Seagal's top student reveals all! / Sensei Elliot Freeman (Full Interview)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Find out some amazing things about Tenshin Aikido and Steven Seagal in this exclusive intererview with Sensei Elliot Freeman.
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Wonderful interview , as a aikidoist i met Freeman sensei (3 rivers aikido) several times he' s a really good teacher , then met Seagal sensei .Matsuoka sensei, Reynosa sensei tenshin aikido is really good and effective , Seagal sensei bring aikido to another level thank you very much Mr Viking Samurai for this nice interview 🙏🙏🙏
Mr. Viking Samurai, you are knocking it out of the park with your videos, channel, the people you are meeting and now doing a movie!
Congratulations on all of your success!
You have worked very hard and deserve everything that you get!
Thanks so much!
Here here congrats brother.
Nice interesting interview. I remember when I went to go to one of Sensei Seagals seminars in Russia. He was such a nice and pleasant guy to speak to! It would be great to go train with him again.
I personally think weapons is what makes good Aikido. The majority of schools out there unfortunately don't focus enough on the them.
Thanks for sharing!
You're absolutely right. I'm grateful mine still does the owama style (probably spelling that wrong), you know the farm
WHAT A GREAT GUY & TEACHER. I KNOW MR FREEDOM PERSONELY.
Sounds like I would love to meet Sensei Freeman. I grew up in South Florida as well, and had my own concerns about Aikido when I decided to pursue it. That’s when I came across Professor Philip Chenique’s schools of “Chendokan Aikido” and Atemi-Ryu Ju-Jitsu. He had similar goals for Aikido as Seagal. The dojo I trained at my specific Sensei made me take both Aikido and Ju-Jitsu. I actually wonder if Sensei Freeman knows Professor Chenique? Whether he deserves the hate or not I will always be grateful to Seagal for the inspiration I gained from him to seek out Aikido.
Funny watching a clip of the cartels movie, and seeing GSP in it guy cant act, he was one one of the best all time fighting in the UFC, but his acting mostly in that movie was not to good.
Great Martial Artist . Donkey of a person . Osu
@@renshimellor If people think Seagal is worried about what others think about him. I'd say that, by his behaviour, the answer is "no". Gotta respect that.
MR FREEMON LIVES & TEACHES N ST. LOUIS MO. HIS DOJO IS ON THE HILL ( ITAILIAN NIEGHBORHOOD ) BUT TEACHES WORLD WIDE AS WELL. HE'S A GREAT PERSON & TEACHER.
Much appreciate how respectful you're always been towards Steven Seagal. Im a big fan of him and always will be.
I took Yoshukai karate when I was a kid, so when I saw Segal for the first time in a movie, I recognized all the authentic movement mechanics at work, and saw the training and skill in it. I have been a fan ever since.
Sensei Seagal is who got me interested in training martial arts and loving Aikido.
I live in Miami, and Sensei Freeman mentions finding barrels of swords near the Miami River. Incidentally, the Miami River is in the backdrop of the final scene of 'Only The Strong' (1993). I train in JKD with Sifu Dwight Woods who made a brief appearance in Only The Strong as one of the gang members who fought Mark Dacascos with a machete right before the final fight against Silvario.
Gotta say this is totally not what I expected, probably because this is the only guy I've ever heard who didn't have anything bad to say about Steven Seagal.
Because this guy is in a cult lol.
@@sprice2719
I'm not an Aikido guy, I did ITF TKD, but I feel like most of Seagal's detractors are MMA rednecks who voted for Donald Trump, so I don't lend them much credence. He likes making stuff up and has a bad history with women, but his skill in martial arts is undeniable.
Well, obviously. This Elliott Freeman telling all these nice things about Seagal, whereas people who have in fact met and experienced Steven Seagal to be a complete jackass and violent person, makes it somewhat unbelievable. In fact, I'm pretty sure half of the nice things he's saying about Steven Seagal is probably just bs. However, I do like this Elliott Freeman a lot. To me, he comes across as a very gentle and kind person.
@@anoniem7062
"In fact, I'm pretty sure half of the nice things he's saying about Steven Seagal is probably just bs. "
Well, you think the same about any system not commonly used by white people, so you're not exactly credible yourself.
" However, I do like this Elliott Freeman a lot. To me, he comes across as a very gentle and kind person."
You can tell by his style that he has in fact met Seagal. He's just not saying things you agree with.
Is it possible that the detractors are the ones spreading bullshit? It's certainly possible.
@@anoniem7062 I have known Elliott since the early 90s (the start of Three Rivers Aikido - you are exactly right - thank you)
Seagal is the best. Whos hates Steven....has to deal with me.
