Chapter 03-Page 06-Aikido
Krystin is looking to put the effort of the end of last chapter to use. She’s got a long way to go in Aikido but it’s a very good sign that she’s getting along with others.
You may remember Mercy from when Krystin first met her, and from their football game.
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RAW Recap
Credit WWE
There was so much not to like and a lot to like about this. I don’t like Seth Rollins and would have been happy to not have him come back. Come back he did and to a Hero’s Welcome. He tried to counter the fans cheers with an old Ric Flair trick and of course, it fizzled. Roman being hated didn’t help things.
Charlotte and Ric would have been better if Charlotte wouldn’t have kept stuttering over the Fans WHAT? chants. Also, I’ve never been a Charlotte fan so this segment fell flat for me.
The MITB qualifier matches now, those were good. Sami over Sheamus was good and I’m surprised that there were so many clean finishes. I am pleased! Jericho over Crews was necessary at this point. It’ll be fun to see Apollo eventually get into one of these MITB matches. With Ziggler having one foot out the door, it was no surprise that Dean got the win, but also, it’s Dean and needs to be in that match. Tracie rightfully predicted that Owens would go over on AJ by virtue of needing another heel in the match. She wasn’t wrong but it was still a very great match.
Sad to see The Club split already but after seeing Becky, Charlotte and Paige splitting so quickly this isn’t a surprise. Long live the Social Outcasts.
Glad to see Enzo back! He can’t seem to hang on to the mic, but his energy and enthusiasm can’t be questioned.
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She would be very welcome in my dojo. Maybe do some promo spots for it. That seems to be the in thing these days. 🙂
It’s all about getting over! Who is and who isn’t is what’s on peeps mind’s.
This is nice. Refreshing, seeing her choosing to be mature and friendly for a change. There’s hope for her yet.
She’s finally figured out that the path she needs to take and the manner she’s taking wasn’t working and we saw at the end of last chapter that she’s trying to make some changes.
Nice new development for Krystin. Here’s hoping that it works out okay.
There’s bound to be some obstacles. Topher, for one, calls the MMA ACADEMY home for starters, but we’ll see if Krystin can handle these challenges.
Rats if she does that how can we love to hate her?
Krystin is creative enough to find ways. 😉
Hadn’t thought about it, but Aikido techniques would be for pro wrestling since the throws can look quite theatrical as well as submissions.
Isn’t Kana’s takedown into a fujiwara armbar an aikido technique?
I think you’re right ther. Some variation of kata mochi ikkajo osae. But we generally wouldn’t ground ourselves by laying over. Too much risk of getting jumped.
You’re right about the tosses. They would be spectacular! Too bad so much of the power in Aikido is in subtle details. But I’ll take tosses any day 😀
Krystin is smart, but we’ll see if she can incorporate what she learns into wrestling. After all, #whitebelt.
Aikido’s going to be one hell of an addition to the “Definition of Technician”‘s skill set. Lots of counters, joint locks, and momentum manipulation. Might want to stop by a Muay Thai gym as well to work on her striking.
Raw was wild, which you would expect after a PPV. Rollins keeps trying to be a heel, but as long as he’s facing Reigns, I don’t think the crowd’s going to let him.
Charlotte and Ric’s segment was just… uncomfortable. Charlotte’s got all the in-ring attributes to be where she is, but on the mic, she needs a LOT of help. And just seeing her tear into her father like that (Not to mention you have to wonder how much truth was in it) was just really uncomfortable to watch.
This year’s MitB is going to be interesting, just seeing how everything is getting set up. So far, my money’s on Cesaro. The way everything looks so far, Owens and Zayn are going to cancel each other out, and you know Jericho’s going to want revenge on Ambrose for those thumbtacks.
The Club may be split for now, but who knows how much that’s going to change once Finn Balor gets his call up.
Always good to see Enzo. The guy is the ultimate hype man. Can always get you looking forward to the match that’s coming up, how you doin’.
Ugh, Muay Thai.
The primary advantages of studying Muay Thai are that 1) you can become usefully proficient in everything it has to offer within a couple months, and 2) because of 1), everyone uses it, and it’s useful to know your opposition’s moveset. That’s not nothing, and it can be used effectively, but it’s very much a beginner’s art. I’d imagine that Krystin has studied enough of it by now that studying it more wouldn’t be the most effective use of her time.
