I have a question....how many of you are acutally martial artist and not some segal-wannabes who have watched a bad hollywood martial arts movie one-too-many times? I've read some of the threads on this site, and frankly, i think they're complete crap! Like the one written by britneyspearsman...about how you'll get a black belt in 200 days? WTF?! what kind of dojo is that? If you actually earn a blackbelt (earn as in you deserve it) it takes YEARS to do, 200 days my ass!!! If your actually going to LEARN (not do bad imitations of) akido, then why the hell are you looking around online? GO TO A DOJO!!!! Another question, HOW MANY OF YOU SOLEY BASE YOUR "AKIDO" KNOWLEDGE ON SEGAL MOVIES??!!!!