Let's bring back the moral traditions of martial arts? Seagal Sensei is a master of his art. Mastery of criticism and mastery of martial arts are two different paths. Most people master criticism, but very few people master the martial arts! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Seagal is a global treasure, good man. We need more people like him. Never believed in lies and all the nonsense people seem to bring forth without any evidence, and it's basically hatred and giving an illusion of a terrible character...
Tf
I see he followed Seagal's fitness regimen
eating and bs speaking
😂😂
Dont judge a book by its cover. just because some isn't ripped doesn't mean they dont have the skill to knock someone out.
Eric Scott Esch aka "ButterBean" is the perfect example of this. Eric may not of had the best cardio but he knocked out plenty of guys that where physically fitter than him based on appearance.
Total Fights 90
Wins 76
Losses 10
Draws 4
No-Contests 0
KO Wins 57
Total Title Wins 0
Title Defenses 0
Title-Fight KO Wins 0
Losses via KO 2
@@madmick6275 you want me to push you around guy?
@@ProgSnob14 Goodluck!
This was an awesome interview! Just sub’d. thanks!
Glad you enjoyed the interview, Welcome aboard!
Steven Seagal , a true martial artist
Always enjoy you're interviews brother!
Thanks for listening, glad you enjoy them!
*your
Aikido good interview but I'll stick with my Sambo, Combat Systema is awesome if you have a good coach. 🙏 My Catholic priest was a Boxer before he became a Priest, now the Church Gym we have a Sambo & Combat Systema & Judo training Boxing is in combat Sambo.
It's not the martial art, it's the person, but what are you going to do vs a guy with a big knife or sword? Aikido teaches what to do vs both of these.
Real Great interview 😅heard you may be doing a interview w/ Pender Sifu 😮
First of all masters in Japan would never let a white american teach akido or any art in Japan no matter how long he lived there unless he proved himself, oh yeah he did Seagal took on many all out challenges full contact, and won them all, his school is still open till this day.
Yeah, OK; LOL!
To quote The Master: is it OK if I laugh in your face?
🤣🤣😅
@@francesco245 yeah proof and you dont know how martial arts works they would never let a white russian, Jew teach unless they knew for sure he could and knew his stuff can tell you dont train or study.
@@francesco245 Plus Seagal did the old lethal style Akidio and almost none of the modern stuff he said that himself, plus both of his Karate tachers could kill people and have and they trained him yet he cant lol.
His wife owned the Dojo.
@@rotorairgroup8409 yeah but he stil had to prove he was good and could teach.
Moo Duk Kwan is not Tae Kwon Do. It's Tang Soo Do. When the different styles of Tang Soo Do broke off and Chuck Norris created his own organization (WTSDA/ American Karate), the founder of Tang Soo Do mister Hwang Kee created his own organization to which he gave the name of his style of Tang Soo Do which was Moo Duk Kwan (Tang Soo Do is like Karate. It's un umbrella term. Because in Karate you have Shotokan, Gojo Ryu, Kyokushin etc. That's how TSD is as well. And the founder of TSD called his style Moo Duk Kwan). But later he renamed his organization from Moo Duk Kwan to Soo Bahk Do. But people don't really call it Soo Bahk Do and continue to say it Moo Duk Kwan or just Tang Soo Do
Not where I grew up. MDK was TKD.
@@williamsmith8790 There is a Taekwondo organisation that is called Moo Duk Kwan. But historically Moo Duk Kwan was the name of the style of Hwang Kee's TSD (or it was Soo Bahk Do and then named Moo Duk Kwan. Depending on where you search they will either say that his TSD style was named Moo Duk Kwan and he then changed it to Soo Bahk Do or that his TSD style was Soo Bahk Do and he then changed it to Moo Duk Kwan). So yeah. And from what I searched the Taekwondo Moo Duk Kwan organisation is even newer than WT and ITF (which were the first two organisations of Taekwondo). So once again historically Moo Duk Kwan is TSD. But who cares nowdays? Hwang Kee's Moo Duk Kwan is still referred to as TSD so no one really cares. I just gave some historical information that's all!
awesome video
Movie ideas:
Spec-ops Team of retired and semiretired military personnel:
Navy seal- Steven Segal
Marine - John Cena or The Miz/ both
Army+ Green Beret- Sly Stallone and Randy Couture
Air Force: Chuck Norris(retired) or Arnie (you know he’s all about that Choppa)
Or
Two Chicago PD Seagull and Denzel Washington against Roberto DeNiro and Al Pacino
Or
Glimmer Man 2 with Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan
John cena ain't no marine cena a Cornball but wwf kane is a gangsta though 👹👹👹👹
People poke a lot of fun at Steven because of the internet! But most people are STUPID and if anyone has lived a good number of years knows what I’m talking about! Steven is the real deal and he’s no one to be toyed with!!! He’s a true master of his art!!!
