Did you know aikido=jujitsu???

**cualltaigh** · Posted On: 10/14/2011 1:06am

Originally Posted by BKR

I've seen Daito Ryu, it looked pretty damned hard style to me. You mean hard style like punching and kicking?

Not so much, more in the way you receive an attack. Take a haymaker for example, a hard technique would be meeting the punch with a block (force on force) before responding. Wheras, a soft technique absorbs and goes with the punch - one we do (we call it a first hand throw) is kind of like a Sasae-Tsurikomi Ashi (I think) but both hands grab the incoming punch arm and pull it through.

**BKR** · Posted On: 10/14/2011 2:07am

Originally Posted by cualltaigh

Not so much, more in the way you receive an attack. Take a haymaker for example, a hard technique would be meeting the punch with a block (force on force) before responding. Wheras, a soft technique absorbs and goes with the punch - one we do (we call it a first hand throw) is kind of like a Sasae-Tsurikomi Ashi (I think) but both hands grab the incoming punch arm and pull it through.

The Daito Ryu I've seen makes liberal use of atemi. Reminds me of the phrase "enter and destroy".

**cualltaigh** · Posted On: 10/14/2011 3:16am

Originally Posted by BKR

The Daito Ryu I've seen makes liberal use of atemi. Reminds me of the phrase "enter and destroy".

I often see it written about koryu ryuha, as they were created for use against an armoured opponent, that they didn't use striking but that just doesn't measure up to what I've seen or read. Even against an armoured opponent atemi is very good at breaking down someone's posture or attack.

**BKR** · Posted On: 10/15/2011 11:22pm

Originally Posted by cualltaigh

I often see it written about koryu ryuha, as they were created for use against an armoured opponent, that they didn't use striking but that just doesn't measure up to what I've seen or read. Even against an armoured opponent atemi is very good at breaking down someone's posture or attack.

Daito Ryu isn't koryu, though, is it?

**IneedSkins** · Posted On: 10/16/2011 9:52am

Did you know akido = Steven seagal?

**DCS** · Posted On: 10/16/2011 1:31pm

Originally Posted by BKR

Daito Ryu isn't koryu, though, is it?

I think its "koruyness" has not been proven.

BTW, Ueshiba didn't had a Tenjin Shin'yo Ryu menkyo kaiden

**FinalLegion** · Posted On: 10/16/2011 4:34pm

Originally Posted by IneedSkins

Did you know akido = Steven seagal?

You know, I admit...the very first time I watched this, I was impressed. I was like, "Wow...aikido is really teh aw3some!" Then, after I got schooled a bit here at Bullshido, I started watching it more often and I began to realize that it was just a bunch of guys running, at not full speed, up to another guy, with their arms and hands stretched out and not resisting...at all.

In a way, it sort of sucks when your illusions get dispelled, but, in the end, one can only be better for it.