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Old 07-12-2007, 10:53 AM   #1069
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Re: Aikido does not work at all in a fight.

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Roman Kremianski wrote: View Post
Fact is: I have never seen an Aikido techniques performed against a jab. Or a solid cross. This leads me to believe Aikido is best used on untrained people who lunge at you with their attacks. Hence why we always step in with shomen/yokomen/tsuki...
hello roman
i think your point is very valid but i would say your conclusion may be a tad of the mark.
I would say that what you describe can be applied to a kick or attempt to grab. it is not so much the technique, it is the delivery

if your opponet is centered (ie nor over extending his stike), which i understand you mean by solid. nothing is going to work until you take his centralisation away.
The only way I know is via atemi used as a one time counter
(and it is easier said than done, but at least you do not need to be
significantly better in aikido than he his in whatever he is doing).
someting irimi or irimi tenkan based.

You can try to tenchin away & grab all you life, unless you are someone of the caliber of Obata sensei (from toronto) fat chance of anything happeneing before a re jab, a cross, a kick, a spinned chassé or breing ran down for lacking space to back up.

phil

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