Aikido is a martial art developed to give you choices in a possible combative situation.

"It works!"-beau
                      "At first i moved clumsily and then after some training I learned to move with some grace."-austin
                                                             "I did it! I just stepped around the guy and he couldn't touch me!"-david
                                     "I love training!"-leni
                                                        "It's a beautiful martial art!-cristina
                                                     
                                                                                       "It's a martial art for a modern world!"-ron