I truly believe that once we make it pass 21 years of age, that we should be able to distinguish between fantasy and reality, but that is just not the case with Aikido as a so-called fighting system of self defense. Practitioners of this art are so into the ancient cultural romance and all of the fables that surround it, that it’s a crying shame. I know that even wearing the traditional loose fitting oriental garb with the white fold over top and the over-sized black baggy pants that can double as a skirt, makes even the most inept and unprepared to fight feel cool and combat-ready, when in fact in a real street fight, they would probably get the dust kicked out of their pants.
Reason # 1 Why It Is Ineffective – It It Too Passive – In this system, you must wait for your assailant to move or make the first strike. This is against the precepts of all street fighting common sense. YOU should always strike first after all attempts at negotiating are off. There is a book written by Morihei Ueshiba, the founder, called (Are you ready for this?) “The Art of Peace.” A written review of one of his loyal followers went like this. “Although being a man of peace, he fully understood when force must be used, and even as an old man of 81, he could take on almost any number of opponents, defeat them, but leave them unharmed.” Yeah. In crazy land!! Man, with that kind of fighting love and compassion, he could kick my a… any day of the week! I wouldn’t mind at all. I mean, he could hurt me–and–leave me unharmed! That’s some awesome stuff!
Reason # 2 Why It Is Ineffective – There Are No Strikes – You are totally dependent on your opponent’s first moves or strikes against you. The theory is that you are supposed to be able to go with the movement of the attacker allowing him to “throw himself” to the ground. This system also presupposes that there will always be ample room to fight to be able to throw, flip and twirl opponents across a room. What if you are in very close quarters fighting with lots of furniture all around you?
Reason # 3 Why It Is Ineffective – Aikido Hinges A Little Too Much On Highly Unpredictable And Hard-To-Control Metaphysical Concepts Such As “Ki” Energy – The theory is that we can summon “Universal Energy” from what is called the One Point, a location three inches below the navel where the “ki” energy is stored. When channeled up from the One Point, through the arms and hands, you are suddenly given almost supernatural strength and abilities to control your opponent. It is highly questionable that the average person under the stress and dangers of a real street confrontation, with the heartbeat racing at a rate higher than 180 beats per minute, that he or she would be able to relax enough to channel one’s “ki” energy from the navel throughout the arms and palms of the hand to become an instant action hero with super-human powers. As soon as he or she would see the blade of the knife or barrel of the gun, the accelerated heart rate would create the inevitable adrenaline dump which would trigger the immediate fight or flight response. Since the practitioner of this system is not trained to act but only to react, their reaction is not likely to be the “fight” response but rather the “flight” response. How you train is how you fight.
Aikido moves portrayed while it is being demonstrated on stage are graceful, artistic, cool and beautiful. And even though the audience may cheer and applaud with total abandon, they are still only celebrating the choreographed moves of the greatest system of fighting fantasy ever created.
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Have you noticed that the first thing that the novice martial artist wants to learn is how to do high and spectacular kicks to be used for self defense? Well, I’ve got news for you. This high-kick worship is one of the most fallacious concepts of self protection even conceived. The truth is that low-line kicks, that is kicks, below the waistline and even below the knee-line are much, much more effective. In this article, I will give you the 4 reasons why low-line kicks are much more effective for reality based fighting that your flying, spinning back kick to the face could ever be.
The 4 Reasons Why Low Line Kicks Are More Effective for Street Fighting
Reason #1 – Low Kicks Cannot Be Seen – The beauty and nature of a low line kick is that they are below the visual field and thus are not detected until they land. The type of kicks that I am talking about are like front kicks to the shin or closed-range shin kicks that you can deliver undetected to the Y of your opponent’s open legs into his groin.
Reason #2 – Low Kicks Do Not Require Hamstring Flexibility – Unlike trying to execute a round-house kick to the face of an opponent, a low line kick does not require that you warm up or have any unusual leg flexibility.
Reason #3 – These Kicks Are Not Age Dependent – Because no unusual physical conditioning is required, you can easily execute a kick such as this if you are 50, 60 or 70.
Reason #4 – Low Level Kicks Keep Your Feet Stable To The Ground – Unlike aerial, leaping, flying kicks, your feet remain stable on the ground and you little or no chance of missing your target or slipping and falling as you would were you to try a high flying kick.
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Charles – In this article, I have an expert combat instructor who’s going to explain for us a very important topic that most people who are not used to combat need to overcome, and that’s the fear of fighting. So, Michael is going to help us out, and give us 3 of his secrets to overcome the fear of fighting. How are you doing this evening, Mike?
Warren – Pretty good, and ready to give everyone these 3 key secrets to help make themselves much more prepared for an altercations that they may come across out on the street.
Charles – Okay, let’s just rock and roll, and get right down to it. Give us, one-by-one, the 3 secrets to overcome the fear of fighting.
Warren – Certainly,
The First Key Secret – Study A Defensive System (A System of Fighting) – Actually getting out and studying, whether you pick up a book, walk into a dojo, go into a personal self-protective seminar. Finding out information about what a fight is and how you can better prepare yourself for it, you will instantly start to address your first fear which is the unknown. Find out what a fight is.
Charles – Okay, and number 2?
Warren – Okay,
Number Two – Actually Train – Find a method of addressing those key things that you found that you find frightening out in a fight. This involves a method of training, and actually applying some of these theories with a partner, with yourself if you have to, visualization, and get over that initial feeling of getting hit. Find out that it is not as necessarily as bad as you think, and as long as you keep you head on your shoulders, you can generally overcome that. Get out there and try it.
Charles – Okay, and what would be the third secret to overcome the fear of fighting?
Warren – Okay,
The Third Secret – Acknowledge That There Will Always Be Fear When Fighting Is Involved – But look at it from a medical standpoint. That’s actually critical to your survival. Having a sense of fear means you are going to have heightened senses of awareness. Your body is going to be less receptive to actual pain, and your strength is going to be improved as you enter a fight or flight syndrome. Actually, you want to have a little bit of fear. That means you’re e not going around believing you are invincible. And you’ll probably approach things with a realistic manner instead of trying to do some of the things you may see in some of the movies nowadays.
Charles – (Laughter.)
Warren – So, having a little bit of fear and recognizing that, and that’s it’s okay, and that everyone fearful, even on the battlefield – is the third secret to overcoming fear is to recognize you have it. Or as John Wayne said, “Real courage is being scared to hell, and saddling up anyway, Pilgrim.”
Charles – (Laughter.) I like that. Well that’s really clear, and we thank you so much for these three secrets. And until the next time.
Warren – Until then.
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