No people poke fun at him because of a whole slew of videos where they go into detail about his past lies and BS. If he is the real deal then why did he bail on fighting Van Dam, Twice.
@@bryanchaney2572 you’re right that too! But him being a liar doesn’t mean he’s not a master at his craft and could fuck a lot of people up! That was my main point!
You're seeing a whole team of psychiatrists, aren't you?
it is organized smear campaign. also (although) some dumb useful idiots jumped in that train but it is still artificially pushed...
@@bryanchaney2572and that there is absolutely no evidence of him ever having fought anyone at all. In fact I don’t think I’ve seen any aikido sensei fight anyone in any other martial art. I can only recall seeing one guy who had been training for fifteen years and teaching aikido testing it out on UA-cam and finding he couldn’t use it at all with non compliant martial artists. After he trained a bit of mma, ju-jitsu, kick boxing and the like I think he did manage to apply a wrist lock or something similar but not very effectively and didn’t find his aikido training good for anything but falling.
u keeping the tapes alive
Love Seagal movies, the hatred he gets is just boring now.
I don't think so, Seagal's image he tarnished himself that earns the justified hate is what's boring.
He really brought it onto himself.
How did he tarnish his own image, because he says what he thinks? He says it like it is, which most people are afraid to. When all’s said and done, he’s the one living in multi-million dollar mansions and living the good life.
Living his best life in Russia. I'm not sure he's able to return to the US due to allegations against him.@@michaelmyers3709
@@michaelmyers3709 : So are criminals. Many criminals are living the good life too. And speaking your mind doesn't make you a hero or a good person; it's what you SAY that shows your mind. Hitler spoke his mind all day to the world, so according to you hilter didn't tarnish his own image. Well he did, just like Seagal. Seagal's voice is trash talking people and putting people down in order to put himself up. Only insecure weasel's do that. And he literally said he is a god btw. The guys wack, pretty obvious
Steven seagal is legit martial artist, once he grabs ahold of a guy they'll just be dinner
🙄 Keep telling yourself that.
It is important when laying out a person’s great skills and qualities , that you balance it with their flaws and mistreatment of others. Most people are all for, all against or are under informed about Seagul. The danger of creating sacredness around Seagul, is that like many teachers, he has access to his student vulnerabilities. And he has taken advantage of many individuals, sexually and in other was. Though that does not take away that he is a skilled and informed person.
So do think he is the real live "Master Roshi".😁😂✌️👍🙏
I’m not sure what that means. I think he’s just a guy who spent a lifetime doing martial arts. And because of that, made it into movies.
He was shoruken guy , martial arts guy , guy
This dude is the master of the pie eating contest him and is master Sense steven Segal know this art very well. 😂😂
Does Sensei Elliott still teach? If so where about? Thanks
Three Rivers Aikido St Louis MO.
Great interview, Akido is beautiful to look at unfortunately is not useful for street fight.
❤️
I love aikido. Thank you for the video ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
You're welcome 😊
I don’t even know if JKD is up-to-date anymore. I myself am a wrestler and a lifetime JKD self taught person. I’m a fighter as well and I add Wrestling to my Jeet Kune Do. But there’s also a Aikido, and small circle jujitsu, which Bruce Lee learn from Wally Jay who was from Hawaii. And I don’t know if those are included in Dan Innosanto’s system of JKD or Tommy Carruther’s JKD system either. I would be surprised if wrestling is none of them are wrestlers.
"I don’t even know if JKD is up-to-date anymore" Then you dont understand what JKD is.
Rickson talks about real Jiujitsu‘s some big nightmare breaks in your house and is on top of you and there’s nothing you can do about it when the cops get there a half an hour later you’re fine or you still alive he says that’s when you know you’re getting really good. That’s it. Worst case scenario if you’re not good guy, even those gigs probably done in two seconds.
I hate when all these cynics and ignorant people say all these absolutely false and malicious things about Steven Seagal. He would beat any of you guys in a fight, too ,lol . I agree. I don't think that Seagal has been treated fairly at all . Maybe it is his connections to Russia why so many people are saying these disrespectful and mendacious remarks . Seagal is one of the consummate greatest martial artists and movie stars of all time . Give the man his respect .
Loooool indeed!
No, Seagal would not beat me in a fight, because I can get out of a chair without using a forklift, for a start. Also, I can kick higher than my knee (and even my head) without using a body double.
