I'm not talking about that kind of wrestling. Pro wrestling is dangerous for a fake sport. I'm talking about amateur wrestling (for lack of a better term) that guys do in school.LiveFreeX said:
I have never trained Aikido. Several aikido practicioners have moved over to Judo and practiced where I used to. We rolled many times. They had some very cool wristlocks to show me. But they were never able to pull them off in randori. Believe me they tried. Everytime they would show me a wristlock the move began with "Now you have to put your hand here first. No move it up a little" or something like that. That doesn't speak well of it's usefulness that you need your attacker to cooperate with you in order for it to work best. That's perhaps the one thing you do not have in a fight.
The aikido guys did, however, have outstanding leverage and balance. I think that's something that aikido teaches very well. All of these guys eventually became very good judo players.
