In defense of Akido, I know some very good martial artists (I'm talking military trained) who have been using Akido to focus their muscle memory on less violent

In defense of Akido, I know some very good martial artists (I'm talking military trained) who have been using Akido to focus their muscle memory on less violent methods, primarily for it's control techniques. It was interesting to hear the conversation go over time from removed disdain for being non-combat... to respectful admiration of how technique properly applied could control but not permanently damage an opponent... because that's not always what you want to do.