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Originally Posted by Mikey Triangles
not really. I've done Aikido. Once you're already a serious fighter there is definitely shit in Aikido that you can find useful, but to take Aikido as a means to learn how to fight (or develope a base for learning to fight) with no real prior training is just preposterous.
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Word. You said it very well. I took a class in aikido in college after I was already a blue belt in brazilian jiu-jitsu and I just saw how limited it was if a person REALLY wanted to learn how to protect themselves in a short amount of time. That being said, after studying aikido it does have some stuff that is useful. For instance I am incredibly interested in standing joint locks, because frankly even though I'm a better than average grappler in a real fight I wouldn't want to go down to the ground. You know as well as I do that wrist locks are a big part of aikido and that if you've ever been put in one (they are incredibly difficult to do correctly because the wrist has such a wide range of movement as well as various flexibilities specific to each person) that they are incredibly painful.
Honestly getting my black belt in BJJ is my first priority when it comes to martial arts training, after that getting a black belt in judo. But I would love to go back and study aikido after having a deep understanding of those two and making it work.