EP52: Why is Aikido Misunderstood? - The Aiki Dojo Podcast

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15 күн бұрын

The Aiki Dojo Podcast - Why is Aikido Misunderstood?
In Episode 52 of the Aiki Dojo Podcast, we discuss how Aikido might be misunderstood by not only practitioners but by the general public. It comes down to how Aikido is classified. Aikido can be exercise, a martial art, a philosophy, a discipline and maybe even a religion. But, what we see might not be what we are looking for and thus we fall into a misunderstanding.
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@user-sg8kq7ii3y 11 күн бұрын

I think the reason many people misunderstand aikido, and they make fun and mock it is mainly because in many (notice I did not say "all") aikido schools, the training methods do not appear to be realistic to them. So they see uke comically running at nage with out stretched arms, trying to grab his wrist. Or they see uke deliver a theatrical, exaggerated "karate chop" type of strike from overhead. They see Steven Seagal doing "randori" against five guys who attack him one by one, and he easily throws all of them, with many of them going flying through the air even without him touching them. And they question it because they wonder, "How the heck can that be real when even a world champion boxer, a really good wrestler, or a really good BJJ practitioner would have great difficulty defeating just two people, let alone five. In addition, since many aikido schools do not pressure test their techniques, that causes added doubt in people's minds. So when people see this, they laugh because it does not look genuine to them. So I think this is why aikido is misunderstood and receives a lot of trash talk. In my experience, it is rare for people to doubt the authenticity of western boxing, muay thai, BJJ, judo, or wrestling. Because all they need to do is test it out for themselves at the gym, and they'll quickly find out how helpless they are against a trained practitioner in any of those disciplines. When I first started BJJ, a tiny 110-lb female blue belt locked in a triangle on me so fast that before I even knew what was happening, she was already squeezing and pulling my head down. She kindly released the choke when she realized that I didn't even know what was going on. It's a very humbling experience to see 90-lb 7th graders are having their way with grown men.

@Californiansurfer 13 күн бұрын

1989 I was working on my psychology degree, I remember taking a philosophy class, the teacher gave us the final. He said, define love. Damn, I couldn’t write anything. I asked the teacher if, i could take the class with him again. Well, the second time, I learned of phenomenology which was from husseral who taught heidgger. I then learned of Kitano Nishida and Zen Buddhism. That was my search for what is the meaning of life. I still am searching. I am still a biginner 😅

@SPin2091 10 күн бұрын

Love the podcast, thank you 👍👍

@josephjohnson3097 13 күн бұрын

Very good podcast, thank you for sharing.

@AikidoCenterLA 13 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@udruzenjeprofajlera 13 күн бұрын

Excellent thank you for your effort.

@AikidoCenterLA 13 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@BrigidoAnayaIslas-nr7cb 13 күн бұрын

Excellent!

@AikidoCenterLA 13 күн бұрын

Many thanks Brigido!

@blockmasterscott 4 күн бұрын

I think it’s thought to be useless because it’s not made for competing in a ring or cage. It’s made for police officers, bouncers and prison guards who all use Aikido in the job on a daily basis. There is a reason why prison guards, bouncers and police officers don’t use MMA, boxing or wrestling on the job. Otherwise they’d be using it. They use Aikido. And what these nimrods that watch MMA don’t understand and cannot comprehend is that people that practice Aikido don’t have the slightest interest in competition.

@Vengeance8888 8 күн бұрын

Aikido is a martial art that works until old age. Imagine if u r an old guy living in a village and a bunch of unarmed dudes comes to rape ur village . Even the old age will pick up weapons to fight. And if that old guy is a master of Shihonage, wouldn’t it be hard to grab his hands to stop him from stabbing his enemies? This is why o sensei say all u really need to master is shihonage. Aikido is used with a weapon.

@MrTankaHoe 7 күн бұрын

newsflash, it doesn't work on unwilling opponents

@vids595 12 күн бұрын

In what way is Aikido misunderstood?

@sebozz2046 12 күн бұрын

I believe Aikido to be useless

@vids595 12 күн бұрын

It can be useful in disarming overly committed attacks from the untrained, or controlling those over whom you have a significant advantage to begin with.

@rojcewiczj 12 күн бұрын

it depends on how you train it. If you learn how to move in balance and time your use of power it wont be useless, because you'll have learned what's most important in marital arts and fighting.

@sebozz2046 12 күн бұрын

@rojcewiczj ok and do you think that is valid for iaido? I plan to learn it, not for fighting skills, obviously, but because I love katanas.

@rojcewiczj 11 күн бұрын

@sebozz2046 yes

@blockmasterscott 4 күн бұрын

Policemen, bouncers and prison guards all over the world that use Aikido on the job might not agree with you.