Seagal does not deserve respect.
He's one big fat joke.
(Women he assaulted do not find his jokes funny, though...)
Sensai Seagull was disliked allready before he decided to be a russian mongol. Maybe its just about his personality?
It has to do when he broke his contract with some mafia Hollywood producers, they have been going after him ever since. It's pure jealousy.
Can you or anyone else actually prove Steven's talents?
No you can't. No one can.
Anyone that trained under Steven was a FAN. Who had stock Holm syndrome. And chose to listen to lies because. It's easier to fool someone an let them be fooled. Over tell them the truth an let them live in facts. Not fantasy.
All these people are fat. For one.. Guy in the interview as example.. Yeah Clearly a martial artist master... 😂😂😂
When your hero turns out to be a liar. Often you just choose to pretend he Is still a hero. Irregardless of facts..
You are one of those morons.
Viking Samurai u got some mad forearms there bro
Competition Daikin, Nicki Japan biggest sword, competition spell, off
Before the internet I could never heckle an interview with absurd ppl.....and I won't start now.
Ok maybe a little.
Time out. Steven Seagal stared bad mouthing other martial artists on national TV trying to discredit them. He especially went after JCVD, to the point JCVD called him out at a party and Steven backed down, in front of witnesses.
I don't feel sorry for him that he's getting the same treatment he gave many other Legit Martial Artists.
I wouldn't be surprised if JC was drunk and full of coke at that time; would you take on someone like that? Also: talking smack about someone is just words (even if they are mean)... civilised people continue the discussion, also with words. If SS had slapped, punched or shoved JC, I could certainly understand that a physical response might have been more than acceptable. I assume you also don't punch people just because they say mean things to you, right?
@joeridestrijcker445 jcvd was giving demonstrations at the time and Segal had been publicly bashing him for a couple years. He was doing at the party that night and he had enough.
According to SS he is the only legit martial artist and that's just not true
@@Patriot2332 I know and SS should have known better than to discredit those people like that. But words are just that, and one could shrug them off, talk back or... Get angry enough to want a physical altercation. Which do you usually do? (Assuming you aren't on alcohol and coke)
Does that t-shirt come in adult size?
No
Wtf is with the sound? There’s other voices in it
Hey Viking,do you have an email adress?
realvikingsamurai@gmail.com
So nice to hear someone honor him instead of impose their egos on him.
This guy's almost as bonkers as the man himself 😵
Wait is this a repeat? This is a repeat of what we already saw?
I haven't put up the full interview until now
That’s what I thought. Hey David I like your videos I wish you would upload a new video every other day at least. I think I watch everyone of your videos at least 10 times before you put out a new video. Ive started watching all of your videos starting from the end because I’ve already watched all of the recent videos.
Hahahahahaha
Looks like Elliot and Steven have the same abs.
Fake artial arts
His first movies were good but martial artists like Steven Seagal don't live by martial arts anymore. They have no schools, no teachings, no books, no demonstrations..but fatty bellies..)))
Viking! Aido, Kung fum by itself just doesn't work in a REA:L fight!
Wait a minute David Carradine died almost 12 years ago.
Yeah Gene LeBell made him crap his lunch out too. 😂
Aikido is not a martial art. It is a discipline practice.
Why would anyone admit knowing Seagal??
He's amazing!
Didnt mention Seagal's compulsive lying or his abuse of women? Or the fact no stunt crews want to work with him because he hurts people. The list goes on. There are far, far better Aikidoka than him to be talking about. He talks about winning "secret" competition, which did not exist. The cast of the expendable basically said they wouldnt do the movies if Seagal was in them. he lied about knowing and fighting with Bruce Lee (he would have been 15, MAX!). Te cast and crew of Saturday night live still joke about Seagal's appearance saying he was the most narcissistic, idiots, bullying, creep person they ever had to be around. For context, I've been training Aikido for 30 years and Judo/Daito ryu and every time his name is mentioned I feel sick.
I'm only half-way your aikido journey (15y instead of 30) and I have spoken to several aikidoka who attended a Seagal aikido seminar (or trained for longer period of time with him); not a single one said anything negative about the style, intensity, behaviour etc on the tatami. Similar for e.g. Larry Reynosa. There are quite a few other aikido styles or masters that make me feel sick too though :) ; that SS lacks the humour or behaviour needed to excel in SNL, I can certainly believe! About his abuse of women: I've read the accounts of those on sites like wikipedia: it's almost all 'allegations' or lawsuits that got dropped/dismissed.. I don't think I've found any example of an actual conviction/ruling against him. Have you been on the tatami with SS yet?
