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Old 06-04-2009, 02:03 PM   #76
mcrow
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Re: How effective is aikido in self defense?

As far as the training and strikes being unrealistic in Aikido:

Like any MA the techniques are meant to be adapted to situations. An judo chop is the same motion as someone might use to hit you with a bar,hammer, bottle..ect.

Now if you look at a lot of the Aikido techs they represent general motions that you can see in the real world. You just have to think more open minded and not take method so literally. Yes, the attack is a chop but what other attacks use the same type of motion? I think if you do the same for the other attacks you can come up with similar ideas.
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