I've practiced Aikido in the past. Believe me, those throws do EXACTLY what it looks like in the video. I've been thrown quite a few times, and it's either you go with it willingly (voluntarily take the throw) or unwillingly, but you ARE going. It was freaky how some of those moves just moved you around so easily.
YES OF COURSE THE SENSEI SHIRAKAWA IS GIVING THE TRUE MEANING OF AIKIDO AS IT MEANS FLEXIBILITY SOUL AND SPIRITUAL ACT AND MOVEMENT BASED UPON WELL E. LEARNING SINCE 50 YEARS AGO . GREAT AND UTMOST ACTIONS ............... MANY THANKS SENSEI ........
Gracias por subir este tipo de videos,yo practico AI KI DO en México y me motiva el seguir adelante porque veo que sí es posible alcanzar la fluidez! :)