Even Aikidoka think Aikido is fake

**Torakaka** · Posted On: 3/16/2006 12:31am

Originally Posted by Mr. Jones

I didn't say full contact was bad. Other styles of fighting like Kyokushin compete full contact but they don't bash each other's brains in.

Right, so boxing sucks because they fight full contact with punching to the head allowed? Still sounds like aikibunny faggotry to me.

**Doctor X** · Posted On: 3/16/2006 12:41am

Dementia pugilistica seems something to avoid.

That does not mean one cannot box a bit more safely than competitive professional boxing.

--J.D.

**Mr. Jones** · Posted On: 3/16/2006 12:45am

How can I explain this. It's not the full contact matches thats bad about boxing. It's that you have to constantly have your head bashed in to get anywhere in it. Other styles train you to fight but you don't have to worry about problems you would have with your brain like you would with boxing.

**PointyShinyBurn** · Posted On: 3/16/2006 5:51am

Originally Posted by Mr. Jones

How can I explain this. It's not the full contact matches thats bad about boxing. It's that you have to constantly have your head bashed in to get anywhere in it. Other styles train you to fight but you don't have to worry about problems you would have with your brain like you would with boxing.

I kind of agree here, boxing always seemed a little like the carefully calculated ideal way to do maximum possible brain injury. I hope one day to fight MMA, but I don't think I'd ever box. Not that I don't have ultimate respect for boxing and boxers mind you.

**Goju - Joe** · Posted On: 3/16/2006 10:03am

Isn't one of the points about boxing learning to duck, weave and slip punches - so you DON'T get hit in the head.

The little bit of boxing I have done has been instrumental in learning the secret art of Not getting hit in the head. And I would say to anybody, especially Aikidoka to do some cross training in boxing.

The basic Aikido stances and movement are an open invitation for a boxer to jab the crap out of you. It is one of the main reasons I stoped Aikido.

**Doctor X** · Posted On: 3/16/2006 3:53pm

One can only bob and weeve so much. However, it remains a useful skill in The Street [Tm.--Ed.] where, presummably, you will not stand toe-to-toe fighting with Mongo the Merciless for fifteen rounds. . . .

--J.D.

**coydog** · Posted On: 3/16/2006 8:50pm

mr.jones can't even claim aikibunny status, what's he got 4 months aikido training total? and now he's gonna tell us what time it is for other MA styles as well?
MY advice? go find an instructor that tells you to shut the F up and train.

**Mr. Jones** · Posted On: 3/16/2006 9:42pm

Originally Posted by coydog

mr.jones can't even claim aikibunny status, what's he got 4 months aikido training total? and now he's gonna tell us what time it is for other MA styles as well?
MY advice? go find an instructor that tells you to shut the F up and train.

Aikibunny is a online degratory term that comes from Koryu bunnies. So saying I can't even claim Aikibunny status isn't a complement. You know there are people here who train 4 hours a day and still find time to talk **** online. So don't use that shut the **** up and train crap. Oh and STFU Noob.

**GRAB MY WRIST** · Posted On: 3/16/2006 9:57pm

Originally Posted by GoJu - Joe

Isn't one of the points about boxing learning to duck, weave and slip punches - so you DON'T get hit in the head.

The little bit of boxing I have done has been instrumental in learning the secret art of Not getting hit in the head. And I would say to anybody, especially Aikidoka to do some cross training in boxing.

Give credit where credit due. Western Boxing is the superb art of fist cuff, there is no denying it. If I were to go toe-on-toe and try to out-box a boxer, I don't have the confident to out-box a trained boxer. Similarly, aikido works best at its given scenario. As the saying goes..."don't try to box a boxer and ... "

With respect with cross training... nobody will say it is a bad thing. It is only limited by the amount of available leisure time one has, and amount of available extra cash one has. If you have both by all means go ahead.

Goju-Joe, I am interested in your last statement, i.e,

The basic Aikido stances and movement are an open invitation for a boxer to jab the crap out of you. It is one of the main reasons I stoped Aikido

Could you please elaborate more?

**coydog** · Posted On: 3/16/2006 9:59pm

awwwwww poor baby , did i hurt your feelings? I know what an aiki bunny is. My point is your an inexperienced kid who trained aikido for 4 months and managed to get booted out, and that pretty much wraps up your MA experience. As far as koryu or western boxing or whatever your an armchair expert with zero practical experience. Are you training 4 hours a day? speak for yourself please. now if somebody called you an aikibunny abortion...