Seagal was smart; he adapted the best aikido techniques to his physique - in particular, the ones most suited to his height, reach and strength. He made aikido his own. There's a lesson that for all martial artists - whatever art you are struggling to master, make it your own.
Thanks for the video, I enjoyed it very much. Many many years ago I had the pleasure of studying for a few months in Steven's dojo in North Hollywood. Of course I was working with his junior instructors, but sometimes he would come in and work with us. One day he chose me to try and hit him. There was no faking it, I tried to nail him with everything I had...and then I'd be flying across the room and bouncing off a wall...several times. He was too fast to just be the result of practicing a repetitive number of movements for years on end, he was more of a spontaneous flow of energy that took your own energy and incorporated it into his own. Closest thing I can compare it to is jazz. There seems to be a lot of people putting him down, but from my modest experience with him, he was very much the real deal. And a gentleman.
Aikido, of all the martial arts, has always made the most logical sense to me for two reasons: First, it's a defensive fighting style, which mirrors what will happen in a real-world scenario: you'll most likely be on the defensive against an attacker. Second, it can be used at any age. Spin kicks, roundhouse kicks, punches, and hard blocks work best when you're young. But what about when you're older, say late 60's or 70's? Those techniques are now useless, simply because you can no longer do them. You're slower, less limber, and a hard block would break your forearm. So now what? Also, the secret to making aikido effective is to practice it to the point where attacks are real-world fast and strong. As in, full-speed and full-force punches just like you'd experience in a street fight. That takes considerable time and patience, but re-watch "Above the Law," and what you see are the results of that type of training. And there's nothing that says you can't also study the hard styles, like Tae-Kwon-Do, Tang-Soo-Do, and Shotokan karate, and incorporate those techniques into your Aikido practice. In fact, Aikido will make those hard-style techniques even more effective. And vice-versa.
It doesn't make sense. There's zero logic or realism to aikido. There's a reason there's NO EVIDENCE ANYWHERE of it actually working against someone. And why any other style vs aikido on yt the aikido guy gets wrecked
@@danielhill3261 steven seagal is a proven fraud. He even lied about when he studied. I can show you evidence if you'd like but only if you're open to realizing how stupid he is
This is a joke, right? If not, those two guys were directed exactly when to fall and were not resisting in the slightest. Aikido demonstrations are pretty, but useless for real world application.
First of all this not fake, just cause it’s from a movie, the parts are scripted.... not the moves, Steve Seagal is a 7th degree black belt in aikido, that martial art is a very lethal and gruesome if done correctly.
His style and techniques, even from say the 15 basics, are done with such precision in his earlier films that IMO, are great for the lesser experienced Aikidoists to study over & over showing a lot of real world type scenarios put into context and practice.
I studied kempo for 4 years and when I scene Steven Segals first movie I said I want to learn that style. Not knowing the years of training it would take 8 years later I was discovering how hard and how much work it would take to really use it in a street fight. I have used it successfully in fights but not like the movies. Love your videos.
look at it like a toolbox scenario,, aikido teaches you a heap of cool tools ,, and if you ever need them,, there they are ready to use,, and that could save ur life one day
most ppl aren't going to take it far enuff to be perfect at it,, they will get some cool tricks that they can maybe use to get out of a jam or stop someone from hurting them,, id advise boxing ,or kickboxing,, muay htai,,, aikido,, karate,, even some taekwondo,, wrestling is great,, but having a job that involves hard yakka is a bonus,, like a brickies labourer,, or playing a sport like rugby,,lol,, toughens you up a lot,,,
Thanks for another great video. Could Ondrej tell us more about him and his journey into aikido, in the same way that Azu did about him being door security and why it works for him as it gives him choice..
Though I don't pratice in a dojo any longer, I was a serious student for an excess of 30 years. In the dojo when they were other students. I'd parctice with them all of the various technics. However, in my private life outside the dojo; I found it considereably better for me, myself personally to capitalize and perfect only 5 of the various technics. However, just like one should practice shooting a gun from every possible consivable postion that one may find themselves in when being confronted; I do the same.
