Blarson11 (August 6, 2008 at 9:56 am)

It looks like Steven's put his acting skills to good use.

wavy1972 (August 1, 2008 at 8:49 pm)

you "anticipate" the attack

octodor (July 30, 2008 at 4:21 pm)

fake

Aikidopoi (July 18, 2008 at 3:01 pm)

'Aikidoka' implies a lot that most practitioners today cannot/should not imply. Of course outside of Japan the term is used freely, sorry for the confusion

dylankay94 (July 18, 2008 at 1:48 pm)

i belive the correct term is "aikidoka" not "aikidoist".

sweetsweatyfeet (July 9, 2008 at 3:28 pm)

Arm bars, ankle torques, kimuras, or any number of submission locks are used in MMA matches AND are designed to break bones whch is a very common injury. They are applied until the opponent submits whch more frequently occurs. In other words joint locks ARE permitted and very much used in UFC. So aikido should fit (in that respect) quite well in MMA. But first the practitioner has to get into a position of advantage before such a move can be applied. Something BJJ is designed to do.

Aikidopoi (July 8, 2008 at 8:33 am)

Sweetsweatyface; While I am an Aikidoist, a few of my cousins, in addition to both my brothers, all practice and compete in MMA. Their coach was telling me one time that they do teach Aikido to their guys. I said something like "But Aikido techniques aren't offensive". He replied saying they can be, and if applied in a 'non aikido' way, are quite sneaky and effective. But most Aikido techniques break bones and joints, which you can't really do in the octogon.

GWarriorMS (July 7, 2008 at 8:59 am)

It depends on the point of view. Many akido techniques rely on provoquing an atack. Of course its a martial art that uses the oponnents strike and force so u almost never are the fisrt one to atack but u provoke most atacks to be able to apply some techniques

Nerewarr (July 6, 2008 at 8:48 pm)

i train aikido and this is defense XD its better than Box or Karate.....

madefrom9 (July 5, 2008 at 9:25 pm)

Who said that Aikido was offensive?