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Not to make an arguement worse, but I have had akido used on me, and it works very damn well, thanks- I pretty much had jerico's opinion till that point- and then I was suddenly airborne and smacked down onto concrete- and I have quite a bit of practical training and experience- NOT that it doesn't have limits, size matters less, but it still is a factor in leverage and everything else. Also- MOST forms of Taekwon do are useless, NOT all- in my experience around here WTF and especialy ATA are not worth a damn, me, I spent 7 years in ITF TKD- where my instructor cross trained us with judo, PCCT and a few others- by the end I was quite happy and have successfuly used it a few times- the Akido incident prompted me to add that in, in a basic way, not in depth, but yeah, it works, especialy when applied by a guy thats 6'2"

I guess what I am saying in short is that some arts are definately better than others, but the big thing that matters is how its taught- as long as the basic movements will hurt others / prevent you from being hurt. - I also agree with the idea that you have to spar to have any chance of use, so look for an art that caters to street use, not just tournament stuff-

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