За каждым подвигом, возможно, скрывается пьяная вечеринка.
Every time someone asks me what aikido is, it is inevitable to explain the differences with another martial art called "Real aikido". You've noticed that I wrote "another martial art", not style or type of aikido! I was involved in real aikido for some years (I received green belt – 3 kyu) and I acquired enough knowledge to know that Aikido and Real Aikido are two different martial arts, that much different as jazz and turbo folk in music.
But, of course, for an outsider the differences are not noticeable since the formal side of the techniques i.e. the way they appear when applied is the same, or at least very similar. I am sure that in future, although it was starting to slowly happen even while I was training Real aikido, the form will change completely, that is if Real aikido survives at all.
When mr. Ljubomir Vracarevic had decided to create Real aikido, from reasons to which I will refer in another occasion, he named it so for advertising purposes only. Namely, the aikido in the former Yugoslavia at the time was already flourishing with its popularity and it was a great moment to take advantage from it. Adding the adjective "Real", he started introducing his own martial art as more efficient and more realistic than the authentic aikido. The term "traditional aikido" has its roots from that time and it is related to authentic aikido, and was compiled by the "realists" in order to give the scent of degradation to the "old" compared to the new and efficient Real Aikido.
Without going into analysis of the professionalism and ingenuity of Mr. Vracarevic, I think that to degrade a martial art that has in its roots in the medieval period of Japanese warfare with or without weapons, is at least careless, without any given thought, but the paradox is even greater then that. He encountered aikido in his own country i.e. Serbia (at that time Yugoslavia), through the seminars that were held by a few Japanese masters who were spreading this martial art throughout Europe. Soon after that he created Real aikido, and started talking that the Japanese masters actually doesn't have the slightest idea what true aikido is. As if he has collected the whole inheritance of knowledge in the area of Japanese martial arts, with only one visit to Japan, and not only that, but better than all Japanese.
But, what Mr. Vracarevic is obviously good at, is marketing, and that is where all his statements and actions come from. Having in mind the target group which are people who "want to learn to fight" and with a predictable level of education, he managed to build an empire which stands on one column - himself. His success is truly great. He forged ahead through the borders of Serbia in the neighboring countries, and as it seems, mostly in our country.
But, the time of deprivation from the criticism towards this issue is over and today the number of people who share my opinion is not small.
Not only that they are different, but without any doubt I claim that Real Aikido is not Aikido at all. I will talk about it in the next text…
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