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Jorgen Matsi wrote:
..... Secondly - nowadays why noone does it? I would love to see a less-than-10-year old videoclip of some Aikidoka taking on 5 (even one would be a start) professional judoka/boxer/whatever "sport" stylist.
But I've never heard of it. At least nothing that is supported by proper evidence.
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Nowadays, cross-training is all the rage. Rather than try to beat up the "new kid on the block," many martial artists view other sytstems as things to learn from than challenges to take one. So it's more likely a Judo person would cross-train in Aikido than march into an Aikido dojo issuing a challenge. Even MMA guys cross-train in Aikido, according to this thread I found in usenet:
http://webnews.newsfeeds.com/webnews...id=28731&th=12
When you look at arts as things to learn from instead of as potential challenges, the ego-motive to issue a challenge is gone.