Aikido VS Untrained Fighter
Вставка
- Опубліковано 14 бер 2018
- There are many Aikido vs videos, yet most are with compliant partners. We decided to do it the right way.
Although this is still just a first step, we did our best to do our Aikido vs video with a resisting partner, throwing any punches and going for it. Of course the next step would be to bring even more intensity and a person who is trained, so I am planning to do Aikido vs MMA round 2 video soon.
While this is officially Aikido vs Untrained Fighter, it would be close to call that it was also Aikido vs Karate, since my partner did train Karate for 8 years, yet we decided to still call it Aikido vs Untrained Fighter since he trained it a long time ago. We also did not call it Aikido vs Boxing because his boxing skills are still very new.
If you want to see the original Aikido vs MMA video with my very first pressure test against punches, check the video here:
► • Aikido vs MMA - REAL ...
SUBSCRIBE to see when the next videos will come out:
► bit.ly/1KPZpv0
If you want to support this project and see more of these videos check my Patreon page:
► / rokasleo
Music provided by Argofox: Darby - Cognizant • Darby - Cognizant [Arg... - Спорт
The husky says "meh, I could take them both with jaw-jutsu".
Rofl :D
Thomasuki267 you're so wrong.
Its karate...
ליאת מאיר he's talking about the dog
Nicolás Paradoja I knew that LOL
ליאת מאיר for sure you meant Jawrate.
I think if you ever got jumped while walking your dog, your dog would react like it was the most normal thing in the world.
I wrestled with my dog all of the time, so when my brother came to visit and started wrestling with me, the dog would attack me too.
Well done m8. You are very brave. Most martial arts teachers are all talk no walk, they never try to practice what they preach in a real situation. Win or lose you get my respect.
Thanks
YES and that's EXACTLY why he's finding MOST martial arts to be totally INEFFECTIVE-- because the lousy teachers that were either totally fake- or just NOT good at what they do or CAN"T TEACH- some very good folks at practice can't teach for sh... all these situations are why he's finding out most arts are NOT effective.. a good pro at any art- can easily be VERY effective against average street BS.. and most good at their arts- unless the practitioner is VERY talented on top of his years of training.
Attempts at 'live' aikido always end up looking like bad judo.
:) Your point may be right
I have been trying to figure out how to describe it, and you just nailed it.
Well it can't look like Aikido because he wears gloves... even if this would have been a cooperative training partner it couldn't look like Aikido because like 90% of the Aikido techniques rely on NOT wearing boxing gloves ;-) And the few remaining techniques that can be executed with boxing gloves are mainly some throws that are identical to Judo.
@@b00nish he used mma gloves he could grab so you arent completly right
@drsandkastenschaufel Believe me, with this gloves you can't grab in any way that comes close to the requirements of Aikido.
One of the few honest Explorations into the effectiveness of a martial arts. I applaud your willingness to be open and learn. Keep up the good work!
Thank you!
This is important really - no other channel that I can think of, honestly sets up fights or situations that you expect them to lose. They don't genuinely test stuff out, where you see the failure. If they show failure, they show it in a "this is how it looks when it fails" kind of way.
As someone who has, in a different field, gone through just a little of what Rokas is doing - in his own wise words: "this shit ain't easy".
That's what "studying Martial Arts" actually means! Way to go, Rokas! Keep it up! 🙇
Nice to see a community taking form around this project also! May it bring insightful experiences and healthy exchange of it!
Thanks. I agree! The community aspect is amazing! It makes it go and progress so much better by learning from everyone
That dog is so excited trying to help LoL
"HOOMAN YOU SEEM TO BE IN DANGER!!!!"
Great video. Thank you!
Henrique Nakamura my friends dog got concerned when I was training him. Dogs seem to like getting involved when people are training XD
"OOH OOH! YOU'RE DOING STUFF? I WANT TO DO STUFF!!"
haha yeah. was doing some light boxing sparring with my fiancee recently. The cat got upset and started squawking at us until we reassured him that it wasn't a real fight :) Then he just watched us with a 'you're idiots' expression.
