What is an aikidoka?

Answer 1

I belong to a Yoshinkan Dojo so I will be more than happy to answer your question. Yoshinkan Aikido was founded by Gozo Shioda in 1955. Shioda was a student under the founder of the Art, Morihei Ueshiba. Shioda took Aikido and shortened the techniques to make them more practicle for police, law enforcment, and military in which Shioda taught all of who I just mentioned. Yoshinkan is big on movements and usually use "smaller circles" rather than Aikikai's "Big circles".

Yoshinkan Aikido is still taught to the Tokyo Riot Police today and other security agencies. In Japan, the women officers are required to have a black belt in Aikido, and the men have the option between Judo and Aikido. So it is very well still in use today.

Answer 2

COMBAT AIKIDO is an eclectic self defense system developed by SENSEI JACK MOON. It was derived from a variety of Martial Arts. COMBAT AIKIDO's philosophy emphasizes threat neutralization, simultaneous defensive & offensive maneuvers and endurance. Techniques generally focus on training students in conditions approximating scenarios. COMBAT AIKIDO maneuvers aim to neutralize an attack and facilitate rapid and safe escape. COMBAT AIKIDOutilizes over 50 training drills to increase endurance, to increase awareness, to increase ability to perform under stress and to increase fighting spirit.

SENSEI MOON incorporated principles and techniques from Aikido, Karate, Judo, Jujitsu, Boxing, Ground Fighting, Krav Maga and other lesser known martial arts into this modern self defense system. The system consists of throws, joint locks, pressure points, grappling, strikes, blocks, kicks, defenses against guns, knives, sticks, car jacking and third party defenses. The system is based around 50 classical Aikido techniques with hundreds of applications. The COMBAT AIKIDOASSOCIATION headquarters is located in Rutledge, Georgia.

COMBAT AIKIDO is considered to be a ramped version of Aikido with lots of strikes and kicks. In traditional Aikido you redirect or throw the attacker. This is a good way to start, but it allows the attacker to get back up and try you again. Only this time his anger level has increased drastically. In COMBAT AIKIDO, you not only throw the attacker you immediately go into a finishing technique. This will make the attacker a little more reluctant or unable to try you again.

COMBAT AIKIDO is known for its main principles:

1. Do as much damage in as little time as possible.

2. Change from defending to attacking as quickly as possible.

3. Use items around you as weapons.

4. Be aware of everything that is happening around you.

Answer 3

Aikido is a martial arts form. The word is a MASH-up of the japanese words ai, ki and do. Ai means love, harmony and unit, as in moving as one. Ki means force, power and can be interpreted as life-energy. Do means path or in an easier form, a way of training. Aikido basically means ''The path to harmonic life-energy''

Answer 4

AikiBudo was the second name that the martial art known today as Aikido, had when it was created. The first name was Ueshiba Aikijutsu

Answer 5

1. The meaning of Aikido is Ai = Harmony, Ki = the spirit, or source of energy and Do meaning the way.

Answer 6

An aikidoka is a person who practises the martial art of aikido.

Answer 7

Aikido is a Japanese martial art wihch is developed from jujitsu and makes use of holds and throws.