Is Aikido Useless 

A good ol' elbow to the jaw also does the trick.

SAME 4me bro

So it's only useful when you're bigger and stronger than your opponent (bouncers), and your opponent doesn't even want to fight or is in no state to fight (drunk guys). Aikido is a fakey-fake martial art -Jontron

Just do bjj at that point

​@@cephon6198Man missed the whole point and then quoted a video lol

Bruce Lee's less famous quote: "Pwease, don't tell my wife!"

​@@adamkane7513 Huh...?

​@@adamkane7513 My laugh will arrive in 2 business days

Bruce loves more cocainum.

"Be like water." All things in their proper context.

people forget, the prime attribute of bouncers is that they are fookin huge. When you are huge that's half the work right there. A regular scrawny white collar man would not be able to make aikido work, merely due to physique

​@@kingartifex it's the exact opposite the founder was of small stature and so are many practicioners.

I smell 🐂 💩. No bouncer worth a damn would even joke about using aikido. Well maybe joke. But seriously considering it. Nah. It's not even effective in training halfvthe time if your timing is off.

@@jn6608 the "holy founder" would have his lunch money stolen by the first middle school bully, prove me wrong

@@kingartifexYou need to read his biograpgy first. Learn what he was practicing before creating aikido.

Its called running

2024 everyone become a pro in everything

Have you tried sprinting

​@@Boomer289-ol2vv Unless you have good cardio or have done track, sprinting as options is kinda dumb if you can't out run them or let alone tire out easily. I recommend to improve cardio, know to how respond aggressive person, parkcour, how to fight, carry both lethal and non lethal weapon, understanding common violence, or knowing to avoid conflict.

@@nefdjc9492 i meant jogging but yeah

It doesn't take much effort to find out what a scam Aikido is. I did one class out of curiosity. Only people over 40 attended. They were all very nice. At the time I did Muay Thai, so I knew what I was doing. The sensei showed me a basic move, I asked what if I do this and he basically showed how he would counter. I asked him how he would counter if I just punched. Straight up: we don't do that here for beginners. There isn't a fucking move against the most basic attack that a beginner could learn because someone could hurt themself.

"Lack of Sensationalism" Lol check his videogames reviews

This channel is a shadow of its former self. The dark, nasty humor in the scripts is nonexistent now. Still a fan, but 3+ years ago was prime.

That's exactly why I signed up only after a couple of videos.

Become the expert God bless you

I'd rather fall back on my ability to clinch and elbow in tight spaces.

Steven seagull approves

It’s mostly self defence.

​@@36handy it COMPLETELY made for self defense. Was created to disarm Ronin Samurai

@@ericanderer9199 Aikido was invented in the 20th century.

@@calicodavis1511 No it wasn't. When their were Ronin, masterless Samurai, a police force was created to combat this. ALL of the movements are designed to disarm a sword. The police used a weapon called a "jutte" . An ironbar with a sword catcher. Fyi. Look it up

@@ericanderer9199 "Look it up" Ok, I did - "The term Aikido was coined in the 20th century. Ueshiba developed aikido primarily during the late 1920s" as per John Stevens "Aikido: The Way of Harmony"

This is a VIOLATION

Sounds like aikido is a loser hangout club

why? because it isnt an ultra violent bome breaking brain damaging martial art that blood thirsty edge lords like you like to watch? get bent.​@@rejuso

You mean a pacifism method?

Yeah, it's kinda obvious but it's easy to forget that all martials arts are a mix of martial training and well, art, you just have to choose what it's better for reachin your goals

YES! Such a refreshing take

In my experience it's only people on the Internet who talk this way, every mma gym I've gone to that works on groundwork and controlling opponents has agreed that some aspects of almost any martial art have practical uses.

I almost typed the first sentence word for word then seen this comment.

Mma bros love wrestling, sambo,muaythai, savate that kind martial arts tho

Well, I'm 5'2 and done a few arts. Every actual fight I've been in, someone has grabbed me asserting their strength. With Aikido it has been their mistake. It has a place and it's not the best but bring other techniques over

​@@bradfleming2683 lol you can't be serious.

Ah man of culture. Napoleon Dynamite, robbed of best movie Oscar.

I like Steven

Go say it in his face, keyboard warrior lol

🤡🤡🙄 get real men as role models. This guy is a complete clown.

