Timeline for is Jun Chong TKD a legitimate TKD dojo for self defense?
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| May 22, 2014 at 20:58 | comment | added | Steve Weigand | I've been to about a half dozen Aikido dojo. They were all traditional, usually Aikikai. And I trained a little in it. In every case, I was told to "go with" and "never resist" anything done to me. It is a great insult to them if you resist what they do. They make that clear to every new white belt who steps into their dojos. If they resist even a little, they will be floored. It happened to me on several occasions, even though I wasn't resisting on purpose or with much force. They get angry, yell at you, hit you, crank your joints, and throw you on your face. By black belt, nobody resists. | |
| May 22, 2014 at 18:18 | comment | added | Steve Weigand | Yes it does. There are some forms of Aikido (like Tomiki) that do actually employ fully resisting opponents in a competition. Notice also when you pull up youtube videos on it, it bares little resemblance to traditional Aikido. Instead, it looks more like Judo, but with different techniques and rules. And that's great! They figure out real quick what works and what doesn't, and what they have to do to adapt the concepts of Aikido into live techniques that they can actually use for real. Most Aikido groups don't do that. | |
| May 22, 2014 at 7:43 | comment | added | Sardathrion - against SE abuse | Shodokan Aikido has full on resistance training in training (randori-ho methodology) and full non-compliance competitions (aka shiai). | |
| May 22, 2014 at 3:05 | comment | added | Steve Weigand | I went ahead and added a couple paragraphs in the answer to clarify the difference between "force" and "resistance". | |
| May 22, 2014 at 3:02 | history | edited | Steve Weigand | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 21, 2014 at 22:46 | comment | added | Steve Weigand | No problem. Fully resisting opponents is half of my answer. The other half is to choose martial arts that give you skill in all 3 ranges of unarmed combat: free-fighting, clinch, and ground. You can combine martial arts to give you the whole thing. But Gracie Jiujitsu or MMA (either of those two) probably gives you the biggest bang for the buck at this point in time. Just note that both do have sport adaptations, and that you have to watch out for techniques that only work in sport and not self-defense. | |
| May 21, 2014 at 21:36 | comment | added | Steve Weigand | Full resistance, not necessarily force. The two are different. And yes, those arts do involve fully resisting opponents. But I'm not saying your training must involve getting beat up every day. In fact, the opposite is needed. You need a safe way to practice with full resistance so that you can keep coming back day after day and make progress, hopefully while having a lot of fun as well! You increase force as you are capable of doing so safely. That comes gradually. | |
| May 21, 2014 at 19:28 | comment | added | TimothyAWiseman | So, it sounds like the short version is you recommend taking multiple martial arts which focus on full force sparring such as GJJ, boxing, wrestling, and Muay Thai. | |
| May 18, 2014 at 8:07 | history | edited | Steve Weigand | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 18, 2014 at 7:48 | history | answered | Steve Weigand | CC BY-SA 3.0 |