I spoke with guy who was police coloniel,he has a second dan of aikido,he was on Seagal seminar.And he in instsgramm told that Steven use not only aikido in his seminars.He show some from won chun,alki jutsu knife elements.Also Ron Balicki told that Steven gave him and his wife Diana Lee Inosanto two lessons how works with knife.And Ron told that Seagals knife system very good.
Yes,he studied sword fight on Japan.There are many legends about his life in Japan.But i remember Toshiro Obata,its interesting to know about his aikido system,too.
I first practiced Judo. My first Aikido instructor and students told me I gripped incorrectly. Which meant I grabbed their Gi and grounded. They were pissed I broke their Kuzushi first and told me no one grabs like that realistically. I was like WTF? So they said grab with intent. Ok, I finally figured out their “intent” meant lunge at them and grab like a drunk brawler in a bar! My next Daito Ryu Sensei showed me, no grab me hard. That is the pre-war you are explaining and that shows the reality! Combine all arts and keep them true! 🙌🏻🤛🏻
This Aikido series you've got going is really special! Please keep them coming! Remy is really on point here, hive mentality is what makes many Aikido critics and Aikidoka equally wrong. Also his opinion on Seagal's skill level was really interesting! I was similar to Remy myself in the respect that I went into Aikido very critical of it before deciding it was worth devoting real time to. I think that Aikido is one those styles that you benefit more from it if you challenge the instructors (respectfully) to keep up with you and not the other way around. I have found that many in the Aikido community hide their heads in the sand and just don't understand that it isn't the 1970s anymore and that their art is in real danger. I hope that a lot of Aikidoka see these videos, they need this truth.
Remy well said, to many people claiming they are teaching Tenshin Aikido. Making a statement that you are heavily influenced by Tenshin Aikido!. cultivating and making it your own, that great, that real. Keep it up stay safe.
I have never done Aikido, however at Judo class there was a policeman who also practiced Aikido and during randori he would sometimes catch one of use with one of those spectacular big circular throws. So, I know from personal experience that the Aikido throws can work. (On me at least). I am sure that if I wasn't breakfalling onto a soft Judo mat in a controlled enviroment the dmage would of been considerable. That's the extent of my experience with Aikido, so I do not really possess the knowledge to argue for it's effectiveness or not, beyond that what I have personally felt and seen.
Remy is spot on IMO. Although Seagal's character may be in question, there's no doubt in his mind that he's a solid martial artist. I don't doubt that Tenshin is indeed effective but I've always believed that it's up to the student to figure out the application of his/her art of choice
Remy is spot on with his assessment. Long time practitioner of Tension Aikido myself. I made the switch because I too was frustrated with the Aikido teachings I was seeing around the world. Alot of people just want to either do the arts to get out of the house and exercise, or just doing what they call a sport. This holds true till this day. I have never been that way. In the military I had to use all of my different arts to survive. But Aikido was the one thing that separated me from the norm.
I am on the fence. When I listen to the Aikido practitioners who spar. One common theme is that they eliminate most of the movements to make it more practical. That makes me think that most of the training is unnecessary.
@@fidelmercado2621 Most of the training in every striking art is unnecessary also. (See Kempo U-punch) Even in jiu-jitsu especially the sport jiu-jitsu guys, even the best like that guy Ryan?are certainly not ready for the Octagon. He'd have to re-learn his style since most of what his doing he'd get punched. Seagal certainly teaches his students straight punch defense and defense against realistic attacks. IMHO. There's always a monetary motivation also. The more techniques the more lessons to buy.
This is really great, man. Another great guest who's worth getting in touch with on this subject is Lenny Sly from the Rogue Warriors channel. That guy is massively knowledgeable about Tenshin Aikido and understands its technical applications inside and out. Honestly, he can go on for hours about it because he's worked so hard on perfecting and expanding the technique. His Tenshin Aikido came straight from one of Steven Seagal's top students, so he's directly connected to that lineage. I'm sure he'd be happy to talk about it with you.
I come from a Shotokan background. I did have the pleasure of training in Aikido under Larry Reynosa in Ventura Ca. Reynosa Sensei was one of Seagal's students for many years. You touched on something in this video that I heard many times at Reynosa's Dojo. "Honesty in training". I think that is what sets Tenshin Aikido apart from the other dojos. This applies to all martial arts.