@@Kaddy2727 hes a fraud any one that gets the better of him which is more than not he sucker punches them if they work for him they are fired

steven runs like a little girl. i'd tell that to his face and then run.. he'd never catch me@@Kaddy2727

The fall techniques in Aikido has saved me from injury on more than one occasion.

@@professorrhyyt3689 Same here, I have never used Aikido for fighting but moving efficiently and taking falls without hurting myself has been very vital in my life

​@@professorrhyyt3689judo practitioner her and I can relate to that

True.

I agree on everything, except only half on the "just like every martial art" part. -> aikido is kind of an exception, where with a black belt you THINK you know how to fight, but you REALLY don't at all...!!

Sword fighting never. Stick or pole in the hands … any day of the week.

I practice and teach sword (katana) as "part" of the martial art I do. Yes it's fun, but also teaches more about body movement and application. Less power, but body. It's about responding to an opponent's moves and exploiting small openings and weaknesses. Good skills to have in any martial grab bag, even unarmed. If you think dodging punches can be daunting, try a 3 foot razor blade

​@@36handy why a pole use a German

yeah, a lot moves you learn in martial arts aren't that useful unless you have god reflexes or ripped asf, yet people practice it bc it's fun to learn them. Some martial arts are better as a sport as they are as a self defense/fighting tool but that doesn't mean they are bad martial arts

@@veto_5762 i mean people who practice martial arts ARE ripped

You should tell Steven Seagal that. He can't do either.😂😂😂

​@@danielkeizer4174he outsourced that skill to bodyguards, like other people with extra money.

@@dimasakbar7668 something like that. It's similar to people thinking spy's are combat experts while not knowing anything. Just going of what they see on tv or in movies. Know zero about the real world or the job. Probably thinks Seagal is a real special agent too. It's incredible how little people use their brains for more then basic function.

Or to stay armed.

@@stonelion99 only works in countries where people have guns, in other places not really

First correct answer ive seen

I don't need aikido for that.

Women can do that without practice

So basically, aikido is useful when you no longer need it.

@@obey4038 No better way to control a drunkard than sending him to sleep, which he needs to purge alcohol from his bloodstream.

@@haitaelpastor976 you're missing the point completely. Aikido techniques can be useful, but the way aikido is tough without any sparring or any sort of pressure testing will just not prepare you for self defense situation. So you need to train other martial arts and then you could make use of some aikido techniques.

Strong?... Aikido is useful against opponents that are stronger or bigger than you. It's about redirecting their energy and balance. Twisting and letting their momentum carry one direction, then using technique to suddenly, even violently switching direction that if they're "compliant" will send them into a tumble, or if they're being difficult, will just break the wrist, arm and/or shoulder. Good body mechanics in Aikido

​@@committedabunch of nonsense pal

No. It is super-specialized, because it is swordman skill in a first place.

​​@@michalviktorin6758 No, it isn't, and this a myth made up by the Aikido community to describe inconsistencies in the style. Aikido is specifically derived from Daito-ryu aiki-jiujitsu developed by Takeda Sokaku, it is a purely UNARMED style that Sokaku developed by going around and challenging other schools to unarmed combat. There was no fencing involved, or disarming people with swords, because it was illegal to actually own or carry a sword at the time, and this remained so for decades. This is what Ueshiba learned, and where Aikido comes from. Aikido is an unarmed grappling style, it wasn't designed to deal with swords, and it wasn't designed to be used with them either. This is something that was added later, it is not the basis of the style, and Daito-ryu was significantly altered from traditional Jiu-Jitsu forms that were actually intended to deal with potentially sword wielding opponents (where ground grappling was actually pretty important). It doesn't even make sense regarding combating an opponent with a sword and looks very little like traditional Japanese Jiu-Jitsu that was intended for battlefield combat and disarming an opponent when you lost your weapon...

It doesn't assume those things but you do actually need to have a solid basis in grappling before you start training it, otherwise you will build very bad habits and be unable to actually perform anything you learn on a live and resisting opponent. It wasn't designed for this, I'm pretty sure Ueshiba intended it to be effective for self-defence, and given he learned Daito-ryu aiki-jiujitsu from Takeda Sokaku, who was an absolute badass, he could probably actually fight. It's just the style degenerated over time due to various reasons.

@@AveSicarius You do not know what you are talking about, you are lost in information, so you have bad observation, because you are dogmatic. Your swordmanship is very low level, I can tell that without even seeing you.

