Aikido Highlight - Shirakawa Ryuji sensei 

To me, this man is a rock star. He is so smooth and really has good footwork.

The true achievement of Aikido is to arrive at a point were there is a fluidity. This young man exemplifies this...as Aikido is an art...

This is a beautifull art and it takes years to master it. Respect for every kind of martial arts.

I really like his movements. His move has flows w/o extra movements. He really knows each waza. He is very relaxed and no muscle or tension. Thanks for the video.

I'm really impressed by his amazing footwork, his balance is perfect. Really enjoyed this video. Thank you for uploading.

Effortless throw and ukemi! Beautiful Aikido! Thank you for sharing!

L'excellence de l'art et l'efficacité réunies. SHIRAKAWA, un des plus grands maîtres dans sa discipline. Respect.

As an Aikidoka, I can’t wait to see myself become this one day!

He's movements are very expansive and adept. Makes it easy to follow the intricacies of technique

Remarquables démonstrations avec un centrage parfait comme il se doit... Arigato !

the way of harmony- very nice demonstration of the true meaning

So beautiful like water flowing smooth

Great performance and really skilled Ukes!

Mis felicitaciones excelente sensei, y magnifica excibicion de las tecnicas

Años que miro éste video. No me canso de verlo. Maravilloso!!.

I've been studying aikido for Avery long time it's been a life long journey of the world martial arts, it's been a passion of mine that I take very seriously. matt

Dōmo arigatōgozaimashita - This video really touched me. Beautiful

Thank you! Great work!!

Un bel aïkido , il est fluide, délié et tonique très agréable à regarder.

Excellent posture!

Class above... so fluid.. a master of his art ..

I'm impressed .. very much

I can't wait to be like this 😁

Beautiful!

Espectacular estilo. Siempre queda de frente en relación al uke, no obstante hacer tenkan. Sobre todo se aprecia en los kotegaeshi.

Beauty, pure and simple

Tengo 47 años vivo en la ciudad de San Luis Potosí en México desgraciadamente no hay una academia de aikido y unas personas me dicen que ya estoy grande para aprender pero mi sueño es aprender este hermoso arte

1:17-1:20 takes serious concentration, else deadly injure... what an excellent uke right there...

جمالية وإتقان هذا الأستاذ فنان.

True I would have nothing in the Dojo. However, when I used it in the placement on gang members while a probation officer we had people on the floor pinned and or immobilized. Of course they have no Aikido Ukemi but Aikido does not need the person to know how to fall in order to be effective. Hey Joe!

Wow! That's unbelievable! As in, I can't believe anyone could actually use aikido like that to defend theirselves. It is very beautiful, though, good exercise, physically & mentally, I'm sure.

We once had a belligerent man come into my dojo (just a random guy, not a student), who smugly asked opponents didn't simply let go in the middle of a technique and punch the person instead. Our sensei turned to him with a smile that we all knew to fear. She picked one of the black belts and instructed him to do as the guy said, and let go in the middle of the technique. I could see the regret in his eyes, but he nodded anyway. I forget what technique she started, probably a not-too-wild kotegaeshi or something. All that matters is, as soon as the black belt let go, she punched him three times and did something to his legs that left him on the ground. The belligerent man just kind of went "oh," and left.

The music for this was changed... What where the names of the three songs that were originally on this video? The first was "One More Time" by Daft Punk... But what were the other two?

Muy bueno!! Lastima la mùsica que es desagradable en un vìdeo de esta clase!!

Does there seem to be some cooperation between uke and tori?

