Japanese Karate Sensei Reacts To Aikido!
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I have reacted to the Japanese martial art of Aikido in this video! Their body movement is flawless and very efficient. I think learning it would benefit all karatekas.
When I go visit an Aikido dojo in the future, I would want to hear a throwing technique that wouldn't take longer than 2 seconds of grabbing. If I can do that, oh man kumite will become extremely intense!
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How would you spar an Aikido practitioner?
Nah! A lot of people say Aikido don't work on the street or in real life self defense, because of of that wrisk locks but the knife defense or gun defense is so very effective i think and they had a same defense with knife like in my other martial art called arnis kali eskrima the Filipino martial arts, is not same that they jumps do knife defense but in arnis we do moving not jumping
@@markc.jamila3848 aikido is effective if you modify the moves when you use it on the street.
I used to practice ITF Taekwondo, WTF Taekwondo, Aikikai Aikido, and Kyokushinkai Karate. Some people condemn me for learning Aikido, but I just ignore them and keep on continuing to learn Aikido. Nowadays I am busy and have less time to practice martial arts because I am doing a PhD in Mechatronics Engineering, but I still practice the ITF Taekwondo sometimes. After I have graduated from PhD and free in the future, I will continue practising all ITF Taekwondo, WTF Taekwondo, Aikikai Aikido, and Kyokushinkai Karate again. If I'm free in the future, I would also like to learn other martial arts as well including Kendo, Judo, Uechi-Ryu Karate, Shorin-Ryu Karate, Gojo-Ryu Karate, Shito-Ryu Karate etc.
@@irinahershelle4297 I strongly agree!
@@foxfaisal82 Your interest in martial arts is just amazing! Maybe you should just live in Japan haha
Thanks for reacting to my demo. In Aikido, part of the concept is that you can vary the position of the cursor between flow and efficacy. Because my role in this particular instance was as a representative of the International Aikido Federation, I geared this demo more on flow. You make a very good point about the lack of kicks. Usually, Aikidoka don't really know how to kick efficiently, which was the case here (it also takes a particular kind of ukemi too), so I preferred focusing on standard overhead strikes and grabs. Perhaps we can address some of Aikido's answers to karate kicks and punches in our future collaboration? Thanks again for the video!
That would be awesome! Thanks again for letting me share your martial art to our community!
First of all I thank both of you for sharing what you do. I'm a karate teacher and I've been practicing Aikido for two years while practicing and teaching karate.
Well, I love both. And I strongly think that karate principles can improve an aikidoka technique as well as vice versa.
For example, I improved my ko waza technique applying some aikido principles. And our katas tell a lot about these principles!
Have a nice day!
@@apexino Same here, I picked up kyokushin karate way late in my aikido career but found it to be incredibly relevant. Plus there is that exciting feeling that there is a brand new path to travel on!
I greatly appreciate you contributions and deep respect for the times i've seen video of you taking throws from others. Please comment on the comparison of the Karate Shuto-Ate , the Aikido over head strike and the Gamae-ate strike vs the karate tsuki
Thks for both sensei.
No need for more words.
One of the most "civilized", humble cross-art reaction videos I have ever since. Thank you.
I've learned that in Karate, you don't strike first, so if ever a spar between Karate and Aikido, I think we can just stand there looking at each other for hours, lol.
You don't strike first in a streetfight because if you strike first that is not self defence that will be an offense but a sparring you can strike whenever you want😁😁😁👍👍👍
Sorry for my bad english
@@user-es8xe5bd6u it can be argued that if you strike first in a self-defense situation, that it is not a self-defense. If you felt imminent danger of a threat and your life is in danger , yes you can strike first.
@@canadianhotbod1 "if" you feel danger but if you only strike first because youre showing off your art well it can't be called self defence👍👍👍😁😁😁
@@user-es8xe5bd6u truth.!!
Aikido is a finishing school for martial artists. There is much confusion about the defense, the best way to think of them as symbolic of authentic intent from a real attacker. The art is strong, but must be understood deeply to appreciate.
Aikido is garbage, and a giant waste of time.
Train modern or Goshin Jujitsu and its shows how stupid throwing a person away is just, so they can get up grab a weapon and come at you again..., Train for finish not to have to fight again..
Why is Aikido a giant waste of time? What did you discover about your Aikido training, that made you feel you weren't getting anything out of it? I'm just curious.
@@Psilocybiant I just train Aikido because I love making people do face-plant on the asphalt or hit the wall..
I trained in aikido when I was a young man (many moons ago) and got to train for a weekend with a very respected sensei name Kenai from Boston and he was in his late seventies or early eighties at the time. He was a very small man and I’m 6’4 275lbs. We were doing kneeling drills and he came up and took my partners place to show me what I was doing wrong and in a flash the man had me on my face on the mat. His technique was incredible.
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I'm just a young weaboo but when I met a master of Aikido, that event change my life. I can't say i'm a experienced fighter using martial art but I did tried to learn useful martial art move. On that one day, my cousin family invited a Japanese monk to their home and I was practicing some martial art move I want to use in case of dangerous situations *( I'm Vietnamese and I worked at a late night restaurant, many mugger is said to be near my workplace so we usually go home in groups then split when we meet main road.) , the Master/Monk saw me using martial art so he asked in Japanese
" Young man, you are doing it wrong " and his pupil/translator translate it into Vietnamse for me.
And he just casually walk at my direction, I knew he gonna do it on me so I got into guard stance to be ready *( I'm a cocky kid so somewhere in my brain actually thinking about throw punch at him ). And he said something like
" Strenght isn't enough to be called strong, but techniques, mental strenght and clear of the mind will make you somewhat stronger than now, allow me to show it to you. "
I threw at punch at him and he just slow but firmly grab my wrist and all i remember is open my eyes and looking at him offering to pick me up.
He stayed for a week so he taught me a lot of things in life and martial art. Sadly he passed away not long ago. RIP Master Kasumi
I like the fact that you are genuinely interest in what you watch and always polite. Looking forward to see you collaborate with Erard Sensei.
I noticed that, too. Always respectful.
