aikido vs jiu jitsu

[cheesefrysamurai]

Osensei had an epiphany about martial arts. His epiphany was seeing the harmony in all things including movement, body relation, generation of power, physics of fighting and combat. He took the harmonious traits of jujitsu or Aikijutsu and based a system around them. These techniques were the very essence of "Ju" in Jujutsu. Jujutsu also has elements of Karate. Those are the hard techniques that did not blend, and did not fit in with his concept.

Comparing Aikido and Jujutsu is strange because to me the essence is the same, basically Jujutstu is like combat Aikido without the focus on the flowing techniques. As someone who has studied Jujutsu, i recognize much of Aikido. Where they may differ is the violent manner in which balance is broken. In Jujutsu, to bring someone back for an osotogari, you might have to eagleclaw the throat, to excecute ogoshi, you may have to strike the groin, i am not sure how it is accomplished in Aikido beyond taking advantage of what the attacker provides

Aikido focuses on harmony like BJJ focuses on groundwork.

[xo-karate]

In aikido you do not defeat your opponent. You just make him not dangerous. Mental state does not have anger or fier. BUT it's often a written play with very stright rules, like grip with closes hand to closes wrist or punch with as step and so on. Techniques are not tested like in BJJ. In BJJ opponent aims to fake and suprise you and you tap,if your technique fails you. Also BJJ has rules, but much more room for modifying attacks and defence.

I don't see much same in aikido and BJJ. Maybe other is folk dance and the other is break danse. Both have somethong to do with dancing but look very different.