@@AveSicarius 'the style degenerated over time due to various reasons' That got a slow blink from me. My brain literally went, on reading that: "That's different from pretty much every other classic martial art that is still widely taught, HOW, exactly?" Because let's face it, almost every martial art still being taught is taught more for show than for actual combat effectiveness. The very method of training for sport condition as opposed to combat weakens the style as those taught for sport age up and become the teacher. Most the current 'still effective' ones are actually revitalizations of an older style by more modern groups that had to bring it back up to combat capability, or foreign divergences of an older style that didn't get societally neutered the same way. Like, Brazilian Jiujitsu, as an example.

How ???? He's a legit marital arts master ❤❤

Man, I havent watched Rokas in years, Ill bet he got badass

I would add another very important but often overlooked thing. Aikido teaches you a very effective method of breaking falls. I am not an aikidoka, I do Judo and Koryu Bujutsu, but I used breakfalls more than anything else I've learned in Budo.

I’ve always seen their techniques as Base level - locking up and like you said immobilizing a nuisance Survival level - using aforementioned locks and bends to such an aggressive degree that you just end up snapping an attackers wrist or something

The reflexes are the real deal, though. I was an inconsistent attendee when I did Aikido in my youth, but the falls and rolls are deeply ingrained. I've fallen multiple times from my bike or from tripping/slipping but I've never really injured myself from it, and it's solely because of Aikido.

@@kimonowolf This is so on point. I don't do traditional aikido, more like mix of aikido and BJJ. BUT the falls man. I once slipped on stairs and fell. All i had was a leg scratch. Falling on ice or concrete is not painful at all

I think aikido will be most effective with armour. Where movements are limited.

not seaboom-boom though

Thats pretty close to what its founder indeed invisioned.

How thats possible?

Why surprised? 😮

It doesn't. Unless he wants to take him through a wall or to the ground. No bouncer uses aikido. Ever.

@@danielkeizer4174 there is few actually. You can try to find it from Martial Art Journey video

@@muhaiminakbar4472 well I'm only taking about everyone i personally knew back in my bouncing days who were actual bouncers and doormen. From Europe and England. We used to work for companies who train them you see. So they usually get specific training for their job. As do police and correction officers here. What they learn is very short and simple wrists and elbow locks. Funnily enough not a single one of them used aikido. Maybe a couple of them had had some aikido lessons or did aikido. Hell i had lessons in aikido. But you don't learn anything useful till you reach a very high level. In the beginning it's mainly sweeping throws that though beautiful, do not work in real life when people resist. It's not really something we can use. As aikido is far to complex and intricate. Perfect movement from both defender and attacker are hard if one of them isn't doing what you want you see. You need to make them do what you want. And some guy who knows basic kickboxing will not give you a full body committed attack. They strike and move back out. You have to go towards them. If your talking about using some of the joint locks, sure but they aren't specific to aikido. And can be found in pretty much every m.a. Most here were champion kickboxers, free fighters, boxers, wrestlers, judo guys, MMA fighters i even know a lot of penac silat guys and they know a ton of their own locks. In practice we only use about a handful of come alongs or restraining moves i could teach anyone in five minutes or less. Wrestlers and judo guys have the better background, as these days striking is not allowed, and knowing how to displace weight and put pressure by using your body to move a person is their bread and butter. Chucking people a la Seagull here would end your career quickly. Heads and concrete don't really like eachother much. One is harder then the other so one of them usually breaks. Depending on if it's an aikido believer or not. It's usually the head. Pushing people around like 'master tubbo" here doesn't work in real life when they are angry. It'll end up in lawsuits over broken bones. Controlled restraining and then moving them is the only way.

@@muhaiminakbar4472 and martial arts journey on yt was created by a guy who's aikido didn't work against MMA, which is why he started his martial arts journey to begin with. As most aikido practitioners learn quickly their art doesn't really have real world applicability. That's why he started looking into other stuff. This also goes for Silat and systema artists. That have tried their hand at it. They usually modify their styles to better suit actual combat. There are books written about this subject by American masters. Silat for the street comes to mind, wich was the last book i bought to read up on that style. That guy also figured out 90% of his style doesn't work against a trained opponent. So he wrote a book about what(in his opinion) would work. Let's just say i wish i hadn't bought this book. That's how much interesting stuff is in it.