Hi. Kobudo practitioner here. My background was 6 years in Aikido & Kenjutsu, 3 months in Judo and now exploring Okinawan Karate and Taijutsu. The demonstration you saw there is basically a traditional style of Aikido that isn't really meant for real life situations. However, some of these techniques can be adapted to suit real life situations against street fights, Karate, BJJ or Judo. I am not too sure of some other schools of Aikido but I was exposed to an advanced level Aikido where we can use Aikido waza as an attack instead of just self-defence, and the internet doesn't have much resources on that. If you want an easy victory against an Aikido practitioner, put in a whole bunch of rules and choose practitioners that comes from the most popular schools out there. If you want a challenge, go with no rules, full contact and choose those who come from a very little known school of Aikido.
In regards to your question of "How would you spar an Aikido practitioner?", my answer is: learn his flowing movements and use it against him. This is one of the things that those of us who had studied Aikido long enough was exposed to - the advanced level of using Aiki as an attack and how to counter techniques using the opponent's flow.
I thought it would be risky for non aikido person to fight on the aikido’s field, meaning trying to use their energy. That’s why I try to stay away from that game, and go for a kick. What do you think?
@@KarateDojowaKu Experienced aikidoka can counter kicks. Mae geri and mawashi geri especially. Aikido is relatively an empty hand style of kenjutsu, meaning that they use a lot of ashi sabaki and tai sabaki. If you can land your kicks in their blind spot then you may have a chance of winning. In learning Okinawan Karate I discovered that Karate doesn't cover much footwork so maybe you can start practicing footwork. Even in Aikido we try to avoid direct confrontation so we utilize footwork to get into an opponent's blind spot, hence the reason you're seeing all the circular movements. Or you can also try some baiting techniques typically used in Karate Kumite, that might throw them off.
@@normanhayashi I see! Thank you so much for your insight!!! I will give it a try next time!
@@Jj-gi2uv Hi Jj. I love those stories from Tohei Sensei. My aikido instructor was once his student as well, and he'd pass on Tohei Sensei's stories to us as well, especially that one about WW2. He'll keep centered, and his instincts will immediately tell him to move in a certain direction. And when he does, he realizes that he's led his squad into avoiding another terrible landmine or aerial blast. I honestly like Tohei Sensei's view of Aikido as well as O'sensei's view as well but we can't really stubbornly stick to one art and call it the ultimate art. I have my gratitude towards Aikido opening a bigger path for me towards discovering Kobujutsu, and to be honest if it wasn't Aikido and Tohei Sensei's principle of keeping one point it would've been impossible for me to practice other arts. For example, my first day doing Judo after 6 years of steady Aikido practice was as if I had practiced Judo up to 3rd or 2nd Kyu. Most of the time I was able to tell what my opponent was up to but it wasn't my place to show off so I kinda played it dumb. Anyways, I hope you are well and still practicing Aikido - my Kobujutsu practice still incorporates Aikido and Aikijujutsu elements.
Being able to sense someone's center of mass through touch is not a very crazy idea, and incredibly useful in stand up grappling
In aïkido (in my dojo at least) there is no concept of "opponents", we're just partners working together to do the best technique we can. To me this is a martial art focussing on technique study, not a combat sport. The proof is : there are no competition in aïkido, it's not the purpose of it.
Yes, I agree with that. Sadly a lot of people wouldn't.
as an aikidoka myself, I agree that that's not the purpose.. but I believe that's the FINAL step. before reaching that step, we need to rigorously train our body and mind.
I believe we need balance in our life. I think Aikido is Yin in nature therefore it's considered an internal martial art. if we lack the Yang aspect, our life will be unbalanced. all the great masters ALWAYS have solid, strong, "hard" basic. and after they truly master the Yang side, then they polish the Yin side.
many people looks down on modern Aikido because the majority of Aikidoka only practices the Yin side without going through the Yang side. therefore, their Aikido becomes flimsy and only looks pretty on the outside but doesn't have any volume inside.
I did karate for 11 years, current Aikido 4th dan, Tokyo based professional wrestler also doing catch wrestling and no gi bjj. I can show you a different side to Aikido, nothing flashy just solid waza that works. Happy to do a collaboration.
One thing you should keep in mind is that when the ukemi is grabbing, the entry is the exact same as an O tsuki. There are definitely defense against kicks in aikijitsu. I practice a family system which is composed of different types of martial arts.(Karate, Taekwondo, Aikijujutsu, etc.)
Apart from the forms and traditional ways of doing a technique, aikido also works in terms of principles. If you repeat and repeat and repeat the techniques without understanding why or where it comes from... You won't be doing aikido! You will be just "dancing" as most people say.
Normally people tend to keep what they see, and that's normal, but practicing you will realise that most principles can be applied in other situations.
I realised when I started to practice BJJ, my aikido background (that I still practice and teach regularly), helped me a lot and worked when I tried to apply the same principles!
Really nice video, I didn't know your channel, and now you have a new sub! 😁
PD: You couldn't have chosen a better aikido instructor for the video. Guillaume Erard sensei is top! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
The first principle is that aiki is an art of self defense.
"Aikido kills the attacker at a single blow."
--Morihie Ueshiba OSensei
In 1970 I had been out of the Army for a year and decided it was time to go back to College and start Karate again as an untrained White Belt. We had 2 groups training at once, beginners and another group of more experienced people. The beginning instructor was a talented Shodan who would usually pull me up for demonstrations in front of the beginners’ group. I didn’t have a good punch, but I was quick and had good timing. Occasionally, I would actually hit him on my attack (My attitude was, “He’s the Black Belt, so he gets my best punch!” LOL. One day I went flying in to hit him and found myself pitching forward, going in a circle and heading for the ground. When I resisted face planting on the floor, he put his hand on my forehead and pitched me backwards in a flip. Being young (23) with good balance, I landed on my feet. He grabbed me again and again I was going in a downward circle heading for the floor, again I was flipped backwards. However, again I landed on my feet. Joe, the instructor, looked at me surprised and just went on explaining his lesson for the group. Four years later I took my first Aikido class. One day we were working on a move and after half an hour I thought, “Hey, this feels familiar!” Later I talked to one of my former teachers, Henry Wilkerson (from before I was in the Army) and asked if Joe knew Aikido. He said, “Yeah, Joe is a Brown Belt in. Aikido.” Here’s my analysis of the difference: in Karate, you usually know what happened to you-you got punched or kicked. In Aikido, if you DON’T KNOW your opponent knows Aikido (and if he can really apply it), you don’t know what in the HELL happened to you!. I’ve tried to explain that explanation of Aikido to Aikidoists, but they don’t usually get it. LOL. Plus, I think there is so much elegance to Aikido and it is almost magic how they can roll with no apparent effort.
