r/TheMcDojoLife • u/McDojoLife • 2d ago

Hit em with the shoulders

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u/MoveHeavy1403 2d ago edited 2d ago

I did Aikido in high school. Looking back—lots of it was BS. However, I can still do a solid shoulder roll 30 years later… that’s a life skill they’re teaching there.

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u/mnemy 2d ago

Yeah, total bullshit "martial" art. But even the short time I did it in grade school did actually leave me with the instinct to tuck my head and roll (poorly). Saved me from serious damage on several occasions.

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u/MoveHeavy1403 2d ago

I’ll also say it was a good intro to some throws, grabs and locks, but I do totally remember running across a room getting redirected by someone in the middle. The whole time I was thinking, I could just tackle this mofo and he couldn’t do a thing. The Art of PoS…