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Anonymous05/25/25, 13:23No.231061
Anybody ever do Daito Ryu? There's a place like 10 minutes away where some autist from Japan teaches it and I'm interested in checking it out. I did MMA for a couple years so I'm not worried about the practicality of it or self defense bullshit, I've already scratched that itch. I just want to know if it might be fun. Obviously, the best thing to do is to just take a class, but in the meantime I was wondering if anybody had any experience with this shit.
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Anon05/29/25, 21:36No.231701
Never tried Daito Ryu personally but I have practiced Hapkido for a couple years, which is partly derived from it. Dunno how practical the standing joint locks and throws are altogether, but since you already have a decent foundation in MMA you could probably pull them off better than most. It's at least worth trying out for the breakfalls and improved balance, but then again you'd also get that out of Judo. Other than that it looks like a fun activity, and that's the most important thing for any pastime in my book, martial arts included. And since it's only 10 min away, why not give it a go? If it's a free trial class, worst case scenario you lose some of your time :D
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Anon06/02/25, 02:32No.232317
You'll pick up some techniques and approaches that are practical, but the biggest problem with Daito Ryu, and most Asian "arts", is the fact that the techniques all evolve around fighting somebody in old school Jap armor...which is about 300 years out of date.Regardless, some of the benefits imo:
1. break falls - similar to Judo, but more dynamic
2. mind / body coordination - big emphasis on using your core in conjuntion with your limbs for "soft" power.
3. learning standing grappling and joint lock techniques - the basics are actually pretty practical and can be applied in real world situtaions against most untrained people which can end a confrontation without the need to escalate to blows.Give it a shot imo.
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Anon06/09/25, 15:46No.233362
yes, my mma & ninpo teacher has a 3rd degree black belt in it and occasionally will teach random classes on it here and there. It's fun. It is actually a realistic and effective grappling art, but of course if your sensei has no real combat experience, that is irrelevant. Go ahead and give it a shot.
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Anon06/15/25, 08:20No.234147
It's one of the OG Jiu-Jitsu offshoots that was formalised to prevent it dying outProblem is Judo is already this, but pared down to
>what works
>can be used safely for sport
>pressure testing systemAikijujutsu doesn't have live sparring so it might be useful if you're already a good grappler, but basically useless irl otherwise, as I understand it
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Anon06/15/25, 12:45No.234169
OP here. I got in touch with the place and they said I could come by for a free class but first they wanted to know if I had any previous martial arts experience. I replied and it's been radio silence ever since (2 weeks) so I think I got ghosted or something. It's a shame because I was pretty interested but too bad I guess.