drummingman
Blue Belt
i have seen in aikido that the blows that people defend against are like sword strikes.so my question is why do aikido teachers wait so long to start teaching how to deal with real punches and kicks and things like that?
also,why did ueshiba develop aikido with sword strikes in mind when he was in the age of fire arms and street fighting and knives and such? it just seems somewhat not practical to develope a martial art based off of the use of the sword when the use of the sword was no longer in use.it seems that it would have made more sense to teach the way to defend against punches and kicks instead of teaching how to get out of wrist holds when going for your sword.
also,why did ueshiba develop aikido with sword strikes in mind when he was in the age of fire arms and street fighting and knives and such? it just seems somewhat not practical to develope a martial art based off of the use of the sword when the use of the sword was no longer in use.it seems that it would have made more sense to teach the way to defend against punches and kicks instead of teaching how to get out of wrist holds when going for your sword.