There are already plenty of people calling Aikido - Bullshido , yet time came to really see whether traditional Aikido works in an MMA ring.
While this video is not Aikido vs MMA as a real fight, it's only a light sparring, it still shows how Aikido doesn't work in this setting even when paired against an Aikido practitioner of many years. It's a good sign that Aikido combat is not really the greatest part of Aikido effectiveness.
No matter what martial arts you pair Aikido with making an Aikido vs video, whether it will be Aikido vs MMA, Aikido vs BJJ, Aikido vs Karate, Aikido vs Judo or any other Aikido vs, it probably will always have a hard time and it Aikido's lack in training method will leave Aikido exposed. In the end it becomes a scene of Aikido fantasy vs reality, which explains why some of the mains search words for Aikido are: Aikido fake, aikido bullshido, aikido doesn't work, aikido gets owned, aikido gets destroyed, aikido in reality, aikido is garbage and more.
Unless we look at Aikido practical application, any Aikido vs MMA video will end up looking bad. Thus something needs to be done and that is why I've started a project called Aikido Quest.
After this experience I went on to train MMA full time for a full year, had an amateur MMA fight and then sparred with the same MMA fighter again. See the results here: kzhead.info/sun/YJtxg9KBfKd6mmg/bejne.html
See the whole journey how this video lead to starting a new style of Aikido ► kzhead.info/channel/PL4FJXg8RNp-m1p5gxskNvOl_-4NqxjsJV.html
Also check these videos:
Why did Aikido loose Popularity? ► bit.ly/2qv7k8o
Aikido Master in MMA Analysis ► bit.ly/2pmzbKt
Truth about Steven Seagal ► bit.ly/2oZUleI
Aikido vs Karate in Street ► bit.ly/2pwWYG1
Name of the song used in sparring: Nameless Warning - Spillway [Argofox]
After this experience I went on to train MMA full time for a full year, had an amateur MMA fight and then sparred with the same MMA fighter again. See the results here: kzhead.info/sun/YJtxg9KBfKd6mmg/bejne.html
So you did Akido for 13 years and did not expect to be able to fight someone with it? Why? When during your Akido practice did you realize that it was not effective?
There wasn't aikido even once during this fight. Of course, Aikido is not really teached nowadays, and most of schools are not what was created as Aikido, but, damn, you've got 13 years of training and didn't managed to enter your agressor! Not a single attack, no punches, no kicks, no iniciative?! On 6:55 you "went for a throw", what was that??? you had your arm on his neck, why didn't you hit him? Then you went to "grab his hand" and took a punch (atemi), just like any uke would do (was he the aikidoist or you?)! Good for you noticing your training years were not good for you, but I bet you are today more aikidoist than back this time. Now, you can blame Aikido, but, how is that if you didn't use it? I mean, how can you train a martial discipline that gave Ueshiba's dojo the name of "hell's dojo" and not even develop some muscles? That's not Aikido, not even close. Guess it's not your fault. MMA looks better for you.
Well said, cause I thought I was the only one. There’s no way you have 13 years under your belt and demonstrate aikido like that, it felt like you’ve never had someone actually strike you in a real situation before or you were just scared to get hurt.
@@daniloprudencio3300 It's easier said than done.
@@pauloalongi6012 true, but I've seen it get done, and didn't even take 13 years, so it's not important. It doesn't mean it's easy, it takes training.
Imagine being 13 years in and being humble enough to accept that it's not really what you thought it was. Honest and humble. Well done.
I'm not sure he is saying that, was he? I also trained aikido and loved it, but not for a second did I think I could beat a competitive fighter from any style. It's a stylized art, and most serious aikido teachers acknowledge that.
Mma is designed to defeat other martial arts quickly and effectively. Traditional arts are still beautiful and worth the time and training. As long as the teachers are honest and open about the fact they are not combat worthy in a ring with combat trained men and women. There is a place for both. I train MMA but I also study my base of Ken Po, each has its values, but I would NEVER use it in a situation that was against a trained mix martial artist, I enjoy the traditional training, especially the weapons based martial art of it, but it would take a real fool to try traditional martial arts in a ring against someone who is trained to destroy and optimize movements against traditional arts
@@beentheredonethat5908 I definitely agree with you on that. Traditional arts more grounded in rhythm and almost dance, not designed or practiced with real combat in mind still have value. If nothing else it can be calming and enjoyable. There doesn't need to be anything beyond that. Personally, I'm a boxer, but I've done a bit of things, bjj, kickboxing, wrestling, judo.
@@supertotoro having watched some of his other videos it seems that for many years he did think it was effective. But after he started noticing that it was never tested in combat situations he started to really doubt its effectiveness. I think that started some years ago. But he's always maintained his love for the art. Admittedly my practice of combat sports have very little to do with the goal of winning a fight on the street. It's a happy side effect.
