Why Wrestling Is The Game Changer of Making Aikido Work

[vadaga]

So why do you need Aikido? Just study wrestling....

The problem is - wrestling is too hard on the body. People can't do it after a certain age. But that's why we have BJJ

And if you can't do that, don't worry. We have tai chi

FWIW There's 'masters wrestling' in the US. I remember in highschool we had a grad to come to train with for one practice and demo technique, I think he was in his '60s. For that matter all of the team coaches (between age 30-50) were also ex-wrestlers and would often take part in practice as well although they'd leave the most strenuous parts of the training to the young people who were competing.

[GrahamB]

Personally I'd love an old man wrestling class. You know, without the 150 push ups they usually do as part of the warm up, then again as a "cool down"

[everything]

lol i mean that sounds like a ton of fun for real. and yeah sorry, i can't do the 150 push ups (or all the spider man crawl in bjj class or whatnot) ....ugh...... tai chi for health class here i come un-ironically.