I take Aikido and I noticed it 's not really practical.WHEN WILL IT BECOME Practical.?

I need something that is practical give me an example.


Or Tell if Aikido becomes useful.





Give me examples of what ever Martial art you take and why its good and why its bad.





A TRUE BUSHIDO KNOWS NO DEFEAT


Unless they fight someone who knows Chinese Martial arts.


My response, a true Bushido must accept that he/she can be defeated by someone with more skill and higher chi.A true Bushido must acknowledge when he or she is right or wrong and must admit defeat when they are truly defeated.Thats a true warrior!A true warrior accepts defeat when they are truly beaten.





Domo arigato Gozaishimashita


From:JHKORYO|||What you must realize about Aikido is the same thing that people must understand about Tai Chi Chuan: a lot of the motions are symbolic! That is to say, if you understand what the techique is actually trying to accomplish, you should be able to defend yourself once you have a basic comprehension on how it is to be done.


Bear in mind too that a lot of MMA (mixed martial artists) will tell you that forms are useless, but forms are the application of techniques in succession. I bet MMA practice shadow boxing and kicks and all sorts of other things which are easy to see what they accomplish. Forms are more symbolic and take training to understand what is being done!


Understand your forms/sets/katas/, keep practicing, spar with intent, and you should learn something practical in every class you attend.|||I%26#039;ve heard that takes at least 5 years of consistent Aikido training before it becomes effective for your personal defense. It%26#039;s a good art but not one that is immediately useful. If you want something that you can use immediately try Krav Maga.|||So how long have you trained aikido? if you%26#039;ve invest a great deal of time and still can%26#039;t find a way to shift the style to meet your personal needs, then i%26#039;d tell you to admit defeat right now and walk away from the whole martial arts world. And you are right aikido is very unpractical, but by no fault of the style itself. it more is flawed by the philosophy that is brought into class by the instructors. if you%26#039;ve trained in this style and like the movements then i%26#039;d suggest to look into hapkido, or take what you%26#039;ve learned and teach yourself how to apply it. otherwise stay with karate and taekwondo and those very typical martail arts.|||I studied tae kwan do and kung fu when I was very young. Afterwords I wrestled for a very long time, and still coach when I can. In the time since I%26#039;ve graduated from school I%26#039;ve bounced between boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, jiu jitsu, judo, and most recently Brazilian jiu jitsu.





If you look back you%26#039;ll notice there%26#039;s a trend in the martial arts I%26#039;ve taken since wrestling. They are all styles that involve large amounts of sparring in their training. I believe that real full contact sparring is the best thing you can do to prepare yourself for an actual fight or self defense situation. I%26#039;ve seen Aikido practitioners train, and I would say their training is more effective than form based training, but still less effective than true sparring. It takes a long time to get a true mastery of any art, but sparring will help you to build a comfortable base faster.|||If Steven Seagal attacks ya.|||aikido is all about self defense. the only time you%26#039;ll ever use it would probably be for self defense. that is...if all your skills and training come rushing into you while you are being attacked [:|||Aikido is good when attacked by someone, it%26#039;s more of a defensive art. Mine are both offensive and defensive. American Ninjitsu, Tiger Kung Fu, and %26#039;Snafa%26quot;. Need i say more!!!!!!!!|||aikido is effective against knife and sword attacks. it was derived from the japanese sword art kendo. it is of course, mostly only effective when you are standing and have a good hold on your ground. 脺 constant training for about 2 years should be enough.|||Practical ?





You will see a lot of the locks and holds used in numerous other martial arts.


A lot of Police Forces are trained in Aikido throughout the world.


Depends on what you are trying to accomplish... do you want smash someones face? or throw them to the ground and walk away?





I have found people who say Aikido is not useful or practical or real ... does not know it very well or has not had it properly used on them.|||I%26#039;ve never actually trained in Aikido but i currently train in karate and kung fu and both are freestyle clubs. the difficulty i find with traditional clubs is that their syllabus never changes and never moves with the times. in principle it works %26quot;if you stand there and your opponent stands there and if he attacks you like this%26quot; etc etc fine in the dojo but not to realistic. the major problem with traditional karate schools and from the sounds of it Aikido is the honour and tradition again in practice brilliant mutual respect for one another never kick a man when he is down and all that great hundreds of years ago but nowadays if you immediately put yourself on the defencive by waiting for an attacker to strike you first and then you defend is asking for trouble they may only need one strike and trust me they will not hesitate to kick and hit you when you are down no amount of honour and tradition will save you then. karate quote %26quot;there is no first strike in karate%26quot; sounds rather pessimistic now I%26#039;ve read it back to myself sorry bout that.


this is just my personal experiences with traditional schools no offence intended all roads lead to Rome and all that.


hope this helps.|||i see ppl answering this question are all without root..which means ur art is mixed..





akido by itself is very weak..its principles is to use the strength of the attacker to counter attack him..so dun expect urself to attack anyone face to face (sneak attack possible) always know that akido is the best defense