@@jamiefinn4438 I will say this though anyone advanced in traditional arts holding a weapon, is very very dangerous. Depending on the art of course, a artist with a staff is insanely DANGEROUS. With no weapon it's nit a real combative style, especially with people of equal or greater strength. With a staff though, I wouldn't want any part of them lol. Several years ago, I argued with a FRIEND who was from China and we'll trained in the arts, and I was getting ready for a powerlifting meet and out weighed him by 150lbs or so, he was a man on the sampler side, very fast and skilled though. I didn't WANT to fight but the language barrier and his ego made sure it did, I was a bit intimated, but he setting throwing kicks, it only took a second to learn he was able to hurt me, which surprised him as well. Needless to say it ended quickly with me taking him to the ground and wrapping him up until he calmed down. MMA has broken many hearts but traditional is beautiful and teaches about the self and connection of body and mind, I think they should train just for health benefits but for the calm and body control as well, maybe evolve a bit. We have added contact soaring to my style recently, and that alone makes it more effective. Anyone that is afraid to get hit will lose in a fight
With respect to all of the experienced or professional opinions here, I think this guys greatest asset has nothing to do with skill. The ability to overcome his ego and allow himself to be vulnerable, completely exposed, is his greatest asset. No dogma, just a willingness to test himself without the fear of humiliation. That's what will allow him to grow in his art where others will stagnate.
Old School, I agree. That's a sign of wisdom.
Yeah but then you have to start acting on that wisdom, not do the same dumb stuff that doesn't work over and over and call it wisdom.
It's gotta start somewhere.
I couldn't find a better way to express it. great guy, open minded to check what's real, not trying to pretend.
agree with old-school
I started the video with "great another fake martial artist" and I ended up with " mad respect to this man".
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linkus raziel same!
same!!!!!!!!!!
When he said "in an MMA context, it's not gonna work so well" he won my respect already
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5:28 your black belt in Aikido didn’t work -against a highly trained MMA fighter. But here’s a question you’ve never touched on... do you think your aikido would have worked against a lower belted MMA or TMA fighter? Could your aikido have worked against a green or red belt karate or Judo practitioner?
because he's a weak aikido black belt! this is not what we learn in the dojo...
That's when he lost mine : wrong mindset for fighting, wrong mindset for aikido. he was just admitting early that he didn't have a clue about either so that his feigned 'humility' might cover for his inherent insecurity and cultivated inadequacy.
@@abdoukarimgueye6851 Only aikido dudes would berate one of their own like this without telling what they "learned"
This is rare to see. Someone who was devoted to something that not only he loved, but also made a living and name out of it, to then take the humble truth seeking approach resulting in him walking away from lies and fantasies. Mankind would be in a lot better place if more people were like you man. Mad respect.
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everybody here is lying because that what y'all want hear and satisfy your ego to say hey look I was right. the fact is nobody has practiced this enough against someone else to actually evolve the skills. every martial art can be affective if you know how to use. my first time sparring a guy who been boxing for 6 years, I whooped his ass and everybody thought I was lying about my skills, they thought I been boxing for a while but the reality is I have never actually boxed in my life before that fight and I was schooling a pro boxer for 8 rounds. I learned boxing just watching casually. the truth about skills is you have to compete not just say ohh look I have been doing this for 50 years but you never actually fought anyone
Good point. And it seems like he had a pretty good idea of what was going to happen anyways, so it's not like he believed the lies and fantasies in the first place.
@Dodadeus aikido has never been practiced the way it is practiced to day for fighting ever in history. Aikido is an aspect of the samurai philosophy and a thing for samurai to boost help and calm their mind. A lot of Japanese martial arts are meant to create good civilians and cultivate people not make them ultimate fighting machines. It is no shame to practice a martial art that focuses on culture rather than fighting. You get some concepts of self defense but it is more like a dance. I know a former dancer who is good at doing kata because of her background and absolutely loves it. She says herself that she Is not a fighter and so what? Not anyone needs to seek ultimate fighting skills.
@@pedrojello8983 *yawn*
Much respect to the Aikido guys. Stepping out of your echo chamber in pursuit of truth is not easy.
That shows true discipline
I'm respecting only this guy, after all, all the traditional martial arts continuing to follow into a distant place related to the competitive martial arts, afraid to test it. Good work man, what you did was amazing!
@Dale Doback not really. Aikido's complete lack of offensive techniques make impossible for you to use any of the techniques at all, however, mix any effective martial art with it and you are going to be a really scary Person to deal with. It's a complementary martial art. Ueshida, the creator of aikido, was a master of other martial arts when he created it, and he actually required his students to be a black belt in at least one martial art before taking his classes, that's why it doesn't have any offensive techniques or that much techniques at all. Learning aikido without prior martial arts practice, is like trying to get a master's degree without getting a bachelor's degree first, you're gonna get buttfucked.
@Amanda Vanessa Lopez soooooooo Muaykido no Jutsu? MMA-LITE?
