Street aikido is a way of learning aikido techniques for defense against the most likely attacks on an unarmed person, i.e. for self-defense.
Aikido studying for self-defense differs from traditional aikido trainings, most of the time in which is devoted to practicing techniques of defense against types of attacks that are practically not used in real-life situations (wrist grabs, strikes with the ridge of the hand). The practice of hanmi handachiwaza and suwariwaza, when practitioners perform techniques while moving on their knees, also takes a significant part of training, but has no practical application nowadays.
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In classical aikido the attacker, after making a strike or a grab, is always in a position in which the left foot is in front if the attack is made with the left hand, or the right foot if the attack is made with the right hand (pic.1, 2). These are the rules of practicing techniques in aikido training.
However, from the point of view of self-defense these days, it is unwise to practice techniques only from this method of attack. In fact, much more often the intruder approaches the opponent at arm's length without showing any intention to attack. And at such a distance it is convenient to strike with both "near" and "far" hand, without taking a step (as is done in Aikido).
There is a way to study aikido techniques to protect against the most likely attacks on an unarmed person in our time - this is StreetAIKIDO. Here, much attention is paid to training defense against strikes from both the “near” and “far” hand at a short distance (pic.3, 4).
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