26.10 -- looking back what a bully. Telling a guy who was sitting down to "go now". That student could have had any number of reasons why he was sitting down. You don't know what his mental/physical challenges or state of health was like. The fact is he got to the class. He made it. He could have been having a sudden excruciating anxiety attack, could have felt sick, just might not have felt well or whatever and then you get arrogant "macho boy" coming over with his huge ego telling you to go. That's not a "master" that's an insecure bully who's lets his ego get out of wack. Seagal should have gone over and asked if he was ok first? What did Seagal preach and I quote "First learn how to heal people to be great, to hurt people is easy", yet this guy couldn't take his own advice. I really wish Elliot could have given more details , i.e. was the student just fooling around. Just like the interview he (Seagal) did with Jesse, asking to sit down every couple of mins, I'd tell him to get up, keep standing and get some of that fat off him, if not, he can clear off and we will end the interview. Not very nice is it Seagal? Incidents like this are proof that, if you behave and act like a douche, eventually, it's inevitable your little inner circle that feeds your ego will collapse around you. And in Seagal's case, boy, it sure did.
Nope. You have it all wrong. Long ago... I used to teach a few dudes, privately. If you tallied up the efforts and hours spent.. I was making less than Minimum wage... for that side-money. To me, it was more about trying to pass down what I had fought so hard to learn, discover, and Master. These guys showed interest.. and they did put in some efforts.. but... I quickly discovered that they were more interested in knowing the arts methods... than actually developing their abilities to become Combat capable...
At first, it would be things like them taking rests during our Workout routine... rather than keeping constant pace. Then when asked to punch the sandbag for 15 minutes... that after 5 minutes... they intentionally reduced their speed, and impact power.. by 90%.. as well as took breaks every few moments... rather than keeping in motion for the entire drill, as instructed. The last straw... was when I asked one of them to do a footwork drill, for 5 minutes. After less than 2 minutes... the dude slowly bends over to re-tie his shoes (and extremely slow at that). It was beyond obvious that he was trying to eat the clock down... because he didnt want to push himself any harder than a certain level.
He was lazy. He wasnt a hard worker. He lacked the proper levels of Passion, and Internal Willpower... to push himself to higher levels. None of them did any work outside of our classes... despite me constantly stressing the importance of it.
Now, Im a fanatic. I used to train anywhere from 4 hrs (minimum) to over 8hrs EVERY SINGLE DAY, 365 days a year (yup, even on Holidays). I knew that very few people would ever train as serious as myself... so I had tolerance for people being a bit less in output. But they were not even really putting in a FRACTION of what I used to put in. And at their pace, and their lack of intensity... it would have taken them 100 years to be anywhere Near what I was capable of... let alone, my hopeful goal... in making my students superior to myself.
It was at this point that I realized that I wasted a LOT of my personal time and energy, on those that didnt DESERVE my time and energy. On those that were never going to reach Combat level functionality... and whom would never be able to pass down what I was teaching. And so... I decided it just wasnt worth the extra side money, and quit teaching them.
Furthermore... When I used to train in these various different Schools... I was the dude whom.. when the teacher was talking, I was standing up in stance... doing a drill, that we had recently learned... where as the others, were sitting down, resting... doing nothing. Most of these students also never trained outside of classes... let alone, did the workouts on their own. In fact, many didnt even come to more than 2 classes per week... and the school offered both day and night classes... 4x a week. I had a lot of students get upset and Jealous with me... because I was always showing them up... and mastering things in a few weeks... that they still had not mastered, within a few years time.
The point being... that very few people are cut out to be combat capable... and Seagal, and even myself... we should not be wasting our time with Lazy people, that are not willing to push themselves to their limits. That are likely never going to be great in their performance / abilities. If they want to train as a "Casual", then they can find a massive school that operates based on large cash sums.. that doesnt care about the Quality of the students at all.
@@johndough8115: You don't know he's lazy. You have no proof.
That's an assinine assumption
@@johndough8115 No. I don't have it all wrong and your essay could have been summed up in just the last paragraph but I can see you also suffer with a huge ego and your desire to write an essay feeds your need and craving for validation and approval. It would help if Elliot would have clarified what this student was like, what his intent was, had he already been "pulled up" over his behaviour etc. Elliot is not helping his hero in this instance.
"He could have been having an anxiety attacks" - If that person is having an Anxiety attack during training... what makes you think they have the fortitude to go up against another high level fighter / Challenge ?!