Thank you for sharing your honest and vulnerable training journey. Many people get discouraged by the rough learning process, but I'm so happy to see you display confidence and humility.
Is the dog the ref?
I am very very impressed with what you are trying to do. I a judoka but I when I lived in Japan I trained for a a year and a half with Fujitani Sensei at the Tenshin Dojo in Osaka. I left Aikido because of it consistently proved ineffective against a resisting opponent. I wish you luck in your endeavors and look forward to Your development and evolution of Aikido.
Husky comes and checks "is my master ok?". Great !
I'm really enjoying these videos. Much respect for what you are doing here, admitting that your chosen style wasn't quite up to scratch in a modern setting and actively trying to fix the problems rather than burying your head in the sand takes balls man.
Thank You!
Looks hard to use aikido
It is O_O But I am seeing how and if it's possible
Hard but not impossible. I think at some point Rokas-san will find better transitions to get himself to Aikido. Good video!
But not impossible you just gotta train the right way.
It might be possible to utilise those akido techniques on a kid, or someone a quarter of your size
My instructor always told me it works great on people that give up their momentum. Angry people or someone that isn't used to sparring and throws haymakers
Dude... I commend you for what you are doing... it takes such a strong sense of self and humbleness at your approach with an openess at true expression of what truly works in your experiments and experiences.
Instead of using big hybrid mma gloves and boxing gloves try using the standard 4oz mma gloves. You can always throw on full headgear and a mouthpiece to protect your face from the strikes.
I usually train with 4oz and a mouthpiece, sometimes shin pads. It has a more "realistic" feel because they're smaller and allow better technique as the larger gloves get in the way.
Thanks Daniel for the advice! We are looking into getting head gear already. Could you give more details why you suggest 4oz gloves?
4oz is just the standard mma glove size. It will allow for much better grip during grabs and wont impede wrist manipulation if your opponent is wearing them too. If you arent trying to do any grabs and you just want to work on striking other gloves are good as well.
Stick to what you have for now. Your not ready for such a dramatic or drastic change in equipment. Over all as you progress eventually you will want to go bare knuckle. But your now rewiring you mind and body so take it easy. I know I did aikido my self for a while before I got in to stand up, Japanese jujutsu and eventually MMA.
Just as a reminder, headgear only protect your skin, concussions still happen. If you happen to get headgear, don't go up in the intensity of the strikes as it gives a false sensation of protection.
The fact that you're pressure testing your aikido is excellent. It's also clear that with some of your techniques were effective. Keep up the great work.
I really appreciate this. Instead of constant downing a martial art, you said,"Hey! Let's improve it and make it more practical." It means a lot.
It's great seeing you test your aikido skills in sparring against different styles and levels of competency while adding to your skill set from other arts.
Yeh quietly following your progress... excellent stuff mate. Reminds me of Bruce Lee’s exploratory development and learning... which led him to greatness.
TheUnfetteredOne wtf
I once tried to help a friend train for her aikido black belt grading. It was really strange. Every time she tried any takedowns she would look at me and say something like "you should be off balance by now". I tried to be a compliant partner but because I had no idea what these takedowns were, my body just naturally did whatever to stay balanced and she grew frustrated. Granted I do have a background in traditional and sports martial arts, but she couldn't understand why she couldn't throw me around like her classmates. She then proceeded to train me how to be off balance and that's when I understood the problem: her classmates expected a fixed outcome in training and threw themselves off balance for her benefit. Aikido can be fun but I just find the practioners too compliant with one another. I'm sure there are some good aikido guys around that can toss me like a rag doll, but I have yet to experience it.
I had that experience too when I got attacked by guys who know some martial art, 3 of them were trying 3 different takedowns at the same time and I could just pull my arm free and knock one out, it’s better to find a counter in the moment then to practice a specific moves counter
Great job!! You’ve improved so much from your first sparring session with the mma guy! You were successfully able to implement your aikido techniques. Way to go! Keep at it Rokas!
Thank You!