I’d suggest something better, but everything would have to come with caveats, because the mainstream versions of all modern styles have been neutered by the Great Bane of the Fighting Arts – Insurance. The main reason I used to hold ambitions of opening a school someday, and the main reason I realized that it couldn’t be cost-effective.
Granted, I’d have similar things to say about the practical utility of aikido, but it’s great for teaching discipline and patience, and it seems like Krystin needs that a lot more than she does more effective grappling techniques.
… wait, Krystin already heavily emphasizes grappling, so in this case, her aikido would supplement an existing primary grappling style… fascinating. Because of the way it’s practiced, I’ve always analyzed it as a standalone art, or as a supplement to a striking style, and in those situations it’s highly impractical, but as a supplement to other forms of grappling? That’s got some serious potential. Wow. Got some studying to do…
Well you’re right in part that the way it is practiced it is impractical as a fight system. The same is true of all the “martial arts” as devolved after WW II though. You have to go back to the ryu systems to see the integrated methods, which you see a hint of in Lyoto Machida.
Most aikikaki don’t get into serious integration of striking until they reach sandan level or later, at least in the US. There is plenty on the plate until then. But they do study methods of dealing with strikes. I’ve dropped plenty of dudes and a few gals who thought they new better. They did know better within the first minute.
One nice thing about aikido and proper-jiujutsu is that they’re uncommon enough that few people see them or contemplate them enough to understand how to deal with them properly. Some of the least practical systems can still wreck people who have no idea what to do in response.
There’s some revival of old arts going on, as well as some tricks lost or ignored for decades getting recovered or re-developed and shared outside the more traditional channels. Unfortunately, not a lot of it seems to be hitting the MMA circuit, because the usual 98% Watered-Down-Muay-Thai-and-BJJ mix is super-friendly to insurers, and therefore to the rules.
Remember that Krystin hinted at the end of last chapter that this was more of a mental/spiritual move rather than a skillset to say, take out Rampage. But, one could argue that it’s just as important.
As I said, yeah, that is the primary reason why I would expect her to be doing this. On the other hand, there might be some really interesting applications of aikido for a grappler. Though I wouldn’t expect most of that to be applicable against someone particularly large, like Rampage.
If someone feels pain enough to curse when they bang their shin of funny bone then they will go down and lock up like anyone else. Rampage could be Kong but she’ll drop if I bend her wrist or fingers – the right way.
There are a very few who don’t have reasonably normal levels of sensitivity to pain. The go snap!
It’s not a matter of pain sensitivity or toughness. It’s a matter of leverage. Assuming more or less equal skill, the bigger person has the longer lever and the more applicable force. In order to best a much larger opponent with grappling – particularly reactive grappling arts like aikido – you must be much more skilled than they are to counter their natural advantages. And when you’re competing at the top of the game, “much more skilled” isn’t a thing you can take for granted.
I doubt Rampage has much aikido experience, but she’s probably an experienced enough grappler to keep her weight centered over her feet and her limbs within her own control. If I were looking for weapons to use against a large, experienced opponent, aikido is not where I would start looking.
I’m refreshing myself on aikido right now, to make sure I’m not misremembering anything, but no, mostly I’m looking at techniques that my friends and I learned decades ago and integrated counters for into the foundation of our system.
You apparently missed a whole lot during your studies.
The more I refresh, the more I realize that no, I really didn’t. Though, to be honest, the more I remember, the more I realize that I incorporated these principles into my grappling defenses, and they’re glorious in that context. Credit where it’s due. I just didn’t mentally classify them under aikido, because I first learned them in Chinese and Korean/Chinese hybrid styles. The offense, though? Irrelevant to someone who has cross-trained the way my friends and I have. It makes assumptions about the attacker’s stance and attack that are not relevant to a trained, competent opponent.
LOL, Enzo IS the ultimate Hype Man. 🙂
Since I watch RAW after it airs, I’m able to fast forward through parts I don’t like. Usually at X1.5 so I can still hear it, but sometimes faster. I fast forwarded through the Seth/Roman stuff, only stopping when he turned on the fans. Charlotte, same way. There was only so many times I could see her start and stop, and honestly, I checked out. So, I know that affects the weight of my opinion.