I'd love to see an interview with Keith Hackney too. He's the Kenpo fighter who knocked down Emmanuel Yarborough in UFC 3, and nut punched Joe Son in UFC 4
I remember in my original Brooklyn Dojo we had an Aikijitsu class. To me it seemed like they were a hybrid of Stand up Jujitsu/judo and some Aikido. I never trained with them but they looked solid and did some pressure testing(most looked like 80%). I also saw Aikijitsu at a demo I was in up in the Bronx. As with the Brooklyn school they looked solid. After this(90s-2000s) I have not run into any Aikijitsu people.😣😣😣😣😣😣
I've trained quite a bit in both Aikido and BJJ/Gracie Jiu-Jitsu... and one name comes to mind that no one seems to throw out there when speaking about pressure testing aikido... especially in a bjj setting... ... Roy Dean... someone please interview this man. Because he's married so many Aikido concepts and techniques in BJJ as a whole. His particular expression of martial arts is so founded in traditional Japanese arts themselves. He started out as an Aikidoka and still hold on to the lineage and tactics even whilst running a bjj gym/dojo.
Seagal has always been the face of Aikido, he was the first and only person who displayed it so well in flim that nobody never did that made him stand out above the others.
Thank you very much. Your channel is considered one of the best channels, in addition to your distinctive style of showing martial arts stars, especially during the eighties and nineties. I wish you all success and prosperity.
Thanks Remy for educating me on Aikijutsu Pre war and Tenshin Aikido. In close combat I wouldn't challenge the Master of Aikido Steven Seagal, no way I have too much respect for him now, loved this breakdown. Steven Seagal in my opinion is the GOAT of Aikido, Greatest of all time! 🐐 ☯️ Keep up the great work Viking Samurai.
First of all its a great video,Remy its interesting hear.About Seagal and his aikido,i spoke with some martial artists and they told,that Steven is really good master.Beside he also studied karate,judo,aiki jutsu,kendo,win chun and other.For example,Chuck Norris also study 3 or 4 martial arts style.And how i write before,Seagal had many seminars with special forces.
A lot of people don't know about it but Chuck Norris studied Aikido also. He mentioned in an interview with Dick Cavett that he'd trained in Aikido for several years
I never understood how people criticise a guy with multiple black belts. I mean how can you say he has no fighting ability. Just because he hasnt fought in mma everything he does must be rubbish. I know a lot of traditional kung fu guys who have never entered an mma gym or even sparred full contact, but the art worked well for them on the street.
A fair point! MMA and other sports are serious sporting events and they actually ask way more than a street encounter asks. Like dude if you land a couple of nice hits, the fight is over its like 10 seconds lol. MMA and boxing matches are like round after round etc. True they can end quick, but no one trains for an MMA fight ending in 1 minute 🤣
It's very easy to criticize him. Unless you think everyone's stories about him are lies? It's hard to think he is just getting singled out. The people slating him are more popular than him. Nothing to be jealous of 🤷♂️ I'm pretty sure he isn't in Russia because he has decided he is Russian now. I'm pretty sure he is there before he falls to the me too movement. As far as his multiple black belts go, he has never shown competence in anything but aikido. Then theres aikido itself. People say there are no tournaments because it's a defensive martial art. But so is BJJ. So is judo.... if someone wants people to take his martial art seriously, then someone would need to get in an mma gym and do a round or 2 with someone. Otherwise it'll always get slated.. back to the man himself, he said he has used it 100s of times on the streets. Nobody gets in 100s of fights unless they start it all the time. So his constant lies are a problem to people too. Saw him in a QandA online. Someone asked him where and when he learned guitar. He said he learned it in the 50s when he joined an all black band. He was BORN in 52 lol. He claims to be a dangerous warrior, yet ran away from van damme at slys house. Van damme is tiny 🤷♂️ that's off the top of my head. He isnt a good or likeable guy to most people. A young 16 year old co star in one of his early films, said he told her he has girlfriends her age.... complete pervert and sex pest
@@eddiebear34 you literally just lied about a bunch of shit you just said. Seagal has over 20 years of police work under his belt, and has done seminars for highly accomplished martial artists, including Sifu Samuel Kwok and Karate Budo legend Tetsuhiro Hokama. This is all fully verified by plenty of evidence; yet you prefer to believe bullshit internet stories of Seagal "running" from Van Damme? Lol smh... (Keep in mind I said nothing about Seagal's activities OUTSIDE of martial arts; simply because that has nothing to do with his martial abilities).