Take a look at this: ua-cam.com/video/0j_lCc-BM8A/v-deo.html I think this will help you learn to close and not get hit.
Any half-witted wrestler will be able to destroy that guy
AikidoSiauliai should you be wearing this at your level?
He is trying to use Aikido moves to see what works.
Excellent! Great to see you so humbly allowing us to watch your failures and successes. It's a very useful experiment. Interestingly, as you adapt the aiki techniques a little, they get very close to (standing) BJJ techniques despite you deliberately trying not to use BJJ. Essentially, what works, works! All martial arts, IMHO, when pushed to use their effective techniques only, end up looking surprisingly alike.
Good points! I was talking about this with my fighting coach as well and he said something I liked as well: that all effective techniques end up looking similar even in different styles, because they are effective so they are universal :)
Your best moments here are when you throw a strike *immediately before* entering into the clinch range.
Thanks. That's a good point!
I'm not even subscribed to this channel yet I'm getting recommended.
Whatever it is you're doing, from what I heard you're trying to add things more to your aikido, good luck.
Thanks!
Nicee, very nice! Love what you are doing with aikido keep on questioning everything not just aikido!
Fantasic exploration and thanks for showing us the results!
Great start! Definitely looking better already than your Aikido vs MMA. Great also you got some Aikido techniques in there, glad to see Aikido can work! Please keep pressure testing and find out what works best.
Will do! Thank you
qnz_78 I don't think that is exactly working, mainly because he seems so much exposed to be hit by an "untrained" fighter.
The moves seems to work only when the aikido guy just ignore hits as nothing...
In a real fight, the aikido guy should probably be found bleeding on the ground. And this is a little sad...
CopernicoTube I agree. You commit to the technique and take a big risk. It can work but probably but success percentage will depend on how well you've practiced it with a high level of resistance. But again personally it's probably something I won't do unless there's a special reason like taking down a drunk friend.
Great job man.I've been watching your videos and I love that your searching for the truth and your being honest about your results.Keep it up.
A lot of improvements, honestly I continue to be impressed with your dedication, some interesting exchanges in that video.
Edit : You could probably be more aggressive in those clinch exchanges. I think that's probably a natural grappler habit hehe, you guys are stubborn in there, always trying to keep pulling off whatever just failed while you get kneed in the ribs. The clinch is heaven for a lot of strikers, if what you initiated failed, don't stick in there unless you intend to dish out some punishing yourself before you attempt a take down again. Otherwise you're just digging yourself into a lot of trouble.
Much respect bro for your continued exploration and experimentation. Really enjoy your humility and study. Keep it going bro!
2:35 out side trip, to side control with double wristlock grip nice
Also at 3:57 i think the trip you were looking for might have been available if you had a tighter overhook on that guys left arm since you were dragging him around trying to get him off balance, good work though
Thanks!
Keep up the good work! Aikido needs you.
Thank you!
I love the dog. So cute.
I love what you're doing here! It's inspiring to see a martial artist take what is derided as useless and try to improve on it to make it viable again. I've always wanted to learn Shaolin kung fu, and the only school in the area is Shaolin-Do. I know, I know. I still go and learn, because it's cheap to train there and the people at this SPECIFIC gym are very open to what I want to do, which is re-invent the art into something useful. I also train at local boxing gyms and judo schools to gain the useful drills and attributes I need to see the project through. Seeing someone else doing this inspires me to keep taking the next step. Thank you !
I'm really excited to see where the quest to making your aikido work for you. I hope you find progress and a system you can pass on effectively to the next generation.
You seem to have a heavy forward lean (along your back and your neck), and tend to lead horizontally with your head. I think that is a bad tendency to have.
I agree, it´s not good for pure wrestling/grappling and terrible if striking is included.
Thanks! I keep that in mind, yet yes, I need to work more on that. Thank you for your advice
Very true, try to keep your back straight, arms up, stay sideways and if you need to get low do it with your legs without bending your back. And always go sideways, this is what Aikido is about.
Nour Eddine Yaghmour sideways is not good.
