Bri!
You have never met an effective aiki person. Big deal, this is not down to the art but down to the people that you have met.
I HAVE USED AIKI TECHNIQUES AGAINST AGGRESIVE DETERMINED ATTACKERS IN THE STREET.
The internet has provided us all with the opportunity to watch the arts we haer about. Unfortunatley you rairly see the actual art in fighting mode. But a correographed demonstrations. Even with the fighting 'sports' some people put some much stock in.
whether you believe my experience or not is irrelevant to me, what is that i have my experiences and i KNOW what i know.
If you think that Aikido in a fight situation would look like these demos you see then you are just completely stupid!!! In reality people do not roll nicely out of the throws, the thrower does not hold back to allow the roll. the aggresor ends up with broken wrists, arms and a bloody head. This is the reality of Aikido in combat, not the reality of aikido demonstration.
This is a fighting art. as with every fighting art around - it has something to give.
cheers
Chris
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