It's due to his huge ego sadly . He makes statements bad about many other martial artist , when he doesn't have to . Says guys like Van Damme run .. from him . Yet come to find out he wanted no part of Van Damme according to S. Stallone , when confronted . Bob Wall is on tape stating he challenged Seagal after he bad mouthed Bruce Lee . And Seagal again wanted no part of it . George Foreman tried to put on an event vs him , and he turned the offer down . If he was truly a man of peace .. and didn't act like he's "better" than so many people . I don't think anyone would have a problem with him not proving anything .And being confident in his abilities . But he can't be surprised that he says these things , then runs the min their could be a confrontation . It gives people good reason to question how good he really is .
I first heard about Aikido in 1979-80, pre- Steven Seagal. I knew someone that discovered someone teaching at the ymca. I was 15 at the time and eventually began to learn.
Aikido were made for guys who already know how to fight, for them to learn how to beat people up without harming them too much. I see Tenshin Aikido is the closest thing among other modern Aikido styles to stick with that ideology
We had a Seagal school open up in Ft. Lauderdale back in Seagal's heyday. I had been training in aikido for a while at that point and wanted to see the difference so I took a few classes w/them. It was a world of difference! I couldn't believe how hard a style it was in comparison to how I was trained and the instructor was truly hard core. I'm pretty sure it was far more aikijiujitsu than the aikido I was use to. In truth, it was what I was looking for when I first started training however, as I got older, I knew I couldn't last in it. It was just too brutal and I knew I was going to get injured.
@@AztecUnshaven I honestly do not recall the sensei's name. There was another aikido dojo practically around the corner so this school didn't last in that location very long. I believe it moved out further west in the county.
Remy is spot on with his analysis of why aikido has a bad rep. I don't understand why this is a mystery to people. The art is not inseparable from its culture and it's training practices. If you trained boxing the way 99% of aikido dojos train, its practitioners would lose function in the same way.
Currently reading the newly released book Aikido Pioneers Post war . The interviews are great. One core thing is basics. Breath, off balancing and atemi. Somehow much of this has been lost in the printing of words such as harmony. Regardless of whatever art you train in it must be practical for you. Seikesi Sensei’s interview spoke volumes. He has a quote is quotes in the book acknowledging Seagal Sensei. Still working on the book but there Definitely is Pre and Post war Aiki Views.
I’m not an expert. I’ve done Aikido for about 20 years and reached my Sandan. My two cents. Seagal Shihan, despite his controversy, is/was a very strong Aikidoka (I have not followed him lately). I agree that his style is much more pre-war influenced and very powerful/practical. All that said, most people who do martial arts are NOT professional fighters, but there is so much value in sincerely training in any martial art (and having no ego about it). You can’t compare dojo training to a street fight situation; however, it can very much teach you sensitivity and how to react in a stressful situation. I also feel that once you have reached dan level in any martial art, there should be some pressure testing in a controlled environment, to hone your skills. I also started training in FMA the past 2 years (it’s hard!) and it’s made me a better Aikidoka. Blade attacks are much more realistic (and scary), but the sensitivity and ukemi I’ve learned through Aikido has also been invaluable. Take it all and add it to your toolbox. Martial arts aren’t one size fits all.
I practiced Akido for a few years. It worked for me although. I had to adapt the techniques in some cases but all in all I managed to make it home whilst putting my attackers in hospital
From what I've heard, I know that he has supposedly changed his comments or point of view but I recall in the early days that Take' Sensei made it a point to tell us several times that what he was doing on screen and in the dojo was just Aikido. He said that for the films, they seemed violent but it was just what he would do in that type of scenario if it was reality. And for a long time, he stated that Aikido was about the "intention" so that if you had pure intentions of peace, love and harmony, it wouldn't matter what you did....an example, someone once asked him if he Was sitting in a restaurant and a gunman came in what technique would he use, and he said," I'm license to carry a firearm and I would probly draw it and shoot him!" But if he was doing it with the intention of loving protection of the people around him AND the shooter, then he was doing Aikido. But then I've heard that he is now saying he does Aikijujitsu.....so who knows.
