Aikido means “The Way of Harmony with the Spirit” and is considered a non-violent form of martial art. However, don’t be fooled. Aikido when used correctly is very powerful often are able to block and neutralize strong attacks and counter them with an equal force.
Morihei Ueshiba, now known as O-sensei to the world of Aikido, founded the martial art. O-sensei is a master of Jujitsu or unarmed combat, Kinjitsu or sword combat, and sojitsu or spear combat and studied philosophical and religious teachings.
The modern martial art from Japan called Aikido is often referred to as the “art of peace” because it espouses a quick peaceful end to any form of aggression. In the practice place of Aikido, usually called dojo, students will be able to learn about flexibility and adaptation. Both of these are results of a relaxed manner that Aikido students strive to embody.
Aikido does not really have any striking because that would cause injury. How does, in a real life situation, throwing your opponent on the cold hard cement protect from injury? One can break gis back, not to mention his head. That is why in every demonstration theuse some kind of pillows to throw ppl on.
Or is the “protecting your opponent from injury” concept more general? Like, in Aikido, you simply do not SEEK to injure your opponent but you might in the process?
Cause really, getting thrown/pinned down on the ground can actually kill.
It only takes a split second whether someone comes out as a victor or a loser in combat. The person can try to remember it later on to see what errors were made in order to become a better fighter in the future.
Such things also happen in competition which is why it is best for the student to be familiar with the various aikido moves at all times.
For instance, in Ai hanmi Iriminage a person grabs the attacker by the neck and forces the opponent to the ground.
My kyokushin karate school has closed down, and the only other school available is not my kind of dojo. so i was thinking of trying something else. I have aikido, judo or kendo also around town. So i was thinking of aikido, but how effective in real life is it? The demonstrations you see look like crap, people throwing themselves about like idiots, but that doesnt mean the style itself is worthless. Kyokushin karate demonstrations also look terrible in my opinion, and I love that style.
Also the only aikido ive seen in real life was in one fight, where a black belt karate guy (from the other karate school) destroyed a black belt aikido guy in a street fight. I knew both people, and the aikido guy had only just receieved his black belt, but they were both the same height. Different weight ofcourse, the karate guy was heavy with muscle and the aikido guy was wirey and fast. But the fight only lasted one strike. Is this typical of aikido? effective against normal people, but useless against anyone trained? (thats also the reason i dont want to join the other karate dojo, what kind of dojo produces black belts who start fights?)
Any info is much appreciated!
What is it with fuckwitt idiots telling me I cant judge a martial art by one fight, and all this “styles cant fight, people do” bullshit? Did those idiots even read my question? lol dipshits. I just stated what my experience with aikaido was, I didnt claim to have indepth knowledge cleamed from watching a 3 second fight! I was just stating what i saw dipshits!
There’s this documentary that I saw a few years ago that I want to watch again but I can’t remember its name. I saw it on National Geographic or Discovery Channel (or some channel like that, but I think it was one of those two) and it’s about martial arts and weapons used in martial arts. There were demonstrations of the many different martial arts themselves from all these REAL experts from all around the world and it included aikido, karate, tae kwon do, and some other cool martial arts. Then they moved on to real demonstrations on the different kinds of weapons that could be used like the katana, staff, nun-chucks, etc. and they were demonstrated by the same martial arts masters and it was really cool. The documentary even had computer simulated effects on how much damage these different weapons could inflict. Anybody out there who knows what it’s called?
*NOT A TV SHOW OR SERIES like deadliest warrior! It had real people, real demonstrations against dummies or sandbags. Jeez, it’s a documentary. It’s supposedly educational and REAL! It’s not really for entertainment…
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I often hear that in aikido, you spend the first several months learning “how to fall.” You practice falling over and over again, in different ways in feigned response to different types of throws. Doesn’t all this falling just train you to fall down as soon as someone touches you? Is that why all aikido demonstrations are so obviously fake? People have unwittingly trained their bodies to fall at the slightest touch!
By contrast, wrestlers don’t waste time practicing how to fall. They learn to fight the takedown with everything they have! They do get taken down, and sometimes even slammed, but amazingly they are seldom injured by falling.
The name aikido is formed by the combination of three characters in the Japanese language. Ai, which means joining; ki, which means spirit and do, which means way. These three words actually summarize the essence of aikido as a form of martial art- the joining of the spirit to find the way. It was only in the period from 1930s to the 40s that the name aikido was officially accepted as the name of the martial arts form.
