Modernizing Training for today's AIKIDO WARRIOR 

Yes , aikido when trained with real , everyday attacks is effective , especially when we is resisting . My school teaches almost the same way Lenny teaches . I'm just now recovering from a wrist injury from 3 man randori and I'm convinced that aikido needs to be taken in a more modern direction . Thanks Lenny , I'm learning from you too .

David West agreed. Very good techniques from the escort position (law enforcement) speaking.

Thank you I really appreciate it. I wanted to be able to share more but life got in the way.

Lenny Sly Sensei teaches in Gilberts, Illinois, now. Shaumburg is where he use to teach ;)

Sal Pinzone WHY ARE WE SHOUTING!!?

Fabi z BECAUSE I CAN BE HEARD

Yes there were 2 bonus techniques

Thank you for commenting. As for you finding anyone in not just Denver but all of Colorado, best of luck. Unfortunately you won't find any aikido dojos who will be willing to teach you practical applications. It's because there aren't any. I'm a very rare breed, trust me I wish there were 100's of aikido guy's like me out there. The sad reality is there isn't tho. I wish I could help ya bro I really do.

May-Tec Warrior, I can only appreciate the environment you grew up in. We do what we can and must for family. The aikido dojos in my area pursue a traditional approach as well. I am trying to find like minded people who want to take aikido towards Lenny Sly's level. He has done us a great service by providing us with an on-line platform to view and use. I am going to try and practice with my son. Good luck and stay safe.

David West good luck bud. Appreciate it. I think if enough of us do this. Maybe the Aikido "Combatives" will be the norm. Some day. Thanks again

THE ROGUE WARRIORS - Where Warriors are FORGED Thank you Sensei. I wish the same. I am an innovator as well. Im not comparing, however I was able to blend Muay Thai with some of our P.P.C.T applications learned in academy. It basically turned into Muay Thai with some joint locks and submissions lol.. Hey, but I was thinking haha.. Well, IDK, but maybe I take Aikido at the best school I can here, mix in my Thai strikes, clinch throws, etc, and keep watching you? Again. Not sure if thats "cool" w the Aikido world, but honestly. If it works for me to save my ass or my loved ones. Fuck it. That may be what I hv to do. Mukido lol.. Thanks sir

That's pretty much where I'm going with this is aikido combatives.

Beef with Roukas? I know I butchered his name...

Addison Porter no beef here, just making a point. If lenny had beef with him, lenny would call him out by name, no hinting at anyone’s identity. Rokas is not the only person trying to modernize the art

TenShin Uke I was just woundering. I really like what you guys do.

haha that would be hilarious. Sort of like that video where the black belt bjj guy destroys everyone in class (posing as a white belt). However, Lenny Sly Sensei is pretty well known by now and it may be hard to spoof everyone.

Ok I'm sure which dojo you're talking about. There's the New York Aikikai headed up by yoshitsu Yamaha sensei. That dojo is the headquarters for the united states aikido federation. Which is headed up by yamada sensei. The other dojo is The Bond street dojo, actual name The Bond street dojo. Not sure who the chief instructor is there. Although I do believe that dojo is an affiliate dojo of ASU - aikido schools of Ueshiba. The head of that organization is mitsugi saotome sensei. Yamada came to the U.S I believe in 1975 and Saotome sensei in 1977. Both of those sensei we're direct students of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba. That definitely says a few things right there, you'd think.... Right. Nope!! Not I.. I could give 2 Shits about that. To me all that would matter is if either of them could teach me how to fuck someone's shit up if I'm fucked with. Nope again. So it's about what your needs are. Get the point.

And I'm so tired of going to the people/name dropping schools who make Aikido into a church worshiping service instead of learning how to use it for what it is. A Martial Art. Calling themselves Shihans, but can't even give one quarter of the demonstration you have just given in this one video!!! Forever grateful.

I'll be posting soon, real soon brotha.

The hit by Uke right before the kote gaeshi application is a viable concern. This video that Lenny put out may help you: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qZCxRA48RzI.html

Tim Smith That's cool stuff! Yeah, i remember that one! Well I guess a good way to come up with a solution is practicing with uke who isn't just a dummy being thrown but somebody who really wants to hit you! Almost all web videos on kotegaeshi out there show ukes who are retaining their free arm (actually a whole half of their body) My fellas and I kept drilling with uke going straight at tori to hit him as soon as tori is turning to apply kotegaeshi or while he is applying kotegaeshi and man! All of us in turn got their share of slaps! But that's fine, we train for what we're gonna find out therr in the real world and must be prepared... We will keep on with kotegaeshi because it is a topic that deserves a lot more time and practicing...so far a good solution seems to be the use of atemi to break uke's timing and focus (as for all other techniques) or to have tori positioned in a way distant enough to have uke's arm fully extended ( to be out of punch reach) and when he applies the wrist reversal, the torsion is felt all over the forearm and elbow... Very painful and more risky for uke's integrity, but safer for tori... Or just...we fail in breaking uke's balance at the very beginning of our execution... Like I said, we'll keep on drilling ;-) But hey! This type of reasoning and debating is also part of the great contribution Lenny's videos are providing to the aikido world! Great and cool stuff indeed!!

