Comments on Mokuren Dojo: Aikido is great for self defense!

Thanks, Aikipad, glad you like it. I agree that t...

2008-12-13T14:03:00.000-06:00

Thanks, Aikipad, glad you like it. I agree that the primacy of atemiwaza is often overlooked in aikido class. We get sidetracked on the cooler, more aikido-like stuff like kotegaeshi and iriminage. Have to keep returning in practice to atemiwaza and we have to keep putting our strategy back in order.

I'm glad you like my blog. Keep on coming and keep on commenting and I'll try to keep on posting timely, interesting, useful articles on aiki and judo.

Ha, Colin! Brain rupture. You're right! I might have to do a post on cool interpretations of martial arts in pulp fiction.

Lustbader would probably have used some no touch k...

2008-12-13T09:38:00.000-06:00

Lustbader would probably have used some no touch knockout or delay brain rupture. :-)

It's way easier to be proactive in self defence than to launch anything in response to attack - irrespective of hard or soft art. Recipients beware - your response needs to be simple and effective and cater for strikes from either side.

Colin

You,ve raised some very good points there, somethi...

2008-12-13T08:45:00.000-06:00

You,ve raised some very good points there, something that is quite often forgotten about with in the aikido dojo. Excellent blog keep it coming.

Aikipad

Ha, thanks Kyle. Glad you liked it. If anything,...

2008-12-12T21:58:00.000-06:00

Ha, thanks Kyle. Glad you liked it. If anything, I fear we do shomenate and aigamaeate too much in our practices if there is such a thing as doing them too much. Sometimes they seem to squeeze out the higher-level stuff.

BMac, You've been reading too much Trevanian or Lu...

2008-12-12T21:57:00.000-06:00

BMac, You've been reading too much Trevanian or Lustbader. We're not talking about wetwork or assasination. We're talking about a situation in which you've already tried to disengage and flee and the opponent won't let you. In that situation, palm to the front of the face is one of your best options - and justified.

As for pushing their nose into their brain, I think (but am not certain) that is a myth. I'm sure you could cause enough trauma to kill them, but pushing their nose into their brain as a sure kill is spy novel stuff (I think).

What is more likely to happen in a technique like shomenate is spraining their neck by using their chin as a lever to move their whole body, or else trauma from the back of their head hitting something as they fall.

Great post Pat. Lots of good points. Shomen-ate ...

2008-12-12T21:17:00.000-06:00

Great post Pat. Lots of good points. Shomen-ate is probably the most powerful, and most under-utilized technique in many Aikido dojos.

* * * . . . bust them in the face with a palm-heel...

2008-12-12T20:00:00.000-06:00

* * * . . . bust them in the face with a palm-heel and drive them off of you. * * *

Please excuse and/or tolerate my ignorance of the kick ass arts, but isn't this a good way to kill someone when, with such a move, you drive the nose cartilage/bone into the brain? Maybe mokroye delo is desired in certain circumstances.

That is a great point, and something that I did no...

2008-12-12T15:42:00.000-06:00

That is a great point, and something that I did not know about Aikido.