[IronJack]

I'm just saying that there's a difference between using Aikido techniques on a sound stage to make a character look tough, and using Aikido in a street fight or a tournament to overthrow an opponent. In the latter, there are no rehearsals or retakes. And the opponents aren't union stuntmen trained to pull punches so the "star" looks good.

[Travis McGee]

I'm just saying that there's a difference between using Aikido techniques on a sound stage to make a character look tough, and using Aikido in a street fight or a tournament to overthrow an opponent. In the latter, there are no rehearsals or retakes. And the opponents aren't union stuntmen trained to pull punches so the "star" looks good.

Amen! Not to mention that in real life when your enemies know you are good with your hands, they just snipe you from 100 yards away in the bushes and you never see it coming.

Hard to parry a .223.

[4Freedom]

No argument there. The Dojo and the street are two different things also for that matter.