Aikido - share your thoughts

[Lisa]

I have always been interested in martial arts and I think I might do a 10 week course just to see. I gather that even after years you couldnt really hold your ground against someone who does, say, kickboxing?

I have never actually been in a fight and it is very unlikely that will actually ever happen LOL

Just interested to hear some views.

[contranigma]

Yeah, I am doing army combatives. I like it because it would really be useful in an actual fight. Aikido probably less so.

[Brightpaperwarewolf]

I dunno, there's a lot of grappling in Aikido, it's probably not entirely practical in a tournament or MMA kind of fight, some aspects you could use in a street fight. Besides it's not Aikido's intent to brutally mess up an opponent, but disable them with minimal damage possible. Perhaps it's more along the lines of what you want, you know how to stop someone, because it'll be unlikely you'll get in a fight, but if someone attacks you, you'd know what to do. In the end it simply depend on the skill of the fighter, physical condition, attributes, mental toughness, etc.

[UKPhobe]

Originally Posted by Lisa

I have always been interested in martial arts and I think I might do a 10 week course just to see. I gather that even after years you couldnt really hold your ground against someone who does, say, kickboxing?

I have never actually been in a fight and it is very unlikely that will actually ever happen LOL

Just interested to hear some views.

Depends what you want from it and your reasons for doing it Lisa. I used to mess around with Aikido when i was younger and it was good fun.

If you want a martial art to mess around with its no better or worse then some others, if you want a self defence system it's among the worst.