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Thank you Aikido Center 2012 to 2020. I worked in Jeffersonvill Indiana, Mishawaka indiana , elkhart indiana , Shepardvill kentucy and waxahachie texas. I practiced basic aikido in the snow, the rain and I lend from Sensei. Fuyura Waffle House restaurant. I found and read my used books from 4am to 8am and then go to work. I read Psychology, philosophy , science and Aikido books. Wow, I needed that time. Today, I continue my reading habit, but to be honest back in Downey California. Gratitude 😅

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Wonderful. It is very similar to taichi quan, bafa quan and other internal kung fu. I wonder what saw to add to Morihei Ueshiba his already stong abilities, what was the intended combination of arts. Obviously at least a desire to complement style of sword fighting or similar.

Unfortunately you can clearly see that the Sensei is unable to do anything and the students throw themselves to the ground.....after all, that's how it works in Aikido, they touch you with a finger and you fly....but you fly why do you launch yourself!

Good video on atemi

43:03 - so I don't understand where you're coming from and what's your position. First you say that young kids and 60 year olds should not learn to breakfall because it's too dangerous for them. Then here you talk about how your mind limits you, and you start to talk about how old people in Japan taking ukemi. You seem to be advocating for opposite things here, causing me to not know where you actually stand on these issues.

20:51 - not teaching kids to break fall... I've never understood the logic behind this. When my kids started judo at ages 5 and 10, their sensei spent the first two months having them only do breakfall. No randori at all for those first two months. Just solid breakfall training, over and over and over again, until they became very proficient in breakfalling. If taught properly, why is this dangerous? Young kids that age, are learning much more complicated and dangerous things, such as gymnastics, and doing complex skateboarding tricks. In fact, my kids learning how to break fall in judo has saved them countless of times when one of them fell backwards out of a tree; tripped and fell down a long flight of stairs; went over the handle bars on their bicycle, falling off of their skateboards, etc. Learning breakfalling, and learning how to dissipate the force, even on asphalt and concrete, saved their skulls and saved them from losing a mouthful of teeth.

Where can I buy an Aikido Gi?

When I was young and still living on my hometown got some books of Koichi Tohei on Aikido when he was Ushi Deshi of Master Ueshiba Sensei, since then I wanted to study Aikido, then later I moved to Ensenada in Baja California, and study Karate briefly until I found a couple of French people who lived there because they had business in town related to fishing, but on their free time in a warehouse build a rudimentary tatami and went there unfortunately it didn’t last long, but a few days before their company moved to another city, then I moved to Tijuana and in San Diego there was a guy who teached Aikijujitsu, but crossing the border everyday to go and take a class, was not practical for me, since it can take hours to cross, finally when I moved to Los Angeles I looked at the yellow pages telephone book and visited every Aikido Dojo there was, actually our Dojo was the first, and saw a class, but Ivisited every other dojos that now I dont even remember! And decided the first place was the best and went there and inscribed there, do not remember the exact date 1985 or 86. And I was there with you guys until I got a job in Santa Monica six days a week from 9AM to 6PM and with traffic it was just impossible to get to class on time, when most of the time I would get home, if luckily at eight, or nine at night and my apartment was near Vermont St. still some distance from Little Tokyo and our Dojo. Although I have great memories from those years at the Dojo and Sensei Furuya.♥️🙏

There should be an uke class where old ppl practice throwing and young ppl taking ukemi. In the perfect world

When I started aikido I was 13/14, Osensei, was still alive,Aikido was one. Then his death changed everything and my training.I was very resilient. I could do rolls on the asphalt and did!:)lol Now at 71 no way!. I did a soft syle aikido 10 years ago and i am thinking of restarting for the summer.Will see how i do.Cardio is definitely down.

I think if you are looking for an out. Age is your excuse. I have spoken with doctors who tell us that Aikido is very healthy to build our body and physical endurance and heart strength. Thus creating longer livelihood. ❤

Aikido works if you sell your soul over to demonic forces

Aikido is lethal for the one walking the streets thinking this bs would actually save you from a dangerous situation.

It's debatable whether or not Kimura was the greatest judoka. And there was someone before him. Kyuzo Mifune is regarded by many as the most skilled judoka.

Hi can you please, show us a difference between Sokumen Iriminage and Chosen Irimi nage

That looks fun to practice

I just saw an ad on how to become a Yubiwaza master in an old issue of Tales of Suspense from 1964. They weren't lying!!!

Mukauuto korotekinaschi. Is this right? Is there some other Source or link. I would like to Read about it. Im Searching to become undefeatable in Spiritual way.

