Control Multiple Attackers - using hand evasions 

Respect for traditional Aikido. Its one of defensive martial arts that I loved most esp. the Grappling technique. ;) Good that you opened issues about Aikido, and enlighten those who doesnt understand Aikido in this modern world. Good job!!

From aikidoka: you are the first one in media who's showing the world the real application of aikido that not every blackbelt aikidoka know about, personally my sensie is not one of them he is teaching us the traditional way, the application way and he uses his experiences of other martial arts in his training. last word thank you

I love what you are doing with the practicality of aikido! Thank you, and FINALLY someone that teaches us skills to SAVE our lives! Keep up the great work brotha! Love n support from Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦

Many, many thanks Lenny. My aikido has improved enormously since I started watching your videos. Your teachings now make up a large part of what I do in the dojo. Your instruction is first class. Thank you once again.

Your instruction is top notch. It has helped me rekindle my enjoyment of Aikido practice again. This is the natural progress of Aikido to learn and practice more intense everyday. After 31 years, I still feel inspired to practice through your teaching. Over the years I have seen everything from the "yoga-Aikido" as you state to the "I am tough Aikido", that is the sad state of the teaching today. None of that to be found in your dojo. Simply, Thank you! With Gassho...

I must say you are by far my favorite as far as instruction goes. I love that you break it down and also the no holds barred,no bullshit ,no sugar coating mentality in the way that you teach. I have learned more from you in the short time I've been watching your videos than I have in my past eight years as a martial artist. I have also used your videos to get my girlfriend more involved in the arts as well because I want her to be capable of protecting herself if I'm not there to do it for her and the way you break it down makes it easy for me to ensure that that becomes a reality. So with that being said,thank you for taking the time to make these videos. I will definitely be signing up for the online classes asap . God bless.

Really feel like I am in class with you. You have talent, that's for sure. Looking forward to your upcoming videos. Best wishes.

This is the real Aikido I've ever seen that we learned self defense effective in real life in danger.

Appreciate your lessons. I started Aikido over 30 years ago. Job, family, and other matters crept in and took away my time after 2 years into the game. Thanks for the refreshing. Dale

Now I must rethink my randori techniques and just how effective they are in real life and the movements needed for crowded conditions. You've given me something to think about Sly sensei, thanks!.

Lenny "THE REAL DEAL." Sly is the best Sensei teaching Aikido thus far.

Thank you very much Sensei for all of your practical knowledge and wisdom. To be honest, the best self defense weapon against multiple attackers is to RUN!!!

what i love about these videos is how thorough you are. i think if someone can shoot a bunch of footage and professionally edit these you'd have an incredible instructional set of material that will make aikido functional.

I have watched your videos multiple times. I will continue to do so, to remind myself, of the advice you give for proper mechanics of certain techniques. Thank you Sir. I hope you make more videos.

Returning to the original reason it was developed in the first place. Much appreciated.

Thank you for your dedication and giving people what they need for self preservation. You are a true gentleman. I appreciate all that you do!

Lenny, thanks for all your videos. I am a life time student of martial arts. Through being bullied the majority of my life and my work with security both armed and unarmed, I have decided to become a "Technician" as a few of my instructors have told me. Though I may not agree with everything you say, I am very grateful for what you do.

One of my favorite episodes! Long live sensei!

Great instruction. I appreciate the attention to detail. Thank you!,

Very Good. I have never done this before. I think I see the pragmatic applications. Great training.

Thanks for sharing these Thechniques for Free ;These stuffs are like Gold .

you're the man, Mr Lenny. I love your videos

I love it Sly....and your right you have to attack for real or nage is learning nothing im a Yosheinkan guy and we are more form than flow but it works even though its a little stiffer syle it WORKS! Commit tou your attackband act like you have no idea whats coming every time....it is the true way nage can learn thats one thing your tenshin and yosheinkan are similar youve really made the 24 years of Aikido ive done and completely made it 110% better and PRACTICAL thank you so much.....Steven from University of Kentucky Yosheinkan Aikido club....keep it coming...muxh respect!

Thank you Lenny this was really helpful. I will start making these hand deflections a regular part of my practice. Martin Acton Northern Ireland

Quite enjoyed the variable speeds, but also seeing the committed attacks. Ty for the vids and nm the angry ppl.

Thank you for all your videos.. I've watched almost all of them and some of them many times over. I really like the real world practical application techniques.( favorite is KOTEGAESHI). you are very thorough in your explanation of everything you do. When I was in my teens I studied Tae kwon Do, but I was always fascinated with Aikido. Watching your videos has been enlightening and educational. Just wish I lived closer so I could take your class. Keep up the good work and I wish you great success in all you do....

In 1974 I was taking Kung Fu (Tiger style) in Cocoa, Fl from Jim Wilson brother and trainer to Don "The Dragon" Wilson en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Wilson_(kickboxer). He asked every new student how did they want to train as there are three different ways to train in any martial art. 1) For a competition, you will have a bunch of judges looking at you and hopefully, win a trophy. 2) Competeing in the ring, as Don did, you will have a referee and judges and win on points or better yet by knockout, as Don did many times. 3) For the street! Totally offensive and nasty in nature with the intent to put the other person in the hospital, if they had someone to call rescue for them as you walked away. Jim always said "NEVER TRAIN FOR 1 OR 2 AND EXPECT TO SURVIVE ON THE STREET DURING AN ATTACK! Great information from a talented man. It seems in so many words, Lenny, I hear you saying the same things.

