塩田剛三先生　演武　Gozo Shioda Sensei Demonstration 

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GARCIE. Why was Judo the only one to accept Garcies challenge back then. If Aikido is as effective as you say it is why not accept the challenge back then ,you could have done what Gozo just did and just stepped on his Toes and there would be all the proof that Aikido is real you would have taken Garcie right out. I will tell you why no one from Aikido accepted, its because Aikido is total BOLOGNA it does not work and never will and you Aikido people can hide behind your skirts and say we don't fight people that is not what Aikido is about. You are correct when you say it has nothing to do with fighting unless you have your own students there to flip around for you.

ToniMattTony its GRACIE dipshit. not garcie. if your gonna throw names around know how to spell them. and rickson gracie is a shodan in aikido. so know your shit before you hate.

ToniMattTony Don't worry I'm not trying to convince you... but I'm pretty sure that you never trained Aikido for a longer period of time. But I'm surprised that a person who is training since 1969 (the year the founder of Aikido died) is only 3rd dan in Judo and 1st dan Taekwondo? However, I'm not going mad at all, if you think that Aikido sucks. It's your opinion! So, why do Aikido people not fight...? Aikido has, with one exception, no competition. As simple as that... Aikido has been created to defeat the competitive mind people like you have. Effectiveness is not a question of style or school, it's all about your mindset and a lot of training. I know bouncers using Aikido for their daily job and they survived. The Tokyo riot police is training Aikido (Yoshinkan) since decades because of it's effectiveness. So there is no need to prove anything to anybody... But the real value of training in Aikido or Budo in general, is that you learn proper etiquette how to behave right, also towards an possible aggressor. A proper etiquette is the first step to evade a confrontation or rather to de-escalate a situation. I have some friends training in full contact martial arts for many years, but I never heard them run down somebody or something, just because they don't like it or don't understand.

OK there is no need to prove anything you say then you go on and write a fucking letter. You don't see Chuck ladle writing letters say how effective MMA is this is because he denote have to prove it in a letter he proves it like I have in the ring. But Aikido people hide behind the pen because this is the only way you can say Aikido is effective you can't prove it because as soon as one of you stepped in the ring all the walls around Aikido will start to tumble and fall and a billion dollar industry built on lies will disappear so don't give me the Tokoyo police and Samurai BOLOGNA. Get in the ring but you can't that must suck having to defend your preference with a pen.

ToniMattTony :-) "The pen is mightier than the sword" and thanks for sharing your thoughts. I wish you a happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year!

Then you have not studied ... but practiced. Most likely not an *martial art* anyway (note the word *art* ) but some fighting sport. And that is a difference :P

Very nice👏

It is a demo. Why the funk would anyone "train this way"? Obviously the training to be able to make demos like this is completely different. Never seen a boxer? A boxing demo? Do they spring the rope in a demo? Do they punch the sack in a demo? Obviously not ...