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Originally posted by scardog
If you ever watch a steven seagal movie, then you will know by looking at his technique that his is no poser. You do recognize that his is a skilled Aikido player, right?
I don't know from Gene Lebell, and Seagal may be an ahole, and a jerk, who cares. That is probably why you hear so many stories trying to discredit him.
The greatest aikido artist in the world could probably be choked out by a really good judo or jiu jitsu player. A bunch of rednecks threaten to kill you, and see if you wanna be a hero. I love these stories. Were the rednecks armed?
Seagal is a martial artist, and that does not mean he can beat everyone up. If he could, then he would have probably made his fortune in NHB fighting. No, he is a movie star, that happens to be, IMHO a very skilled aikido player. I personally don't think aikido is that great of a street fighting art, do you? If so you would see more aikido in the UFC.
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Watch his fight scenes and watch the people in the background. Are the people walking around suddenly RUNNING at breakneck speeds whenever he does his techniques? That's because they speed up the film. The best thing I can say about his techniques is he seems to stay relaxed, but it's also not the street. And it is watching his techniques that I say they have flaws. Now, I'm sure his techniques will work well against his much smaller, willing ukes, but what about a bigger opponent? Sorry, buddy, I'm just not in agreement about how good he is.
I do think Aikido is a good street fighting art. I think 98% of the Aikido being taught out there is not. But true Aikido is, as taught by the founder. Come to my dojo, and I'll show you...not as a challenge, but as a learning experience.
And for the record: street fighting and NHB are VASTLY different. Good Aikido works great on the street...in NHB with non-committed attacks, you need to supplement/initiate with atemi (strikes) which are a part of Aikido...despite what many dojos believe. I used to do NHB and shootfighting for a short time and found the elements of Aikido priceless.