| Definitely, Aikido is very decent for self defense as it was formed as a way to end the cycle of violence (violence begets more violence). I know of maybe 2 or 3 Aikido techniques that I know pretty much solely for the purpose of demonstrative the difference between Aikido and Hapkido. When I was showing a friend of mine his exact question was "Why does that hurt?" He saw how we were moving and wouldn't expect that motion to cause pain simply from watching it. |