New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi in Kerala is currently campaigning in connection with the elections in Kerala. During this time, he taught selected maneuvers of Japanese martial arts to students in a college in Kochi. Even before this, he has shown the skill of this art in a school. This art is called Aikido, whose talent has been shown by Rahul Gandhi many times before. So what does this martial art and how self-defense teaches, know
This is the motive rather than aggression
Aikido is that form of martial art, in which the emphasis is on keeping the mind calm more than aggression. This is the reason that it is more an art of self-defense than self-defense. In Aikido, this is why special care is taken so that the front does not get a serious injury. Rahul Gandhi is called a black belt in this martial art.
Photos went viral four years ago
In the year 2017, many pictures of Rahul Gandhi with Aikido’s panties went viral. At that time, his trainer used to be Sensei Parish. He only said that Rahul is very interested in this art and he is a black belt at the first level. Also, the trainer had also told that there are 9 levels in Aikido and there is a black belt at each level.
This martial art teaching self defense is not very old
Morihei Ueshiba, a Japanese man, started this art form in the twentieth century. By the way, most of the martial arts operating in Japan were of aggressive methods, among which Akido seemed completely different. Its founder Morihei himself prepared it for peace of mind.
By the way, different things have been said about the beginning of Aikido. As stated in Britannica, this martial art started in the 14th century, although it was only in the 20th century that it was brought into a thread.
There is no competition
Where there is competition in other martial arts, there is no championship in Akido. In Akido, the adversary is never taught how to kill, no matter how bad the situation is. That is, if someone attacks, just make him so hurt through akido that he does not attack again for the next few minutes. This is the purpose of this martial art.
No weapons used
In Akido, only the hands and feet are used to defeat the opponent, and there is no other weapon in it. However, Tomiki Kenji, a Japanese student who learned Akido from Morihei, added a few more styles to it, including using a rubber or wooden knife. But there is also a strict rule that the opponent does not get serious injury. This style of akido is called tomiki akido. If the attacker or opponent has a weapon in his hand, it is disarmed in the same manner.
China is also far ahead
There are various forms of martial arts in Japan, but at the same time, China has also been giving competition to Japan in this matter. The first mention of martial arts in China is about 4000 years ago during the Shi’a dynasty. Then the practice of manual fighting was considered very important for the royal army. During this time, martial arts are believed to have been discovered. Kung-fu is very popular among them. This art was done by the Indian Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. This martial art was taught in Chinese Buddhist monasteries for hundreds of years and ‘Shaolin Temple’ was the center of this learning.