Yes, and one more thing I remember about this -- I have an old Yoshinkan Aikido (Dynamic Aikido) book from the 70's that showed Gozo Shioda "beating Uke to the punch" by striking Uke with an atemi when Uke came around right before the kote gaeshi application. You seem to have found this out by your statement: "so far a good solution seems to be the use of atemi to break uke's timing and focus".

On RU-vid, go here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NW5t-QXLYsw.html&list=PL6HhHa9qUGfdh1syDQCEqLD-cXEPWZ_cs and look at about 2:21:41 (it's a long video)

All comments are welcomed and not seen as disrespect. In fact, it helps the channel grow and expand on search engines....so comment all you want my friend :D

I believe Kaitenage translates to 'wheel throw'. but rotary is basically the same thing. I can not find Kate Katami anywhere on the internet. The closest thing that I know is Kata Katame , which means 'shoulder pin.' In which case, the way Lenny Sly Sensei portrays it, he is not pinning the shoulder. The rotary or wheel throw in traditional Aikido is projected out. Where as in TenShin Aikido, you throw straight down in front of you. The mechanics are the same in both forms/styles, but the projection of the throw is different. I hope this helps you to understand a bit better :)

Lori Powell Thank you! Your explanation helps me to understand it better. Besides, throwing down is much better than throwing out.

I agree. Why throw an attacker away and create distance for another attack. Throwing down allows the connection to stay constant where you have the upper hand. :)

His RU-vid channel is called Catchjitsu, dan the wolfman

Sencei Lenny Sly Is In My View The Best Teacher

Ich kann Dir auch absolute kostenlose Flugstunden geben, nach 14jähriger Aikido-Praxis, Du Dummer Junge!!

English Fritz ..English. My German is nonexistent these days and my Japanese is only slightly better.

Go down to your local bbj dojo and watch or row with them. It's was eye opening for me. That's the way we should train aikido.

Kaysar777 the problem with resisting is that it hurts like hell, some techniques look lame but hurts so fast

Like your girlfriend said, ''size doesn't matter.'' lol. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Bigger and stronger does not mean better. Anatomically speaking, everyone's body has the same mechanics. A yubi dori will work on a 4' 120lb person the same as it would on a 7' 300lb person. However, the 7' 300lb guy may not be able to take flawless ukemi and hence, the harder they fall. Dan The Wolfman just posted a video sparring with a 250lb football player, and that guy hits the mat pretty hard.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vHnE-P64sRA.html

Where do you live and what aikido dojos do you have to choose from.

THE ROGUE WARRIORS - Where Warriors are FORGED I live in austria. I dont know if the names of the dojos would mean anything to you

Your right with you living there the dojos wouldn't say much for me. Honestly one of 2 things.... You could go check out an mma school or krav maga if those are available to you. Or...... Pick an aikido dojo there start taking classes and train yourself with practicality in mind and supplement your training with my online classes if you'd like.

THE ROGUE WARRIORS - Where Warriors are FORGED at least some options. Thanks

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Yes we will be, soon.

Awesome. We miss watching them. Hope everything is ok with all of you

Thanks. Yes everything has been fine. I've just been swamped at work this summer, so I took a break from everything.

What do you mean?

Hi. Yes I'm ok. I've been taking a break from filming. But I've been putting together a list of some good stuff to do video's on. So I should be back soon. Thank you for messaging me I really appreciate it.

Great stuff Lenny and co. Very thought provoking. Lenny have you ever seen or heard of Jishukan. Very similar self defence philosophy. You will appreciate the thoughts of its founder "Soke Sugita combined the research he had done with medical science, anatomy, dynamics and physiology, and created a modern original style of jujitsu designed as an attack-defence art. Soke Sugita selected the techniques that best suited the modern times and requirements for self-defence. He excluded the irrelevant and superfluous techniques of the traditional jujitsu styles he had learned (relating to fighting in armour, defence of pre-Meiji era weapons, and so on)." (www.petermortonjujitsu.org.au/sugita.htm) Thanks again for the videos. Take care.