Yeah Remy representing aikido good, hope to see more of his aikido skills in action. It would be awesome if he entered a kumite like the old school ufc
Great video. I have to say your channel rocks precisely because you show that you can't separate the success of any martial art and the perception thereof from its popular culture aspects. That is what "informs" the fanboys as well in their silly quest for the absolute of "what works and whatnot." That is historically true for most MA hypes, for instance, from Kung Fu in the 70s, Karate in the 80s, Aikido (Seagal's) in the 90s, and MMA/BJJ in the 00s. Let's not forget the "challenges" and UFC were, first and foremost, a big promo for the Gracies. Nowadays, the narrative has shifted to this naive idea of "evolution," which is historically ridiculous because inter-style bouts have always happened (e.g., wrestling vs. savate matches in Victorian England). They were and are marketing geniuses as well as superb martial artists. Please keep informing the populous.
Has an aikido practitioner myself, I keto being a secondary art to my primary, which is American Kenpo, I can say that it is truly effective, and works really well. Unfortunately, even though the techniques are very usable, they’re not always taught in a usable fashion. Dalton Ryu Aikijujutsu what is the art? Aikido’s founder had mastered and served as the foundation for his Aikido. However, much of the techniques took on a more dynamic expression, dealing with flow and momentum, while reducing emphasis on the more pain compliance and aggressive wrist locks, that are part of the art. The emphasis started to focus more on the flow of momentum, as well as the flow of internal energy to be an external expression of one’s internal spiritual energies to focus on the overall ideals of peace and harmony for this reason many modern Aikido dojo’s continue to teach techniques that are essentially incredibly effective, but without giving the student the knowledge of how to make them work in the most effective and efficient manner with self defense as a focus. Matsuoka Sensei is one of sensei Steven Seagal’s most senior students, and returned to the states with him when he left Japan to open up the. TenShin Dojo in California. Matsuoka sensei still teaches, and I’ve had the privilege of attending some of his seminars and trainings. What I can honestly say is that it keeps the innovative approach of dealing with flow and momentum that aikido brought about while maintaining the combat effective focus of its parent art. The way I view aikido is that everybody who studies learns techniques that work, but many schools don’t teach how to make it work in the most effective way. Aikido, and American Kenpo both get accused of being ineffective, but the time I spent with10th SFGA and deploying regularly, I can say that they do in fact work and have been pressure tested extensively.
A lot of people don't know about it but Chuck Norris studied Aikido also. He mentioned in an interview with Dick Cavett that he'd trained in Aikido for several years.
I think you might have misheard Chuck in that interview. Chuck trained in the Korean arts and the only Korean martial art close to Aikido is Hapkido. It has similar locking and throwing techniques as Aikido but unlike the former, also heavily incoporates kicks in their curriculum. The character for both arts are the same and if I'm not mistaken, the founder of Hapkido claims to have also trained under Aikido founder Morehei Ueshiba's Daito Ryu Akijujutsu teacher Sokaku Takeda. My guess is you probably misheard him and thought he said Aikido instead of Hapkido.
@@johnlloyddy7016 Nope, no mistake! Look up on RU-vid "Chuck Norris on Losing His Brother in The Vietnam War" and skip to 6:02 and you'll see Chuck say it himself.
Lift some weights for a year, get 3 months of boxing and 6 months of BJJ/wrestling, and you'll get plenty of more than 20 years of any kind of aikido. Yep, it's a bit harsh and I know it, but it is also true.
Steven Seagal started the shaolin temple thousands of years ago and he taught the samurai how to make and use swords. Some people say that Steven Seagal is hulk hogan's dad.
Yeah alot of fools think like that. Like the one guy that tried to get me in a BJJ headlock. Broke the "unbreakable" RNC in 2 seconds. The guy ended up with a torn bicep and several skull fractures.
