question about aikijutsu?

Question

I've been watching a few videos on it and i'm quite impressed. However, I've noticed that in the displays the person's attack being reversed is flipping his/herself on purpose to avoid getting hurt. So i was wondering in a real situation would the attacker's arm actually break since they would not flip on purpose or does it really and work they do flip?

Answer 1

The "flipping" is called "ukemi" - or "body protection". This allows the technique to be performed with a lower chance of injury to the reciever (or uke). Someone who does not know how to fall or perform ukemi would most likely sustain injury. Most falling injuries are caused by someone trying to put their arm on the mat to catch their fall...which results in sprained/dislocated wrists, elbows, shoulders...or all three.

Now, that said, some techniques can be crap when it depends not on uke protecting himself, but on uke making the technique look good.

Answer 2

When a aikido or aiki jitsu technique is done properly a proper breakfall is not possible so they anticipate the pain and do a roll out to escape and hopefully come back to a standing posistion.A untrained person would probably panic with the severe pain and end up with a dislocated wrist or elbow or shoulder.

Answer 3

Some techniques in Judo, Aikido, Jiu-Jitsu, Hapkido, and Aiki Ju-jitsu are very devasting and cause a great deal of sudden, intense pain, on the radial nerve. Training partners sometimes will react and throw themselves over since they know what is coming and they have already been programmed by the intense sensation of that pain and the repeated throws and counters. This could be what you are actually seeing on a few of these techniques.

Answer 4

Yes, it would, as a best-case scenario. All major throwing arts use this type of training, including Judo, Jujutsu, and Hapkido. Breakfalling, as it is called. is difficult for most fighters to do. Which is good, as most throws from these arts can be crippling or even fatal without the falling. Breakfalling allows for such training without a great chance of injury.

So yes, the arm would break, not to mention fractures to the spine, ribs, skull, etc.