In aikido your movement should always be so smooth and natural like doing a daily simple task for example opening a door or maybe even simply walking
I agree.
I had some limited martial arts training when I was younger (I'm 59 now), and I must say, I really enjoy what seems to be a new generation of martial arts collaboration. When I was "growing up" in martial arts it was all about what style is better (which I think is a bizarre question). I studied Goju-ryu, then American Kenpo, and finally Aikido (limited study in all three). I enjoyed all three and never saw them as "instead of". In other words I didn't choose each because I thought that it was better or more effective; I saw them as complimenting each other.
Which brings me to the current trend I'm seeing online. I have watched and enjoyed the videos by you, Jesse Enkamp, and a couple of others. You seem to be ambassadors of martial art and enjoy working together and learning from each other. It's a very nice change. Of course each of you, like anybody would, will continue in your own style (and probably for more than one reason), but you don't put down the other styles. To the contrary, you share information and techniques while sometimes exploring some cultural differences that influenced a given art.
Well done.
Thx that you make a Video over Aikido
Aikido helped my headspace enormously as a young man. I couldn’t judge Aikido accurately on fighting effectiveness outside of general things like spacing and where I do or don’t want to be in a situation, where I found it to be extremely helpful.
The way I was taught was nearly always defending simulated knife fights. If someone was trying to quickly strike, my aim (it seemed) was nearly always to move to one side or the other - this provoked a response in them, and very quickly “the circle” is being set up. The faster or harder they strike (even if they immediately retreat) the easier it is to understand their inertia and how it can be manipulated - although doing it was often much more difficult.
I have no idea on the quality of the tuition I received or otherwise, as I say, the main thing I took from it was a different understanding in how I approached aspects of my life.
With the point you made about keeping the arms down in Aikido, generally we've been taught to keep the arms up. That way, if the opponent were to come in with a grasp or strike, you wouldn't have their weight bearing down on you, and you'd be protecting yourself. There are a lot of circular movements in Aikido because you're essentially trying to redirect the energy of the attack, quite often at a tangent. I've recently started to practice Karate, and I've noticed it applies to this as well - I've noticed when blocking, the hand/arm rotates to dissipate the force of the blow - it's the same idea really.
Hello Karate Dojo WaKu
I've began to watch your videos. Thank you for sharing.
I studied Aikido for 10 months and I still find it very interesting.
My sensei told us that Aikido focus on some elements from Aikijutsu, and that the tecniques we learned was based on old samurai techniques. According to my sensei, the attacker needs to hold on to the hands of the defense, because the defender is actually holding a knife or a samurai sword, and vice versa. You probably know this, since you already been doing an aikido-session.
In aikido, they have this saying: Go with the flow. So the attackers best defense at the end is to accept and to proper ukemi. In reality, the attacker can of course make it very difficult to the defender, and choose not to to the proper ukemi, but it might result in a cut from a tanto or a sword.
I found the practice of aikido very useful to me, working as a bouncer. As you say in the video, I got the feeling of how the aggresive bar-guests moves and in which direction I need to move myself in order to defend myself.
I also see alot of comments if it's effective or not, but I think it's a matter what you are searching for. I will not recommend Aikido to anyone if the focus is to learn how to fight. It all depends on the situation. I "won" a fight with a bar-guest by holding him down by a arm-lock, until the Police arrived and took him with them.
My sensei told me it would take much longer time to make any good use of Aikido in a real situation. He compared 1 year of kickboxing with 5-6 years of Aikido. But at one point, one will get to understand the meaning of the techniques. An experienced Aikidoka with 30 years of practice might be able to defend himself/herself quite well.
Then there is this "dangerous topic" about what is martial art. As a practioner of the martial art Nanbudo for almost 23 years, I actually still don't know the answer for what martial art is. I'm still searching and wants to learn.
Although my sensei was very focused about the spiritual part of Aikido and self-development though Budo and moving-zen, one can discuss if Aikido might focus on other things than beeing very practical.
I don't know if this was very helpful at any point, but I felt for writing to you. As I wrote in the beginning, I've already practiced for 10 months and I humbly would say that I MAYBE understand 5 % of the things my sensei taught me. The same answer that the Aikido-master is Japan told us when we visited Japan in 2007. "I only understand 5% of what O Sensei taught me".
Keep on making more videos!
Domo arigato gozaimashita!
Best regards from Norway
There are several aikido instructors who do more of a “martial” focus instead of “flow art” focus, the most obvious is Steven Seagal. Check him out for something more akin to a defense art. It varies between teachers, im sure it’s the same in karate. Great review!
Now react to Aikijujutsu, the original form of Aikido
Nice!
Or skip Aikido and go directly to Aikijutsu. Aikido is great to help improve your flow and defensive footwork but Aikijutsu is much more practical and realistic. Aikido plays to much with the large circle concept. You can use the Aikido blending then reverse the energy and utilize the Karate hip rotation applications. Good video. Thanks for posting!
I have a black belt in Aikido and it was the perfect art for me. I have studied Karate and Judo, but love Aikido.
May have been mentioned already, but would love to see your reaction to Hapkido
keep up the good work!
Thanks as always!
In the case of a kick, we have tai sabaki on 3 steps for kicks. Related to the circular movements, tai sabaki is when you rotate your body to get out of an attack. On one step is having the front foot bent with the back foot stretched a little, and have the back leg rotate in a half circle movement. On two steps is when you bring the back foot in front then make a half circle with the current back foot. On three steps is to step out side the line of attack with the front foot also having the front arm move diagonally down thus avoiding the kick and then step the back foot in front then move the back leg in semi circle.
