Steven Seagal’s black belt testing 

Great video too thanks for sharing

+Axe Thrash Unfortunately I agree 100% with what you are saying.

Yeah man its a shame

Yes I agree as well it's pretty sad 1st he lets himself go gets fat has been caught in numerous lies been involved in sexual harassment hit his former wife has been known to hit and take free shots at his stunt men or other actors he lost his way but was a great real maetisk artist cold kick serious butt

I wish this were not the case, but unfortunately it is, fame and fourtune can be debilitating

Vaughan MacEgan It's a sad combination of 'Mc dojo' teachers in the martial arts community, and commentors that follow the way of the knife and fork.

Vaughan MacEgan it's a hard art to learn and takes a long time with a high ratio of teacher to student so most people exposed to it aren't that good at it and most people who are good at it fool you by making it look easy.

+Vaughan MacEgan Very few Aikido schools practice with aggression or non contention. This makes a lot of the students fail under real pressure of combat. This school is one of the better ones. They look like they are actually trying to take the guy down in the randori so good job. The techniques in Aikido are good as they come from Jiu jitsu whcih has had hundreds of years of real battle testing. The problem is some instructors want it to be super soft and that is a difficult thing to attain.

8digitPDX the people you see most that claim they "know" aikido, or are proficient at it, are in fact no where even close to possessing the ability knowledge or experience that their claims imply

nothing about aikido is real.. there is no real sparring.. even these techniques shown labeled "real aikido" have ZERO resistance.. and resistance is actually the opposite, the uke going with the flow real martial arts have real sparring.. legit sparring, people trying against each other wake up the fact that this is what is considered "real" is hilarious.. go try this shit at a bjj or wrestling open mat and get back to me

Nwa Co When do you plan on doing that?

I tried to come in April but work was in the way.. I guess maybe September or October I will be available. Already sent an email to Dana a while ago.

Nwa Co oh ok. fyi I'm teaching a seminar may 20th & 21st in Virginia if that's close to where you live.

Unfortunately Sensei I'm overseas

Mike Arnold See Tomiki Aikido (Shodokan Aikido) they have sparring! Same for Yoshinkan Aikido.

Seagal doesn't even know aiki no jutsu XD. I love the man but you people don't have a clue about anything in this art. The roots of this art is a master class in combat. Its almost scary and I say he doesn't know because with his ego he would be showing and talking about it in every single interview.

Right!

That's not cool! That was just not nice

Pedru Penduku No I didn't. I trained under Jorge Angulo sensei, Larry Reynosa sensei and Hauro Matsuoka sensei, all we're direct student of seagals.

Jason Cruz Japanes Jiu-Jitsu is AWESOME!!!!!!!!! >:D PLEASE TEACH ME THIS MARITAL ART!!!!!!!

I agree I wish that he could teach me this stuff

Randy! I respect him as well

Well, the progenitor of this art was Daito Ryu and Morihei Ueshiba sensei used to rank students with Daito Ryu certification for quite some time. At the beginning of this vid are moves that I have learnt with Aikijujutsu.

+Владимир Влад No that name doesn't ring a bell for me.

Have you by chance traveled to New Port Richey Florida to visit Ronin Studios? We had a guest Sensei visit from California , I was late showing due to a vocational obligation and missed his introduction, I never got his name, if memory serves me, it seems you resemble him or he resembled you, in both appearance and in knowledge, it could have been you, could be a coincidence, but if I don't ask I'll never know .

kmiranda322 Actually no we didn't. Jaime wasn't included because he's not a Tenshin aikido sensei and HE HAS PUBLICLY stated that. In fact he made a video and addressed that at the end of the video saying he does NOT teach tenshin aikido, just aikido. So we chose not to include him in the description of this video for the sake of him being offended by labeling him as a tenshin aikido sensei. Keep in mind HE chose to make that statement, so we were respecting that. Furthermore Lenny Sly sensei has been branding the aikido style "TenShin" for almost the past two years. So before you decide to comment next contradicting the STYLE TenShin by saying there's no such aikido style name TenShin. We already clarified that above within this comment that Sly sensei has been branding this form of aikido as TenShin. Sly sensei chose to do that out of respect to Seagal sensei methodology of aikido and Jorge Angulo sensei (one of Lenny sly's teachers) supports and backs Lenny Sly sensei 100%. So again we we're respecting Jamie's statement and by not listing him was not an attempt to discredit. If you feel the need to clarify what sly sensei is doing, by all means contact Jorge Angulo sensei.

