| I know, the question is a bit bogus, as one should be | | | | to a wrist twist, try a hard middle block, slide in and turn |
| comparing arts such as Karate and Aikido merely so | | | | the waist. As you turn the waist, bring the arms up to |
| as to make them compliment each other. Thus, with | | | | a short position and catch the elbow, shove your |
| that statement made, let us discuss how the fist should | | | | shoulder in and go with the flow. Go ahead, try this |
| wiggle into the glove. No pow and bam, just an honest, | | | | technical adaptation with a friend, even gaze at a little |
| up front viewpoint for your edification and | | | | youtube to get the idea of the arts involved, and you |
| enlightenment. | | | | are going to find an instant blend of karate, even the |
| Karate is commonly touted as a linear martial arts, and | | | | hardest of karate, like Kyukoshinkai, with even the |
| Aikido is supposed to be designed for circular | | | | purest of Aikido, even the soft taught by Morihei |
| techniques. Yet, if one seriously analyzes arts such as | | | | Uyeshiba. |
| Karate one will see that perfection of linearity is loose, | | | | Now, the above being detailed, the big weakness of |
| at best. If Karate was truly linear, considering how the | | | | Karate is that it is limited, in most modern formats, to |
| bones, joints, muscles and so on all depend on each | | | | destruction. It has been tailored for tournament, gloves |
| other, the body would probably explode, or, at least | | | | put on for more violence, and given over to fighting for |
| degrade from stress. | | | | fighting sake. But while there is an art to destruction, |
| On the other hand, if Aikido tried to adhere to the | | | | the true art is in control. |
| perfect circle and only the perfect circle, except in the | | | | Thus, a study of Aikido, tempered by the things I have |
| most theoretical of philosophies, the art would not | | | | written here, will enable you to confront the fiercest |
| work. And, to be honest, Aikido is not the usual choice | | | | violence, and alter that violence into the simplest of |
| for down and dirty combat. While Aikido is pure and | | | | workable techniques. You kick, you punch, then you |
| wonderful, and can evolve the practitioner in very | | | | simply embrace your opponent and go with the flow. |
| spiritual senses, one should use a martial art like Karate | | | | A last word on this subject, don't mistake the throws |
| to enter the fight, then look to aikido to control the fight. | | | | of Aikido for those throws espoused by such arts as |
| Think about it this way, a fight is the collapse of | | | | judo or jujitsu. While techniques of the jujitsu methods |
| distance. The length of the arm, and the circle being | | | | are quick and workable, we want to move from hard |
| made, the lever of the extend arm is too long. | | | | to soft in a conceptual sense, and a certain amount of |
| However, if you want magic, use karate to kick, punch, | | | | hard is still needed to make most ju techniques work. |
| find yourself on the inside as the distance collapses, | | | | That all said, I wish you the best with this new art you |
| and then use a shorter lever. | | | | are creating, whether you call it...karido...aikate...your |
| Instead of stepping in and tying a three foot arm circle | | | | choice. |