I was fortunate to study for about 12 years with him until work related issues did not allowed me to continue, simply enough my new job was too far from the Dojo, and be there at class time.

Oss sensei Warrior morihei ❤

I see why his students went a different direction with things.

Thank you for sharing 😊

This, is awesome. Thank you.

Thank you !

Rokkyo is not part of the formal aikikai curriculum. But call it whatever you want as long as it works.

i want to see a not Akido person do these moves and resist and not roll with the so called throws. Not trying to sound negative but all the students go with the flow.

who grabs your hand like that? That is the number one thing that makes Aikido look useless.

I think it's important to note the background of past senseis such as Gozo Shioda, Tomiki, Tohei, etc. is that they were all very accomplished judoka even before they began aikido training. Some of them were 3rd, or even 4th dan in judo, having dedicated a significant portion of their early lives to serious judo training. So you cannot compare them to someone who has ONLY trained in aikido. Today, you have someone like Roy Dean. Dean initially trained in aikido, earned his blackbelt, then he later discovered BJJ, eventually earning his black belt in BJJ. Roy Dean CAN make aikido work. He can make aikido work BECAUSE he has BJJ skills to fall back on, and to get him out of situations. To put simply, my beliefs are: Roy Dean with Aikido Black Belt and BJJ Black Belt is a very lethal person. Roy Dean with BJJ Black Belt ONLY is a very lethal person. Roy Dean with Aikido Black Belt ONLY is not a very lethal person. I feel the problem with many (notice that I did not say "all") aikido schools today is the training methods. Unrealistic attacking. I think a good topic for a podcast would be on aikido training methods, and how realistic "attacks" are.

Anybody know where to find the Shibata sensei footage in full?

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42min Kimura: Shioda and I played at arm wrestling back then. Ahh, he was really strong. I was 170cm (5′ 6″) tall and 85 kg (187 lbs), and Shioda was 154 cm (5′) tall and 47 kg (103 lbs). Shioda: Somewhere Kimura said that he lost ten out of ten times, but actually we did it three times and I only won the first two times. At most, he slipped his hand out the third time. (laughing)

Chiba Sensei is right in a philosophical sense.

Congrats on the 50th podcast. It's really interesting to listen to your view an experiences in Aikido. It's quite different from mine. Nearly in every podcast you mention you or someone getting beatup. And I feel that just hasn't happened in my years of Aikido practice. And the stories you tell about your sensei are kind of concerning. It sounds abusive, and perhaps you guys have stockholm syndrome. Like Furuya sensei tearing your shoulder. I don't think it's acceptable. But you may say that's how it was back then and just accept it. How do you think Furuya sensei would have handled the scenario at the storage place? I think you did the right thing and handled it well.

When someone falls and his head encounters a curb or a wall, that should be definitely considered as highly danderous and lethal. As regarding training, it is too easy to make harm to an opponent during training by just releasing full power. I find it to be a problem in Aikido. You need a master class uke to be able to release your power in full.

I really enjoy listening to the podcast! I have a somewhat unrelated question to the topic: what´s the difference between a Sensei and a Shihan?

That was fun to watch. Loved the combo of the 2 senseis.

I listened to the 50th issue with great interest. In my opinion, there is a difference between the statements "Aikido is deadly" and " every Aikido technique is deadly." Arguments about the lethality of Aikido as a martial art look rather abstract. Aikido is essentially very practical. We can reflect on what the statement "every Aikido technique is lethal" gives us. First: we don't need an additional technical arsenal, such as kicks and punches. Second: every Aikido technique (simplified in kihon) has a common core that contains a lethal quality. Third: falls in Aikido do not contain a lethal component. They can only cause injury as a result of a mistake. Thank you very much.

Talking about Aikido potential to be letal or dangerous, just a beginner can disable someone by not letting you go, when throwing and do the roll, and by holding you they can cause bodily damage, and harming you, sine you cannot control the fall. And it happens once in a while.

The answer is yes. But it give you the option for mercy. That's why we train slowly.

I love Aikido…just sayin’….I love martial arts, in general. Screw those MMA guys.

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thank you for teaching me u are a grate teacher if u ever need me if possible I will help u if possible thanks again

Great techniques. Thanks for sharing Sensei 😊

I trained at the Los Angeles Aiki Kai in the mid 80’s when I was a teen, and they really stressed Ukemi skills. They REALLY came in handy when I started Judo 🥋 in the 90’s. That was one of a few things that stayed with me all the years I trained. That, and Kote gaeshi, ikkyo, sankyo, and a few throws I forget the names of.

Aikido is ridiculous

Cavett wasn't very good at it though.

I think Steven Segal ripped off this guy's moves...