you have wonderful Aiki. Your flow and movement are top notch. I enjoyed watching your demonstration.

Fantastic aikido!!.

There is nothing new under the sun. Even Morihei Ueshiba faced this situation: a lots of martial art masters didn't belived that aikido could work or if it is effective. He's got challenged a lot for this reason [and I mean, a lot]. For example a judoka master didn't belived that aikido falls are real and not staged. After he asked for a confrontation then he studied with Morihei how and why they work that way he was amazed. A fav. story was this: the famous Shutaro Nishimura went to see Morihei for a duel; when he sees Morihei, he asked himself: is it a joke? how this middle age peasant can be a great martial master? Of course he was defeated very easy. Morihei then he took a piece of paper and said: grab this one if you can. No matter what Shutaro Nishimura did, he was unable to catch the piece of paper. Nishimura was looking at Morihei smiling and ask himself: is it possible to be such a master that can defeat his opponent with just a smile? The "problem" with aikido is it is very misunderstood. Most ppl they think that if you do not show violence you are weak, or if you don't use punches or kicks you can be easili defeated. In fact it is very difficult to explain why aikido works, for some ppl. Some try just to take out some of aikido techniques and then when they fail with those, they say: aikido don't work. But aikido works as long it is used in it's totality not piece by piece. Another point: many ppl today say aikido don't work in real life. I have to remind those that its founder, fought a lot of battles in real life situations [you could be killed those day very easy, not like today when we have laws; back then if you would challenged someone to a duel you expect to be hurt really bad or killed and nobody would go to jail]. Another thing is: aikido came to reality from military conditions: martial arts back then were not a sport like today [not like mma]. Martial arts were born and were used by military not by someone who is just a fan of those fancy moves. So, jiujitsu, etc and aikido too were born in real life conditions. But at some point in his life Morihei understood that you don't have to kill your opponent, you only need to not get hurt yourself or not get into any fight at all if possible. Also for those who said aikido don't work in real life because they don't see it in mma [or what we see there is not aikido, it's some... I don't even know how to call it] it's because mma has a lot of rules that don't allow an aikidoka to use aikido [lock joints etc]. It's like you are saying to a boxer: let's fight but you can't use your fists!, and then [when the boxer is down]: see? boxing sucks! So if anyone enter in a mma ring, claiming to use aikido he /she doesn't use aikido [first of all because aikido don't allow competitions] becase one will be able to use only a fraction of aikido in the ring because mma rules don't allow those moves. So that will not be aikido anymore, but some sort of wannabe mma/ part aikido sort of thing. The bottom line: if you have to obey their rules, then you don't use aikido, so you can't prove anything [it will be a mma vs mma fight not mma vs aikido]. Once i've spent some time on the internet and see the rules of mma fight: at least 20 of those prohibited moves that are used in aikido, jiujitsu, aikijiutsu, etc One last thing: if you don't belive aikido works, go out to an exhibition, and chalange an aikido master in public. Say to him: I don't think those fancy moves of yours work, they are not real. It's all fake, so let me challenge you and make a fool of you here and now. Make sure you record that one to show it to everyone, and you will gain faime and also you will prove that aikido doesn't work. Funny thing: nobody wants to do that, just to stay in a chair and say what is fake or not. P.S. in the old time when martial arts were born [not just aikido] everything was for real, they couldn't fake it or you would end up dead. Today everything it's a sport with rules and you know the law protects you just in case. At least, how many broken bones do you see these days in most these "real arts"? When it happends the media explodes while back in old times, if anyone got killed, others would be like: "he challanged another one to a duel, what did you expect?"

Wow lots of comments here. Video dating from 2010. Overall yes you do not do Aikido for self defense on the street, that is for sure... By experience our biggest weakness is also poor attacks. So many videos prove it even on advanced level. Or just people exaggerating when receiving the technique (jumping, anticipating etc). Not good at all as they just become receivers and not attackers. Totally different situation if you would face a real sparer for sure... Also the competencies not only depends on the MA itself but on the person practicing it. I have done a few martial arts and few years boxing. Currently taking private Muay Thai boxing classes which brings me a lot of new openings. Aikido is great, rich in many sense and can be practice for years. As far as effectiveness is concerned many questions can be raised. Personally I have huge doubts and i am working on it... I tend to agree that too complex technical aspect and esthetics being taught goes against its effectiveness. Each instructor should search total freedom of attacks with more advanced students to allow spontaneous motions and body memory to kick in. Well established technical structures are good for beginners but tend to lock us within the same pattern after a while. However we need to pay attention to not going away of the roots of Aikido. Not an easy task! To resume it is up to each individu to broaden its practice to include maybe practicing sparing sports or else. Then the aim is to adapt this knowledge to Aikido practice with respects to its fundamentals. Instructors should lead the way.

Thank you very much

muito bom é muito lindo aikido

Do it with live attacks, not pre planned and with resistance.

With your permission,You are need more "tyn chi"(more sky) before kick down by hand up or by atemi for more amplitude technique.

Very Big respekt for You Tori

Smooth!

mucha fuerza en sus técnicas.

Aikido is very beautiful to watch. It is not intended, as far as I know, for a MMA style fight where the opponents are squared off against one another. Rather, it is for an aggressive one-move offense, as would occur in battle.

super

By the way this is not a demonstration. These are shots of classes given by myself at the time. During a class one technique is demonstrated and students must repeat it. I try to gain as much freedom when teaching, accept also to loose, make mistakes and so on. Since 2010 I believe my approach has again moved on.

Lepo !

I can see the difference in fluidity and execution of the techniques between a 5th Dan and a 6th Dan like Goffin. Goffin's movement are crisper, and cleaner as well as mesmerizing.

nice all...

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Muatepp,,👍👍👍👍

E-Trike can you send me video of yours I would love to see them. I can live with any type of feedback however please explain on the use of strength. I have done Aikido all over the world and got a good idea of what is the use of it. I am not even going on the rank comments as I also got a good idea how ranks are given worldwide and how meaningless they are. What matters is how you are on the mats. Waiting for your videos. Tks.

Wonder what this music is called?

Just some 10 procent of relistic movements. This is not in favor of Aikido:(

not aikido

Far too many gaps/pauses in his technique for martial application

The problem I have with these type of demonstrations is that they are very unrealistic! -first off the opponent is always very cooperative and allowing himself to be tossed - second the type of attacks demonstrated here are very unlikely in any real confrontation no one is going to attack by putting their arm out there to be grabbed - thirdly I would like to see a full contact sparring session with protective gear of course to simulate a real confrontation and then be able to see if these moves are actually effective I have no doubt that this type of martial art would be effective against a fellow practitioner who would attack perhaps as it is demonstrated here or against a totally inexperienced opponent.. but against a boxer, muay thai or of course an mma fighter I wonder how they would match up...