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Old 01-04-2012, 12:14 PM   #1783
Don Nordin
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Re: Aikido does not work at all in a fight.

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Tom McIntire wrote: View Post
A couple of points:
1. Aikidoka don't (should not) get into fights. In the unhappy situation that an aikidoka is attacked his chances of successfully defending him/her self is a lot higher than a person with no training.

2. In the event that an Aikidoka should find him/her self in a self defense situation the likelihood of using a core technique (i.e. shianagi, ikyo, etc.) is unimportant. It is the principles of aikido that will serve us under these circumstances. It's not important that an observer would say "hey, that's a nice karate kick." What's important is that you successfully defend yourself. It doesn't have to be pretty.

3. As to the popularity of MMA... So what? From what I've seen MMA is very hard on your body. Train and compete for a few years and then be relegated to an easy chair to look at your trophies. This is cool unless you need to defend yourself and then you are too beat up and arthritic to do anything.
Tom,

thanks for that very concise summary. You said it really well.
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