Seagal was the first aikidokai I can think of who began to make use of defenses off punching or striking combinations..... Normally you just see one terrible shomenuchi (overhead chop) and then a technique (as if anyone attacks like that anymore) ~ and he addressed that issue in his films definitively. The Irimi Nage off the front kick => jab => cross combination is a classic example.
People and the internet claim Seagal is a Phony, I beg to differ ,What he knows how to do was not taught to him in Holywood it can only be taught by the Masters which he did in Japan Period
His iriminage sort of you could argue tensunage is very good and i like his sankyo i seem to opt for shihonage or more taditonial iriminage where i just cut through the attack and drop uke throught the weak line good video!!!
Ive been training before Segal fame. I had two VHS videos of O'Sensei. 1995. Changed my life. Ive studied 3 other styles before AIKIDO. I even poo poo it. Then i actual went to a class. And they really showed me what Aikdo truly is. Its such a misunderstood art.
I've been a fan of aikido since I saw a tape of my friend's black belt testing. He had to avoid being taken down by several simultaneous attackers for several minutes. It was a constant melee with him breaking away from grips, throwing an attacker in the path of others, etc. The real deal.
In order to fix the gaps all you need is to practice in the correct way the traditional techniques. Most of the people are adding or removing some small detailes that makes their aikido a non traditional aikido. How to blame aikido that is not working if it is not THE aikido? If you are willing to improve your aikido, just train yourself in the traditional way. Also after years practicing the correct way you will gain more speed. You can become so fast that you can see others not moving even when they are delivering their fastest strike. Keep up the good work!
great episode i learned a lot . too bad you don't make new videos i really like your methods. don't listen to low comments they're to ignorant to learn.
Note closely that in Move #5 the attacker (uke) actually is attempting to kick when he first attacks. The fact that he does so helps the execution of the technique, b/c he is even more unbalanced when he makes contact.
when I was trained and taught the chokes,, they taught me by doing it to me,,many many times,, and I fully understand how scary and fast it works when applied right,, and never decide to use it lightly,, without extreme need lol
1:11 This always makes me laugh. Not out of ridicule but bc the attacker always seems to be ragdolled by the Iriminage🤣🤣 One of my favorite moves from this art
A true master of any MA will be able to use his skills as effectively as another master. A kick is still a kick, and a punch is still a punch. It's all about timing and mushin.
The truth is that such techniques don't work against a fast powerful mma fighter. Probably against an average person. Aikido is a nice sport but should not be used against real full contact fighters on the street. Whatever people say about Steven Segal, he's actually really good at what he does and he would be able to put out even in reality a drunk or an attacker with no fighting skills. Do you want to be effective on the street practice self defence hand to hand cambat and most important and necesary is mma sparring or full contact sparring
You are on the internet my dear , I can get any place.I channel like because it shows many techniques that can be used as self-defense. And it shows that Aikido also has its efficiency, here in Brazil many people do not believe much in it , especially the staff jiujitsu.Great hug to all brothers of Aikido in the USA. My group is www.albertoaikidorj.com.br/ Save Shikanai Sensei!!OSS
Just to point out, Seagal was the first foreigner to open a dojo in Japan. He had to fight everyone, from every style there (mainly karate, judo, jujitsu then I believe), to be able to do this and keep his dojo open. To suggest he is just a movie guy and doesn't know about real fighting shows a lack of knowledge about him. So suggesting he doesn't know what works in the real world is not correct. Of course this also doesn't make aikido better than those other styles; a lot depends on the fighter and their personal qualities. There are also bad aikido teachers, a lack of rigour in some teaching/ grading systems, and people mistaking techniques for aikido. So a lot of aikido won't work out in the real world. These are great videos, so keep it up guys.
