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Originally posted by rxcashmoney
I have yet to hear of any Aikido school that trains under randori. Tomiki Aikido is the only one that has tournaments, and I've seen clips of them. Not very impressive, looks like Judo.
As for why Aikikai Hombu is what I use, it's simple. It's what was brought up, in conjunction with Steven Segal. Who is a joke.
Do a quick search on Judo Gene Lebell and Steven Segal. I bet Segal wasn't too happy shitting himself after Lebell choked his ass out.
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I'm very familiar with the Gene Lebell story as well as others and know of 2 more people personally that took him out. He makes a good movie show, but not in the real world.
There's varying definitions of "randori". In Judo, it's a competition. In aikido, it's generally a multiple attacker situation...a drill to reflexively use your techniques when you don't know what the attack is or who it's coming from.
I used to get pissed off and challenge *anyone* that says aikido was ineffective. It still get's me mad, but I understand that there's A LOT of bad Aikido out there, so if that's all someone's been exposed to, then I guess I can understand them thinking that. But, REAL Aikido is effective and powerful. Before you criticize Aikido in general, see what the good stuff is.