If you read O'sensei original students they wrote a lot about importance of atemi. For example Gozo Shioda wrote Aikido is 70% atemi. And he even mentions a story of Usheiba breaking hip bone of a challenger with a strike during a demonstration.
O Sensei said aïkido is irimi (enter) et atemi. In lot of omote techniques we both strike and enter through the opponent before apply a technique. If you look at daito ryu aiki ju jutsu you will see for exemple the ikkyo technique they first hit the opponent in the ribs , the apply the ikkyo and then finish by an atemi on the head or if they have a wood tento they would stab the armpit of aité… and it was the original way Sokaku Takeda taught Ueshiba and before World War II when Ueshiba was teaching aiki ju jutsu or aikibudo it was more agressive with more atemis (like in most ju jutsu styles). That is why Gozo Shioda who was a pre WWII student of Ueshiba said this I think
Use what works best.I plan to get into Aikido/Aikijutsu.My past training in TKD and Tai Chi.Has helped me.Aikido has always interested me.I look forward in walking on my new journey in the martial arts.
I was already doing Muay thai and ang boxing before I did Aikido. My Aikido instructors are already practitioners of other arts and some of them are MMA fighters. We do pressure testing after class for advanced students.
In all fairness it is not just that there is a lot of bad Aikido out there. There is a lot of bad everything out there...Tae Kwon Do, Kenpo, Judo, Tai Ji Quan, Karate, et. al. .....people getting black belts within one year, without ever doing open kumite or sparring against a resisting opponent. One of my teachers used to tell students, "if you can't make your ____ work , it is not because ____ sucks. It is because YOU suck. It is your responsibility to make it work!" Fill in the blank with your favorite art.
It works. Done security for 20 years. Have trained many arts since i was 5 and have one ko and it was with Aikido take down. Head hit the floor and they was out. It works in right situation and right practioner
Never seen in movies before. Seagal introduced a totally new style and nobody talks about it how slim he was. He was the slimmest action star ever in "Above the Law".
I think there is a big difference between pre-war and post-war aïkido. And most of what we see now is post-war aïkido. From what I read, post-war aïkido was affected by the evolution of the master but also by his experience with the war. I think he wanted to change some things in his art because of that. Then you have his descendants that might also have changed a couple of thing to bring the art to another place.
People do criticism because they don't understand like when i went to a kendo teacher told him i wanted to train kendo for exercise help strengthen my empty hand he asked what i trained told him i did goju ryu when i was younger for 3 years formally still practice my katas then told him i did wing chun for 11 years but my teacher is closing his school soon so i joined yoshinkan aikido under takashi kimeda whos an amazing sensei but he told me not to waste my Time on wing chun and goju ryu iust focus on aikido which i understand but i love my wing chun my mook jong long pole butterfly swords siu lum taq etc i also think aikido is amazing can work well with other Martial arts takashi kimeda won't be around forever so i would appreciate to learn some stuff from him i did not enjoy the kendo sensei putting down wing chun and goju ryu but hes free to his opinion i already had training in basic kendo and Japanese kobudo from my sensei long ago i love all Martial arts except no touch knock out guess ill just practice my boken in the back yard
Great video. So many BJJ and Muay Thai nut-huggers and because of the UFC. Look at traditional standup arts like Jujitsu, especially what Wally Jay did. That's more applicable to real life than rolling in your back waiting to get your head kicked in or not knowing how to control a standing situation without striking. Real life isn't nearly a simple as in the cage.
People that don't know Morihei Ueshiba's early history really won't understand how harsh and brutal his teaching style used to be. His later elder years are like night and day compared to how he used to be in the Dojo. The legendary Masahiko Kimura (Judo) trained with Ueshiba in the early days and he had a large fear and respect for the man.
What reference is there for such statement?I am well meant in my question and only in research modus.. I still have to find out...what made Ueshiba...go away..change or what ever from a battle brutal style to aikido? I mean I don't even know...about their relationship...Teacher and Ueshiba......what practical need was there...or he was tired of teaching survival martial spirit...after getting involved ed in the religion of Omoto?