Gary Redmond Ik you made this comment a year ago but what do you mean the pursuit of truth everybody know akido guys would get smashed against anyone who isn’t playing with them
Much respect for sharing your journey and your humility.
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The core of Aikido is humility (I think?) That means he may have lost the fight, but overall he won from the experience
You are a credit to the world of Martial Arts. I'm a 30 year veteran of fighting and teaching -- and this level of integrity and lack of need to prove an ego is incredibly admirable. A deep bow to you sir.
You’re flick alone could probably make me bleed, I wouldn’t wanna know what one of your punches feels like
@@giga_chad9 These days, although I still practice - I am old and riddled with pain. Not much of a worthy adversary for most. However, I do appreciate your respect and thank you for it. Once one advances into higher black belt ranks of multiple fighting systems, knowledge of the complexity of the martial arts is humbling. It all boils down to one fundamental rule - once one enters a fight (save for competition) you have lost. I learned how to fight so that I didn't have to, should the need arise. It has paid huge dividends over the years. Taking up a system and devotion to that system, can be a true path to peace. Which is ultimately the most important aspect of life - in my opinion. Peace.
@@Xomenra01shit man a warrior in a garden type stuff, that’s amazing man, comments like these makes me wanna do wrestling and Muay Thai again, can’t wait to get back into that, but all in all my point is that guys like you are the reason why guys like me can train, thank you for your contribution the martial arts man💯
@@giga_chad9 My thanks to you... I'm honored by your enthusiasm and respect. I wish you the very best in your future adventures.
Ironically this "embarrassment" is actually increasing respect for his art. I think his community should appreciate that.
@Rafael Acosta 😂😂
@Rafael Acosta Segal is the personification of enjoying the smell of your own farts.
I respect him and not the art.
@Grannvale Flame Emperor That's true, its an art form. But there are even Tai Chi "fighters" in China. Watch Xu Xiadongs videos about that.
@Grannvale Flame Emperor There is one where Tai Chi fighters insisted a fight at his Hotel Lobby and wont let him go. Quite big guys.
It is great to see an Aikido person not talking his way out, but actually making an effort to find out and taking the results with humility. Double thumbs-up.
Thanks!
People like him actually learn ... Aikido guy has been too focused with willing partners ... now he needs to get over fear or new guys and learn to guard and have decent punching ability ... to fully employ his aikido.
He'll definitely be better off from the experience. One thing he does have is good concentration, awareness & balance.
You can tell you practice martial arts. You have good mental awareness & movement. Same thing w Tai Chi & other arts that don't spare. You should go to a boxing gym & a BJJ school. BJJ would be a fun, less painful experience, but boxing teaches you toughness & how to take a punch.
+AikidoSiauliai I learned from my Aikido teachers that the greeting "O negai shimasu" can also be understood in the sense of "let us learn from each other" as an expression of mutual respect and humility. So, judging from the video and your comment at the end, I'd say you too have a clear grasp of that meaning. :-) Good for you!
I love how humble the MMA guy is. Not trying to boast off or destroy the inexperienced guy just to boost his own ego, but to genuinely teach the aikido guy.
Yeah he's like matter of fact. He was very good
I have immense appreciation for this man. He accepted change, which speaks for his enormous spirit.
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Hats off to this guy for removing all ego from the equation and actually trying to see whether or not his martial art is effective or not.
sonnyblack0870 Amen
Finally a comment from a decent normal human being. Definitely mad props to this aikido practitioner.
sonnyblack0870 nice profile pic
Completely agree here! Takes tremendous courage and lack of ego to record this comment honestly. Big Thumbs Up!
sonnyblack0870 i totally agree with you!
Came here expecting fake video hyping aikido up. Boy, was I wrong... Huge respect for you, man, your approach is pure gold
Sam Vimes the mma guy isn’t going hard at all he’s just going for technique they explained before they sparred. The mma guy knows he will win either way so he just went with it.
Sam Vimes not the point of the video
Sam Vimes the point is the mma guy isn’t going hard and still dominated. If you can’t see that then you’re blind.
Simone I totally agree with you
Wow. I think this is the ONLY honest Aikido practicioner I've seen. Respect man.
This channel helped me to re evaluate my 22 years of martial arts. 22 years of experience, and Taekwondo and a few others being very applicable, but you certainly helped me with stopping my Aikido practice. I now attend an SBG gym. Used to have such the wrong impression of MMA. Thanks man
Nice! Really glad to know this!
What stands out here is the humility of two martial artists. Thank you.
Thank you for pointing this out! You're absolutely right.
Great observation, man!
Syclone PK yeah he is. Would he be effective in Mma. Absolutely not. But it is still technically a martial art.
gtarluva idk how i got lost in this part of youtube. but from my outsider perspective. some martial arts are there merely to defend and others to actually attack.
what stands out here is that aikido is sensless if a real fight breaks out!
