Tank has some shity technique but man can he bam, bam!!!
Let me ring in here for a sec’. It’s true that for most of us who haven’t trained in aikido have a hard time under standing it. I’ve seen a lot of aikido demo’s and let me say they are among the most impressive I’ve seen (beautiful), But just like other ma demonstration where one attacks one defends It’s all crap. Who punches like that? Who swings a knife or club like that? A street predator won’t wait till’ you give him the thumbs up to attack. He attacks when you’re not ready, when you’re not set. Also in most if not all ma (to include aikido) demonstrations the attacker uses linear attacks strait in. What about someone throwing feints changing angles of attack, starts and stops abruptly? What about quick hands that snap back very fast after a punch. How does your average aikidoist deal with this? (not even sure what their called). Aikido practitioner?
I’ve seen aikidoists in mma tournaments and rather their fighting strikers or grapplers they don’t do anything that I can identify as aikido. Mostly they just get their ass kicked. Okay this can happen to people in any style, and does frequently.
I have heard that that aikido taught by Ueshiba and some of his top students is different than what most people teach today. In the beginning it was much harder and strikes were taught (punches and kicks)( but not heavily emphasized) much more aggressive than today. I read this on a aikido website from someone who learned aikido ine 50’ or 60’s from a top student of Ueshiba.
Anyway he is pretty well known in aikido circles specilly in the U.K. I wish I could remember his name.
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