acupuncturist25

do you think you will get enough votes to affect the outcome of this election?

I am pretty sure I am alive due to my aikido ukemi training. I wrecked a motorcycle at over 65mph, stayed very relaxed during the slide, midway I even flipped to the opposite side (purposefully) and eventually, used the momentum to stand upright at the end of the slide.

Staying relaxed kept me from tumbling, if I had tumbled offroad I probably would have hit a tree or guardrail.

Now I am 50, and switched to Karate because Aikido was hard on my joints. I think I have arthritis from the continual joint locks.

That said, dismiss aikido at your own risk. The whole body throws, and joint locks, are very effective when you receive them.

aikido includes a lot of joint locking/control techniques that are not included in judo.

I have trained in both, aikido has a larger variety of techniques.

I would not want to be the person attacking an aikido master, but I guess thats what 7 years of aikido training teaches you.