@@thunderflower7998 well there are seve ral sources, and it is indeed a really fascinating topic. Start your read with Mas Kimura's autobiography "My Judo." Really good book, and he talks about his friendship with Gozo Shioda and training together with him at Ueshiba's Dojo. Ueshiba in his early days was a very militant right wing nationalist; he had a more peaceful approach and mindset as he got into his senior years and got more ill.
@@AztecUnshaven thank you..reading I will do!another question....Was Ueshiba and Takeda defeated by a student of Judo...?Reference by a youtuber CHADI with also nice history of Judo channel. God knows..what happens when people get older...do they discover ..as martial arts teachers better ways to survive ...or are they getting tired...and just want to pass on sth soft... Yang Cheng FU...Yip Man....Ueshiba etc.... After all is ju jutsu ,judo,aiki jutsu,just all the same....old jujitsu in variations ..but still jujitsu?or still different. Mentality?strategy?purpose??
Many good points Remy. I too wasn't the favorite at dojo because I trained for realism in techniques. Black in Aikido is worth less to me than my black in Aikijujitsu. People think the big full fancy moves can be imployed in fights... only basic entry to atemi then throw or lock will be wise if attacked. Mostly not the art for combat but great for self defense. Not in UFC for a reason.
Soft Aikido can often lead to a false sense of security. Training with more realistic attacks with some actual intent makes a world of difference. Long dedicated practice leads to being able to read situations better and almost see attacks as if in a slower motion. The mental growth aspect is a huge benefit of Aiki training. -> preparedness. Martialist!
Really rare to hear about daito ryu aikijutsu. Which is the mother art to aikido. I think only sensei Gozo (I might be messing that name up) kept the pre-war aikido training intact.
The reason why most people think Aikido doesn't work in street fights or MMA, it's because only a few people are trying to make it work. They think that it's useless to learn it because they see a lot of videos Aikido practitioners getting beat up in the streets or losing to an MMA fighter and less videos that shows Aikido works. We need more people like Remi and Dan the wolfman in order to show how functional Aikido is. And we need more people who is as open minded as you are Viking Samurai.
My cousins ex-husband was tooo into Akido. I knew more than he did in the world of kickboxing and always let him use me as his Akido Dummy. I amused him knowing a Muay Thai Kick would take him down. It does work if you can grab someones open hand...but no way its going to work in an experienced boxer of kicker
@@robd1329 I was already doing Muay Thai before I started Aikido. I believe it's a good add on to any martial art. Most of my Aikido instructors are Muay Thai and even MMA fighters as well. And we do a lot of pressure testing after class.
@Sam I'm a practictioner of Muay Thai before I started Aikido. Of course Aikido alone is not enough. IMO Aikido is a great add on to any martial arts. It's principles have helped me in my training and sparring.
Aikido was developed for open field warfare. MMA was developed for two naked guys in a ring. If you don’t understand the Context, how can you understand anything.
Got introduced to Aikido when transitioning from Kyokushin to Enshin….karate lol! Okay, limited actual aikido experience but I know my Sabaki and Kozushi especially the two handed pull. When I switched from Enshin to Muay Thai, I figured out how to adopt my “grabs” to arm bars with gloves on - to perform Sabaki movements. @vikingsamurai sounds like you are from Washington state? The Sabaki challenge tournament was popular in there in the late 1990’s. Open to any styles but the mainly between Enshin, Kyokushin and other bare knuckle styles.
I think many people love Aikido, they just want to make it work in real life which it absolutely can if you pair the techniques with other arts. Aikido,Judo and Jiu Jitsu are like estranged family members that need to be reunited to be made whole.
With tenshin aikido it’s very old school where strikes kicks punches & chokes wasn’t taken out.. compared to todays teachings where some dojo schools of aikido don’t Incorporate what is known as atemi waza but focus more on movements balance breaking kuzushi but what they don’t understand is aikido has all of these strikes it was called then aiki jujitsu if you read about it’s founder Morihei Ueshiba he was a great Japanese martial artist he founded aikido 🇯🇵 & changed its Philosophy… but if you look at tai jitsu it’s Ancestry is Aikido and if you look at Aiki jujitsu Same again same ancestry you can Incorporate atemi waza in your own training
Is Tenshin aikido similar to Yoshinkan aikido in terms of hardnsss and effectiveness? Gozo Shioda trained with Ueshiba pre-war when it was more aikijutsu than aikido back then.
