Seagal was legit talented and humble back then. I really think that at some point mental illness screwed everything up. If you watch videos of him speaking over the years, he turns from this respectable man to someone who lacks social skills and self-awareness. I think people should keep that in mind before they ridicule him.
1:56 "there's some people that are just borned with a certain amount of determination" -Steven seagal, the man who speaks fluent japanese but no one has heard him speak it 1996
don't embarass yourself kid, Seagall speak Japanese for dozens of years, multiple people heard him speak, mutiple times he was recorded and he is actually very very good at it
@@mangopastor I just told you there are videos of him speaking so the fk you talk about. And everyone who speak japanese will tell you his accent, grammar and vocabulary is very good. So do some research for a fkin change and cope harder
This randori looks more realistic than most if not all randori I've seen in Aikido classes or online, but when Seagal himself participates it's obvious his students aren't coming at him the same way, they're far more cooperative when "attacking" their teacher.
If anyone wants to know what hes saying at 18.43 which has been edited its this: "If i see you turn round and pull up your pants at a time like this , I'll come over and HIT you myself". Lovely. Do you know I haven't watched this in almost 20 years since I left Aikido. I look at it now it a totally different light. A bit of a joke.Mental abuse and bullying.
@@acquiesce100 Respectfully I disagree, as Lenny Sly, Larry Reynosa, and Prince Gharios all used it pretty effectively under real circumstances. On top of this, BJJ and Judo champs like Razor Rey Garcia trained with Seagal and was very impressed with Seagal's striking and throws. In an interview awhile back he was especially impressed by his Irimi Nage.
@@acquiesce100 That's not hearsay good sir. Razor Rey Garcia is on video stating this clearly in an interview with MMA veteran Daniel Theodore. You're also welcome to tell Lenny Sly in Illinois that his stuff doesn't work. He has 25 plus years of Bouncer experience.
But did you actually study and practice everyday? If you are determined and work hard then you'll be fluent. A lot of very determined people that I've seen become fluent or almost fluent in 3 years.
@@couchpotat1180 My ex wife was non-Japanese, most of my work was in English (as my client’s counter parties are always foreign) and I have many Japanese friends. So no, you are right: much of my time here was spent not practicing / speaking in a language other than Japanese.
Do you know the origin of the photo on 0:35? It is a very young Steven Seagal, but not with Hiroshi Isoyama but with Noriaki Inoue, O Sensei's nephew and pre war student... First notion of them meeting, especially as Inoue Sensei was known to be very seclusive and even Aikido journal founder Stanley Pranin had a tough task to be accepted and given interview..
Seagal became an Omoto (the religion of OSensei) believer after he married his first wife and got to know Naohi Deguchi who was the Spiritual Leader of Omoto at the time. She and Noriaki Inoue (also an Omoto believer) had a very close relationship as I understand it so that's probably how they met.
I’ve studied Japanese for years as well as worked as a translator and interpreter, and I was shocked hear Seagal’s Japanese. I thought he was going to speak broken Japanese with an American accent, but his Language skills were actually legit. 😳
@@Hlebka met a lot of Westerners who lived here longer and spoke way less Japanese. Some can speak, but it’s rare that they speak at his level. Plus given how arrogant he usually is in his interviews,I wasn’t expecting him to be as good as he is so that gap in attitude and actual skill level surprised me.
I’ve been saying that for years! As a Japanese speaker myself, I was really impressed by his speaking abilities. He gets a lot of hate but you can’t fake speaking a language with great proficiency.
@@juniyananajukyu exactly! He definitely worked harder than most to get to that level. He definitely didn’t just stop at learning a few phrases and basic conversation like most people do. Definitely in the top 5-10% of foreigners that speak Japanese in my opinion.
Shihan Seagal's direct student teaching Seagal's school of Tenshin Gakuen Bugei Aikido. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BkdzZinQgyk.html
A chowchow knows more about that then them? Every one who demonstrated this Featurette will have to demonstrate against Judo and JJJ and Wrestling experts no matter what only for rebalance the deficits. Then it goes in Database for BJJ experts to compare.
A number of the sensei's that Seagal associates with are also accused of being fakes in Japan and some of the claims that Stephen has made like training with Bruce Lee are impossible.
