Is the Iriminage (Aikido attack) a good streetwise attack?

Or perhaps a hard football lariat (a move banned in all football organizations for decades and popularized in pro wrestling as seen in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a4b8RFzl... )|||Iriminage (entering throw) is not an attack, but a defense - as is all traditional Aikido. This defensive move can be adapted to just about any attack, however (like most Aikido techniques) to adapt it and perform it effectively in a street situation will take you quite a few years of dedicated training. Not only does it take muscle-memory, but it takes incredible timing and a sense of relaxed, fluid movements that simply cannot be learned properly in a few weeks or even a year. (novices in a real life situation will tense up and have little true control over their situation or their body to respond properly)





Aikido is considered a %26quot;soft%26quot; art. Hard arts (such as Karate) can be easier to adapt to, because speed and power can be substituted at times when solid technique hasn%26#039;t been achieved yet in your movements. Although, if this %26#039;attacker%26#039; is comfortable on his feet and has a good sense of balance and isn%26#039;t easily jittered, nothing will substitute for good, solid technique and years of training -- no matter what art you take.|||The irimi-nage or %26quot;entering throw%26quot; is a good technique if done correctly. It is unfortunately not one of the easier throws to get good at.





Understand that in a real fight it is not what technique you do that is important. what is important is that you respond to the attack with an appropriate response. In other words don%26#039;t go into a fight planning to use a certain technique. Fights are just to unpredictable to play that game. Better to be well trained and be able to respond with what is needed.|||if you know how to apply the different variations on the technique it ranges from practical to deadly. it is based upon a neck break technique developed by the samurai and if you know what you are doing you can indeed get that effect if desired and needed. it%26#039;s a rudimentary but o so effective technique|||Yes, depending on circumstance.





Myself I far prefer irimitsuki.