Everybody is an expert on youtube lol
Respect for posting this
Love when the dog runs in :D Hilarious
Hey! Really love these videos. Really like the integration of different styles, AND the fact that you're keeping the Aikido! It's so creative and interesting to see how this varies from where I train, which is just straight MMA with a Muay Thai & BJJ base. I have some comments about the good things I saw, and the areas that could be improved.
I would say the primary area that needs improvement here is in your striking defense. You're doing a lot of flinching, and leaning your head back over your back leg, which compromises your balance and movement. Also, by leaning your head back, you compromise your chin. Finally, it compromises your foot positioning - check around 2:47 for a particular moment where you're basically facing away from your opponent, which opens you up to strikes, and limits your ability to respond.
THAT SAID: I really liked the takedowns, and the way you're using strikes to close the distance and impose your aikido. The throws/takedowns look really good. You don't necessarily need to be Lomachenko, and you've definitely become more comfortable with strikes since your first MMA bout, but the strike entry (I think it's called "atami" in aikido?) looks good. So impressed at how this experimentation is going! Inspirational!
Thanks!
I like this sparring match vs your first one with the trained MMA fighter. Very specific, you were not afraid to get hit this time. The confidence in your ability to handle some punches really comes through. You looked a lot more comfortable in your own skin and dealt with random attacks more relaxed. Great improvement!
I hate comments with criticism of application, but I dare add something to help. The transition points of going from fighting to Aikido are the keys to making Aikido work. That is where Aikido lacks, its transitions do not adapt or harmonize with a different type of attack. BJJ, wresting, and boxing have some great transitions that you could use to get to Aikido. You used a couple that seemed effective. Here are some that I like to use during sparring to transition to Aikido:
1. Jab counter: slip to the outside of the jab and simultaneously counter with your own lead hand for an irminage to the face (or just a jab counter).
2. Jab-cross counter: slip outside of jab then cover for cross, catch the elbow, tenkan, koykunage/sumiotoshi
3. Offensive back fist: trap lead hand, back fist to the outside of the head, pull head down, kaiten nage
And there are many many more that can transition real nice. Good luck!
Thanks Cesar! By the way, I wanted to check, if I remember you live in UK. May I ask where in UK?
AikidoSiauliai I live in the U.S., specifically Houston, Texas.
Cesar Aguirre wasn't scared to take a hit? Did I just watch a different video? He showed lots of improvement yes, but he'd flail his arms every time he thought he was gonna get hit instead of countering.
You may be the most honest aikido practicioner in the world. You will suck at first of course but I see great potential of creating something knew with experience. Keep exploring and practicing, we may learn a lot from you. Aikido revolution!
Man, definitely seeing stuff moving with this.
Obviously it's not there yet, but this is going in a cool direction. I noticed the irimi nage as well! :D
Super neat idea to set up a "control" sparring session to have something to compare to - like that a lot!
Thanks!
Best video yet in respect of starting to play with it all and discover...the only bit I'm really not keen on is how you give up your own structure so easily, either trying to clinch or in the middle of 'grappling' - maybe that's the MMA and BJJ coming through, but give up your structure like that and you're asking to be owned...break their structure, their kuzishi, I am guessing that is aikido principles too, they're very important in my opinion.
Keep up the good work!
It's very good that you're doing this and filming it. Not only is it good for you, but I think it will be good for a lot of open minded individuals that stumble on to this.
Thank you
Well done. Great stuff. It seems that Aikido works when put into a realistic context. Your first take down certainly shows that your Aikido is of a very high level. I also loved seeing the Alaskan Malamute - it reminded me of a sparring session I had with a student many years ago. We were in my back yard and my Malamute thought that I was being seriously attacked and sprang to my defence. Needless to say, we had to stop sparring as I had a somewhat unfair advantage! ;)
Nice one! Congrats!
Thanks Alvaro!
the dog is legend , also really like your vids
happy to see your improvment
You are awesome. You have a lot of courage to put yourself on camera trying this, success and failure!
