Aikido fighters in MMA

[americanbulldog]

Training against non resisting opponents gets you non functional skills. 

[monstercalves]

too many ppl watchin ufc thinking its the holy grail.....its all american kids that think bjj and mma and ufc is the be all and end all....

and look at aikido and other traditional arts and say...."oh but hes not resisting...so its not real and it wont be effective and bla bla bla ....."

everytime i hear this i know the person sayin it is a child.....with no experience in the martial arts....

if u were to resist when practicing aikido for example u would end up with a broken bone and ripped tendons or ligaments...or a mixture of the 3.....

so ......basically u could only take part in 1 technique then u would be off to hospital


the training is designed so that u can practice these movements and roll out of them....
so that the person applying these techniques gets a chance to learn how the human body moves and can be destroyed.

when 2 aikidoka become comfortable with each other and are at a decent level.....this is where things get tighter.....


there are no bad martial arts....just bad martial artists....

if the old guy in that video was really and aikidoka then he would have not been fighting in a competition enviroment...any decent aikidoka would end a fight very quickly against someone who is punching and kicking....


try this.......go to an aikido dojo and go along with it for half the night (not resisting)

and then try and resist against a decent 1st dan level aikidoka while training ......

i guarantee u get hurt badly .....if he doesnt hurt u its most likely because he prevented it himself

[americanbulldog]

^^^Agree with some of what you say, but it is extremely hard to get the wrist of a good boxer to execute your koto gaeshi.  Most people today will throw 1s and 2s, all straight lines.  Most people aren't looking to grab your lapel, collar, wrist.  Most good state level wreslter will hit a double and dump you on your head. 

I got my purple in Aikido before I convinced by parents to let me take judo instead.  I studied at a reputed school and wasn't able to pull off my techniques against large, resisting polynesians that were trying to punch me in the face, or tackle me.  So personal experience led me elsewhere. 

There still aren't ANY successful aikidokas fighting in any NHB/MMA/Vale Tudo fights.  I could pull off a tai otoshi, though.