The mma fighter was very humble and nice. Very good training partner. And very good experience for aikido practitioner. Keep training and congratulations for your open mind
MUCH respect for putting yourself out there with honesty, integrity and a humble willingness to learn.
Thank you SO much for this video. It's obvious that it took a lot of humbleness, honesty, transparency, and ego-neutralization to go for something like this, and be so graceful and honest about it. Our martial-arts world really needs more demonstrations and videos like this. And this is independent of the level of the traditional martial artist to begin with! Like, I really don't care what anyone has to say about your mastery of Aikido, for example; I just don't care. It's enough to know that you've been a practitioner for 13 years and an instructor for 5, and make an informed decision based on it. And frankly, this video doesn't even make you or Aikido look bad, at least in [my] eyes. How come? Well, you already said that there's no competition in Aikido; that alone conveys mountains of meanings when pitting an Aikido practitioner against an MMA fighter. Moreover, perhaps Aikido itself, as an art, can be readjusted a little to produce an evolved version of it that can make it practical and applicable in the MMA ring, kind of in a similar manner to how Bruce Lee thought about several martial arts and what he did to them.
It's very clear that Aikido doesn't work in these kind of situations (as in this video). But in a real street confrontation, it's better to have Aikido than to have nothing! "seek and you will find....and do everything in love"-- The Holy Bible
a very very great comment.
Very cool, admirable experiment!
+fightTIPS Thanks
I bet if you gain more experience against MMA or fighters in sparring matches that go full tilt, and become accustomed to someone really attacking you the art will get batter and may even transform. You can practice a discipline all of your life and still get your ass handed to you in a real fight if the opponent has a lot of real fighting experience. So keep doing things like this as much as possible and don't be afraid to get hit and then you can take those techniques you learned and use them effectively irl in many different situations. Everyone knows that if you learn something it is almost useless until it is used practically. I would love more videos on this and would love to see your progress as a fighter. I don't mean you need to compete but going into sparring like this irl will only make you better. Every master knows that they never truly are done learning.
fightTIPS eyyyyy Shane mah man.
fightTIPS oh shit fight tips
And the experiment? To try something that never happens on the street. Show me a street with a boxing ring in the middle of it. Point is that in Aikido we can roll...but not in a ring. Similarly, show me someone on the street wearing boxing gloves. Point is that in Aikido you grab the hand or arm...not a large boxing glove. Also, this guy does not represent all Aikidoists but rather a very naive guy who has been treated with kid gloves...shock of shocks, he isn't ready for anything.
Respect to the aikido guy who like any good martial artist is always willing to learn 🙏
Kudos to both of you. This is the way MA should be performed, self critical and what the MA seem to have lost, RESPECT for each other.
Man, I watched this when this came out all those years ago. Mad respect for your humble attitude, I just watched you choke a guy out on a bus XD. You've gone a long way, and I'm sure it took a lot of hard work.
Tadas is such a nice guy. Respect for you giving this an honest test.
Gotta give resoect to both people here! First to the Aikidoka for being humble enough to not only try and risk KZhead comments, but his honesty as well. Second to the MMA gentleman who not only didn't find it neccessary to destroy and humiliate the Aikido practitioner, but to also reach out with tips and pointers. We can learn something from both of these gents! Well done guys!!
Thanks. I really feel too that Tada's (MMA person) did a great job.
AikidoSiauliai Do u have a link or channel for the mma guy?
great comment sir
Peter Ferguson Absolutely on point! Real Gentleman on display.
Risk KZhead comments 😂 What a risk
The most honest video i seen on youtube in a long time.
yep me too
The guy that is talking about Aikido all the time but not showing it at all? Creator of Aikido said that you can't explain Aikido with words you can learn it and master only via training... but this guy is so into "aikido" that he even ditched his Aikido uniform before he entered the ring... because he is "aikido master" that have hakama, he is showing it to make impresion that he is "aikido guy" but he would most likely trip over his own feet if he would try using hakama during his sparing. I also love the gloves on his hands, just to be sure that we will not gonna be able to do most of Aikido techniques even if he would have urge to try one. :D
@@Bialy_1 stay in your dreams
BS
@@Bialy_1 Totally correct : he threw ANYTHING to do with aikido out the window [mainly because he KNEW that HE could NOT 'make' IT work, took a quick pseudo lesson in boxing and 'shaping up' [so NOT aikido], put on the 'gear', and set about PRETENDING he was a 'big MMA fighter just like Tadas', until he had realised his REAL aim - to GET ATTENTION by FAILING, so that the only way is then, 'UP' - by riding all the way on the back of a sensationalist claim that 'Aikido FAILS', sucking up all the energy of people 'piling on' to criticize or defend aikido - JUST like ALL the regular little 'shadow beings' do to humans all the time ... THAT'S why he IS a FAKE - as a person, before anything to do with his martial art ability (or clear LACK thereof). But, back to 'his' Aikido : NO shizentai, NO zanshin or mushin, NO NOT-being there when the attack comes, NO 'unliftable body' [ - merely a basic grounding exercise/technique for those who don't know, and a LUDICROUS reversal of aikido's technical basis, by attempting to use what are timing-based DEFENSES as UNTIMED, ungainly, and UNFOUNDED 'attacks' [he even PRINTS 'trying another wrist-grab ('attack')' just so we're in no doubt of this terrible technical and philosophical misinterpretation of Aikido principles, and in no doubt of the amount of 'NOISE' going on in his head - NO Aikido MIND there ! Cheers for helpin' keep this discussion grounded Bialy - all the best with the Ai-ki-way my friend.
