[rusk]

It's not great for entertainment value either. I mean it's an art that has at its very essence the eschewance of conflict.

I can't speak for the efficacy of Aikido against an actual trained fighter in some other code, but if it worked the way it was meant to you'd pretty much be watching one guy dodging another guys attacks until eventually he pins him in an arm lock. Fight over.

[MikkoFinell]

I had a feeling someone was gonna post this argument: that Aikido is in actually too effective to be used in MMA. It's in fact so good defensively that there is no point in even using it :^)

[rusk]

It's not that it's too effective for MMA, it's that it's wholly ineffective as a sport ...

It's like using a slipper to bang a nail into a wall. Yeah it kind of works but that's not what it's for ...