Why was aikido formed?
Aikido Techniques come from ancient Japanese Jiu-Jitsu.
Jiu-Jitsu was and still is used in combat. The founder of Aikido,
Morihei Ueshiba wanted to make the techniques more flowing and less
lethal. The goal of Aikido is to defeat your opponent without
injury to you or the attacker. Most of the techniques in Aikido can
be damaging and sometimes fatal because you are manipulating small
joints in the human body to move an opponent without or nearly no
strength at all. The goal is not to break bones or to kill however
because you are manipulating smaller joints to move a bigger
person, you can hurt them easily however it is not the goal of
Aikido.