UFC fans are like the Cancel Culture of Martial Arts.

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People also tend to forget that the UFC is also ruled by rules that affect the way a fight will go. Iirc no hitting in the back of the head or on the spine. Allowing that would make some shoot fighting less attractive. It's a definite risk to leave your back open like that.

@@TobiasHarms Don't forget other illegal moves like a knee to the head while your opponent is down. Some people really just want gladiator fights again, lol.

@@demonwolf570 you remind me of the time i kneed my wife in the head while doing a kaitenage during an exhibition 😅 She was fine thankfully.

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My aikido trainer used to say regarding defence against a knife that you should: 1. Run away 2. Not trying to do a specific technique and instead go takemusu Aikido. 3. And only as a last resort do a specific technique.

Agreed, for instance the goal/possibility of kotegaeshi is to break the opponents wrist. With shionage you could potentially seriously mess up the others elbow since you lock up their upper arm and pull in the direction elbow can't bend. It's easy to forget that the falls aikidokas do is to protect them from serious injury. Now how you realistically get into that position can of course be discussed. You mentioned aikikai, have you ever seen or tried the iwama style of aikido? I feel that aikikai is more of flow while iwama is, at least initially, is more focused on technique and generating power. The end goal is the same but the path looks quite different.

@@TobiasHarms I need to see more of Iwama ryu. Unfortunately here in europe it's very very hard to find an Iwama Dojo. I think it's easier to find a Takeda Ryu school.

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Good, then they will let go.

Good points. Another thing to remember is that it's really hard to perform aikido on someone not interested in attacking you. If they don't have any intention then you don't have any energy to work with.

@@TobiasHarms when they don´t want to attack you, where is the point?

@@alessandroespinosa8904 exactly, i like that part of aikido. 😊

I would love to do Judo but have an injury that wouldn’t tolerate it well.

Do something you enjoy, if you like Taekwondo don't quit and train a little bit harder. Do a stretching routine that works for you and you will improve 100% guaranteed.

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I am so sorry. I can’t imagine what that is like. With all of my heart I wish I could fix that for you.

@@tkdguide Word. I'm in a desert in California and lost.

That is a very real possibility.

Ah great, this dork has arrived.. bright and early! 😫

@@MichaelT83310 oh do you think no touch waving of the hand actually knocks someone over?

Fair enough my friend, if I grab someone who has never done aikido, what would you like me to instruct them to do for the exercises? Grab and don’t let go, resist in any way you can, or do you want more from them? I will make the video for you, but tell me what you want to see in it first.

@@tkdguide I should clarify that the fact they have training at all isn't necessarily a problem. Maybe with the right task constraints, you can get them to be smart and make a real effort to hold you. But it seems like aikido is very unique (similar to systema) in that it spends an inordinate amount of time training good, adaptable behaviors out of learners rather than encouraging them. In one of the exercises, the fault was more so in the constraints themselves ("you can't let go"). You might try opening the constraints or adding secondary tasks, like counter sweeps and takedowns are on the table. Or they have to push and/or drag you out of a space. However, that doesn't really explain the way they move in the other drills, where they take a recognizably aikido stances and move in uniquely aikido ways. Also, if you remove any possibility of bear hugs and bodylocks, the utility of the whole system for any purpose -- getting away, weapon retention, etc. -- becomes really suspect.

@@combatlearning alright, so if I take someone how has never done aikido and tell them to try to throw me down, would that be satisfactory?

@@tkdguide Why don't we back things up a little bit. I know you have a bad hip, so let's start with gaining and holding a bear hug instead of jumping to takedowns. This is one big control position from which both trained and untrained individuals will attempt to attain and take you down. Remove the finish (takedown) from the equation -- at first -- and focus on preventing the precondition of such a takedown/tackle from occurring. See how the aikido works from there. Assess the behavior of the player who is attempting the bear hug. Does it seem like an authentic and self-determined attempt, or does it appear that he's trying to be an aikido attacker still? Is he purposely stilting his own tactical behaviors to leave you an out? Is he failing or succeeding to adapt to your countertactics? The task instructions should simply be, "clasp both hands together around my midsection." Arms in or out of the bear hug doesn't matter to me, although there are reasons to build games around those conditions too.

@@combatlearning will do, I will try to find someone with no training and make the video.

I get your point, but remember that sparring always features a semi compliant partner no matter the context. In these exercises the goal of my partner was: 1. Maintain a grip at all cost to immobilize the person. 2. Maintain a grip so that the weapon hand does not get freed. 3. Keep the weapon. 4. Maintain a grip and resist any technique being by applied. A wrestler might call this drilling because in a match the goal is to pin the other guy. In the case of aikido, there is no match. It’s a defense only martial art. The only way to spar is to give each person different objectives.

​@@tkdguide In the case of this video, the point was to pressure test correct? If so, simple holding the weapon with all your might won't work, especially since Aikido is the best at disarming. In a defensive situation only, the assaillant should be more agressive. He should be pushing, go against the motion, pulling back, running in. No feints since feints are unrealistic in this scenario. From this video, all I see is the person grabbing you with all his strenght and wait for you to react. This doesn't differ much from the traditional way of training aikido. Only difference in this is that there is movement, both practitionners move around. In wrestling, you also have drills like this where a person must get a grip on the other while the other avoid getting gripped. In trains the defender and attack at the same time. It may be hard for Aikido to apply this since, Aikido has no concept of attacking, but just having the assaillant actively try to win will make this exercice way better. Aikido is great, an weak person can overpower a strong person. The problem is that, are you able to do that during a high stress situation. The problem all comes down to training. So video suggestion. Aikido defending against agressive attacker. The assaillant's goal is to bring make the aikido person fall down.

Aikido is often categorized as a grappling art. The scrutiny lies in seeing the other grappling arts and how they cross over and contend with one another. For example if you watch a jiu jitsu tournaments you will see people use Judo, Wrestling, and sambo moves etc. Although their maybe a few examples of “aikido like” moves being used Aikidos general curriculum doesn’t have much overlap. This puts Aikido in this “specific use” category that is more “art” than “martial. This distinction is seldom made leading to disillusioned aikidoka who believe they can apply what they know in a fight… and that is a problem.

@@Dynamic6000 it should not be classified as a grappling art.