It looks fancy if you look at Ueshiba. But instead of him focus on students and how they attack. Everything you see here is mindcontrol to achieve something that is fake.
Politics in the martial arts is rampant and pervasive. Masters are literally a dime a dozen. Those who claim to be masters usually are not nearly proficient in what they say they are. A true master is usually humble enough to not say that he is.
Hip and shoulder throws are radically different in aikido. It is a leading throw vs a jacking/leverage throw. It is the only technique I have executed in self defense mode. It did involve tucking the head of the jerk who attacked me.
Couldn't you have said from the beginning that you are a worthy representative of the failure of this society, without necessarily revealing it under every comment ? Unless you actually think you said something intelligent …
An irrelevant person in the whole larger story. and "adoption" in that era in Japan is completely different from our western notion of "adoption". Admiral Takeshita similarly was "adopted".
All humanity is poorer without him. But reading some comments, I think this is right. Humanity didn't deserve it. Certainly not this “humanity”. A humanity that literally descends to the same level as animals, and therefore it is good that it is only interested in what happens in the "cages".
Aikido is probably cool even useful as an energetic practice like tai chi etc, but let's be honest guys, as martial techniques it is a myth. And none of the footage with Master Ueshiba actually show somebody attacking him with power and skills. It is only formal pseudo-attacks by disciples, respectful of their master, not resisting even a split second. It is just choregraphy. And aikido has been painfully debunked at the begining of MMA era. But it the whole concept looks good.
Hmmm.....I beg to differ. Ai Ki is an energy based art. Yes the demonstrations are face value ....but the principals of meeting force, following force, power/energy misdirections/ reversals simple 3 sided physics to totally dis balance an openet while simultaneously employing well practiced boxing to take down/ grappling are VERY real, not to mention a core principal in every REAL martial art. It's also about balance awareness... disruption....such as ....judo, shoot wrestling, core ju jit su.... Plus let's be honest here ....what it really comes down to is who the teacher is/was and how they taught it.....for example,. The man that taught me aikido concepts was an Olympic boxing coach to Roy Jones Jr and additionally one of the first Americans to knock a Thai Boxer out in Thailand.....safe to say the guy taught me how to street fight. He also taught me about flowing energy and how to manipulate it....then how to blend both with real functionality.... Tell ya the truth....I used to practice Ai Ki in mosh pits...no shit. Most fun I ever had ! Also had more people buying me drinks after taking a few minutes at set break to talk with all the guys I threw around like rag dolls but never let em hit the floor...it was just practice....wasnt trying to hurt people. Question to you.....how long have you trained martial art and what systems?
He was undefeafed for decades. When this video was made he was recognized as the leading martial artist in Japan and this was Japan gearing up for war. His ukes in these videos are all high level jujitsu practioners. I trained with one of his students in 1989, a 70 year old woman and she rang my bell. 15 minutes of my life where I desperately wished I was somewhere else. You simply don't know what you are talking about.
My friend, I want to be kind with you. If you are looking for a martial practice that you can reveal to your opponent in the context of a competition, that's simply not Aikido. If, however, you are looking for an effective technique in the context of a real aggression by someone who does not know and does not imagine that his target is capable of defending himself, there are several, and it just so happens that Aikido may also be among these. While I don't want to change your opinion in any way (which in fact I sincerely hope remains unchanged), I hope to have at least raised the doubt that you and some other "debunkers" may simply not be able to contextualize a martial art, simply because your concept of martial art is limited solely to what happens inside a cage.
Mach ado about nothing. ... O’Sensei did’nt care much about ranks and obviously liked to joke with those who gave them to much importance. The tenth dan of Koichi Tohei is an exception occured for spiritual reasons we have no means nor right to évaluate.
O'Sensei insisted Tohei a 10th because of his mastery of ki and techniques and being the chief promoter of the art across the continents particularly Hawaii and US.
All before John Wick. Amazing footage and quality. What a find. Just think that the world was recovering from WW1, getting over the Great Depression all leading in to WW2.
