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Originally posted by Bri Thai
And you said I missed the point?
"Ok bad guy! Don't try to rob me or I will control you! Unless, of course, you punch me in the face......."
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funny but doesn't control mean bad guy tries to punch and aiki person steering it so it won't hit him
If you work in a mental institution, you just can not punch someone in the face just because they are violent(they are patients)
In such cases Aiki based techniques are better
You won't hear me say they wil work against the people you seem to meet but there are more real life situations than just those where you need to eliminate your opponent
Most Aikidoka are weekend warriors though which makes it hard to ever use it efficiently
5 years of training will be 500 to 1000 hours training and for some even as little as 250, I know of MT C class fighters who do that in half a year to a year
On top of that most Aikidoka do not practice sparring, Tomiki being the only style with matches where one attacks with a rubber knife to core and the other has to defend after which roles are reversed
Every art has it's shortcommings and Aikido has a lot but still there are situations where they do work