People don't understand Aiki until they experience by themselves. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find an instructor who can teach real Aiki techniques. I had attended Okamoto Sensei's seminar before and recognized that Aiki is an effective technique in many type of martial arts including Karate which I have learned over 40 years. In traditional Okinawa Karate, Aiki techniques were existed and handed down. Unfortunately most of them were lost now because of introduction of Kumite tournament.
You have to learn how to manipulate muscles instead of training them. When I uses the coracobrachialis muscle,I use it delicately, like manipulating my fingers.
How do you "use your coracobrachialis muscle"? What are some ways to (1) detect the muscle but also (2) activate it in the way he's using it? Also, what , if anything, is going on within the core /mid section of the instructor when he uses the coracobrachialis muscle?
Where are you based Luc? I have asked myself the same questions. From my own experience I must say that I cannot overtly feel or isolate this muscle to feel it. It comes into play when not over using forearm, biceps, triceps and front deltoid muscles. I will be holding a small group training session with a few people interested in this stuff soon in the UK. If you have a partner, ask them to hold out their arms palms down about shoulder height. Place your hands on top of theirs. Using your finger tips gently cup the inside of your palm until you feel a slight resistance between your finger tips and your partner’s skin (taking up the slack). Lower your arms by gently dropping your shoulders and elbows while maintaining the connection with your fingertips. If you feel any strong resistance then you are using too much of the muscles mentioned. If this happens relax shoulders more and imagine your elbows being drawn into your ribs by gravity. If you try this let me know how you get on.
@@alistergillies Hi! In my very immature understanding, this could be farcia manipulation. I pretty much agree on the details of practicing you give here. I wonder if there is further explanation on the practical theory behind. Also, would the opponent only experience this when the opponent chooses to continue to engage? If done properly, would the opponent find it difficult to detach oneself from this? Thank you.
@@mokchuangchieh In my experience there are a few factors involved that prevent people from disengaging. First there is an involuntary aspect, the drowning person will cling to a rescuer as a reflex as will a baby if you place your finger in its hand. Second, when kuzushi is made a dependence is created in order to maintain balance in the person receiving the technique. They can always disengage, but fear of falling instinctively kicks in and they remain engaged. Thirdly, if you keep them alive/ moving with subtle manipulation engagement can be maintained until they fall down or become immobilised.
@@alistergillies I think your way of explanation is spot on. I think I can relate to that feeling. So the trick is to use, as demonstrated by Okamoto Sensei in other videos, certain seldomly focused muscle to make the receiver feel that he/she is losing balance all of a sudden and therefore the basic instinct to maintain balance is shown by grabbing on.
@@mokchuangchieh As I have not felt Okamoto sensei’s technique I cannot comment with any confidence on what he might be doing. Videos are no substitute for feeling. My best guess is that he is using his structure, discrete muscles, tendons and ligaments to affect the structure of his opponent in a way that makes it difficult to disengage or resist. I would say that resistance makes it easier for him to manipulate his opponent’s structure and balance. Language is also a factor, but luckily for us Okamoto sensei is providing some translations which is very kind of him. He is very generous in making this material available.
What a sad, pathetic display this is. I don't care what muscle you flex or relax in your hand, or in your mid-section, you can NOT make your hand stick to someone else like this. No wonder so many in the MMA community laugh at those of us in the Aikido/Aiki jujitsu community. So long as we have people like this, displaying their magic powers on willing accomplices, we damn well deserve every ounce of ridicule. What's next? Extending your ki across the room and knocking someone down without touching them?
Thank you for your feedback. Are you also practicing Aikido? If you are practicing, there are many tricks to wonder why you have to fall down in this exercise. This is because the basic technology that used to exist has disappeared and only that type remains. Unfortunately, you can't believe it just by watching the video, but if you have a chance, please participate in the lesson. We will continue to upload videos in the future, so please take a look.
I think you should accept the kindness of his invitation. Aiki, like he does it, is both explainable by known physics and can be gentle yet devastating. But as he says it needs to be felt, and as a japanese he might not have the perfect vocabulary to explain. You don't have to take it upon yourself to boost the ego of the MMA society any more than it already is.
@@CoolFool002 Even if I had the spare cash laying around for a round-trip flight to Japan, and even if COVID weren't something to contend with right now, I wouldn't waste either my time or money going to train with this guy. Your claim that this is explainable via known physics is nonsense - pure and simple. The practice of "sticky hands" is a real thing and it can be found in several arts. It also doesn't look like this. This is, at best, a con man deceiving another guy (and apparently you too). At worst it's a con man and his accomplice deceiving others.
I agree, COVID is a huge problem and it's not very easy to just invest in going to Japan. I don't know if Okamoto holds seminars abroad, but that could be a possibility. I don't feel particularly deceived, quite the opposite. I've trained with a few people who are exhibit this kind of skill and the techniques become as if you willingly throw yourself, which is why it looks so fake with the idea we have of how the body should work. But the body has a very intricate reflex system, which can be deceived in many ways. Some martially effective, others more to teach a mechanic. I think his invitation was genuine because everyone who has experienced this knows how sceptic they were beforehand. And the only way to throw away the "I'm calling BS" attitude to this, is feeling and doing yourself. Some things can't be understood before you get a lot of context and can actually do it yourself. So I suggest that anyone reserve judgement until they can do this themselves. Then you can tell everyone that it is either useful or useless.
@@ronobvious1785if stick hands don t do what you see in the video, so those are not stick hands. Those are fake. But you believe they work because you wrestle. But in reality they work as normal pushing and pulling. That is not sticky.
Amazing, energy work 🙏👏
Very helpful and solve my problem on Aikido. Thank you sensei.