I always like your video, I wish you live in Indonesia and build a Dojo here! Not doing Aikido at the moment because I have no enough time and I realized there are other martial arts that are more practical but I love AIkido. Also love your husky in the video!
Can't lie this is making me want to go learn aikido just so i can try to blend it with some bjj, catch wrestling and boxing. The thing about sparring like that is that you're not being given enough energy to really do something with it. Do some drills where you're getting legit committed punches thrown and drill at least one technique full speed till completion. Wish i knew the names of the moves so i could give an example lol
Lol :D Sounds great :) Thanks for sharing
yeh throwing a couple punches is prob the best way to get in range for yur wrestling or aikido locks.
Keep it up bro. Practice makes perfection
I love what you're doing! I think as you get more and more comfortable and confident in live sparring you can start to use more Aikido in the sparring.
A thought that I had may be interesting to you. When I was on the wrestling team, I found that if I focused on my stance and footwork while sparring, other aspects of wrestling became much easier to me. Perhaps wrist locks and takedowns will be much easier once you become adept at using Aikido footwork in a live sparring situation (just make sure you use sideways movement as well).
Good tip. Thanks
Great video. The untrained fighter has unpredictable rhythm. When afraid or angry the untrained man will use unpredictable attacking movements like a wild animal that refuses to be caged. Great video. I can tell by your speech and attitude that you are on the path of self Mastery
I love it. I learn from you.
nice to see that you are brave enough to try it. Advice to block or soften the opponent punch
I spotted something and again I just had to wait til the end where you identified it yourself. Good job with your analysis. I was going to mention the korogashi leaving the back of your head open to his punches which would be a very vulnerable spot to be hit. BJJ can have the same issue going for certain leg attacks. I see people go for them in MMA and leave themselves open for punches with all limbs focused on one leg and none for defense.
Good point!
Much respect for pressure testing. Very admirable. I'd also add that you should do some mma classes, they would really help you close the distance a Lil safer so you can apply your Akido. But fair play man!!
hahahaha, loved the dog sitting in front of the camera... lol
Huge respect to you for trying new martial arts. Looks to me like you learnt a lot from BJJ in your short journey in that sport. A lot of your takedowns look 100% like BJJ/judo takedowns.
Its cool to see your journey. I think you should try some judo. I think it will greatly improve your nage waza.
Thanks. Judo is on my radar :)
loved the dog
You definitely improved a lot. I think your journey is going fantastic. Here are my suggestions (my own personal suggestions/opinions based on my muay thai and kick boxing experience):
1. Keep a straight/upright back. You're bending forward too much. That will make your spine and back muscles more tired. Being too bent forward will give your opponent less room to try and close their distance. They'll have an easier time hitting you. In my opinion, controlling the pace and distance is key regardless of martial art.
2. Keep your chin down too when you're guarding against punches. In a fight (sport or self defense), you're most likely going to get hit once unless you have Kryptonian/Barry Allen like reflexes. Protect your chin. Get in that proper habit.
3. You're trying too hard to get the submission going from the very beginning. I recommend setting it up more with more than one punch. Look for openings in your opponent's defenses, fake them out. A good fighter will immediately adapt to what you're trying to do. To combat this, be unpredictable.
4: At 3:40 ish, you were trying to get a submission going on but your partner slipped. Which will happen. But you stayed too long out of position. Reset your fight stance as soon as possible. If you face away from your opponent too long, that can open up opportunities for him to unload on you. All it takes is one second. Get in the habit of resetting your fight stance.
You did score a couple of take downs, which is good. You were definitely more aggressive and you were controlling the pace of the fight for a bit. He seemed more reactive and you seemed more proactive. Keep up the good work.
Keep this training and pressure testing up and soon you will be the face of new aikido/combat aikido/ or whatever you decide to call it. The basic principles may come from Aikido it will be an art all your own. We are literally witnessing the birth of a new art.
Wondering when your using aikido for self defense do you find time to change into the dress? Thanks
After watching the video my question would be okay using strictly Aikido once you get him down to the ground then what do you do?