There is no post war Aikido. You can find pictures of Ueshiba when he was old still use atemi. Actually the most popular Aikikai Aikido is more a creation of his son Kisshomaru. Iwama ryu is more close to Ueshibas Aikido.
I did 22 yrs in prison ....killed a drug dealer in a shootout . I was 19. NY I trained in prison with alot of Karate and Tae Kwon Do....guys .on the sneak..your not allowed to practice martial arts inside. But ...I learned alot of training techniques ..conditioning....most Karate guys didn't like Seagal. Egos in the way. My older brother was heavily into American Combat Karate..and Ed Parkers American Kenpo Karate. His instructor in American Combat was world record holder breaker ..Richie Barathy. Richie met Seagal in early 90s in California and he told my brother and his fellow students Seagal is Lightening fast....deadly..... As ll his moves were death oriented. Not your average Aikido instructor. I have a wrestling and boxing background ...but the Karate I picked up over the years has indeed complimented my street fighting ability. I learned wrist locks.....kotogieshi....some redirection techniques. I think a combination of the best techniquees are better for those not having 15 years to learn complex internal energy flows etc....like Barathy said ...... As couple of solid low kicks ..nothing higher than the waist ..and explode with rapid hard hand and elbow strikes to eyes throat groin. He used to tell his students...if he moves a fraction of an inch ..stomp him until he ceases to move.
Aikido must include judo and boxing in its program. Someone who has never boxed will never be able to hit a boxer in the head. The boxer will read the trajectory of the blows and dodge them like child's play. Now, if the boxer knows aikido techniques, he'll apply them with unprecedented effectiveness. Judo will help the boxer if he enters into a hand-to-hand confrontation.
the question shouldn't be "what separates aikido from other martial arts " but "what separates aikido from other jiujutsu - derivative arts. all jiujutsu based styles are so different to other martial arts that they should be handled as a separate entity. The ultimate form of martial arts if you aske me 😎
I think another part of the internet Seagal-Aikido hate is that he doesn't know when to quit. He is over 70 now, can't move around as well anymore (obviously comes with old age and almost inevitably gaining some weight). It seems like he'd lost his mind somewhere along the way. In the same way that his old movie classics inspired martial artists, his straight-to-dvd contemporary stuff does the exact opposite. It also doesn't help that he was never much of a good person (I won't waste time here listing it - that would be besides the point and it's easy to look up). And fans tend to believe seemingly likeable people more - a big human flaw. But, personally, it took me a WHILE to see past the old guy whose huffs and puffs you can hear before he enters the room and the next thing you hear, he's trying to convince you that he's some kind of a deity. I won't comment on the art itself, I'm not a practitioner and there's plenty of people here down in the comments who can explain that part super well.
Nah, the hate for him stems from the fact that he is a piece of garbage. Apart from the numerous allegations coming from women who've worked with him, there are photos of him groping Katherine Heigl - when she was 15. Apart from that, he allowed lies about his military career to be widely spread. Apart from that - he was, unquestionably, the most popular non-Asian martial arts actor of the 90s. Unlike Van Damme, Norris, Wincott, etc., he was an actual A-lister, to the point where he got to direct Michael Caine. He used to be a great fight choreographer. (Watch "The Challenge" with Toshiro Mifune.) And he blew everything good he had, because eventually the bad outweighed the good by a lot and a lot.