People don't understand Aiki until they experience by themselves. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find an instructor who can teach real Aiki techniques. I had attended Okamoto Sensei's seminar before and recognized that Aiki is an effective technique in many type of martial arts including Karate which I have learned over 40 years. In traditional Okinawa Karate, Aiki techniques were existed and handed down. Unfortunately most of them were lost now because of introduction of Kumite tournament.
You have to learn how to manipulate muscles instead of training them.
When I uses the coracobrachialis muscle,I use it delicately, like manipulating my fingers.
How do you "use your coracobrachialis muscle"? What are some ways to (1) detect the muscle but also (2) activate it in the way he's using it? Also, what , if anything, is going on within the core /mid section of the instructor when he uses the coracobrachialis muscle?
Where are you based Luc? I have asked myself the same questions. From my own experience I must say that I cannot overtly feel or isolate this muscle to feel it. It comes into play when not over using forearm, biceps, triceps and front deltoid muscles. I will be holding a small group training session with a few people interested in this stuff soon in the UK. If you have a partner, ask them to hold out their arms palms down about shoulder height. Place your hands on top of theirs. Using your finger tips gently cup the inside of your palm until you feel a slight resistance between your finger tips and your partner’s skin (taking up the slack). Lower your arms by gently dropping your shoulders and elbows while maintaining the connection with your fingertips. If you feel any strong resistance then you are using too much of the muscles mentioned. If this happens relax shoulders more and imagine your elbows being drawn into your ribs by gravity. If you try this let me know how you get on.
@@alistergillies Hi! In my very immature understanding, this could be farcia manipulation. I pretty much agree on the details of practicing you give here. I wonder if there is further explanation on the practical theory behind. Also, would the opponent only experience this when the opponent chooses to continue to engage? If done properly, would the opponent find it difficult to detach oneself from this? Thank you.
@@mokchuangchieh In my experience there are a few factors involved that prevent people from disengaging. First there is an involuntary aspect, the drowning person will cling to a rescuer as a reflex as will a baby if you place your finger in its hand. Second, when kuzushi is made a dependence is created in order to maintain balance in the person receiving the technique. They can always disengage, but fear of falling instinctively kicks in and they remain engaged. Thirdly, if you keep them alive/ moving with subtle manipulation engagement can be maintained until they fall down or become immobilised.
@@alistergillies I think your way of explanation is spot on. I think I can relate to that feeling. So the trick is to use, as demonstrated by Okamoto Sensei in other videos, certain seldomly focused muscle to make the receiver feel that he/she is losing balance all of a sudden and therefore the basic instinct to maintain balance is shown by grabbing on.
@@mokchuangchieh As I have not felt Okamoto sensei’s technique I cannot comment with any confidence on what he might be doing. Videos are no substitute for feeling. My best guess is that he is using his structure, discrete muscles, tendons and ligaments to affect the structure of his opponent in a way that makes it difficult to disengage or resist. I would say that resistance makes it easier for him to manipulate his opponent’s structure and balance. Language is also a factor, but luckily for us Okamoto sensei is providing some translations which is very kind of him. He is very generous in making this material available.
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Domo arigato gozaimashita
What a sad, pathetic display this is. I don't care what muscle you flex or relax in your hand, or in your mid-section, you can NOT make your hand stick to someone else like this. No wonder so many in the MMA community laugh at those of us in the Aikido/Aiki jujitsu community. So long as we have people like this, displaying their magic powers on willing accomplices, we damn well deserve every ounce of ridicule. What's next? Extending your ki across the room and knocking someone down without touching them?
Thank you for your feedback.
Are you also practicing Aikido? If you are practicing, there are many tricks to wonder why you have to fall down in this exercise. This is because the basic technology that used to exist has disappeared and only that type remains. Unfortunately, you can't believe it just by watching the video, but if you have a chance, please participate in the lesson.
We will continue to upload videos in the future, so please take a look.
I think you should accept the kindness of his invitation. Aiki, like he does it, is both explainable by known physics and can be gentle yet devastating. But as he says it needs to be felt, and as a japanese he might not have the perfect vocabulary to explain. You don't have to take it upon yourself to boost the ego of the MMA society any more than it already is.
@@CoolFool002 Even if I had the spare cash laying around for a round-trip flight to Japan, and even if COVID weren't something to contend with right now, I wouldn't waste either my time or money going to train with this guy.
Your claim that this is explainable via known physics is nonsense - pure and simple. The practice of "sticky hands" is a real thing and it can be found in several arts. It also doesn't look like this. This is, at best, a con man deceiving another guy (and apparently you too). At worst it's a con man and his accomplice deceiving others.
I agree, COVID is a huge problem and it's not very easy to just invest in going to Japan. I don't know if Okamoto holds seminars abroad, but that could be a possibility.
I don't feel particularly deceived, quite the opposite. I've trained with a few people who are exhibit this kind of skill and the techniques become as if you willingly throw yourself, which is why it looks so fake with the idea we have of how the body should work. But the body has a very intricate reflex system, which can be deceived in many ways. Some martially effective, others more to teach a mechanic.
I think his invitation was genuine because everyone who has experienced this knows how sceptic they were beforehand. And the only way to throw away the "I'm calling BS" attitude to this, is feeling and doing yourself. Some things can't be understood before you get a lot of context and can actually do it yourself.
So I suggest that anyone reserve judgement until they can do this themselves. Then you can tell everyone that it is either useful or useless.
@@ronobvious1785if stick hands don t do what you see in the video, so those are not stick hands. Those are fake. But you believe they work because you wrestle. But in reality they work as normal pushing and pulling. That is not sticky.