Does aikido use punches and kicks?

[moonhill99]

Does aikido use punches and kicks?

What are the pros and cons of some one using aikido using punches and kicks? Some one said 90% should be non punches and kicks with aikido. Some even say 100% should be non punches and kicks with aikido.

So what is the right number? Or more like 60% to 70% should punches and kicks. What are the pros and cons of some one using aikido using punches and kicks? And what should right number be?

Have you used punches and kicks to set up aikido take down?

 

[Stuarto]

Does aikido use punches and kicks?

What are the pros and cons of some one using aikido using punches and kicks? Some one said 90% should be non punches and kicks with aikido. Some even say 100% should be non punches and kicks with aikido.

So what is the right number? Or more like 60% to 70% should punches and kicks. What are the pros and cons of some one using aikido using punches and kicks? And what should right number be?

Have you used punches and kicks to set up aikido take down?

I trained in some Aikido that did use some strikes. This was a Tenshin Aikido style, more of a modernized type of Aikido. It was a lot of fun and quite challenging. The hardest part of Aikido in my opinion is learning how to fall right. Thanks to my Aikido training, my rolls in Kenpo are great.

 

[moonhill99]

I trained in some Aikido that did use some strikes. This was a Tenshin Aikido style, more of a modernized type of Aikido. It was a lot of fun and quite challenging. The hardest part of Aikido in my opinion is learning how to fall right. Thanks to my Aikido training, my rolls in Kenpo are great.

Was a strikes used mostly as defence or to unbalance the attacker to use take down. If it used mostly has defence they may say why not block than strike the attacker.

I see some people say one or two strikes than aikido take down. Others say you don’t deed strike just block and aikido take down.

Some say you doing it wrong if you use strike to unbalance the attacker.

Some say if you strike it causes the attacker to push back other say strike or two make easier for take down.

Not sure why you taking American Kenpo Karate has it does not blend well with aikido.

 

[Stuarto]

Was a strikes used mostly as defence or to unbalance the attacker to use take down. If it used mostly has defence they may say why not block than strike the attacker.

I see some people say one or two strikes than aikido take down. Others say you don’t deed strike just block and aikido take down.

Some say you doing it wrong if you use strike to unbalance the attacker.

Some say if you strike it causes the attacker to push back other say strike or two make easier for take down.

Not sure why you taking American Kenpo Karate has it does not blend well with aikido.

Aikido puts a great deal of focus on rolling and falling. Kenpo (at least the Kenpo I practice in) not so much. Kenpo is more about striking. Lots of punches and kicks. Aikido, using an opponents own force against them, and learning how to fall. We still have rolls in Kenpo though it is not practiced constantly. In Aikido, we did rolling as a part of every warm-up.

 

[wab25]

Yes, you can use strikes in Aikido. You can use them to set up your Aikido technique. You can also use your Aikido technique to set up your strikes. In fact, many of the Aikido techniques will present you with many striking opportunities... it just so happens that the Aikido technique has a bunch of motion ending in some type of fall.... but, the motions that most people think are extra, are in fact movement designed to create openings for strikes.... Even if the Aikido school you train at or look at does not use strikes.... that does not mean that the openings are not there.... the openings are there and can be used. The Aikido folks I cross train with.... are very good at showing those openings and how to use them. I realize that not all schools do this.... but the openings are still there for you to find.