A lot of excellent things in Aikido, but real world application isn't one of them. I used to be in awe of Akikdoka until I trained with some and realized that it was easy to screw up their technique. The guys I trained with had a lot of trouble with jabs, various kicks to their legs and something as simple as stepping on their foot took them out of their game.
The reason I was training with a couple of Aikido black belts is that they realized it was flawed as a self defense art and were looking for things to fix their problem. I believe they eventually settled into a FMA school.
I quit after getting my first black belt because the school I was a part of was in the process of lowering their standards A painfully honest KC Elbows
The crap that many schools do is not the crap I was taught or train in or teach.
Dam nit... it made sense when it was running through my head.
DM
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