Keep in mind that Ueshiba was trained in other arts before he formulated Aikido.
Just because there exists video of him handling multiple attackers doesn't 'prove' anything. Who knows how it was set up and executed.
I know he is very well regarded in the MA community, but then so is Bruce Lee. They are legends. But based on what exactly?
I have a read on Ueshiba's life and indeed he was a very talented man, however as an 80 year old man he may or may not have been able to trash three or more dojo clowns and he may or may not have been able to do the same to a pack of MMA fighters.
How we got this onto an attack/defense of the man himself is a digression away from the original topic: The utility of Aikido.
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