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terry · 04-04-2003, 05:52 PM

To address the original question in this thread: Has anybody used Aikido in a fight?

My answer: Nope. The only Aikido I have got is imbedded within Cacoy's stick barrage footwork, and I'm usually at the receiving end of that. I did, however, use some pretty non-violent stuff from Bukti Negara to break up a fight between two people (w/ 5 bystander/egger-on'ers). I was surprised it came out at all, but there it was: puter kepalla, biset luar and a bent elbow arm lock.

The way I think of it was this: I was able to employ what the police would refer to as Level I defensive tactics to separate the combatants and discontinue the fight without having to go to Level II or III. (Having a voice like a marine corp drill seargent and 100 lbs of muscle on the largest guy also helped discourage things from going further.

Bottom line: Level I is fine, but you need to have a lot of power in reserve. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

04-04-2003, 05:52 PM	#32 (permalink)
terry Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacifica, CA USA Posts: 571 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	To address the original question in this thread: Has anybody used Aikido in a fight? My answer: Nope. The only Aikido I have got is imbedded within Cacoy's stick barrage footwork, and I'm usually at the receiving end of that. I did, however, use some pretty non-violent stuff from Bukti Negara to break up a fight between two people (w/ 5 bystander/egger-on'ers). I was surprised it came out at all, but there it was: puter kepalla, biset luar and a bent elbow arm lock. The way I think of it was this: I was able to employ what the police would refer to as Level I defensive tactics to separate the combatants and discontinue the fight without having to go to Level II or III. (Having a voice like a marine corp drill seargent and 100 lbs of muscle on the largest guy also helped discourage things from going further. Bottom line: Level I is fine, but you need to have a lot of power in reserve. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.