Respect for being humble enough to accept that what he does not work against a trained fighter..
Respect dude! It's so refreshing to see you be open minded about your own discipline. This is 100% gonna make you an even better martial artist.
Thanks
Respect to this guy for putting himself in the fire and his ego/rep on the line. Note: To ANYONE who says "this isn't a real aikido instructor" or that he's "doing the techniques all wrong" - Please post a youtube video of yourself in a no rules no time limit fight with an MMA fighter and we would all be happy to see it. If you're just going to sit behind your computer and talk shit stfu
Hi Wade - I actually made the exact same statement some time ago and the next thing ya know , some dork is trying to pick a fight with me- of course no vid of him doing what you and I asked for never came about -hmmmmmm- keyboard Ninja?
It's really disrespectful to question a guy's technique and his credentials when he put himself out there and actually tried it. Sure some of the aikido techniques are effective, but the majority of it doesn't work against a resisting opponent. If you train ANY martial art that doesn't practice live sparring against a resisting opponent (not just aikido) - you're going to have an unrealistic expectation of how things are going to go.
I like to think of it like a spinning backfist. Any boxer will tell you don't turn your back in a fight. But, given the right circumstances, it COULD work. We live in a day and age where anyone who isn't super-eclectic with it should most definitely be learning all there is to know about their chosen tradition, so that knowledge is expounded upon, rather than lost
I have tremendous respect for this Aikido instructor for showing all the deficiencies in Aikido even though he has praxticed it for 13 years. I'm sure this demonstration will help him to cross train into something that will actually help him from getting hurt.
Hope this video will stop Steven seagull from acting like a champ.
@@gerardvoughnfaust4167 No, it won't. Seagall is too pompous and into himself to say anyone can beat him. As far as he is concerned, Seagall thinks he will beat anybody he faces. 🙄
Need to relax and resond faster
there are no deficiencies, Aikido I believe was meant for if someone grabs you or pushes you. I used to work out with a Hapkido master. I wish I would have practiced more with it .It can be very useful.
@@cat-lw6kq Aikido used to be bayonet fighting in the 1930s, when the amys invaded japan, they didn't allow any kind of martial art that involved weapons, that's how aikido lost it's soul Nowadays, it's a great sport to understand movement, body placement, forces opposition etc.
This is one of the most honest videos I’ve seen in a while... it’s a truthful expression of being better than yesterday and discovering if there are holes in your defense. Great job.
Still after so many years I have so much respect for you. For your humility and your bravery and not hiding away, just a constant search for knowledge. I always try to stay on that path.
I have been an Aikido practitioner for over 12 years and achieved a black belt at 17. I can say this with 100% confidence: it is an extremely incomplete martial art. In the dojo, we are learned to counter moves we anticipate, moves in a certain direction/style, moves that will 99% of the time never come to you in real combat like a silver spoon. I have taken Jeet Kune Do for two years and boxing for four to realize the importance of positioning and more practical counters, footwork, and interception. I believe Aikido only shines when you position yourself in a position that limits the range/options of the opponents attack. In a street fight, if your first choice of defense is to rely on an Aikido move, get ready to kiss the floor.
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Uyeshiba sensei, Tohei and Shioda sensei were effective in real fights. However, they had extensive experience and training in other arts.
@@mikedasilva5239 i can't speak for the others but Ueshiba sensei, who my grandmaster was one of the earliest pupils of, derived Aikido from traditional Jyujutsu after the Russo Japanese War. Jyujutsu is a martial art meant for hand-to-hand combat in war time. I think Aikido was meant to evolve Jyujutsu theory but practically speaking it's not easy to do.
@@MadPianoLife In his old age, Uyeshiba sensei became spiritual and his Aikido became soft, circular and artistic. His Aikido lost the combat efficiency of earlier times. As an old master, he was not required to accept challenges.
You sir, are a true martial artist. I respect what you did so much. The issue many people from the Grappling/BJJ/MMA community have with many practitioners of more traditional styles is that so few will do what you did in this video, yet they will debate and claim why their style would work against a grappler or MMA fighter. They will talk theory all day but not test it live. You have set an amazing example not just for those types, but for ANYONE who is doing any style of martial arts. The quest for knowledge, improvement, truth, testing yourself, stepping out of your comfort zone and growing is what it is all about. Nothing but respect for you man!
