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Would aikido be useful in a real life situation? Ex: As a police officer in a bar fight? or a college fight?

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I am interested in learning a new martial art and i happen to wanna become a police officer after college. Is aikido the right martial art for my circumstances? I just wanna know if it will work in a real life situation? it seems like a self defense martial art is what i would be looking for maybe along with another martial art?

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a college fight?? is that like a girl fight?? I have never seen a fight in college but I have heard of some. both of the over grown children were kicked out of school and lost the money they paid in tuition. not many college fight happeneing.
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it's Ideal for detaining people without causing bodily harm. and in real dire circumstances it can do great harm to the opponent if needed

through my years of aikido I've had to rely on my knowledge a few times and as a result am still to recieve a single punch in a fight.
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yes, they work well at disarming and stoping people i have been training in Brazilian jiujitsu for about a year now and i have been taking traditional jiujitsu and aikido as well, they both are very effective at gaining control of people while they are struggling with u, without causing too much damage, there are alot of cops who take those classes with me and they have told me that this has helped, them in there job bc the moves dont require alot of strength, they can stop bigger opponents, and (some) can be preformed with one hand, leaving ur other hand free to protect ur gun, or grab ur spray

if ur planning on becoming a cop u should probably also take Krav Maga, and some other classes like kick boxing or something along the lines of realistic striking
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All real fights end up on the ground - learn grappling and holds and you'll be 90% of the way there.
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I am a Police Officer, and I teach Aikido.

Yes Aikido is effective for controlling people.

Yes Aikidoka should cross train to improve ground game

Fights may end up on the ground, but I would never go there on purpose

Having said that if you end up on the ground you better know what to do / how to get off the ground
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Being g*y, like me, helps everything;)
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Any martial art would be helpful for a police officer.  As for their effectiveness in "real life," they were developed for combat.

You have to find the right instructor and school.  Stay away from these types:

- If they try to tell you how many trophies they win at competitions, they emphasize the "sport" aspect.

- If they want you to sign a 2 year contract and say you'll get your black belt in that time, they are a McDojo that is only there to make money.
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The Japanize Cops train in it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdQG_b5zk...

It's useful in a fight. It just doesn't have any ground game.
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no, for real circumstances choose Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UVCKEbiEJNc&f...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WlYD-j9GSvo
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90% of real fights end up on the ground because 100% of the people who get in fights don't know how to fight.I was a bouncer for 2 years and in that time only saw 3 or 4 fights were both partys ended up on the ground due more to clumsiness than skill.

Most cases were one guy took a couple hard shots and ran away or got knocked out or one guy ended up on the ground and got stomped usually from being sucker punched.or a weapon was involved .

Going to the ground fails everytime against the "buddy system".That is where you take somebody to the ground and his buddys kick your brains in.Many street fighters will deliberately go to the ground for this very reason and you dont realize his buddys are even there until you are getting stomped.

Everything adapts to new situations.
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If you have been training intensely for several years, yes aikido would be useful.  It doesn't sound to me like you have several years to get ready.

I like judo personally, but if I were going into law-enforcement, I would mix it up between MMA, BJJ, Jeet Kune Do, and Kajukenbo.  Kajukenbo was by far the most immediately applicable (instructor was good) from my experience.  Additionally there were several police officers that trained with me.  But be comfortable with the notion that you are probably going to get slapped around during.

sparring.

Hope this helps!
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