Bingo. I did a lot of aikido in jr high. Good way to whip somebodys ass without getting thrown out of school.

Sometimes. Not quite when Japanese cops use it as an adjunct to other arts and the baton or the futon.

@@dionysianapollomarx I remember watching a video showing a Japanese policeman running away from some criminal. Hmm, I wonder if this has anything to do with Aikido? Asking this question for a friend.

​@@watcherworld5873 he was probably trying to give the attacker the twenty foot run up that's needed for aikido to work

@@watcherworld5873 How do you know the Japanese policemean was a student of aikido? They have the choice of studying aikido, judo, or kendo. If they're part of one of the more specialised units (eg. Tokyo Metropolitcan Riot Police) they have another 3 martial arts they can add on top for their training. Or would you rpefer that the policeman simply draw his revolver and shoot the criminal, ala the US? What's your actual point? Did you have one? Or was it just to post something that tried to shit on aikido but ended up just displaying your complete lack of knowledge about Japanese police?

@@iatsd Hmm, you got me thinking. Maybe that Japanese policeman was trained as a runner. So, he performed splendidly to de-escalated the situation by running away. BTW, I now remember that I watched that video on the Jimmy Kimmel show many years ago. It was hilarious.

The same for Hapkido. It's just like Aikido, but with kicks and a more aggression.

I hear it's more standard for cops to use gunkata for all level of disputes

@@sanchoclause2183 As someone that Identifies as a black man, I'd say they should definitely do that more often. Clean up the trash

Uh, Ninjutsu is pretty much the biggest scam style out there so I'm not sure how true that is. It's basically rebranded "Jiu-Jitsu" which is basically rebranded Judo in the modern day world, if that, and it's largely spread because most people have no idea about Martial Art's. I've also heard plenty of people say that police and prison guards commonly learn Aikido. This doesn't seem to be the truth and most people I know who've worked in these professions or who know about them through mutual acquaintances say BJJ and Judo are usually the most popular styles. Especially because most metropolitan police forces and prison staff learn elements of Judo and BJJ during subject restraint courses. It also makes more sense than anything else, BJJ has big flaws when you are by yourself, but with backup to help you out, taking someone to the floor and maintaining control over them is the single best way to restain suspects or rowdy inmates.

​@@sanchoclause2183 Some of them clearly prefer Shineniggutsu.

When it comes to training yes.. games on the other hand. Whole new world of meme degneracy that we love lmao

If Aikido helped with losing weight, Seagal would've lost that belly. Hehe

I know a guy that was in SWAT and would use Aikido on the regular. Perfect for restraining people that are trying to get away from you when you just kicked down their door. It's the perfect art for law enforcement. Allows you to get the job done and avoid lawsuits from accidentally killing or maiming your perp.

​@@shatter98I guess it works if the other alternative is for your 5 partners to blow your opponent's brains out.

True, the samurai used it as a last resort when someone is slashing to them with swords, or if someone is running up to them

stehven seyagool

Because it’s easier to double leg and RNC an attacker or belligerent than it is to do this fancy shit. People don’t see past the UFC because there is nothing past it for now.

@@sethwilliams8916 There is nothing past it regarding combat sports. As for self defense, well you don't necessarily need your typical MMA combination, a lot of other martial arts work, as long as you been taught the right way and you have a good mindset. But the truth is, you can get hurt regardless what you practice.

​@@neotenylv09 Undeniably based comment, yes.

