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Yoga too is a warrior art, but teachers generally conduct themselves with dignity and integrity, promising increased health and well-being, and delivering.Īikido is, in fact, a beautiful art, of great cultural significance. It purports to offer adherents increased health and well-being, and delivers. It is, in fact, one of the world's most popular and beneficial martial arts. Tai Chi isn't particularly useful for self-defense, but it is not a fraud. This has nothing to do with the importance of any given martial art being practical for self-defense. And it's far easier than that to determine Aikido efficacy. But for Aikido, the number is zero, while the anecdotes are countless. There is security cam and smartphone footage of wrestling, taekwondo, jiu-jitsu, judo, boxing, etc being used successfully, thousands of times. However, mysteriously, not a one was captured on video. Literally, every single Aikido expert has a story about its effective use. In the 100-year history of the style, no one has actually tried it for real and succeeded, verifiably. Without it, you cannot defend yourself effectively.Īikido is a remarkable example of the human capacity for self-delusion. The center of martial arts practice is active resistance, in countless forms. While there are moves in Aikido that have the potential to work, like a front kick, the cooperative nature of the practice ensures that no practical ability is earned.
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Defeating 30 men armed with wooden swords didn't happen. Dodging bullets from half a dozen military marksmen didn't happen.
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We were completely amazed that we 30 self-confident men could do nothing against your strength.' A group of us, hot-blooded military police types, were discussing the matter and decided to test the new teacher. That day we were talking about whether or not the new professor of aikido was really strong. While scratching his head he related to me the following: 'I’m very sorry for that incident.
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The other day I met one of the men who attacked me. As they tried to strike me I spun my body this way and that way and they fell easily as I knudged. But since I was accustomed to that sort of thing I didn’t mind at all. They started to strike at me with wooden swords and wooden rifles. Suddenly, from all directions, from behind bushes and depressions many soldiers appeared and surrounded me. One evening while I was walking through the training grounds, I felt something strange going on. Here is another farcical account directly from the founder himself. Maybe you think this account is unfair, as it comes from a student of Ueshiba's. But even though I had tried very hard, I was completely unable to see how he had moved. That time I had promised myself to watch carefully in order to see exactly what Sensei was doing. In exactly the same way as before, Ueshiba Sensei was standing behind the six inspectors before we knew what was happening. This time the inspector at the edge of the group flew into the air. Once again, the six barrels were aimed at Ueshiba Sensei and were fired. The six inspectors were not yet convinced and asked if Sensei could do it again. Not just me, but everyone present was so stunned that we could not find words to express our shock. I really and truly could not understand what had happened. Then, suddenly, one of the six marksmen was flying through the air! What had happened? Before we could figure it out, Sensei was standing behind the six men, laughing into his beard. The six revolvers fired at the same time and a cloud of dust whirled around us.