The choice of martial arts must be approached responsibly. Firstly, in order not to waste time, and secondly, to avoid the risk of unnecessary injury. Sports sambo and aikido have their own advantages and disadvantages.
Aikido
Aikido originated in Japan in 1920. The founder of this martial art was Morihei Ueshiba. If you make out the meaning of the name by individual hieroglyphs, then aikido is the path of harmony and fortitude. The original martial art for aikido was daito-ryu aikijutsu. It was from there that Ueshiba took techniques and adapted them to his fighting school.
Aikido philosophy is based on the fact that the attacker always loses. Therefore, the techniques in this martial art are predominantly defensive. Moreover, the opponent's attacks are suppressed gently, and not aggressively, as in judo or sambo.
Since the fighters are not the first to attack, holding aikido competitions is pointless. Only demonstration performances are held, where opponents take turns demonstrating techniques. There are different styles of aikido - aikikai, yoshinkan, real aikido.
Despite the fact that adherents of aikido initially defend themselves, in the martial art there are techniques using various weapons - swords (wooden), staves, knives, and poles.
The ranking system in aikido is similar to other martial arts in Japan and consists of student "kyu" and "dan" workshops. For the first dana, the fighter must know the basic aikido technique without using weapons. The second dan obliges the fighter to know the technique of fighting against a knife and write an article about aikido.
An athlete doing aikido improves posture, gains athletic shape, develops dexterity. The main disadvantage of martial arts is that it is not always possible to apply aikido in a real street fight. The emphasis on gentle suppression of power often plays a cruel joke with adepts of aikido. Also, the disadvantages include the complexity of most of the techniques.
Sports SAMBO
Sambo appeared in 1938 in the Soviet Union. Its founder Anatoly Kharlampiev in his youth collected and systematized information about folk martial arts on the territory of the USSR. The result is a variant of sports sambo.
This martial art is tougher than aikido. Requires greater physical strength and endurance. Sambo contains the best elements of various martial arts - Russian fist fighting, Georgian chidaoba wrestling, Kazakh Kazaksha kures, Tatar kuresh wrestling, Buryat wrestling, Finnish-French wrestling and many others.
In sambo, opponents are divided into categories. An athlete practicing sambo must be ready for heavy physical activity. For real combat outside the wrestling mat, sambo (especially combat) is much more adapted than aikido and even real aikido (the Serbian version of martial arts). In mixed martial arts fights, many athletes use elements from sambo and almost no one uses aikido.
