Do (aikido) or show off mechanics (aikidoka) ?

I was watching:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cupnsUDyjuA
Michael Jackson-In the closet
Nice moves !

Gurdjeef

Some uke and some teachers i've meet/ seen, are against learning aikido. They express their goals (i.e. being a soft martial art teacher; by the way a romanian MA federation had later labeled aikido as full-contact MA). Some tell me to change my fighting automatisms, for different reasons, all under my "own" "best" interest.
("be prepared, not scared" link + quote)

jitsu-ki-kyo

Steven Seagal, said an article, regrets that they didn't pay atention to Morihei's spiritual teachings. They were more interested in fighting, sweating, ...