| If you’ve done a Google search on Aikido, | | | | bones of his attackers… |
| then you’ve most likely hit some aikido video | | | | |
| entries; a lot of which are on YouTube. Many | | | | That’s Hollywood. The bone-breaks and joint |
| more are available at a price to you. Now the big | | | | dislocations in these movies are actually abhorred |
| question is, can you learn anything from them? | | | | among Aikido fighters. You’re SUPPOSED TO |
| | | | | NOT HURT your attacker. |
| You can certainly learn a lot about aikido from the | | | | |
| videos. You may even glean from them the | | | | That’s another weakness of Aikido. If you |
| important fault of aikido when it comes to real | | | | can’t hurt them, when will they stop |
| world combat. If you watch even the famous 7th | | | | attacking? The answer is that they probably |
| Dan aikido black belt Steven Seagal, you can see | | | | won’t, at least until you’re finally done for. |
| the essential weakness in his style. | | | | |
| | | | | Besides, if you really want to fight with a genuine |
| The ultimate problem behind aikido is that you | | | | traditional Japanese martial art, follow Aikido to its |
| have to wait for your opponent to attack before | | | | source. Jiu Jitsu is the root form for both Aikido |
| you can actually use it. This isn’t just drilled | | | | and Judo. In fact, it also influenced Karate to |
| into you philosophically; it’s imbedded in the | | | | make it a somewhat useful form of fighting |
| fighting style. None of the moves can be used | | | | (though it didn’t help it that much). |
| unless you are struck at first. | | | | |
| | | | | Now the problem is that Jiu Jitsu takes a lot of |
| Some people are taught their whole lives that | | | | time and practice to learn. If you REALLY want |
| “you never start the fight, but you finish | | | | to know how to fight, find a pragmatic system |
| it.” While this sounds good and honorable in | | | | that cuts through all the hours of practice and |
| theory, in practice it will land you in the ER or the | | | | gives you stuff you can use now. |
| morgue. But…but…Steven Seagal…broke the | | | | |