Nice!!!
I love what ur doing! I'm introducing boxing to my taekwondo classes. I hate the olympic style tkd bouncing competitions with irish dancing head defence!! I've done tkd for several years now and was absolutely shocked that the blocks are totally useless against boxing! Took me several months of boxing to learn some real defense. What ur doing is great and is hard to get it fair. Ur opponent couldn't do much to resist when u grabbed him because he had big gloves on. U mentioned it already but u can't just look for grabbing techniques when the other guy is punching u! U have to punch back til u get the opportunity to grab. Same if they're kicking.. I can keep a boxer at bay now with kicks. There's several ranges that u will use different techniques in. Keep up the great work.
That's what sparing is like, not that other fake stuff on youtube. I'm talking about you Steven segal. Nice video
You have great spirit
This was a good session. My advice for avoiding punches would be to get on the outside of your attacker. Then it’s much harder to hit you and it would be easier to get throws off
Thanks
I admire your attempts to make aikido work in the ring. I also fight with no holds rules in taekwondo sometimes. I think it's bad to have super restrictive rules
I had the audio off at first and I was watching the vid thinking, "the untrained dude doesn't look untrained" but you covered him being kyokushin which is a rowdy karate. like really rowdy. I had to rewind. He's clearly kept some of the skill from his training
A quick note on your foot work, don't step forward like you're walking when you come after him. Your balance will be terrible if you're caught in the middle of it. There are rare exceptions but for the most part, shuffle, don't walk or run in.
Thanks for the tip. Yes, I was also a bit confused with having more difficulties with him then planned and then realized he did have training :D Will be cool though, since he will continue to develop along side my training and the challenge will keep rising :)
I currently train in a Korean traditional martial art that has elements of Taekwondo, Hapkido, and Judo (as in we train with punches, kicks, pressure points, joint locks, throws, and falling techniques) and I have recently started training in BJJ to help develop my close range skills. I see how training in both styles helps me in the other. One such example is that when I spar in BJJ, I have no problems engaging while standing up and looking to throw/sweep someone to the ground vs resorting to pulling guard to bring the fight to the ground quickly. I also have learned quickly how to deal with grips and recognize when I am in danger (even though I may not always know how to deal with the threat). Due to rolling after class, I have learned how to better train/drill the jointlocks as well as I have better cardio for when I am doing forms.
My biggest advice for modernizing aikido is implementing sparring involving strikes but encourage the joint locks/throws/sweeps so that it forces the practicioner to learn how to use those techniques while being punched/kicked. Keep up the work!
Very good! I think it would be good if you learned some no gi throws. Also, when you do Irimi grab their head. Where head goes, body follows.
Good points!
Nice Osoto ;)
I think maybe your aikido would work better if you improve your footwork and maybe get use to punches without flinching.
Fun vid! Keep it up.
Another video you could look at over and under drills from wrestling clinch. And also the BJJ how to close the gap when standing up and fighting
i like that you never give up!! learn Muay-Thai-Clinch, fine jepp-boxing and gracie jj and you will get what you search for ;)
Does Aikido have techniques applied to the legs? What if he is allowed to kick?
Aikido is fairly lame with kicks as far as I've experienced. I am considering to take a look at that in detail in the future
While still far away from real progress, it's a step in the right direction.
There are 2 adaptations. One for sport and one for self-defense. You'll have to develop both.
Respect!
What do you think of Realni Aikido? As contrasted with mainline Aikido for example.
Liked and subscribed
Really cool to see someone test his martial arts and see what works. Aikido gets alot of shit, but its nice to see if we can actually get something usefull out of it. There is no such thing as failure, only learning!
Hank Smith yeah, in failure you are learning what does not work, which cancels out the failure lol!
2:46 Dog comes in like "I wanna help"😂
good that you are trying to train diffrent. O-sensei himself said the aikido im doing today will not be the aikido im doing tomorow ;). search for the book aikido ground fiting and aikido atemi book mabe some intresting things in there
you are a truth seeker rokas keep going!
