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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.
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Willing Uke's fill your Dojo, I'm sure. I doubt very seriously your aikido dojo is training you for the street. Unless you go full contact, and the goal is to incapacitate your uke in the shortest time possible, then you are training in an art, not a self defense method.
Whatever training you took with you to NHB or shootfighting, Aikido was not the only system you practised. I love aikido, and of course the elements are priceless in handling your body, and an opponents body. By itself, I disagree that it is a good art for the street. Everyone on the street doesn't commit to attacks. They fake and do many things untrained fighters don't do.