Is Aikido a misunderstood martial art? #aikido

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Aikido is misunderstood?

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[amandarowles]

I loved training in aikido not just the physical aspect but also the spiritual side as well

[brockshen]

Every one can boost their martial skill with Aikido footwork, Ki work, and wrist stretches no matter what art you practice.
The 8 powers of Aikido Movement, Calm, Solidification, Release, Extension, Retraction, Unification, Division. Blessings to the great O' Sensei.

[mauricedesilva]

Your description is exactly correct and there's nothing to add. ✌️✌️✌️

[davesacre]

Aikido takes a LOT of training to really use effectively & is a bunch of fun

[nagyzoli]

Most people forget the history of Aikido. It was never designed and trained as THE martial art, the single one. The first 2 generations of Aikido students were very accomplished fighters in their own styles or multiple styles. Black belts, hard ass brawlers, ring fighter. The common denominator: they all knew plenty of fighting and sought a way to further enhance and sharpen their existing skills. Not to replace, but to supplement. So I would like to see a very accomplished fighter try to learn Aikido and ADD it to the existing base. I think his opinion would be radically different.

[Zlatirano]

Ive been training aikido for 3-4 years now, with karate and boxing following with it. I fought a former bully 2 months ago, and aikido is massively OP if you combine karate and boxing with it. Because you can add powerful punches to the defensive techniques, and high kicks. So aikido is definitely worth training if you can be creative with it. Seagal did not only study aikido, he learned karate, judo, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and Shito Ryu, if you combine all of those sports, it basically makes u unstoppable. The fact people hate him so much they insult him by his body form is just incredibly pathetic.

[poeguru]

the best way I’ve found to explain aikido to people; if fighting is a flamethrower then aikido is a fire hose or fire extinguisher. The value of aikido is not in its martial techniques but in its natural propensity towards nonviolent conflict resolution and connecting compassionately with others in the heat of conflict and being able to be cool and lower the temperature even when someone wants to take your head off.

[TheSwiftFalcon]

I think people practice martial arts primarily for three reasons:
1. Self defence
2. Sports
3. Self improvement
Which ones are more important varies from practitioner to practitioner. My guess is that number 3 is probably the most important for the majority of people, as few of us pursue careers in sports, and actual physical fights are best avoided. For that purpose, I think Aikido is as valid as most other traditional martial arts.

That said, most people will expect their martial art to teach them fighting to some degree. Is Aikido the best for this? My impression is that while it can teach you some elements of fighting, it is not particularly effective on its own, at least not in the way it is often trained, with little testing and resistance. It doesn't mean the art is useless, but I do think it is important that students are given the right expectations. I worry that there are dojos which are misleading their students with regards to what they could do in a real world fight, which could put them in harm's way later.

Note that this is just my impression as an outsider. I used to practice Judo when I was younger, these days I do TKD.

[indyphillipconner]

Aikido works well for me. Most people don't know how to use it

[gordonlewis]

I have studied aikido. My experience has been that, although some if its techniques can be applied effectively, it takes training in some other, more practical, martial art before the average practitioner can use aikido against someone other than another aikidoka.

[draliakram]

One of my senseis divided all martial arts into "basics" which is all the kicks, blocks, punches, etc., and "fighting" which is strategy and positioning. In my 35+ years across martial arts, I have come to find Aikido lacking in "basics" while being exceptionally well at "fighting".
Jackie Chan gave up Kung Fu for Hapkido which is a spin off on Aikido of some sort. To me this says it all.

[asdfasdfasdfasdf]

Computer narration is awful, please donty

[hide_and_go_sikh]

It represents the true spirit of martial arts how to defend yourself without hurting someone else

[DavidLee-xrkb]

To apply wrist locks to a prepared opponent. You must break his posture and distract what you are doing. Throws and pressure points are a good way to set up joint locks....in my opinion

[Chris-tsoh]

I think it's awsome Steven kicks ass

[aidansit]

People doubt aikido although it come down to the person, it's how the person adapts like Bruce lee used the importance of each art

[johnremesat]

The best aikido teacher that I know of in the U S is Bill Gleason. he studied this martial art in Japan for 10 years.

[joeperez]

Aikido by itself is difficult to be effective unless combined with another martial art like karate or judo. Is seems.

[richardmartinez]

Steve seagal is one of the best and high ranked practitioners of aikido. 1st none Japanese to have a school in Japan.

[angelrmarquezs]

i love aikido... simply u must grasp it!!!