Comparing Martial Arts.

          In this blog, I will talk about comparing different martial arts with another and how I think I dislike it. I think it' uneducated to a certain degree. But I will talk about a few martial art disciplines more heavily on the subject.

      I have studied some martial arts for quite a decent time. I've studied Judo, Kendo, some Muay Thai and I'm currently working on my Aikido and some M.M.A.  ( I do not plan on actually making M.M.A as seriously, I've only been in two fights, 1-1-0, I joined for experience and some knowledge. :D) 

  Now, first things first, my thoughts on different martial arts and the debates about them. Now, a simple question about who do you think would win is okay, but if someone insists about a certain martial art triumphing and descriditing the other while at it is just an uneducated, pathetic excuse for a debate. There  is no harm on giving your opinion, but there is actually no better martial arts. It's just comes to the practitioner and the time and the circumstances.

   Now, from all the different discipline I have learned, I notice that the most doubted and discredited martial art is Aikido. Now, I have discussed this with the other blogs I created, so I won't be explaining how effective it is, but will be explaining why it wouldn't work on M.M.A

    Now, some of the keyboard warriors out there say that Aikido is fake and how ineffective it is against mix martial artists. First of all, a true master of the discipline wouldn't even step on the ring with an mix martial artist, not because his intimidated, but because it's prohibited. Aikido, unlike most if not all martial arts, does not have any sparring or competitions. It does not set up tournaments and such. This art is created as a peaceful martial art. And when I say peaceful, I mean very, very peaceful, Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of the art of peace repeats phrases and quotes such regarding about how Aikido is an art to protect the practitioners and the enemy at the same time.

  Now back to the main topic, an Aikido master no matter how good he is will never have good chances against a mix martial artist in an M.M.A bout. First, wrist locks (Which Aikido specializes on) are illegal in an M.M.A bout. MMArtist also move differently from outside/street ways.

 In the streets, as some of you might now don't throw jabs that set up straights, they throw bombs. They throw everything they have without ever worrying if they get gassed or saving up energy for the second round. They don't clinch and lay and pray, once they hold you, they'll keep the pressure push you, and throw relentless shots. They are less worried about being gassed than they are worried about letting you escape.

   Now, an M.M.Artist could do very well against these brawlers, but an Aikido practitioner might do a little better.

 An M.M.Artist is trained to be in competitions, they are trained to stuff take-downs. Avoid punches which are, again, not as aggressive and relentless. And other stuff. While Aikido focuses on street defense. It teaches you how to use your opponents force against them. It also teaches wrist locks to control and attacker.

 Instead of going head on, you simply use an aggressor's own strength and momentum and use it against them. Which is really effective, since a possible aggressor is usually unaware of your abilities.

 Now honestly, I've only used Aikido techniques only a few times, and they didn't work as smooth as you see in demonstrations, but they did their job and kept me from waking up in where I could have been knocked unconscious.

 The moves didn't make my aggressors flip, but I did manage to disrupt their balance and get them in their knees Which, after a few seconds, they tried to stand up, but that's when strikes came to play. While he tried to come up, I hit him a couple of times than some, actual good citizens came to break us up, now, I must be honest, I did feel anger, but I just did what I had to do and defend, I didn't call him out or something that would add more fuel to the fire. While he did the exact opposite. I was mad, but I didn't make the problem bigger.

   Now, see, in M.M.A, it's basically a competition. And despite some beliefs of others, it's not the real street fight. It doesn't prepare you to what might happen to an actual fight. Though it may give some advantages like seeing a punch a lot better. But it still doesn't change the fact that it does not prepare you for a possible street fight.

  Again, street fights don't throw jabs, they throw relentless haymakers. While Aikido focuses on avoiding and defending against those attacks.

 Now I hope I have convinced some of you now to see the better side of some debates and martial arts, as well as the ability to see the difference between Aikido and street fights/brawls and M.M.A and competitions.