THE ROGUE WARRIORS - Where Warriors are FORGED Sooo in an effort to not offend Calderon Sensei and as a token of your respect for him.. you decide to omit the fact that he has received Shodan from Takesensei by not listing him, effectively discrediting him... all because he says Tenshin Aikido is just aikido. But this contradicts previous videos from this very channel. In one of Lennys early videos he acknowledges Calderon Sensei's background and shouts him out... So which is it? Cmon Bob who are you fooling, none of this sound like you're concerned with giving due respect. At the end of the day you can have whoever you want on your list. But truth is truth.

kmiranda322 In all honesty, Kmiranda322 has a point! In fact, not to long ago Calderon-sensei and Sly-sensei were BOTH talking about creating a joint seminar. Maybe Calderon-sensei doesn't want to be included in vids listed as Tenshin affliated? Is that what you guys mean? Harry Matsuoka-sensei is kind of doing his own thing--is it like that maybe? If not, Kmiranda322 has a point. Changing history because of organizational politics is pretty ugly. According to Stanley Pranin-sensei, Aikikai has tried to write MORIHIRO SAITO-SHIHAN out of the history of the Iwama dojo and shrine's history. So yeah, it's done, but it's still ugly! ...Unless it's by request or understanding by both parties?

kmiranda322 Hi Kevin, this is Lenny's business partner, Dana. I wrote the description. Please understand that based on what has been said lately on his past video's the impression is that Jaime does not want to be listed as a TenShin instructor, he wants to be listed as just Aikido. We did not want to be caught in a catch 22 and have that argument either. Lenny built this branding and now and organization because the Aikido community had a need for it. Lenny has been branding this style actively for awhile now for the purpose of teaching that Aikido is made up of several different styles. Without a brand like Iwama, TenShin, etc., there will be a definite misunderstanding if someone has a desire to learn this style and goes to any dojo expecting this result. We have had the support of others, such as Josh Gold, to brand this and open eyes and label perception. Lenny supported Jaime in a video a year ago, helped him market, and had a desire to see him grow, and at one point has spoken to him about his organization. But he saw a difference in goals and found a desire to see this grow in a different way and has been doing his own thing with it, just as Jaime is. This is not intended to be a pissing match, this was intended to not label him with something he didn't want to be categorized in. Jaimie has his own vision for his own direction as we do and have not bothered him on his media sources because of this. There is a lot of love and respect for the brand growth. The goal we all have is to educate the overall aikido community/public that they have options and that this works so we ALL can grow. We ALL can leave a mark on the world that will be remembered and possibly save a life someday with another style option that is undeniably valid in today's world. TenShin has become a common public name and description due to efforts by those who believe in this style and grew up with that little kid smile on their face when they first saw it. That's why Lenny told Jaime to use that to build his channel to help him grow. If he feels that he wants to be grouped in with the branding then that's up to Jaime to make that call and discuss with Lenny if he wants. Lenny has been furthering his education and expressing his Aikido in this style to be able to continue growing the brand for the world to see. But as far as the listing, I did not place him in there due to prior expression that he did not want to be labeled as such, respectfully, and was doing his own thing with it.

Dana Lucky13 Dana hi, I'm not knocking anyone on this list, just think credit is due where it's due. You're absolutely right; this isn't a pissing match. That's why this situation is so pointless. Lol. Lenny's aikido speaks for itself. He's awesome. I've never met him, but he seems to be a great teacher and has a steadfast passion for aikido. I respect that, I am not minimizing that, and I respect his push to elevate the "Tenshin Style". However, even Seagal Sensei doesnt believe in styles.. and this difference of opinion doesnt remove his notable sensei status. There is obvious bad blood here, which is so unfortunate and trivial. Hopefully, whatever beef there is between the different factions of practical aikido can be set aside so that we can grow as one family. This tree is going to grow in different directions, some people will want to do it one way, others will want another avenue, and that's perfectly fine. Still the same tree. At the end of the day though, life is short and petty politics is unnecessary. There's so much we can learn from each other regardless of style, if we are humble enough to want to learn.

He is reading there movement

But doesn’t feel like judo mats. Brutal training!

Sure is!

If he was so what! He's still a black belt

You know Peter I think so.

Marcel N. It's not an all inclusive list, it names the most well known sihans at the time of either the posting, or testing. I'm I not sure about either time frame, it's purely speculative based on the phrasing in the description

Yup! He sure did

Word of advice...less videogaming. More mat-time.

They were pins

You don't have time to pin in randori. It's all throws.