What is aikido good for?

no, I don't think the film was intended to delude anyone. I don't think anything like this starts out as deliberate intent.

However, when you dress someone up in street clothes, have her holding a purse, with the implication of walking down the street and being mugged....

what message are you trying to send to your viewers?

is it only principle? or are you trying to show practical application/scenario based application?

You and I might know the difference.

remember also, the topic is "what is aikido good for?"

showing and doing principles? or reality on the streets as protrayed/implicated in this video?

All I am saying is...we have a responsibility.

Kevin Leavitt wrote: no, I don't think the film was intended to delude anyone. I don't think anything like this starts out as deliberate intent. However, when you dress someone up in street clothes, have her holding a purse, with the implication of walking down the street and being mugged.... what message are you trying to send to your viewers? .... are you trying to show practical application/scenario based application?

Sure.

You and I might know the difference. remember also, the topic is "what is aikido good for?" showing and doing principles? or reality on the streets as protrayed/implicated in this video?

Well, there have been enough testimonials in this forum by people who claimed to have used Aikido in real life situaitons, including LEO and security officers, that it is not too farfetched. It may not look as neat and clean as the dojo, but not inapplicable either.

And we don't know anything about the people doing that video. For instance, we don't know if that woman HAD used her techiques to subdue assailants. If she had, how far out is her video then?

And now to see if it'll post this time ....

Michael,

I don't think I have said anything that invalidates aikido and it's use in real situations. Absolutely many techniques work, especially in LEO situations. I teach them and the principles all the time to my army guys when we introduce knife and blunt object weapons into the mix.

No they are not as neat as the look in the dojo. There is a lot of speed, overwhelming force, and other things that cause your kamae to collaspe and your center to stop moving.

We also don't see this in this video.

That is what is missing.