@@longdongsilver4719 I read about it în the book "The power of harmony" >the biography of Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido - by John Stevens, but also many other amazing abilities of Morihei. Morihei Ueshiba is the greatest martial arts practitioner in history. At the age of 80 he could disarm any opponent, knock down any number of attackers, pin down his opponent with a single finger. In 1942, during World War II, he had his third state of enlightenment, realizing the absurdity of war, understanding that the true path of the warrior is the Art of Peace, the true spiritual warrior being the one who has the ability to conquer using the force of love. An aikido practitioner does not aim to destroy the opponent, but to control the aggression, so that the aggressor understands that it is not through violence that he will be able to get what he wants. Aikido is M.Ueshiba's gift to humanity, it is truly a spiritual path that can transform the practitioner in a profound way, on all level. Although invincible as a warrior, he was primarily a follower of peace, abhorring fighting, war, violence of any kind. Besides, Aikido, the martial path founded by him, translates as "Art of Peace". In 1925, following a fight in which he, unarmed, faced the furious attacks of a master swordsman, he had his first enlightenment, as a result of which he understood that a true warrior must constantly manifest Divine Love. In December 1940, following the practice of a purification ritual, he experienced the second state of enlightenment, after which he understood that the techniques should be used for the cultivation of life, virtue, wisdom and not for the destruction of people.
O'Sensei would have been very powerful for 51 yrs old and anyone who has ever felt kokyo power from any senior instructor at the same age will have felt the same amazing power. Great video.
I like the history and all but lets be honest, he's not really doing anything. Not just here, but in all the older videos. This art is pleasing to the eye, but not a useful tool on the street.
O'Sensei came from a fighting arts background. However, with Aikido, he specifically designed an art that aimed to protect practice opponent(s). The focus of this art was self development. There are many many full on combat arts available. Aikido is not one of them.
@@aguilabet1294 yes and no 🌻 Some of my Aikido Sensei have told us Aikido is not a 'martial art' in the usual understanding of that term. The ultimate goal is to be spontaneous and formless. And Aikido is non-competitive and has no 'rules'. The ideal is that when conflict arises it is resolved without any kind of clash. This is simply a 'direction of travel', as in reality, very few attain this and if conflict arises of course we first look after ourselves and worry about the aggressor very much as an after-thought!
@@jeremymanson1781 Si no tiene utilidad para el combate no es un arte marcial. En la guerra o la supervivencia tambien se corre, pero en un corredor no es una artista marcial. Los escritores tambien narran las guerras, pero eso no los hace artistas marciales . No se puede confundir a la gente, para hacer prevalecer un punto solo por interes propio.
Agree with Wagner that Osensei was first and foremost a religous man. The question then arises as to how his belief changed his art. I think the investigations startedby Stan Pranin and continued by others, notably the two guests here , show there is little change externally. Since we cannot replicate his belief paradigm, indeed, cannot even understand his talks on the subject except in the broadest terms, i ask what did his process do to his way of thinking/being with his practice. For me the simplest way to approach this is the subjugation of ego. Looking at Osensei's earlier practice of Chingon Buddhism and his later interest in Omoto Kyo and their view on meditation/prayer giving rise to spirit possession and awareness of the many deities around them coupled with O sensei saying he was a reincarnation of 2 different deities and the times he said he didn't do an action but rather it was a kami within him. This leads me to believe this is why many comment on his being so relaxed. He utterly believed he was being taken care of as it were. He didn't view the interaction with an aggressor in the framework of having to overcome using confrontational strength, rather joining (Aiki) and moving to a martial conclusion. Henry Kono told the story of yin yang, he also mentioned training with the uchi deshi of the day and as good as they were you always knew why/how you hit the ground. With O sensei you fell down and didn't know why. Sunadomori Sensei told us O sensei said the purpose of the techniques was to remove the sediment from the joints ie move freely. Tohei Sensei said the most important thing he learned from Osensei was relax. I think a serious investigation into relax is the portal to O sensei's art
