Effectiveness of Aikido?
Y’all have quoted so much of TG’s original letter I don’t have to quote more than this: >This way I respect my my youth and intensity by bringing non-violence and >gentle technique into a more realistic challenge. Time for me to jump in. My friend Mike Serrano broke a prisoner’s wrist using Aikido to subdue him at Riker’s Island in 1995. What happened was he took the prisoner to the ground with nikkyo. The prisoner flipped himself back at Mike and the wrist being held in nikkyo broke. End of fight. The prisoner then sued Mike for cruel and unusual punishment and for use of excessive force.
