Correct me if Im wrong, but Aikido is a derivative of Jiujitsu designed to be less dangerous to your attacker...whereas in Jiujitsu you bend joints the way they arn't supposed to bend to the point of snapping them like toothpicks
Well, your close, Aikido was derived from Jujitsu, which is the japanese form, its slightly different then the Brazillian style Jiu-Jitsu. the spelling difference tells you the difference in the form. the japanese version uses a larger varieties of take downs from a standing position and bending joints while they and on the ground and you are standing, while the brazillian version is alot more keeping the person on the ground and destroying his joints while you are on the ground with him.
Aikido was derived from jujitsu, hapkido, and judo. And believe me, you do the whole bending of joints in Aikido too, you just do it from multiple positions, standing (bending joints while standing comes from Hapkido and all of the throws come from Judo) and on the ground (this is the part that comes from Jujitsu).
(the only reason i know this is because ive trained in Aikido and in Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu, among other forms, and i was surprised when i walked into the aikido dojo for the first time... i was expecting it to be like Jiu-Jitsu but its nothing like it.)