Paul Hedges he actually didn't open a dojo. That was his first wife's dad's dojo. This is but another lie that Segal has told over the years like his 'work with the CIA, fighting the Yakuza with help from the American (Italian) mob, being the foremost expert in antique swords, fluent in 4 languages, and many many more bs stories.
Paul Hedges sounds like you've swallowed the koolaid. Smoke and mirrors.... bullshit exaggerations from a largely made up past. I'm sure he was constantly fighting off bad guys... just like in his movies.🤣🤣🤣🤣 Aikido works if someone with no skill runs at you like a maniac. Wake up. Aikido sucks.
The smart martial artist - and Steven Seagal certainly qualifies - borrows knowledge wherever he can find it. In the old days, when traditional East Asian martial arts systems were jealously guarded things, it was sometimes tough to do this, but thanks to Bruce Lee - the first well-known mixed martial artist - we now know to seek martial arts knowledge whatever it is to be found. Aikido is an effective system, properly applied. There are many other effective martial arts, too. Sometimes, it isn't the art which fails, but the man who does.
That is an interesting and very creative methods of stopping an aggressive attacker without drawing first blood. This style of Martial Arts reminds me of Japanese Judo where you use your attackers weight against themselves and to your advantage.
I would actually like to see more videos like this one. Imo, in aïkido, it is too much focused on " He attacks me and then I do the technique" and it does not consider that sometimes you'll miss the opportunity or that the first attack will be followed by a second one, and more videos in this style with different situations and a reaction from the aite would be really interesting. Thanks for your work and sorry for the english, it's not my native language
A proficient martial artist, of whatever style, always knows to have a plan "B" in case plan "A' doesn't work out for some reason. Even the most-elite martial artists sometimes miss putting in a technique - the opponent feints at exactly the right time, etc. So the good ones know to have a back-up plan, and how to improvise. Fights can be chaotic things, and it is best to plan for the worst while hoping for the best. As pro boxer and heavyweight Mike Tyson once said, "Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the face!"
the idea of aikido is,, 1* not getting hurt 2* stopping your attacker/s 3* not getting hurt ,,if you think that's stupid,, let me touch you just once and then you can do anything you want to me for the next say,, 15 seconds,, I wont move a inch,, but,,when I touch you,, you will become unconscious for about 20 seconds LOL
You, Grasshopper, were 'ither absent, or not paying attention the first day of class. Aikido is an "Art of Defense" NOT, To Attack. Oh ! If I had a Cue Ball wrapped in a towel right now.
Is that technically a "Kote gaeshi"? The one we do in Aiki-jujutsu has nothing like that. It starts of like one with the wrist turn but with that hooking of the other arm at the opponents arm pit area looks like another technique!I don't know enough about this art.
and ends in a kote gaeshi grip hold pin,, a very pretty move lol no matter how strong you are ,, you cant grow muscles on your joints,, and knowing how to manipulate limbs to the point of dislocation ,,, hehe should be kept a secret really
Sensei Segall did not alter technique, aikido, came from an empty hand art developed from the samurai known as, Diato Ryu Aiki Jutsu,from this very violent art came,aikido, judo and jiu-jitsu, as there are many differing directions, the students of Tohoku Sakeda,Tomiki-ryu,bujutsu,fencing, spear fighting, bo,jo but all are derived from the first and some of these arts became more flowing and less direct and some did not. Thank you Master J.Jeff Jones 7th Dan Bushido karate, 1st Dan seiei-kan karate and ju-jiu-jitsu also holding middle ranks in Tomiki-ryu aikido, Kung-fu and Ninjitsu.
It is good to use a shorter guy to illustrate or explain the moves. Steven Segal is tall. So there are advantages of height. I honestly cannot imagine how a person can execute those moves effectively or at all on a taller and stout person. Can you rehearse on a bigger opponent and advise us on the possibilities of these moves.
+souffled Hi,I have practiced AIKIDO a long time.From my opinion as a student of the mart.art I can tell you aikido is about keep balance off therefore there is no point in making difference between a tall or a short opponent
