when I see people looking down on Aikido and saying it’s for kids and shit and that it’s weak and stuff

BITCH. PLEASE.

it is meant for SELF-DEFENSE. Not attacking. So good on you, if you’re a boxer or whatever getting your own punch served back to you while you confront an Aikido ka

I’m just gonna pull out the philosophy of Aikido here:
“Aikido is not for correcting others; it is for correcting your own mind”