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Old 09-26-2004, 06:49 PM   #11
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Dojo: aikido of charlotte
Location: Charlotte
Join Date: Aug 2000
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Re: Are there any Aikido styles..

I agree with Chuck. We practice aikikai aikido. We have a police officer who because of his work schedule is a 2nd kyu, even though he probably has had more practical experience applying aikido than most people. Anyway part of their police training was a BJJ "qickie course". Part of the course at the end was for the students to see if they could pin the instructor. In most cases the instructor easily pinned the students. Our guy however, pinned the instructor two or three times. When asked he told them he practiced aikido, and that everything he could see from a standing position in terms of aikido openings, he could see in a ground situation; it was just a matter of adpating from say kote gaeshi on a wrist to applying it on a leg etc. Now he may be the exception, but we practice aikido on the ground on a more or less regular basis, and it seems to help.
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