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Old 11-25-2005, 07:51 PM   #45
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Re: Aikido against judo

Actually the question seems a bit odd to me since I started Ju-jitsu. At the moment I can't really seperate Aikido from Ju-jitsu and by extension Judo. I think really it boils down to ukemi. An Aikidoka can harmonise with or breakfall out of anything the Judoka or Ju-jituska can do but the same is not true the other way around.
A Judoka's ukemi isn't designed to cope with being spun around by the head before having their feet whipped 5ft in the air. If the Aikidoka keeps hold and drops to their knees and pile drives the Judoka's head through the floor you can pretty much rule out ukemi anyway. The same with Shiho nage, if they fail to take the proper ukemi and their shoulder pops it's all over. The most they can do in reply is drop us and we can cope with that.
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