It's good to see that you going down different paths and exploring the truth is you are your skill you make it it doesn't make you and only the truth in any system to protect and defend oneself fight in a rotated state show no mercy and go for the elimination and overall be simply be the best
I studied shotokan karate for many years before I started studying aikido. I found that karate helped me understand the body mechanics of aikido, and that every movement has a reason, that's when you finally understand the sould of aikido techniques, you don't move innecessarily. I also find that since aikido is a defensive martial art, given a real fighting situation, I would use it for evasive/defensive movements, and I'd use shotokan for attack. I also find that both martial arts have taught me enough to know how to stay away from innecessary confrontations
In my short experience in Aikido, there is no combat/opponents in it. In demostrations or practice, a hand is usually given or is grabbed in my experience, and then a technique is done depending on who the uke or nage is. It was a class worth a unit that I took for a few semesters (I could take the same course multiple times) during college. Getting thrown and having to roll (being the uke) for like 10 minutes continuously gets you pretty exhausted. Your whole body is in motion with the constant up and down movement of your body.
I remember doing free style rounds where someone would grab you or try to grab you and you would have to respond. There might be three students trying to grab you and you just had to avoid or use whatever techniques you can. This is what I think was more realistic in the self defense aspect as you have to gauge your own response to what other people do.
There is also not much resistance in Aikido because of how easily bones can be broken. You don't want to be stiff or try to pull against someone if you are trapped in a wrist lock, you go with it and let them lead you.
Even with your feet too, i remember my Sensei pushing and pulling against feet and legs too. For some of us who came from Karate (there was a karate college class too as well, which I also took), like me, for demonstration purpose, we would kick and sometimes when they actually managed to grab the foot or leg, they would manipulate it like a wrist, locking the ankle and knock the kicker over.
Aikido for me definitely supplemented my martial arts knowledge along with BJJ and TKD all thanks to my college. Karate is my main style. Learning how to fall and distribute energy was such a useful thing to learn as it's definitely one of the best ways to protect yourself. It's where I learned how to roll properly.
Greeting from indonesia sensei. Im 2nd dan in tkd n also brown belt in aikido. In aikido we call " hv eye in our hand" so if u grabbed in any direction, u knew what to do. Respect sensei. Onegeshimasu
respect to you too!
Ati-ati nanti kecolok matanya kl di tangan wkwkwk
In Aikido you must welcome their energy but resist it ever so slightly, like water or mud. When Aikido techniques receive attacks, it often resembles shooting a bullet into water. You'll see how the attack's energy gets absorbed by the Akidoka, just liek a bullet shot into water slows down and stops. Only in Aikido the energy is often, then, transmitted back into the attacker. In traditional Aikido this energy is transmitted into the attacker and often towards the ground. This usually ends in a shoulder pin. The idea is to direct all incoming energy to the ground.
One strange thing about aikido, is that you spend so much time falling that you start to understand what temporary weightlessness is like. Just like any other free-fall, such as in skydiving or when an object is orbiting around the earth, in aikido you experience temporary weightlessness often. I found this understanding for gravity and free-fall inspired my understanding of physics and general relativity. I was amaze how practical of a demonstration aikido really is of relativistic principals.
One thing I vividly remember was how fighting a person felt like two planets falling into each other. As though our will to fight was a gravity all it's own. What was incredible was how you would see dynamic behavior, like you might see in high energy physics, play out between two spirited aikidoka.
To me this was Aikido, fighting with the power of attraction.
Great video and very respectfully as well.
First thing to remember is the basic movements of Aikido are all based on sword fighting. So the angles, distances, and footwork all come from there. Yes Irimi is a very big part of Aikido. Again from the sword. Only two safe places when you’re dealing with a sword. Far enough away from the blade or in and off the line of the blade. Same is true when someone is throwing punches or kicks. Also remember that Aikido and Judo both come from the same root. Jiujitsu. So while you don’t see much Judo in the kind of demonstration you reviewed all of the chokes, leg sweeps, and other takedowns are there. The ukemi waza is how you learn these things. Once you lose your fear of falling you see the openings for these by default. Aikido is a circular martial art as you mentioned, but that’s also how techniques are revealed. You practice the basics and the Ukemi long enough and all the other things you can’t see now become self evident.
Interesting review and reaction. Thank you for posting. Aikido for 10 years now, definitely not Master level. More like promising beginner. Would be fun to work with you in karate.
In aikido there are defences against kicks. However, a general rule in aikido is that for the execution of a technique it is irrelevant whether or not tori is throwing a punch, a kick a knife attack or whatever. So in short, we learn that the type of attack is not really important. The distance on the other hand is. So a grab is short range, a punch is mid range, whereas an attack with a jo (staff) or bokken (woorden sword) is long range. Compare a kick with a jo or bokken attack. If you would like to see defences against kicks, watch Christian Tissier demonstrations (8th dan) Furthermore, there are nog blocs in aikido. We blend with the technique. Finally , you mentioned the concept of prima. The founder of aikido (Morihei Ueshiba) said " Aikido is irimi and atemi". So we combine both a strike (to unbalance tori and keep correct distance) with irimi to blend in with the technique and keep tori unbalanced throughout the entire movement.
With the comment regarding irimi - Aikido techniques often have 2 polarities of movements - these are usually irimi and tenkan, or uchi and soto. In irimi we enter into the space in front of our opponent and turn them into a non-confrontational position. In tenkan we instead enter the space behind our opponent to get into a non-confrontational position ourselves. As I posted a couple of months back, I've recently started to practice Karate alongside Aikido, and I'm interested in merging the 2 together to see how they can complement each other! 🙂
Good work
One point worth bringing up about the grips is that (I can only speak for Iwama Ryu, the teachings of Morihiro Saito Sensei) normally you would begin in Shomen Uchi (a strike like a sword from above) carried out by tori/nage and uke would defend by raising his arm like a sword and then to prevent the aikidoka from performing any technique he would push down the hand and grab. Then tori/nage would perform a technique from there. However it took much time to do this in every technique so Saito started to teach from a direct grab. That is why aikidokas often keep their hands low. Because we are skipping the step of the shomen uchi. (This is a generalisation and holds true for at least morote dori, ai hanmi katate dori and ushiro waza).