Couldn't agree more. I started to type a similar response but this says it all.
love your podcast man, keep it up bebe
Thome90, Thank you my friend! I really appreciate that!
Are you serious? This guy has 13 years of Aikido and he couldn't manage a single aikido technique. He's a dance master, not a marital artist.
Agreed. Hes a dancer. And i doubt he is practicing authentic aikido. Real aikido has strikes. Just likes japanese jiujitsu which it comes from. The founder of aikido himself said aikido should be 85 percent striking 15 percent locks. The atemi aka strikes create the environment for the locks. Id love to see a yoshinkan aikidoka in mma or. Someone who practices old school. Cuz prrsonally, though i dont practice aikido i have studied how it works and i can pull off a good amount of it in the ring. But i practice full contact mma regularly. So yeah. This guy needs to do some good sparring. Maybe he will be able to usebhisnsills then. And trybwith mma gloves. The boxing gloves made it harder. Also not going full speed makes aikido useless cuz there is no energy from your opponent to manipulate. So its harder to off ballance and twist etc.
Much respect to you for putting your Aikido to the test and humbly accepting that it's not as worthy a martial art as you had been led to believe. As a former martial art practitioner myself I had a similar phenomenon training with BJJ experts after doing Tae Kwon Do for 3 years and getting my ass kicked so I know the feeling!
Tae Kwon Do is still useful for developing kicking flexibility which can go a long way. But yea if youre using pure Tae Kwon Do someone is gonna take you down if theyre allowed to.
I respect how he's making zero excuses and taking the MMA fighter's criticisms to better himself.
Wow! He's the real man. Accepting the opponent's martial arts as a better one takes a lot of humbleness and sportsmanship. We need more people like him.
No, what you should say is, WE need to BE like him.
@@yrvjutrtubxsyi we also need to be like him. 👍🏻
@@fallahkhan3483 The thing is MMA pretty much has to be the most effective form of unarmed one on one combat by definition since its the least limited one. Sure its not completely without rules but as far as combat sports go its without a doubt the closest thing to simulating a real fighting situation against another highly trained individual we have. And therefor naturally the most effective techinques and aproaches under these cicumstances within the ruleset will prevail. Just like BJJ did for example. A pure striker probably still has the upper hand to a pure grappler but as soon as highly skilled BJJ practicioners started to understand the basics of stand up fighting, how to defend punches and how to take the fight to the ground, pure strikers and brawler were completely powerless against it and therefor had to adept. Now while still often specializing in one area, every MMA fighter has to at least understand the basics of multible combat sports to compete since it proved crucial to not know certain things. Pure BJJ blackbelt without standup will be knocked out with ease by a trained MT fighter. World class kickboxer without grappling will be put to sleep in a min or two by an experienced wrestler with solid groundgame. So if Akaido did work against other fighters under these circumstances we would at least occasionaly see some of its techinques beeing used in MMA like we do for example with judo tkd or karate. While not dominating the sport all these combat arts still have their place within professional MMA and therefor proved to at least situationaly work in real fights. So since we didnt see any Akido master/fighter successfully take and adapt his techniques to the sport of mixed matial arts, where by definition every matial art is allowed as long as it works, we can asume one od two things. Either no skilled eneugh Akido particioner has made it work yet which theoretically is totaly possible. MMA keeps evolving so we for sure havent seen it all yet and new aspekts keep being implemented. Or, whats way more likely in my opinion, it just doesnt reliably work against real fighters in a real fight. But a few years ago TKD was also being called useless until people got spinning back kicked the shit out of them and had to accept that some of its techniques might not be that useless after all.
:D The MMA dude lifts him up and then lowers him to the ground like a newly wed bride. Makes me chuckle. This MMA dude really is super nice.
Vlatko Šurlan best shit I’ve seen today lmao
Well, it wasn't a fight fight. It was more of a demonstration type thing. Once he got lifted up, the point was made, no need to actually hurt the guy. Shows the MMA dude's professionalism.
Because he knows he has the ability to f him up, but opts not to. The presenter is quite likeable, he wasted 13 years on a fake martial art, on some level he knew that going in. Any honourable MMA fighter would have given him the same treatment.
@DJ BLACKWHOLE Then don't put it on the same level as a martial discipline. Instead, teach and proclaim it to be something like yoga or old-people taichi.
@DJ BLACKWHOLE aikido is an excellent art in clenches, grabs, and closer ranges. Long range it is not very good simply because they do not practice much striking.
I give this man all the credit in the world for opening himself up to this. It takes a big person to be willing to put themself in a position that proves that something they've spent so much time perfecting is basically useless in a real fight situation. I'm guessing the he has grown significantly because of this experience.