Shihan Giampietro Savegnago was claiming that he was able to deffend himself from 9 out of 10 attacks from behind... and no one saw that 1 out of 10. I saw him trowing a guy that was trying to "tackle" him from behind and he was holding his hands inside hakama pants all the time. On top he lost his leg in a bike accident and was one head smaller from avg. Aikdo student on this camp. I also saw him doing 3vs1 against guys that taking 15 guys in a pub without breaking a sweet and you could see them sweting in that 3 vs1. The only problem is that we are talking here about decades of training and massive talent on top of that. And i also noticed how the guy was training, he was fully dedicated to do in 100% with the most basic, most simple excercise that he was doing or showing when 99% of Aikdo students thinking only about learning and usingthe most advanced stuff. He also got zero problem in the middle of training go to some white belts and show him some complete basics stuff that a yelow belt could explein even better than him. Once we were training outside with a Jo and he was showing attack in 4 directions. I ignored everything and was only watching his feet, i was just curious how precise were his move -> he made 4 full attacks with Jo in 4 different directions and after the full circle his feet was in the same exact place to the point that i was not able to see position change and i was standing right next to him. Warming up, streaching in everything he was excelling... I also got the plesure to do few training with Steven Segal master, and to be honest this is the only two persons that i meet during many years of my Aikodo training that were giving you the Aikido vibe in everything what they were doing and saying... And in the same time i can tell you that on the first training with Segal master there was the highest Aikido Dan in my country and the guy was the exact oposite -> he literally was strugling with stuff that most Aikido students do not have problem to do after just half year of training... What Giampetro Savegnago was saying about Aikido someone can ask? That you can learn it but you never can say that you got it. And that guy could take anyone and show him that a)he is able to counter your technique and use your force against you and often he was doing it in the stage of technique where you were already sure that "you got him". b) do his technique on you that you could not realy tell how much force he was using and the effect of this very small guy was often stronger than what you would experience with experienced aikido master that is much taller and bigger than you... My brother in law saw how he trowed a 2+m tall guy -> twice his size. Training was on Judo mat(type that you can see on international official judo competitions) and the guy did not managed to land properly(he was a black belt) and he damaged his ankle...(and No, it was not intentional, Savegnago was always nice, smiling and the most open person in the Dojo).

No. Police would benefit more from Judo , wrestling, and BJJ than Aikido.

​@@echofoxtrotwhiskey1595 Well when someone is resisting yes, absolutely. What I mean is Aikido is great in cases where someone isn't going to fight back, compared to Judo throwing them to the ground or rolling around with them until they submit, those martial arts are probably better for them to learn overall. I just meant that Aikido is good because it can show you how to reasonably safely handle someone who isn't fighting back, compared to untrained officers hurting people and making them freak out because they're just shoving and grabbing.

@@wizardswine If they’re not resisting then you don’t need any special technique to handcuff them. When they are resisting, Judo/wrestling/BJJ are superior.

@@echofoxtrotwhiskey1595 I neve argued they weren't superior, ofc Aikido can't compare to some of the most practical martial arts. And yes in some cases when people panic you do need a special technique, police accidentally injure people all the time by grappling them improperly.

@@wizardswine There’s nothing in the arsenal of aikido that can’t be done better with Judo or Wrestling. And you get the benefit of practicing on a live resisting opponent which is entirely missing from Aikido.

Have you been in a wrestling class? If you like being grounded they'll ground the shit out of ya.

Yes, the techniques do "work" and they work better when the other person holds you stronger. But it really only works if somebody is trying to grab you to prevent you from running away or if they are trying to grab you from behind to do a headlock.

@@notuxnobux Which is just enough most of the time because the ultimate goal of aikido is deescalating the situation before things go south. If the person is armed and ready to kill someone then yeah, it would be useless. So is any martials arts though.

Fucking jujutsu What are you gonna do cast a spell on them?

Judo and Jujutsu are indeed more effective but also more damaging on the attacker. If you want to absolutely limit the damage done, you use Aikido.

@@kiloklavdi1185 wrestling would be superior for that but there is a higher chance of damage

What made it more impressive is I'm 6'4 and he'd be like 5'9

If you wanna grab realistically you learn krav maga not bjj or judo those only work if the other person is moderately trained .-. You are just as dangerous as the ones you criticize

@@khareckless6769 There's a difference between a grab and grappling. Krav Maga is basically self-defense MMA. Read my first sentence again. I didn't say the best self-defense martial is Judo or BJJ. I said GRAPPLING martial art to defend. Meaning no punches or kicks. You can realistically achieve that with those 2. Not with Krav Maga.

@@TheHipClip And is there a difference betwen Judo inventor claiming that Aikido is a perfect Budo and a guy writing in internet comment section that "Aikido is usseless"? Best Ueshiba student was send to him by Judo inventor -> he got 6th Dan in Judo when he saw Ueshiba presentation what Aikido is -> he got the same uneducated opinion about as you -> for whole half minute as after the pressentation Ueshiba ordered Tohei to attack him... he ended instantly on the ground and did not have any idea how Ueshiba did it.

You... you read that story didn't you?

@@branlex1315 I lived this story. Unlike you, my martial arts experience is real, not solely from video games and what I've heard 3rd person on social media.