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But judjing from the Steven Seagal Videos & Movies that i saw, it DOES work in a streetfight.
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Choreographed fighting is not the best example of what works, and what does not. Snake will not always triumph over eagle*
I did try Aikido many years ago, and it did not appeal to me for the reasons mentioned above. The style I learnt was called Ki-Aikido, and there was a lot of emphasis on not harming the aggressor, just carefully taking them down. This seemed a little odd. Also, the main thing I just could not grasp (sorry for the pun) was that each technique (at least for a beginner) started with the aggressor grabbing you. I know that to some extent this is to help develop sensitivity, feel the energy flow etc. but it just did not seem to be the right way to go about learning a fighting art.
I am sure there are plenty of good aikido fighters that could kick my arse, but I did get the impression that it had to some extent gone the same way the Taoist Tai Chi has gone, in that the martial side has been degraded as a result of too much emphasis on form, balance, peace, qi etc.
One thing, you never see an MMA fighter introduced as being an aikido/boxing student. It is almost always BJJ, submission wrestling, boxing, etc.
There must be some Youtube clips out there of geniune aikido in action.
I found this, which is again a demonstration, and it is not in English. Everything I could find seemed to be demonstration. The strikes are pulled, so all realism is thrown out the window.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_cBg2tTCYL0
*reference to the Jackie Chan film, Snake in Eagle's Shadow.