Aikido is a beautiful art to watch and practice. It is an art of cooperation between practitioners. Aikido was made to be an art of piece by master Morihei Ueshiba. It comes from jiu-jitsu, Aiki jiu-jitsu, and Daito Ryu. These were suited for real combat. I practiced Aikido for ten years plus after having practiced Kyokushin karate for twelve years and other Martial Arts. Mas Obama's karate is a fighting art as well as other karate styles. When you practice Aikido you surrender to the technique so both attacker and defender can learn proper technique. In very special circumstances Aikido could work in real-life combat but real combat is not generally emphasized in Aikido. An Aikido practitioner would be lost in the MMA world and that is a fact. We have seen karate practitioners of different styles like GSP, Boss, Machida and many others from BJJ, Judo, wrestling becoming MMA champions. So if an Aikidoka wants to prove him/her self in an MMA environment without other combat tools I which them the best.

awesome

superb

I'm merely trying to say it teaches you more than just throwing someone to the floor. I'm a non practioner of this martial art but feel I would benefit from it spiritually and emotionally

Shirakawa: The"new" paradigm in Aikido!! FLUID/SOFT/BALANCED.

akido side. verry i way ever happy

unico e molto istruttivo.

outstanding

Anybody knows this musical piece?

Beautiful...this is the Japan. Why am I crying...

Perfect and very painful art.... I imagine its like trying to grab hold of a tornado?

what is this title of the song

Well done, It 's really harmonic and blend movements. He could move continuously when ukemi attacked him. I really want to learn AIKIDO with him.

why the soundtrack? great vid otherwise

Amazing aikido! (But it would be better to use different music, I also think.) ;-)

Wow is beautiful :')

It would be so much better without music. We learn from the sounds of the ukemi as well as the visual.

That's a mighty compliant looking attacker at 12:36.

5:07 is the most epic part of the video.

where is tissier when you need him

This video has two of the best things in the world... Daft Punk and aikido

Is it play fighting ?

3mins into video and i am already dizzy

鍛錬鍛錬の日々だったんですね

ma dove è l'aikido?

I would like to see a true master attacked with a crescent kick from someone like Cro Cop. That would be an amazing defense.

Nice vid

Show

Always helps when you have a good Uke.

Real nice movements Love incorporating into JKD

this martial art teaches you how to fall to the ground in style

C'est cet art martial,que j'aimerais pratiquer...

💙

Sensei! Chú ơi, hay quá đi à!

Is he dead ? Seems like a memorial thing with that music.

Nice video but I had to cut the audio to watch it.

Jaja que linda fusión entre danza y obra de teatro

I am sick and tired of lets go with this sensie pish

Can say somebody the movement name between 0:51- 1:09 . Thx

Please turn ON the MUSIC!!!! Without music is awful!!!!!!! :) Thanks!!

Почему Highlight?

His movement is beautiful but half of it is done by the opponent's good reaction.

could not fold sensei sargeant's hakama

Ils ont du mérite les élèves c'est eu qui fournissent le plus grand effort , des qu'ils sont fatigués il ne les projets plus très bien pas facile , bientôt il ne restera plus que celui qui chute et l'on dira qu'ils font de belle chute tout en rondeur 🙄

1:09笑ってしまうwww

Couldn't you defend against all these people trying to chop down to the top of our head by wearing a helmet?

Why do people take really good videos and add really stupid music to it?

Do people have actual fighting leagues and shit with this stuff? This just looks like a cool display. The guys being taken down aren't even trying to fight back it seems.

Как убрать музыку?

踊りです

is this fake?? I DONT KNOW AIKIDO

that was disipline

I am wondering if it really works in the real life. It is a nice dance. The opponent seems to coorporate with the master.

The music, omg! it`s terrible i had to mute the speakers...

you wouldn't make too many classes if you don't know how to fall right at that level

Ossu

DAT NAGE at 1:11

He just don't let anybody touch him.

WAder

I really dislike the music choice. Very good Aikido though.

外国にも人気なんだ

saw a guy on a street corner passed out on heroin. still alive but barely. that's BULLSHIT. this is a beautiful thing. so are peoples lives

Not a single one of these dance moves would work against a real life attacker so what's the point?

this martial art looks great if youre being attacked at 1/10th speed

Aikido - the martial art of grabbing the wrist????? Maybe if you are a samurai with a sword in ancient Japan perhaps. Oh yea, that doesn't exist anymore. And yes, I have practiced Aikido myself.