I loved this video; honest and self actualized. Personally, I used a lot of aikido, and other classical Asian joint manipulations, etc as a bouncer and in law enforcement, but like you said (or eluded to) it is most efficient when applied within the context of non - compliant training, e.g. MMA, boxing, judo, BJJ, Catch, Muay Thai, etc. Again, awesome video! Should be mandatory watching for anyone interested in anything remotely related to martial arts, self defense, combat sports, etc. Great attitudes from everyone!!
Other traditional martial arts practitioners gets frustrated when getting ass kicked. But much respect to this guys. His humility will bring him on top.
I love it how honest this guy was. I have so much respect for him. He's a true example of the integrity that aikido philosophy I believe intends to preach.
Fantastic display of control from the MMA fighter, excellent attitude of humility and a desire to learn from the Aikido practitioner. Great sparring session, great video.
I cannot say enough how much I respect your humility. Good stuff bro!
Thank you 🙏
Take your 13 years of Aikido training, combine it with real fighting experience and take Aikido to the next level. Very humbled dudes. Kudos to both.
@@highviewseeker5415 There are aspects of Aikido that can help in other martial arts.
@@highviewseeker5415 Not really. In a street fight people are usually not that experienced. Knowing simple defensive techniques that are easy to perform and combine it with decent street smarts and ur set against mostly all street fighters. Honestly all those flashy techniques wont help u and aikido basic techniques will go along way.
@@anthonyargueta131 tell that to my buddy who thought he was could defend against a knife because of aikido an got himself stabbed
@@Mkvs68 no offense man and sorry for what happened to your friend also but if someone has a knife pull on you, you shouldn't engage em even if u know MAA. A person with a knife will win everytime unless ur someone who spares all the time and is a professional. You can blame Aikido but it's more like its the guys fault who pulled a knife because its rare for someone to even do any technique in any intense like that.
@@anthonyargueta131 what I'm tryna say is a lot of people have got hurt because of these fake teachings that don't really work in real life situations
Aikido may evolve to become more effective if there were more practitioners like you contributing
100%! Much like other arts, I'm certain there are viable techniques in Aikido that could be brought to MMA, but you have to train with resistance to figure those out.
Aikido will never become effective, unless it is trained with resistance but then 99% of techniques will go out of the window.
Hiro It's the other way around; Aikido is jutated from Judo.
@@gttechlife Aikido is only effective if someone's using a knife.... That is the reason it was formed. As a fighting style it sucks, there is other arts out there that pretty much cover grapples and submissions more effectively.
@@lorkhan8565 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH YOU THINK AIKIDO CAN DEFEND AGAINST A KNIFE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
My absolute respect my dude, watched some of your videos on Instagram, but you doing this won me over ! Keep training and keep spreading positivity!!
Years later, this video is still among, if not the most important catalog of data in the category of application and discovery in martial arts. Always nice to come back and watch it over, if not just to enjoy it again
This is one of the best and insightful video about the seemingly "untouchable" subject. Thank you for the effort and analysis!
Explain yourself.
I agree... Now I'm doubting this guy... I'm also a practitioner and I have done a bunch of sparring with MMA guy's definitely bigger than me and even found it easy... And all the techniques I learned from my master actually work against this types of fighters. The only thing that matter is don't try to remember the technique that you want to use just let it flow to you. And apply it effectively and try to use the more effective techniques. And if that guy really trains in aikido, he really needs more practice. Especially his focus this guy really lacks focus especially when fighting. Have you tried entering the flow state during battle?? or have you ever tried actual combat not sparring but a real fight??? probably not. Try to have harsher and more aggressive randori with attackers that will really try to kill you and with guys who knows different martial arts like karate, boxing, muay thai, taekwondo etc, and put guy's with weapons such as knives, sticks and bolos. That will probably enhanace your skill. That's how we practice and do Randori at our dojo. We invite different martial artist and have a fight with them and have harsh randori's. You've got more training to do. It's not that aikido didn't work its just that you don't know how to use it yet.
video! video! video!
Oh, show us! Show some of your sparring or live drills! Or someone else doing it!
Oh, show us! Show some of your sparring or live drills! Or someone else doing it!
I gave this video a like not because I like aikido or think it's effective, but beacuse I like how humble and sincere that was to just go out and test your skill against a good fighter. Kudos for that.
This dude should try a crowdfunding or whatever name and we could see his progress all the way until he is able to adapt aikido to the ringfights.
Catchjitsu has done it, if you're looking for pioneers. Search "Catchjitsu Aikido" on youtube.
crab man speaking as someone who trains Aikido and BJJ every week trying to adapt aikido to the ring will erode what the art does correctly, and is a wrong turn
People because of the mma hype try to shame everything that is not related to the 3 populars styles there. Catchjitsu is not so old, it's a waste he won't take parts in the circuits. To me, the biggest issue about mma and ufc is that the rules favor too much brazilian jiu jitsu for example. It may be shameful, but I'd like the revival of the old ufc where there was almost no rules, I know it's not safe and deaths could occur easily but at least it should exist legally. In most countries for random fighting and even selfdefense you can get sent in prison for a long time on worst cases. Martial artists that want to challenge themselves don't want to be forced to go to battlefields or undergrounds fights where dopping is a common thing. In history, martial arts were meant for survival and used in wars before guns appeared, it should not be lost in tradiational forms or sports. I'm not saying a martial art must become corrupted and diluted like WTF taekwondo (olympic circus)or the taichiqan with the martial arts material totally skippedby 99/100 teachers, but a "sports"branch should appear to not fall behind the "trends" of an era.
crab man if MMA favored BJJ then refs wouldn't stand fighters up all the time.
