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Originally Posted by disgruntled
i have to go check out that page to know for sure but most likely. hapkido and aikido originated from the same martial art..... except i find hapkido harsher. in aikido your ultimate goal is to disperse someones energy without harming them. in hapkido you are not quite done with someone until you know they cannot get back up. it is prefered that you do not kill people, but you do what you need to do to stop the agressor.
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Modern Aikido has been taken over by these "New Age Hippies", which has dispensed the "Self-defense" aspects of a once devastating Martial Art!
For example; When giving a class to fellow body guards - I would ask them what Martial Art they were, or had been training in. The ones that were training in the "Hard" Styles, we had to re-train, because by and large most of them Only Knew How To Hit and Kick someone. Hardly any of them had any Grappling Skills, So we could not use them, because of the Excessive Force Issue
And, the Ones that had Aikido training - Well, what they knew would work in their Dojo, but not in a Street Setting - the biggest reason, was not the Techniques, but how they were trained in using them!
Do me a big favor, and go to the (youtube) and click on "Aikido" - watch a few of those little films - You will see some Beautiful Moves (harmony with your fellow man type of stuff) One big Flaw in this type of training is that the (Uke) must corporate with the Nage, in order for the technique to work! When executing a Modern Aikido technique on someone that Really Wants To Hurt You, They Do Not Go Along With You using those Big Circles Ect,. Anyway, there were some High Ranking Modern Aikido People, that were Very embarrassed when the Truth of their training came to light!
On the other hand, after you watch a few films of modern aikido. Go to
www.aikidosyria.com, whare you will see how An Aikido Technique is Correctly Executed
These are Street Worthy. And, with your Hapkido experience - you will be able to see what I'm talking About!
Tom aka Gray Wolf