"Could have felt sick" - My mother Forced me to go to school, no matter how sick I was. Unless I was Deathly Ill, and couldnt move... I was going to school. If you are in the Army, and you are Sick... Do you think they will allow you to rest and do nothing? What about, if you are in the middle of a War? Can you just sit the day out? Nope. What happens if you are attacked by a dude, while you are sick.. riding on the bus to your house? Do you think the attacker cares that you are Sick? If the dude was sick that he was unable to function well... he could have called in advance, to cancel his class. And if he became sick In class... he could have either sucked it up... OR... he could have Excused himself from class. I guarantee, that the dude was just being LAZY. The teacher can easily spot when someone isnt feeling well. It shows in their mannerisms / expressions, and their slowed and odd movements.
"Just might not have felt his best" - Again, what does this matter? Does the army care if you dont feel your best?! If they tell you to run 5 miles... and they set a timer on you... you are running that 5 miles, and staying within that timeframe... no matter how you feel. Does your place of Work care if you are feeling your best?! The Fed EX driver has to deliver a boatload of packages... and within a Set Schedule. The Boss doesnt care if you dont feel your BEST. You still have to WORK your best, despite how you FEEL. Again... if you are too sick to do your Job properly... you will have to call in sick... and the boss will put someone in your place, that can and will do the job to the best of their capabilities. And IF you are the kind of person that keeps calling in sick... and or, cant maintain your required production / Quotas... then the boss will REPLACE YOU. The boss does not care about your FEELINGS. The boss is REQUIED to provide a RELIABLE SERVICE. And if you have PROVEN that you cant be RELIABLE... then you are a LIABILITY to the Company.
There was one time that I sparred against a Masterclass level fighter. I was totally blown away, by what he was able to do. He knew about 7 Different arts. I begged him to teach me. He was a very Busy dude... but he found some time to dedicated some training time with me. At one point, he asked me to do a low horse stance. Me being trained in Wing Chun... I was used to doing High-Horse stances... not Low / Deep Horse stances. With high horse, I could hold that stance for an hour, without any fatigue. But that Low Horse? I could barely get past the 60 second marker. After 60 seconds... my legs were shaking, and on the verge of giving out... so I started to raise up out of the stance, for a partial break. This dude was TICKED. He went off on me, about me not pushing myself. I tried to tell him that my legs were giving out, and that I wasnt nearly as strong as him. But he wasnt having it...
When I got home, I reflected on the situation. I asked myself... "Could I have stood there for longer, without coming Up?"... and I realized, that I probably could have lasted a bit longer. But even so... I could have pushed myself until my legs actually buckled out from under me. Why didnt I ? Because I was not used to pushing myself to that extreme of a level. But I can tell you... that This dude was. And that is Exactly why he was Angered. I realized exactly why this dude Outclassed me by Leagues. Because his levels of Willpower, were much Greater than my own. He pushed harder, and he progressed faster and much farther.
After this Self Realization... I began to push myself to a much greater level. I stopped accepting mediocre results and even the smallest of Errors... were Drilled until corrected, down to within a few Millimeters of accuracy.
Realize again, that not everyone is Cut out to be Combat Capable. And those that sell you the Fantasy that you can be a part time "Practitioner"... and still be effective... they are telling you Exactly what you want to hear: But its a Lie.
@@johndough8115 Oh dear. You have no comprehension of the mind, psychology and have zero medical training. Good bye
Aikido is useless 😂
Facts and gayyyyy!
'useful' is related to what you want to achieve; if you want to win trophies by kicking guys in the teeth inside a cage, then I'm quite sure aikido is useless; so is basketball, even though training in basketball might be very useful if you compete in it; ask yourself what you want to achieve and study things that help you do that, that's all
😁
I still would like to see a movie with Seagal and Van Damme as two cops working together.
Seagal îs like 71 years old. He's deep into retirement age.
That will be awesome but both of them are old now , like 70 years old.
@@losrajvosa0078 Jean Claude is 9 years younger. He's 62.
Sounds like some pretty groundbreaking stuff, not sure the world could cope
The closest we are going to get is that old *Mad TV* sketch of JCVD & Seagal.
This is a very intriguing interview! Thank you for taking the time and effort to do it. And thanks for doing it with so much passion! I am also a lifetime martial artist that is mesmerized by the history and details of all martial arts. Seagal does seem to be very knowledgeable as well and I would sure love to pick his brain and see his beautiful sword collection. Now I’m going to try and find that History channel documentary on swords. It looks so good :) Thanks again for this interview!! Oh I do have a question. Do you or anyone know of any great grandmasters in Phoenix, Arizona that I may be able to seek out and become a life student from??? My master passed away many many years ago and I have not found the right one since…
I know a great Krav Maga instructor in Arizona u may be interested to train with.