Regarding techniques against kicks, they are normally not performed in most schools (partly because it wasn't traditionally but also because it is very hard). Aikido is very much about keeping your balance which is why we always keep contact with the ground so kicking would go against this. A possible defence against a front kick could be an ikkyu performed to the leg which is sometimes used, but often it can be better to just avoid it and then perform shomen uchi to prevent uke from raising his leg again.
Evasion techniques from kicks that aikido practitioners use is called tai sabaki.....these are blending techniques
Nice video! I think it would be interesting to see your reaction to judo or jujutsu as well. 🥋🥋🥋
I'll check it out! Thanks!
As far as I know, Aikido was created for a more non--combative Do / Art. The circle became larger and centrifugal where before was Intrapedal. Wally Jay went the other direction to small circle jujitsu though still bringing uke inward. If you break a Sake bottle into pieces, pickup the spout its still came from the whole bottle.
Aikido can be described as the dynamic sphere. Every time it is in circular movement and uses the mommentum of the opponents against them.
Aikido is a great addition to any martial art
Just to tell you some basics to understand aikido. The two akido principles according to O Sensei Morihei Ueshiba are Irimi and Atemi. Irimi is to enter in the attack of uke/aite. Atemi is very important, even if nowadays we mostly use it to distract uke/aite to help to break is balance, in the old days atemis were prominents for tori to start and finish a movement (example on Ikkyo : an atemi in the ribs, then irimi and the ikkyo technique, and an atemi to finish uke), since aikido comes from the daito ruy aiki ju jutsu school, because Morihei Ueshiba was a student of Sokaku Takeda, the great master of that school. As a consequence, aikido shares a lot of techniques and principles with this school. A difficult thing to master in aikido is to be able to simutaneously deflect an attack/protect ourself from an attack AND at the SAME time doing a counter irimi attack
Another thing you should watch closely is the kamae (guard) and how aikidokas manage distances between uke and tori. it is different from karate but you will understand it quickly (as a former judo practionner I was lost at first).
Another very important principle is that in aikido we use what uke/aite is giving to break his balance by connecting with him and absorbing or entering in his attack. This concepts exists in advanced judo katas as well such as kime no kata, goshin jutsu (designed in the 1950s long after Jigoro Kano's death, by a team of judo great senseis, among them Kenji Tomiki who was a student both of Jigoro Kano and Morihei Ueshiba, and a master of the two arts, that is why this kata contains iconic aikido techniques such as kote gaeshi), koshiki no kata (as a former judoka I understand these kata better with aikido).
As for the grabs their origin is that the technics you see were designed to counter an attack on the battlefield, when someone grabbing you to prevent you drawing your sword or tento, that is why these grabs still exists. If you practice Iaido you will recognize some mouvements that are exactly the same, since lot of aikido techniques come from sword movements. That is why in aikido we have a lot of exercices using a bokken to do properly a mouvement. There are katas and exercices with a jo even if we grab the jo like a baïonet since Morihei Ueshiba was a jukken instructor in the japanese army during the war with Russia in the beginning of the 20 th century. There are moved with the jo you will recognize as a karate instructor such as tsukki.
We use also a lot of counters against atemis given by uke/aite (yokomen ushi, shomen ushi, jodan tsukki, shodan tsukki we even use them with the jo), we practise as kind of katas that is why you see these beautiful mouvements, but the ideas is to give you the sense of direction of attacks, from where they are coming and where they go, to counter them efficiently.
There are some rare sutemis in aikido to counter an attack after a first failed technic for example.
As for the ukemis, there are a bit differents from judo ukemis. Since the purpose is not the same for uke. In some techniques like kote gaeshi and juji garami which are not throws but ways to break your wrist or your arm and they only way to avoid this is to do specific ukemis. Or in other technics like koshi nage the goal is to absord the fall, but in a different way as in judo, to be right up back to attack again.
There are randoris exercices with a single tori and 2 or 3 or even 4 ukes attacking one after one other with stereotyped attacks or grabs (yokomen ushi, shomen ushi, ryote katate dori) and tori's goal is to escaped, and be a movable and unreachable target by keeping the opponants in line and throw them or control them.
the three main ways to move in aikido are irimi, tenkan and tai sabaki. irimi to do an omote technique (direct entrance), tenkan to do an ura technique (let uke pass and use his strengh).
We have exercices in handashi waza (sitting in seiza, moving doing shikkos which i still suffer doing) (on the knees for non japanese speakers), or hanmi handachi waza (tori sitting, uke/aite standing). we can do it with the bokken or jo too it is difficult.
These last ways are very linked to japanese culture, specially in the Eido period, since people where sitting a lot and a protocole and etiquette were developped around this. The buke, samurais were often hired by the lords to garanty security in official meetings were weapons were officially not allowed (like the guys doing security in night clubs), and since samourai were forbidden to spill blood in official venues they developped all the technics to control an opponent that are used in aikido, and learned how to do these technics on their knees against a sitting or standing opponent. It is just to explain the origin since a lot of non japanese will not understand why in aikido we do technics sitting like this.
Thanks for reading and take care.
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I would love to watch you participating in a judo class, including some randori/sparring
Judo seems interesting as well! In Japan, we must take Judo lessons during middle and high school so I have learned the basic already :)
@@KarateDojowaKu that sounds even better, as usually beginners learn to break their fall and some basic foot sweeps and reaps. hopefully you can do some hip throws and submissions :)
My Taekwondo teacher is also a master of Hapkido. Hapkido and Aikido have a common root in their histories. Hapkido uses a lot of joint locks, and I saw that in this video, too. I believe both styles are descended from Aiki jiujutsu, which was developed to fight samurai in full armor.
Thank you Sensei for featuring Aikido in your vlog, I am an Aikido practitioner myself and a 2 or 3 mins. demonstration is not enough to describe how effective is Aikido as a martial art. You must understand the techniques how to use it effectively. In our dojo starting from 1st KYU promotion until you become a shodan you have to get through on all sort of attacks (kicks, boxing, grapling, stick and knife). Its not that you will just perform the techniques but you have to defend yourself using Aikido techniques. for me I am confident to say that Aikido is effective. Again thank you Sensei for featuring Aikido.
