[maxham]

Friends, right now, I'm studying Aikido as my martial arts discipline. But I used to heard some info that Aikido, Jujitsu, & Judo have few similar basic characteristics. What are they?

Am I right so far if Judo is the branch of Jujitsu besides Karate? Cuz what I know is, that Aikido is a passive martial-arts, where we avoid & manipulate the opponent's power to fightback (or simply, "dodging"), while Judo & jujitsu are active martial arts, so Judo & Jujitsu competitions are common, while Aikido competitions are very rarely heard.

BTW, FYI, a lot of people in my peer groups "underestimates" Aikido as a "feminine" martial-arts, so lots of them says that Aikido is mainly suitable for females &/or "weak" peoples. Well, I'm very disagree about his point of view in my society...