3D Aikido Training Aid

[complete]

Anybody seen this software?

http://www.aikido3d.com/

[disgruntled]

that is really neat, and i like how they advertised it. they were not trying to sell it to noobs that think they will become a master using this software. it is clear it is intended for serious students that want to learn the intergracies of the MA.
nice, thanks for sharing

[Chapel]

At the very least I think that this would be very useful for someone looking to correograph a fight on camera as it allows for a third person veiw of moves that a person doesn't normally get.

[disgruntled]

yeah very good point. i wonder it you can change the sequence of movements they show to choreograph something or if it just plays a set amount of clips

[JackG]

I personally think it , it can only be used to choregraph fights and maybe for revision before a grading so you can get a genrela idea of what a move is otherwise i can see how effective this would be becuase it hard to see a move then repeated even with 3d just becuase you just can't enough detail imo

[disgruntled]

that is why i was saying that you can tell that this is not meant for people with no knowledge thinking they will learn black belt stuff through a comp programme. if you know aikido already, you could use the demo to make your own form look crisper. hapkido is very similar to aikido and could easily understand what was happening and see the suible differences bewteen the two MAs.

[JackG]

hmm i would like to see the detial it s has but without going too off topic what is the diffrence between hapkido and aikido

[disgruntled]

hapkido is korean, but they have the same origin in Japan, and it incorporates much more hard techniques into the MA. one of the clips they showed on that computer thing, if i remember correctly, was a basic tripping technique using the manipulation of the wrist. in aikido it is very fluid and graceful... if both parties execute it properly, the energy is just transfer from one person to the other with out pain. thus in a street situation, it is very affective because they practice with a lot of energy and the attacker doesn't know how to disapate it and breaks bones.... in hapkido, the movements are fluid, but less so, and the end of the move there is a bit of an explosion of energy used... you get them into a vulnerable possition using energy flow and then bamb, break them.

that and hapkido uses kicks punches and to a lesser extent knees and elbows, plus weapons at some levels. aikido doesn't, they concentrate on manipulation of energy, they might use weapons as well, i am not sure.

if i misrepresented aikido someone correct me!!

[Chapel]

Fairly accurate from what I know about hapkido and the explanations of the variations I have be told about. The best example is probably with the elbow. It will bend one way, but not the other. The former is aikido, the latter is hapkido.

[Bobbin Threadbare]

The people who put the program together are from NY Aikikai, where I've studied off and on. I can tell you that wrist manipulation generally involves a tolerable level of pain in practice there. Uke's are expected to present resistance to techniques aside from impromptu footwork or anything that would endanger themselves. The uke also taps out after being put in some form of submission based on the level of discomfort. Pushing that limit is part of the conditioning. Basically, if someone can't literally force you down, they aren't doing the technique correctly and you shouldn't react as though they can. Some schools don't take it to that level and that can tend to discredit Aikido's legitimacy as it lends itself to practitioners who can't actually employ Aikido. Also, Aikido does involve weapons, for what it's worth. As with the unarmed techniques, the practice revolves around hypothetical exchanges. Aikido 3D only gets into knife techniques as the defense against a knife differs very little from unarmed techniques.

[GoddeBPM]

When I read 3D I thought like... Spy Kids 3D and they reach out and stuff. Would that work at all or am I being an idiot?

[JoaNor]

These are the same people who made TaeKwonDo 3D - TKD3D - Taekwondo 3D .

Arrh.. They say they're having graphics problems with the TKD3D for Mac, so it will take a while before its out on the market

Anyone tried Aikido3D or TKD3D?

[XDEATHGOD]

they tend to use a bo staff in aikido training