I have trained both Aikido (Iwama-ryu) and Karate (Kyokushin).
Started with Aikido to later practice Karate.
During a Bunkai of Kake uke, I realized that this was something very similar to what I learned in Aikido.
His ude gatame is flawless. Excellent video Nagano Sensei.
Generally when someone attacks with a kick to a Aikido, the end result is usually a face-plant. So in other words, kicks are just like punches, just a different part of the body.
Hi. I practiced aikido for 10 years total. It's true we don't practice techniques against kicks much, and I think there are no such techniques in the canon, but when you're a bit more advanced and grasp the concepts behind aikido techniques, you can naturally extend how you react to punches to how would you react to kicks. Some of my trainings involved defense against kicks: For mae-geri I move to the outside, block or control the kick with one hand, and just after the kick I try to quickly move forward and do iriminage (a head or should grab and throw). For mawashi-geri I move to the inside to slow the impact, try to catch the kick, and then move forward and push my patner back or swipe his other leg (or move vey close, grab the gi, and throw the partner down, while controlling the fall).
You can also take a look at this karate/aikido demonstration:
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Here, Christian Tissier, the aikido practitioner, mostly blocks and avoid the kicks and waits for better opportunity.
Actually I've been doing akidio for about 12 yrs it wasn't my first style but it definitly stuck with me and if u change it based on the situation it works well on the streets and combat sports the akidio arm lock will make an enemy break there own arm tryna break out the reason the people go with the movements and don t resist is defence if u resist ur arm breaks from the wrist to the shoulder so resistance is futile best bet is go with the movements to keep urself safe here they teach u the form and how to roll so if someone else trys that on u it won't work ud be surprised how usefull this style can be if used correctly also my sensai d idnt teach me in this pretty way he taught me to use in real life speed against real life fighting moves like jabs straight hooks kicks knees elbows and headbuts cause some people do get desperate but these guys could actually hold there own in a grappling match but in. A real fight u must train ur style for real life situations and movements so the answer is this a usefull style it's extremely usefull for what ur useing it for if u train it for that situation if it's the street make it less choreographed if combat sports make it more aggressive and make sure ur striking is just as good as ur akidio but for katas all u need is a good partner and some mats for form practice but those are just my opinions I like the style personally and I do appreciate u giving respect to all these styles regardless if there combat sports or just basic Kata I see ur wise beyond your years and I have a high respect for you and your karate as well honestly I never got all that good at karate so honestly I'd trust u to teach me u seem to know ur stuff very well keep up the vidios
Thanks sooooo much for sharing your knowledge! I will keep on posting videos, so please look forward to them!
@@KarateDojowaKu thank you for the reply and vidios keep it rocking man ur awesome
Reason of relaxing is to feel the energy of opponent.
I am 65 and have practiced Aikido for more or less 15 years, I would say I am a good beginner and realized that to attain master level I should have started a lot earlier. Aikido has defenses againt all types of kicks I have seen Japanese senseis apply them very succesfully. I also believe that to apply it on the street fights (not my objective) you have to train for real street situation, which for most Dojos does not seem to be the case.
Great review! You should check out Yasunori Konishi Sensei. He was a karate legend who was also a student of Ueshiba, Morihei. I think that he came up with some katas specifically to show and get the approval of Ueshiba.
Another teacher to check out is Nishio, Shoji who was also a Karateka and a Judoka before he got into Aikido. His movements are very interesting.
Regarding kicks, a proper Aikidoka should treat it as if it is a sword attack since Aikido and Japanese swordsmanship are actually one and the same. Proper distance is also important. If you are in Japan, I am sure that you will find a lot of great teachers that you can maybe interview and exchange ideas with.
Keep up the great work!
Yes Mister Yusuke. Aikido does have plenty of techniques against kicks, all kind of kicks, and yes, following the principles of round movements and using uke energy against hi or her, circular movements and other movements too. This techniques are for advanced degrees, once you "master" certain movements of your body.
In aikido, the ground is your foe, so you train against the ground and if a person challenges you you show them the ground. Or, if they're more aiki than you, they show you the ground.
the throw are amplified by the attacker. in aikido or hapkido, the practitionner who attack will throw himself once in a lock to avoid the break. normally like in hapkido once you attack and the other is blocking and gonna have a lock on your arm or hand etc etc then you jumps to liberate yourself of the lock. normally the attack is not finished until you cannot undo the lock
I'm impressed that you are a sensei Did you get your black belt when you were 10 years old? And decided to make UA-cam videos
the touching of the hand is a training concept. In the real world an attacker will not reach and touch necessarily. we are taught to blend with the attackers energy.
Sensei,next time is your react of Okinawan Karate training
I’ve done some already! Please check from the playlist!
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@@ivanhoemallari1412 this one is it!
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HI, I am an Aikido - Aikijutsu practitioner , and From My experience Aikido is more for Show, but Aikijutsu beeng the base of Aikido is more Agressive and can be use in sparring.
Would like to see aikido versus MMA or must thai
Historically Aikido was never meant to be a stand-alone art. From my understanding black belts of already established martial arts were the only people who are accepted into Aikido. So in my opinion Aikido is designed as a supplemental art.
To answer the question it would fail in all regards. It would be dependent on the individual and how willing he is to learn striking and grappling with Aikido
Might want to check this video out: ua-cam.com/video/0KUXTC8g_pk/v-deo.html
This guy gave up doing Aikido and starting training MMA instead after realizing he couldn't hold his own in sparring.
@@thebeardedbear565 supplemental art, yes that makes sense
@@Silamoth This is a very interesting channel!
@@Silamoth u mix them not just drop a style for a diffrent style u just adapt I haven't lost any fights yet and akidio has been usefull in the street multiple times saved my ass and at times just simply stoped the fight cause they couldn't do nothing without there arm breaking
Regarding the flow, one must make a distinction - in one hand you have the Tokyo (Aikikai) style of practicing - flowing soft movements from day one. On the other hand of the spectrum, you have Iwama and Yoshinkan, in which you have a control, stance and centerlized enphasis from the start (it tends to be a bit harder style of practicing, but I find it pays off latter on) - the flow comes latter.
