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Most reliable/effective finger locks?
Jujutsu, Chin-na, and Aikido all have excellent finger locks. Which are the most effective?
What are most reliable finger locks?
Also interested in pinky locks specifically b/c that's the weakest ...
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Fall Differences between Jujitsu, Aikido, and Judo
I just started learning Japanese Jujitsu and the techniques for falling are different than Judo and more similar to Aikido.
When I learned to do a front or side fall through my previous martial arts ...
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Why do we do ukemi aka break falls?
In Aikido (and Judo, Jujitsu, etc...) we do a lot of break falling or ukemi. It is one of the first thing to is taught to beginners. It is the first thing that they are graded on and one of the ...
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Why do we train martial arts? [closed]
I've been doing some serious thinking on WHY I am doing martial arts. I can't get it out of my mind and that's all I've been thinking about.
This all happened after a trip to Japan and Australia with ...
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How can I improve my teaching of ukemi or break falling?
How can I improve teaching forward and flip (kote gaeshi and sumi otoshi for those that know what it looks like) breakfalls? I have been teaching those for a while and students do pick them up and ...
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Is aikido a good addition to Karate? Or shoud I go for jiu-jitsu? [closed]
First a little background here, I've done Karate for 7 years and quit some years back because of reasons I won't discuss here.
In either case I have all this experience build up and recently met ...
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