I understand Sensi Seagal s style of aikido was very much more budo than aiki aikido and other variations. I could be wrong. Tenshin was very hard style.
It strongly resembles the older predecessor of Aikido. Check out some Aiki Jutsu demo's. There highly combat oriented but still use the circular posture and balance breaks and locks that are familiar in Ueshibas Iwama Aikido.
The founder was both hard and soft... if you can be soft and effective it means you are at a higher level... Seagal's aikido is just aikido, but he's at a higher level because he trained hard, went to Japan, etc, etc... most aikido teachers do it as a hobby, not as a full time profession, most can't USE aikido vs let's say a BJJ world champion, for example... the real reason for this is because today's aikido came from the son of the founder of aikido and his friends but the founder of aikido didn't pass on the art of aikido to his son, he passed it on to a guy named Tohei... but Tohei let the family have the name so the founder's family would be financially provided for... so what we are learning today isn't the true lineage of aikido... not many realize this... but it's why most aikido doesn't work... there's more to it, because there's more to aikido than meets the eye, and yes it stems from Daito and the founder was actually teaching Daito, he only named it aikido so he wouldn't have to pay his teacher royalties, it's the same thing... but some things like aiki sage and aiki age are totally lost in modern aikido and the loss of these small details is why modern aikido has a bad reputation... but this is the traditional way... a real master never teaches his secrets.
What a wonderful interview thank you Freeman Sensei for sharing, it was an awesome interview for me to listen too.
What is a real fight? A real fight is a battle to the death.. In this situation I think Steven Segal is probably one of the deadliest people on earth. It's hard to display your skills when your skills are deadly and irrevocable. I don't think m m a fighters would stand a chance in a life and death situation against this man.
😂 ok mate
Can I laugh in your face?
My plan would be to stay out his range.
At least two States away...
Correct, who's going to win... the guy with the razor sharp sword or the guy with the mouth guard and padded gloves? lol
Have you had a look at black dynamite? Jai would have destroyed him
Us Samoans love Stevens movies and love how steven seagal beat up bad guys, very satisfying.
Never met a Samoan I didn't like. Great sense of humor.
Excellent video. Actual Seagal Contant starts around 18 minutes in.
I could do to hear with an awful lot more about Tenshin Aikido and origins, and Daito Ryu - and many other schools.
Much respect to all involved.
And this is the comment I was looking for
Thank you for this interview it was outstanding it inspired me to get back into aikido training at 50 years of age.
Glad you enjoyed it
I love Steven Seagals early Movies. I‘m just having my probs with his attitude, especially towards women. His lies about his vita are no better than the bullshit Frank Dux has invented about himself.
Yes seems to be something wrong with his character/personality but he is a good martial artist for sure!
It is important when laying out a persons great skills and qualities , that you balance it with their flaws and mistreatment of others. Most people are all for, all against or are under informed about him. The danger of creating sacredness around seagul, is that like many teachers, he has access to his student vulnerabilities. And he has taken advantage of many individuals, sexually and in other ways. Though that does not take away that he is a skilled and informed person.
So they paid seagal to go train with him, then he just leaves them to it and tells them to figure it out themselves.
Hilarious 😂
I appreciate that you give these alternative and less popular martial arts a fair platform. I am not an aikidoka, but I haven't deluded myself into thinking nobody in the world knows things I don't.
I’ve never seen anyone using this in mma... I’ve been watching ufc since #1. Please tell me how this beats wrestling, boxing or grappling? All the opponents are cooperating...
I would be vwry interested to know where does Freeman get that Kelly L said Seagal never hit her.
From his pathetic, pathological devotion to his pwecious cult leader, I would think.
Great work, Viking Samurai! Keep It Up The Good Combat!
Great content. As always.
I have trained with SEAGAL Shihan top student HARUO MATSUOKA SHIHAN he is in all SEAGAL early movies 🎥 but I have never heard of this guy weird 💯
5:20 A little correction...Chuck Norris' first black belt was Kenneth Osborne (1966), not Rick Hamilton. Later on, Norris would list Pat Johnson as his first and Osborne as his second on his family tree.
This anti Steven segal bs has gone on for too long. Great to see these events unfolding from history.
Wow Sensei Freeman is great and so technical👊👊
In the preview picture its me , sensei Freeman and Shihan Steven Seagal
Stockholm syndrome at its finest omg....
Great interview as always, bro. How painful was what he did to your arm? 😅
I felt it lol
Great to see the complete interview, Viking. Magnificent interview 👏💪🥋👍✌️
martial arts is a noble profession
I like what he says martial artists are not really fighters, their artist, Qi Gong, pottery, healing herbs, etc. singers Peacefull
What is discussed here about Seagal is never explored or understood by most people on YT trying to slag him off all of the time....
