioned jerk was his senior student and taught classes for him 1-2 times a week for free...he put up with the jerk to avoid having to come onto campus. That lack of caring was part of why I left.

There are 3 dojos not far from my future home...I am definitely considering getting back to aikido. It was great stress relief and a lot of fun.