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Originally Posted by MTKrav911
It's probably Aiki-jitsu which from what I've heard is a mix of Japaese Jit Jitsu and Aikido. Lot's of submission type holds
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Aikido is actually developed from Jujitsu as is Judo. There are several different styles of Aikido and each sifu has there own methods they focus on. It is a very good art but in general has a more defensive mindset then most other martial arts. So as far as a competetive art it really isn't designed for that mindset. Although there are techniques you can take from it and adapt to use in competetion.
As pointed out below the students are taught to flow with a technique when it is applied to help avoid injury. But it sounds like a demonstration for the students where occuring so it was probably loosely organized to show the observers the techniques the sifu was covering. In the classes I have attended the sifu will usually point to a student and tell them the offensive technique to use. Then he will show what defensive tools to use to counteact it.