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hello fair /jp/ers, eloquen/tg/entleman here, i was passing through the board and saw one of those newfangled "greentext stories' threads, not terribly unusual, but what piqued my interest was one anon pontificating on aikido.
now, fitan happens to be an area of my expertise, so i was ready for some nice discussion, but sadly the thread passed away. before i could post my work, so in the interests of good conversation, ill make this one! anyways...

the poblem with aikido is that it, by its nature, lack offense, that does not invalidate the principles espoused by it, but it is ultimately limited, because you are relying on your opponent to make a mistake or expose himself, trying to trip or unbalance a grappler with good base is like trying to uproot a treestump, which then segues into the various techniques one uses to gain positional controll over the opponent once youve got your hands on him, and afaik aikido does not have much in the way on clinch work. even if you do get dumped on your ass, by hanging on and having good mat sense, you can drag him down with you and use that motion to roll him over, ironicaly using the his motion which he used against your motion, against him.

now, wristlocks are a viable technique, and have been used in major grappling comps for a victory on occasion, but it is situational. first, anyone whos wrestled before knows how importaint hand fighting is, trying to get a firm grip on an experienced grappler is, again, a daunting proposition.
there is also the matter that there is a lack of control inherent to going for a wrist lock, which is why its situational, it can be done in the guard or mount, since you already have hip control over the opponent, but often times there is simply no reason to try for a wrist lock specificly as opposed to somthing with an easier entry like and arm bar or darce choke.