I've watched this a few times over the years. The translator is very good and Isoyama sensei's Japanese is very clear, makes it easy to watch/learn. Kudos for the upload.
Certainly the Taiji of Adam Mezner is interesting but if you have hapkido, there's little point in Aikido - better to explore aiki concepts at seminars if you can access people like Salahuddin Muhammad or Roy Goldberg Sensei. Personally, I'd functionalise the skills you have by working the basics and concentrating on the physiological aspects of violence, honing your fundamental tools and pressure testing what you think you know. Have a look at people like Mick Coup and Lee Morrison and ask yourself how you would deal with that level of sudden violence.
He taught the second movement in chen style taijiquan 13 harmony, old man ties his robe. The I saw pad the high horse. 13 harmony is a form that will make all of these moves easier as it trains you to move from the core and has all of these moves.
@Jason Jones have you seen old man ties the robe or pad the high horse? I can tell you haven't or you would say yes. And if you asked Segall who is doing more taichi in his movies he would tell you... YES!
@Jason Jones hmm not sure where this came from I never mention perfection nor do I think any can achieve but I know what gifts are left with those who make an ass out of U and Me.
I come from eastern, and the thing I hate very much in the mind of eastern people is keeping secret. In this video you can see it clearly when sensei Hiroshi Isoyama said about using the thumb. Aikido mean harmony, but how you can't be harmony when you keep secret. You keeping secret, you and your partner are not equal, you do not respect your partner, you do not respect yourself. In the way of harmony, you and your partner improve at the same time, nobody lose both become winner. This is win - win concept in western and this explain why western world are so succesful Do not keep secret, just keep your unique
The whole system of Aikido almost completely consists of something that is called Qin Na in China. Qin Na, the art of joint locking, is only a small part of each Kungfu style of which all are way bigger and more complex. In short terms, the biggest part of Aikido is just a small part of most kungfu styles. If you take the mere joint locking of Aikido, there is only little left compared to Kungfu styles where there remains a complex and huge system of defense, attack and everything in between or apart. The Problem about Aikido is not it's training of basics like attacking with shomenuchi, it's problem is it doesn't move much further. If you want to know the real stuff, high complex internal art and I mean REALLY high complex and highly developed arts, go check out Taijiquan and Baguazhang. I recommend reading about so called 8 energies in Taijiquan (Peng, Lu, Cai etc...) and go check out the partner exercise called Tui shou or Pushing hands. You might like it if you like Aikido. _()_
Aikido is based mostly on wrist locks so it works for a limited number of situations for a complete defense system you should learn 3 martial arts interesting what you say about Qin na
Aikido is more than just joint locks if it was that easy to perfect I wouldn't still be practicing after 20 years there's many great martial arts out there & we all choose are own path up the mountain but the outcome is the same
@@Vrey662 "Aikido is based mostly on wrist locks" no, you are talking about aiki ryu that Aikido founder based his style on. And your comment is just silly you need joints(many) to attack anyone so when exactly you can attack someone with them blocked by your oponent?
Why do old 8th dan, 9th dan masters look even more impressive in demonstrations? The students are mindful of their age and "go with the flow MORE"....hehe...Never mind that in any Aikido (judo, Kasrate, TKD...) demo...it's one student working with student from the same school. I'd love to see some demo's where the art/school demonstrating has the balls to ask for people form the audience to "test" them. No contact to the face but they ARE really trying to take the "master" to the ground any way they know how (which should be "no way" as they are untrained...just brute force). Huge diifference between one man in a demo and a man trying to get a KO. It's exercise. :) Like soccer practice.
To grab your wrist is basically to prevent you to use your arm and any attempt to keep a distance from the offender. If someone uses their left to grab your right wrist, you cannot punch with your strong arm but they can. So you will be in disadvantage, if choosing to engage. Also, you cannot run away either.
I assume you are talking about those duel boxing style fights. I think it is true most of the time street fights would be like that because it is the natural fight style that people do not actually need to train for it. However, what do you think what is easier to defend against? 1) A person with arms closed to his/her body stays 2 meter away from you. 2) A person grabbing your wrist(s), collar, hair, etc stays right next to you. Obviously, number 1 situation is much easier to defend against as you know exactly the intention of that person and you have a distance to avoid the contact. Not so much with the situation number 2 hence the training to defend it. Furthermore, as far as I know, the way to initiate a fight of Aikido is bait the opponent to follow a specific direction then use his/her momentum to throw him/her down. Thus, it is, what you usually see in Aikido training/demonstration clips, Aikido practitioners always raise their hands and let opponent grab it.
It's called a basic exercise, the same as the basic drills in karate, or any other martial art. They don't look like anything in a real fight either. At a higher level, the grabbing techniques help develop fundamental principles of movement and a means to disable a person's balance and coordination on contact, while maintaining your own balance and control.
Some of the secrecy comes from the RESPONSIBILITY that REAL TEACHERS of the art and sciences of killing with your hands take seriously. look at PSALMS 144:1...
He can , but then again the better question is, why is he even trying to hold your wrist , which in a contemporary perspective doesn't make sense in a combat situation. However they made sense in the Edo period of Japan where one the attackers main priority was to stop you from drawing your blade if he didn't have one. Today these forms are still practiced to learn certain aspects of body movement and structure .
this seems to make practical sense only in transcript to a sword fight. cant remember seeing any fight where somebody grabs you by your hand and doesnt want to let go. they want to knock you down asap not test whether you can release from grip or not. Master or not, I'm afraid he wouldnt stand a chance in a real fight.
Yea first lets forbid any Aikido techniques(small joint manipulation for example) and then call your sport ultimate martial art and blame real martial arts that they are not good for that sport because they are full of techniuest that are not safe enoght for that TV show...
It is beloved target for clueless fanboys of MMA TV shows where 95% Aikido techniques are forbiden but in the same time so called fans of this sport are completly clueless what is a difference betwen a sport and a martial art and claiming that you need to be in that sport to be an martial art... This old guy popularized Aikido among non Japanese because he was teaching USA military police just after WW2(and that is why Segal was able to learn it), but hey we all know that for "internet specialists" like you there is nothing as horible as reading about topic you trying to preach about...
You dont see them in MMA because those techniques are waaay too lethal. Didn't you know? Fighters would fall like flies or end up crippled if this is allowed. That is why those great grand masters always refuse fight challenges; they don't want to go around killing people.
Sorry but expecting the attacking person cooperate is naive. I am not saying self defense is bad neither Aikido is bad nor practicing useless, but honestly how many times you saw attacker taking your hand? Also there is often no only one, but 2-3. Being quicker and have advanced reflexes strike first and hard, avoid further contact is more important I think. Like Kravmaga
+catshavesouls To me it makes sence because many Aikido techniques (if they would work) would be very brutal and sometimes even more brutal than some Ju Jutsu or even Karate techniques. For example Kote Gaeshi in Ju Jutsu is much more controled. In Aikido you perform it the Uke have to fall over it but in real combat an attacker who can not fall wont do it and would run with full speed into the lock and would totally break his arm.
..right on..and karate too.. kicking and punching imaginary opponents... and judo.... opponents need to be wearing tear-proof jackets ..or coats... .it's all bullshit