Similar to what you have in Karate, there are also several styles and aproaches in Aikido.
In Aikido we use body balance so break the balance of the partener without using power.
Circular movement is a good way to move without using power because of 遠心力。
When you look from far aikido looks slow but because of that circular movement the partner feel speed
At the begining when you start aikido yot start technics by grab because it's easier and slower, good to understand.
when you get level you work more on punch and kiks too.
when some one attaks you you always have a touch point so it's the same that grab.
In other martial arts when some one attacks you almost block or escape the attack but in Aikido we use the concept of irimi to break the attak or we absorb the attack to use it.
If you want let's talk about it! (^_-)
Find some really fast aikido. Truly amazing.
Hello sir! Have you done a reaction to Hapkido?
Some very successful MMA fighters use a strategy for takedown defense that is very similar to the principles that Aikido suggests (however faulty), such as allowing a wrestler to grab the lead leg as bait for an advantageous scramble. José Aldo is a fighter who presents a perfect example of that principle in action.
I am definitely not defending Aikido, as I consider it fairly low as a useful in a real world application.
Hello,
First: I like your videos.
Second: I respond to your question about kick deffense in Aikido. There are ways how in Aikido kicks are managed. For example:
Mai geri is blocked with Gedan barai, either on the in side or the outside of the opponent, connected with an step in (irimi) and a strike to the face with the free hand (atemi), to get in range for grabs and throws.
Mawashi geri defense, mostly is teached to step in the opponents mai ai, with arms forward blocking the kick then folow to a grab or throw.
Ura mawashi geri an Aikidoka is teached to move behind the kickers back and then grab the opponent and pull him to the ground in the direction of the kick.
The thing to manage kicks, the Aikido way is to shorten the distance so that the kick can not generate its full power, which is not an easy task to do facing a real good kick.
Kick defense is not teached very often in comparison to other types of attacks like the grabs you saw in the video or punches.
For one it's dangerous to go againts a kick for students ,who in their entire life did not face a real kick or any other discipline than Aikido.
To learn proper defence in Aikido againts kicks, you need first a partner (uke) who knows how to kick the proper way. Not all practicioners of aikido are kickers.
You need good timing to enter into a kick therefore it's teached mostly in advanced classes.
I send You some links to a Aikido kick defence demos which I personaly like.
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To spar with, low kicks and jabs. In and out. Would be interesting to see how Muay Thai or Karate spar with Aikido, BJJ too. Aikido has very deep principles and philosophy. It can take many years to transcend them and be actually effective. Their purpose is different from many combat sports, self fefense or even some more hardcore martial arts as Muay Thai, Boran or Kuyokushinkai.
I would love if you watch the compilation of taekwondo knockouts.
That’s a good idea too!
To the Question of how to spar an Aikido Fighter, first needs an introduction of Aikido.
Aikido is a fighting system that doesnt exclude Kickboxings techniques, or Judo or Wrestling techniques but extends them to the notion of using the enemy energy for you.
To take advantague of enemys moves you must do a "stimulation" against enemy equilibrium. The stimulation can be a push or pull. You must take in count 2 facts, the X made by the four extremitys, legs and arms plus the head, and that there is a sideways h that controls gravity center that are two straight lines one in the hip and other between shoulders united by another straight line that passes through gravity center and umbilicus. Having these in count when you pull or push an extemity you make the enemy react: by opposing to the movement or following the movement, then you take in count waht is happening to the gravity center "h" schemma and choose again where to stimulate the enemy equilibrium and response to take him out of equilibrium and make it fall or crush a hit or hit the phisical enviorement arround the fight, using your body and extremitys for this as obstacles and maybe twisting the enemy extremity in their articulation, what needs an aclaration too, under a twist it doesnt mean the enemy will be thrown flying by you, it will follow the twist or oppsose it with its strenght and pain resistance, where you must decide what to do again, if it resist you can dislocate its articulation paying attention to its counterattacks, or maybe if it follows the twist you can pull or push in that direction to make it loose its equilibrium, including puting your body and extremitys as obstacle.
I think it is only left to say that, for example, in water combat, rules changue cause you dont have the desequilibrium factor, but asfixias or potentiating enemy movement in a direction and using hits in the opposite direction or dislocating articulations are still efective technqiues that you learn better than in styles of kicks and box or wrestlings.
Aikido is like a cience, but to apply it is really difficult, cause it needs to evaluate biophisical movements desitions in sparring timing, and that needs a lot of training.
To how to Spar an Aikido Master? To avoid entering its Guard and avoid getting your exremitys grabs, like a cat fighting a Dog, you must enter and get out, like when you practice senkutsu from ankutsu oi-tsuki and get back to an-kutsu guard, or the same with geris, cause if you enter its guard, he will use Aikido to take advantague of your answers to its pulls, pushs and twists, and also if you let yourselve beign grabbed.
The cycle of an Aiko Ippon is: Aikido: Stimullate by grabing push, pulling, maybe adding articulations torsion. Foe: Biophisical Answer, follow the stimul or oppose. Aikido: Solution, After Biophisical Evaluation of the Answer you must choose the Ipon, hitting or obsaculating with body or extremitys foe response, or pushing or pulling to make enemy fall or hit the phisical items in the fight scenario, or submition moves as blood or air afixias or submitons positions.
To these Stimullo, Answer, Solution schemma only needs to add that in answer to be solved there must be added the parallel answers, like when instead of following or oposing to pulls or push, the adversary makes a sidestep, or loose the grabs with a free arm, or trys to hit the Aikido participant.
Hi - I liked your video and thoughts on Aikido.
I used to train Ashihara Karate and Nishio Sensei Aikido (2nd Dan in both styles).
When we are training Aikido it is much easier when the attacker is attacking 'proberly' - meaning that when I hit/strike - I will make contact - if they dont move...
According to kicks an aikido-practitioner should move - and know the limitations og kicks (range and impact-zone)...
I hope that this was helpfull.