Hi I would like to demand : I'm 35 years old and I have the chance to practice aikido. I'm looking for inner peace through martial arts and learn some defense techniques. Would you suggest it to me ? I'm not new to martial arts, I've practiced Wing Chun, Kempo, karate and muay thay. Thanks for the answer !
Holy crap looking back at this you've bulked up and just look healthier now
You should add more violent chokes than the old aikido especially if you will be pressure testing it would be very helpful
I like your approach and willingness to learn your open mind thumbs up.
My old sensei the late Simon Deering once taught us is that once you are standing toe to toe you are doing something wrong.
His philosophy was deflate the situation before it gets to the point of no return.
Example: most fights start with pushing, a way to size up your opponent.
He called this phase 1, this is the phase where you want to be at with aikido and are at an advantage.
Phase 2 is raised fists, 3 the red phase is fists are swinging.
He said do a basic ikkyo omote, even better the ura version for more control over your opponent.
He also said on the average untrained opponent it has a shock and awe effect.
Do remember to apply some pain pressure and TALK with some reasoning to your down opponent, like I don't want this so let's stop .
Of course walking away is the preferred method
Precisely the point of Aikido.
I hate to tell you but that 1.2.3. Bullshit is only true for those whose intention is not to fight in the first place. It's chest beating and working up the courage for violence. They want you to respond and hit first. It is fear that is guiding their actions. There are others who are not fighting to show dominance the intent is to injure and maim there is a lack of fear and do not need to be worked up. There is no 1.2.3. Aikido is fairly useless against them as are almost all other forms of martial arts unless you as a person has their head on a swivel and is always redlined. Point of action your skills are useless when instead of a blustery show or verbal que I simply walk up showing no intent and smack a bottle over your head and don't let up until you go down and can't get up or keep stomping once your down. There are people who believe that if your going to commit an act of violence then there is no halfway and it must always be justified. That's why they are mostly pacifist and far more patient than most.
How do you think this video would go after the 6 months program of mma? Just trying to pull off aikido techniques against an "untrained striker"?
3 things.
1. Looks life you're trying to recreate Japanese jujitsu when you add bjj and punches in. I think if you want to keep it aikido you should avoid striking altogether and focus on throws and escaping from grappling then maybe the spirit of aikido is still there. (Not saying you shouldn't practice those things).
2. If you ditch the punches ditch the gloves. They just get in the way and in full contact fighting they're more dangerous than bare fists. Even the punches you throw now look like taking the gloves off wouldn't make a difference.
3. Love what you're trying to do. Keep it up.
Thanks!
Great stuff! Your confidence is up by a lot, if your body language is any indication. Two questions: Why the gloves? And, you frequently mention making aikido "efficient," is that term precisely defined in another video? I think I missed it. I enjoy your vids, and continue to wish you the best.
Gloves, just to get started :) Want to take it step by step. Efficient sounds good. Sometimes it's modernize Aikido, some times it's practical
That makes sense. Keeping in mind that you're actually doing it, while I'm just watching from a comfy chair, may I suggest that making a working definition of "efficient" might be helpful? Respectfully yours, f.
I agree with what the others are saying about Judo, I think you would like it. I started with Aikido and evolved into Danzan Ryu Jujitsu which is heavily influenced by Judo. The way Judo trains they develop the ability to go toe to toe with MMA sparring like I see you trying to do. And I find my Aikido techniques blend well with it too. In fact, I still train my Aiki weapons regularly. Remember, according to his own writings O-Sensei primarily viewed Aikido as a spiritual path... He was a capable martial artist as well, but never intended to create just another martial art.
He? What style of aikido does he practice, cuz the tendoryu style which I practice is different than his
Watch the long leading leg! The first time you get kicked in the leg you will figure out why! :)
A bad leg kick is debilitating!
Nice to see that you are adapting and modernizing Akido!
Well done!
May be if you try when No one has any sort of gloves or wrist wrapping on it may be easier?
What advantage is there in training Aikido for this purpose, over training wrestling, or even judo?