Mr. Lenni Sky, I like your video's! It's nice to see someone real

keep doing what your doing....great work

Thank You!

You are blending with the attack..first I would like to say you are a great instructor and these videos are great also..I train in several styles Korean tae Kwon do being my bread and butter style..as I moved up in ranks I got to learn a little bit of aikido as I went along mixed in with my training..at the time I didn't know the correct names for the techniques but I learned the basics of the circling aspects of the techniques quarter circle half circle..these videos are helping a great deal and again thank you for your time and effort to let people like me have a chance to learn more about this fine art..

Leny, I have learned a lot from your videos, I keep going back to all of them and watching them over and over again. Especially your stuff on hand deflections. To me, that and atemi are the bridge connecting Aikido as it is practiced in the dojo and Aikido as it is would need to be applied on the street. The sad part is that is an element that is rarely practiced or not at all in most dojos; especially Aikikai dojos.

Great Show!

Excellent teacher

u R the man bro keepin it real

Hey Lenny I said this before you are awesome!!!! Keep this shit up!!!!! This is what I say at my dojo thank you for saying this out loud you rock!!!

Indeed 💯 soooo true thank you!!!

totally dig what lenny means, and he is the reason ( THANK GOD) i switched over to Tenshin Aikido.. that is a totally different and more REAL world... tenshim aikido and lenny´s combative concepts,, 100% lethal combination!!

Thank you Sir.

Hi to all of you, i want tell that for me this video is the best and the other one about tesabaki and hand deflection. use this to fix in My mind all concept about hand deflection because here are explain very well, yes is about randori but Sensei Lenny Sly explain this basic movement very well also for learn it for no randori tecnique. Sorry for My english i hope you understand. Thank you so much for all the time that you and all your dojo spent for us .....using your words in this video.....thanks for your gift to us.

Love this video

Very Good!!

Hello my name Milton I love watching your videos I'm big fan of your class I want learn different moves

konichiwwa! 2022! happy holidays to all aikido guys out there!

Need to attend your place

Muito bom gostei sensei , legal seus vídeos de aikido me ajudar muito visualizar melhor as técnicas do aikido

merci

wheres the original aikido the way that doesn't work videos gone?? please re upload.....was the most entertaining thing Ive seen in youtube in years

i love it

It is very good video step by step to learn Randori i hope you write the technique name with the video

Sensei Sly, is the a method of practicing these tai sabaki techniques alone?

good

I street fighting don't exclude kicking too, so how can deal with that???

To me the most important problem I'd face in confrontation with an opponent (one or many, it doesn't matter, since they all represent a destructive force in general ) is how to maintain the coolness of the mind in order to keep basic emotions under control. There's nothing worse in a fight, i believe, than having your knees shake and go weak because of huge amount of adrenaline... Is there a specific calming technique that helps with natural fear response?

More !!! More videos !!! #aikido !! Can u write on video names of combos wat u do , some times it's so fast , can't hear ) very good scenes !!! More !!! More kicks punch and withs legs something , defense from myah thy tehniks

Meant to say know who they can take and who they can't I tell u are with the business u would be the only one I would train with in aikido but I live in la peace brother

RRFM (Rooted Rapid Foot Work) & RAM all brought together by the core. The gift/essences/thread given to us by Aikido/Tai Chi. It doesn't matter what art one studies their movement, sensitivity, technique, power generation will be profoundly improved by working w/ Aikido/Tai Chi. Nothing in this world or life is linear. Everything cyclic. The circular soft internal arts give us the bedrock foundation to deliver the linear hard external arts techniques.

Hey my name's is Phillip Merrell, I commend your work and what you trying to do, I thank your allsome,I like to study with you, I don't know how much you charge. But, I been in Marshall arts since I was a small kid, few different arts, but anyway s its not bout me, I just wanted to tell you that. God bless.

Did you develop suriagé? Sorry if I misspelled that.

I've never done Tenshin aikido. . But in tomiki we call it ninindori or sanindori 2 on to 1 or 3 onto 1 . In our school we used to do it with full resistance. .and counters. So I do respect you but it's wrong to say aikido people do not do this type of randori. . Some of us have done many times.

Lenny the idiots commenting negatively trust me wouldn't say it to your face anybody who's been around fighters real fighters like know who to fuck with and know who they can tell u ain't no punk and the people talking crap are doing from a keyboard so what does that tell u

in street......

Sorry.. But the only people who are going to attack like that are willing students

I dont speak ingland long not speak action thanks

This is ballerina crap. A real man comes after you with a fist, not with a flat hand. I don't care if I get shoved either. That depends on intention and circumstances. If a woman was attacking me, I can take care of that easily. Uke attacking you with fists is a red flag, but he is not teaching us how to _block_ the fist blows, let alone kick blows. Unless he already showed us how in a different video.

i love it