I’m excited for MITB and there are rumors we might see a Ladies MITB. That would be cool. I would love to see Sami get a title run.
I have discovered a way of predicting winners and losers in matches of late. When they have you believe that the underdog MIGHT just win the match, that’s how you know that they absolutely will not. It’s a painful realization that I found back when Sandow cashed in MITB on Cena. :/
If Enzo is hyping a match, the only reason I can get excited about it is that there’s a good chance I’ll get to see Enzo get flattened. High-energy obnoxiousness is, as you say, high energy, but it’s also obnoxious.
so holding onto the mic is teachable I hope? 😉
the charlotte thing I think could have gone in half the time and accomplished the same thing. plus charlotte was getting emotional during it as well which combined with the “WHAT?”s ruined any sort of “i’m a heartless person who’ll kick my own dad to the curb for my own benefit.” vibe she was trying for. I did like naitch’s reference to Dana as charlotte’s double A though.
I actually prefer rollins of the shield trio (most folk were on team ambrose in the forums i’m at) so seeing him come back was nice even though Reigns is going to take over ryback’s “feed me more” chant with everyone’s he’s going to mow down during this title run. hell they even had AJ do the “roman is such a great wrestler and the best I’ve ever faced” like they had Daniel bryan do when reigns beat him in yet another desperate ploy to get roman cheered.
MITB looks good though. i’m hoping these losses cesaro has been taking means they’re doing the “this guy won’t win anything so no one will expect him to win MITB” thing they try all the time. i’m with Donny on who cancels who out and all that. only other possible option would be del rio since I keep reading about how he was promised a title program (or was it a belt- I forget) upon coming back to the wwe so MITB would be a good way for the wwe to cross this off the demands list if true.
I think they’re trying to make AJ the modern day sting. teams up with Jericho in team mutal respect- Jericho turns on him two(?) weeks later. his buddies from the Bullet Club show up? well that made it a month before they turned on him. just need to get Daniels over to the WWE so he can turn on AJ in say six weeks or so. oh wait they do have Joe, he’ll do. or Finn.
then they do a segment with AJ and sting where sting shakes his head sadly and tells AJ that he’s way too trusting of people.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Enzo dropping the mic was incorporated into his gimmick. XD
With Charlotte, I wonder what happens next. Nattie could certain make the case that she was screwed because of outside interference, and now that Ric is gone from Charlotte’s side, does that make Charlotte vulnerable? It would seem that way UNTIL she proves otherwise.
I don’t NOT like Roman, but seeing how hard he’s being pushed reminds me of how hard Triple H was pushed. The latter should have reached Rock or Stone Cold proportions with how he was pushed. Now I see Roman there. I wish he was received better, but what can you do?
MITB does look good. 🙂 Ugh, on AJ having to carry Sting’s ally curse, though I totally agree and see where you are coming from. XD
And so Kenny’s transition into MMA begins. It’s going to happen; with the M.O being “Make Sabrina strong again”, it’s only a matter of time.
Yeah.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1n5CQe1krI
Ha Mercy long time no see. Nice to see her back :).
Well I hope she’s found a decent Aikido place, because because from what I can tell most of the ones around where I live are garbage. I’m sure the techniques are fine, but it’s apparently bad etiquette to not ‘throw yourself’ when a higher rank student is practicing on you. And nobody ever gets to try a technique against an actually resisting opponent.
Garbage.
That’s how aikido is practiced. You “train success.” There are a couple of valid reasons for it. One, if you make the person do the technique full force, you might actually get hurt, regardless of whether or not they’re doing it correctly. Two, it helps build confidence in the technique, better allowing the practitioner to have faith in it when it is needed.
Your objections are absolutely correct too, though, and I feel that they’re more significant than the defense of it I just offered. Those are… among the reasons I find aikido to be an impractical style.
I just finished a private discussion with a friend on the other reasons, which I won’t post here. I feel like Brenda might take offense. If you’re interested in my analysis, hit me up by PM on the forum.
I sent you a message. Discussion various martial arts is always fun! 😀