Master Muru trained me in akido Ashley Jackson talk me taekwondo Master Muru taught me kendo and jodo short staff and master Jackson taught me judo it works and juzsu quite shooting for the legs that leave ya neck open to get snapped before ya hit the ground
You go El Man! Good job.
Great interview
Kendo and Aikido a wonderful combination of watered down sport budo
@@oftensalty true I was being a bit polite to call it a sport. It's more of a leisure activity
I have been a fan of Mr. Seagal since I was 8 years old, and I will continue❤ since then I started Korean Hapkido thanks to him, and other arts. My grandfather was a catch wrestler, but Mr. Seagal's inspiration is a matter of the heart.
Would be awesome if you interviewed a Daito Ryu Master since that is the pre war stuff he talks about without naming it. Aikido came from Daito Ryu not small circle wally Jay stuff. All the aikido guys specifically neglect mentioning Daito Ryu because then the secret would be out that the art they came from works.
The Small Circle reference is because Segal Sensei tightened up the movements similar to small circle. I think most people know O'Sensei studied Daito Ryu, as for his pre war stuff being the same, that seems to depend on who you talk to, but O'Sensei didn't call it Aikido at that time either. Evidently he was still awarding Daito Ryu certificates, so perhaps it's one of those confused by later generations things.
I have done both dairo and aikido, and there are big differences, there was a group of newsletters by tokimuna takeada about his father firstly the view of daito is for law enforcenent, takeada taught at pilice stations aceoss japan. He talks about ushiba teaching along side takeada, ushiva was still using strength to make aiki work against larger people, this is where in my view aikido has gone wrong, in the beginning students need to use strength, later skill replaces that, but should not be forced like it is today.
@@wadoryujujutsukempo6289 perhaps it varies in different schools. I'm 6ft and pretty strong and I found that a disadvantage in the aikido classes I went to. Though some of that initially was being used to being able to use strength without flexibility (lots of kayaking). That was with Katnetsuka Sensei who was relatively small compared to me, so perhaps that makes a difference.
@@AndrewUKLondon your right size makes a major difference, shionage is hard to pull off on someone who is much shorter than you, like wise irimi nage is difficult against a taller person. The set of newsletters were on the mainline daito ryu website, but the last time i went there they were removed, not sure why, history wise, they are priceless
Everyone knows Ueshiba studied Daito Ryu.
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I still am a Steven Seagal fan always will be.
Same
Me too
Same here! Seagal is the man!
are you 15?
Is that you, Steven?
He's got segals stored chi belly down to a T
Too little time on the mats, too much time at the all-you-can-eat buffet.
Does anybody know? Is there a place in Pennsylvania or Maryland where I can study tenshin aikido.
Philly
Lovely Chanel great skills Mr seagal
Seagal's first four action films were definitely ground breaking and unsurpassed by any others.
Other action films were obsessed with high jump kicks, spinning kicks, ridiculous fight scenes.
The first four Seagal-Nasso production action films had fight scenes that perfectly blended realism, brutality and surreal.
Jesse the karate Nerd met with and did some classes with Seagal shihan in Dubai.
Everything Seagal shihan demonstrated is taught in traditional Okinawa Ryu Kara Te, Japanese Jujutsu and Daito Ryu. . . The punching style Seagal shihan teaches is taught in Okinawa iishin ryu Kara te, old English pugilism, old bareknuckle American fisticuffs and Wing Tsun.
Seagal shihan began in Kara Te, before training Aikido, Wing Tsun, Daito Ryu, koryu jujitsu, kenjutsu and FMA.
So it's no surprise that Seagal shihan incorporates a lot of Okinawan Kara te into his bujutsu of Tenshin Gakuen Bugei .
Seagal shihan has real bujutsu.
Yeah I agree his fight scenes were done really well. They looked realistic and brutal arm and finger breaks. Always fun to rewatch those movies.
Super helpful. Thanks for this comment.
Bullshito LOL
Right 😂😂😂😂 right 👍
SIU Carbondale wow, Im from Mayfield kentucky an Hour or so away.
So that's where 1 Rumour that he gave Steven seagal some POT, I ALWAYS THOUGHT SOME OF MOVES LOOKED STRANGE.
ONLY JOKING VIKING SAMURAI I'VE GOT THE GREATEST RESPECT 🙏 FORGIVE THE JOKE .
THE GREATEST JOKE WAS IT WASN'T EVEN FUNNY.
Ok weird what's that gotta do with any of it nothing trust me
It's kind of cool seeing portly guy's that can move like tigers.