Great video. I don't think aikido practitioners who study the soft, internal styles of aiki are passive-aggressive. Passive-aggressive behaviour involves using indirect aggression towards others and can't really be applied in this context. I think the biggest problem with aikido, which has been alluded to in the video, is the unrealistic approach to fighting. There is nothing inherently wrong with aikido as it is based on sound physical principles, it is in the implementation of these principles is where it fails or, more accurately where its adherents fail. A lot - if not all - aikido students come to aikido without any previous experience in the martial arts. We have to remember that the great masters who developed aikido in the pre-war period after it was conceived by Ueshiba were experts in Aikijujutsu and/or judo and as a result aikido was much more physical than it is today. I am not an expert and don't entirely know why aikido was "watered down", but my research suggests that the religious and philosophical elements of the art pushed it a different direction. Aikido was never meant to be a stand-alone martial art, a panacea of self-defence, but a supplement to all styles. Like all martial arts it is incomplete and has limitations, which is why a lot of martial arts students cross train these days. I really think aikido should be practiced after one has first become proficient in another martial art, especially if one more interested in the softer styles of aikido. But whether one studies a hard style of aikido or a soft style, they all have something to offer and will be of immense benefit to anyone's training. I have practiced many different striking and grappling arts in my martial arts journey and one thing I will say is that doing aikido has enriched all of them.
Another great interview. I learned my Aikido in Okinawa. I continue teaching on the East Coast but I am not affiliated with any of the USA organizations because of this watered down effort I witness in America. I keep my ties directly to Japan.
You know that kind of makes sense about the soft Aikido when he mentioned the reason why was like that I had an image of Tai Chi which I guess if you're older and you can't move very well but you always wanted to do Aikido for fun and that could be the ticket
Listen, back in the day (60, 70, 80), most martial arts schools (different instructors) would think that their style of martial arts was the best. Oh, back then, mainly Tae Kwon Do school. Not too much Japanese Karate, although there was Judo and not so much animosity today. Every time a new martial arts style comes out, they become critics and say it would never work in real-life situations. I personally think Aikido should/could be used in conjunction with your other martial arts training. (MMA)
Bruce Lee introduced Wing Chun Kung Fu to the world, and Steven Seagal introduced Aikido to the world. No matter what we may think, this is what they have contributed. It's major.
Finally someone that’s speaking truth about this modern day hairy fairy Aikido. Thank you Remy for your real talk and thank you Viking Samurai for this awesome content.
Real compassion can be seen in the willingness to sacrifice yourself for your fellow students especially in Aikido, BJJ, wrestling even judo in the fact that there's really very little that can be done to get better without a partner willing to train with you. This is not to take away from the hard sacrifices made in the various awesome striking arts, but my point is that there aren't any katas, bag work etc that can be done alone. You have to work together, attack as realistically as possible and yes, hurt each other as you get closer to that edge of giving and dealing with a real hardcore honest attack. Additionally, a big part of people not understanding Tenshin Aikido is that they see training and public demos as needing to translate to dealing with street attacks and thinking that the demos are the only way we train.
When I was a kid, I took a Japanese hard style called, "Yoshukai." When I first saw a Steven Segal movie, I immediately recognized so much of his movement, stances and mechanics, because that old aikido is rooted in all Japanese styles that came from the Bushido tree of arts. The more advanced levels of our school did in fact teach direct aikido techniques, and they weren't the sissy ones (think, taking off an ear). I've always respected the Japanese hard sty;es, and always thought Segal was true to that hard style philosophy.
I read a rumor (that may not be true) when Warren Beatty bought the rights to Dick Tracy in the late 80's, Steven Seagal was one of the actors rumored to play Dick Tracy (after playing no non-sense cop in Above the Law). I wonder a movie that is portrayed in the 1930's where a Detective doing joint locks and throws using a style invented in the mid 1930's (probably only exclusive to a small circle of people in Japan). He beat the crap out of William Forsythe (who played Flat Top in Dick Tracy) in Out for Juctice
I agree with Remy I took aiki jujutsu many years ago and it is more effective than some of the watered down versions of today. I'm a security guy so if need be I use some aikido locks to walk out certain individuals if need be. I do JKD and I'm starting to do Brazilian Jujutsu as well
People who complained about martial arts practice drills should complain about people doing target practice with guns and say that is useless and they need to have people shooting at them too during practice.
As a tai chi practitioner I know too much about a style being watered down into bullshido. We learned it as a kickboxing style not a flappy arm magic style
Well, Mr. Seagall went of the rails here and there but that means not he had/has no technical ability. If your carpenter goes nuts he/she usually is still a good carpenter.
Not in isolation. The aikido forms are conceptual. They can be applied successfully combined with other stuff. The only caveat is a huge bouncer subduing a drunk. He could probably get away with using one of the pure aikido forms.