Finest regards
Flemming
Check out Hapkido, a Korean martial art based on Aiki Jujutsu, the same martial art Aikido is based on. It looks like a mix between Tae Kwon Do and Aikido.
I did aikido for like 4 years when I was a kid
Then later i transitioned to boxing
And aikido guys jast cant catch a punch, even those who have good technique
Buut my old sensei came around(she`s a family friend) and i told her that
So she told me to show what i mean
I threw a jab and got emediately kneed to the gut
And then she said - now i can put you in a wrist lock xD
If u kick in aikido , they just get ur balance ,it's lot of safer on punching,
Excellent! Taekwondo follows the same circular concept.
Please check out Hapkido, it has japanese roots but many japanese have never seen it. I would be very curious how you perceive it
May I recommend people taking a look at tomoki Aikido it is not very common and is a sport version of Aikido to offer a different perspective.
Many Aikidoka look down on this version.
Never heard of it before! Let me check it out
@@KarateDojowaKu Tomikik ryu.
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If you combine these aikido techniques with any martial art, it is extremely effective. All it takes is for you to stun someone with a strike(s) and in that moment, execute any of those movements. Either comply or have your joint(s) broken. Then repeat, if necessary.
I totally agree!
Hi sensei. Please Can you make a tutorial for the Kata Kururunfa? thanks.
We don’t do sparring in Aikido and that’s why the art is very hard to understand as a first martial art. The same concept and importance of power generated from the Centre is universal, aikido utilizes it differently. It’s like the game stealing the “opponent’s flag” ; we maintain our balance through footwork while entering to steal the uke’s balance/Centre adding our Centre to theirs and executing the technique/throw. That’s why the concept of flowing water is fundamental. It’s really not the easiest thing to learn and many of us are far from understanding and living it.
if aikido practioner fight a capoera practioner at same level can they reverse their hi speed heavily momentumed kick energy back into their opponents?
The demonstration you've shown was Aikikai. You should take a look at the videos Mori sensei has published
We hope sensie you have to sparring a aikido practioner to determine the deferences
I will be in the upcoming collab video!
I know Aikido is similar to Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu, and with that I want to ask, could you please make a reaction video of Aikijujutsu, and other styles of Jujutsu such as Takenouchi ryu and Sosushitsu. I really enjoyed your analysis of both Taekwondo and Kalaripayattu videos and would love to hear your thoughts, on Traditional Jujutsu.
Your absolutely right when you point the attacks are incorrect. It is not a big part of training for many aikido practicioner. But about receiving the attack , it is an absorbtion. Look at the work of Kuroda Tetsuzan. Even taught it is not considered as aikido, it is based on the same principles.
I'm the opening of the video, you mention Aikido moving like water and that's true, but it's more like moving like breath
I am planning to learn it when i am 70
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I think you should take a look at Martial Arts Journey channel. He was an Aikidoka for 15 years and left the practice.
I have not experienced much kicks in aikido. I have practiced against maegeri but that's all. Though there are different techniques I have practiced with it. I don't know how other kicks would work with aikido but I think you could use same ideas with other kicks too.
I had practiced Aikido for 15 years. I think people look at nage (someone performing the defensive move) as the one who is at the center of Aikido. But that's not true at all. Uke's (someone performing the offensive move) technique is vital. Not only do they need to give good practice to nage, but also they must know how to protect themselves from injury.
More times in my life, knowing how to fall, how to relax, how to 'take punishment' smoothly, done more good. While it is certainly important to understand the defensive position, a well trained Uke is the greatest part of any dojo training.
The problem with many aikido practitioners is the lack of genuine attacks, pressure testing and practical applications.
Nice video. It good to listen to good analysis and to prove your style is better.
I practice aikido for 10 years.
1st you don't really through the opponent. Is more that if he don't move he could be injure. Same if I move on the other way. So for him is better to follow the flow and go for ukemi.
2nd you said it, there is always a "circular" move. As I saw it unlike some martial art you don't "stop" the energy of the the opponent but like asteroid and planet you make it go in a "circle" and then you can some of your force, accelerated the move (just a little is enough) to make the opponent lose is stability.
3rd most aikidoka are terrible with kick. True fact. But you can use the principle learn with other technique to still do aikido. But it not often teach as far as I know.
Hope you will continue on your way.
I want to comment on your opinion about the hands down they did before any kata. Do you watch Adam Chan regarding Bruce Lee saying that martial art without sparring is like dry land swimming? But then he adds that sparring is like swimming in a bathtub. His point is, sparring is a good exercise but can't substitute drill. Drills indeed don't train you to fight but it's one of the best option for reality scenario. In reality, there's no sparring. Ppl don't pose and ppl don't fight. The one that will help you is your awareness and your natural reaction. Sparring trains many aspects in martial art like structure, mobility, strength, etc. But kata or form train your natural reaction. Sparring train your martial art intellectually, kata or form train your unconscious mind to make the technique natural. This's why mma fighter still get owned in ambush situation because they don't have time to react intellectually and this's why martial art that only train kata or form can't fight because fighting by itself is an intellectual process.
A LITTLE CORRECTION YOU SAY THERE IS ALWAYS A CIRCLE BEFORE PUSHING THE OPPONENT TO THE GROUND. THERE IS ACTUALLY ONLY CIRCLE AND THE CONTINUOUS CIRCLE CHANGING DIRECTIONS IS WHAT THROWS THE OPPONENT.
You should watch videos regarding Chiba Sensei, Osawa Shihan Sensei, Donovan Shihan Sensei and old Waka Sensei videos... I believe they are amongst the best aikidokas
I practiced Aikido before, but this is just my personal opinion. Aikido just teach and pretend principal movement and no sparing competition. So it's just body conditioning. But in the other side, we can freely develop the principal of Aikido movement, power, and intention to another martial arts technique. So, once again, (this is my personal opinion) Aikido must mix with other martial art technique to be used in practical situation.
Aikido will make your consumption energy more efficient because of breathing and flow movement technique.
I'm very happy to hear your suggestion and feedback.
Aikido is interesting. In some ways it has some similarities with the Jujutsu side of Wado Ryu. It has a lot of motions inspired by the sword as does karate which causes some overlaps as well some opportunities for cross pollination.