I love your honesty & what really lacked in a true fight. I myself practiced Aikido for 4 years & told my sensei we had a lot of things lacking as I also practice boxing, wrestling, kick boxing & very little judo & jujitsu. My sensei was stubborn, and i hated when we ended up me choking him w/ a rear naked. Aikido has good defense & foot work, w/ regards to life, but we also need to adapt the other' strength & accept our weaknesses so we can all get better. I would love to see more videos from you on how we can evlive & improve. More power to you sir!
With this video you really earned my respect. To devote your life to training 13 years and be able to make the comments you made is amazing and very humble. My hat is off to you!
I have WAAAY more respect for you, for being honest and honorable, than I do for all the fakers I see on KZhead. Kudos.
Proud, honesty is the best and ur a great martial artist
Thank you!
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i have mad respect for your honesty man, i was practising aikido for 2 years and i can't apply the technique on a real fight. Now i do boxing because your video enlightened me
Thank you for being humble. We love your attitude. Aikido mixed with striking might be a good tool to have in you Arsenal.
Hey brother, that took a LOT of balls! My respects to you! I started traditional arts in 1981, then after my first MMA fight, getting wiped out by a Muay Thai fighter in 1993, I tried to forget everything I’d learned from Karate, and switched to train under the Muay Thai fighter that kicked my ass, then finding BJJ in 1995. Never looked back. What you did, putting yourself and your style out there like that took a LOT of courage, and I wanted to be an old man who’s survived nearly 40 years and going strong in the arts, to salute you for taking that risk. I hope that it expands your world in whatever ways you’re hoping for.
It actually took a lot of what we call, GALL - not 'balls'. Your experience with Karate has NO bearing on the fact that this guy NEVER understood ['stood-UNDER-the -PRINCIPLES-of] HIS chosen art, Aikido. In other words, his whole presentation here is IRRELEVANT to those who DO understand and CAN apply aikido. You should try to NARROW down this guy's world, he's already 'expanding' it with WAY too much AIR. If you want to enrich your OWN journey, give the attention to REAL aikido practitioners who DO address the faults commonly criticized regarding the training methodologies of many aikido schools, and who prove that there IS validity to it, even if as PART of a training LIFE. All the best with YOUR journey bro, just take care that you're not being fooled by false 'humility' and fake 'honesty'.
@@jazzwarrior7206 sure thing chief. Aikido sucks regardless.
@@jazzwarrior7206 aikido doesn’t work. Again, Aikido DOES NOT WORK! You sound like a democrat talking about communism.
this cousin of mine, a former security personnel for a bank, told me about their training in Aikido and how he can easily escape from getting caught from behind... i told him i watch UFC a lot but never trained, so he wanted to demonstrate to me how he will escape in such a situation, so i took his back and gave him a RNC with some hooks on the leg... he couldnt escape and was fuming mad and told me to let go... LOL..
Maybe the choke he learned wasen't the one used in the UFC or he didn't train with resistance.
@@orangeman9237 thats mean Aikido is bulshit
@D core Stupid like your... what? Man bun? The man bun is only worn by superior fighting men. The bun is unbeatable. This was clearly staged...
@D core I would probably agree with you are opinion but I don't understand. Sorry.
To be fair it’s basically impossible to escape from a locked in rear naked choke with a body lock
Wow, I remember watching your Aikido videos like a decade ago and just recently got back into watching martial art KZhead videos. It’s so cool to see your first interaction with MMA and now you’re competing! So cool to see your “martial arts journey” through the years now and I wish you best of luck. I second, third, and repeat what everyone is saying, props for sharing and demonstrating humility. Keep it up! P.S. would also be kind of interesting to hear your wife’s opinion on it all!
I remember watching this when you first published it. I came back to share the love. Seeing your humility and willingness to learn inspires me.
I love how there is no ego here. What a great video. So different the X smashes Y ones I've grown accustomed to. Two classy martial artists comparing notes in a respectful and honest way. I love it!!
there is nothing martial about aikido, its just weeaboo dancing
@@cc1drt Do you know what "martial" means?
I came here expecting it to be a hype video for akido where you’d take someone who didn’t know shit about mma or just stage it. I was pleasantly surprised and I have to say that I respect what you did a lot. You were humble the whole time and kept it real. You didn’t make excuses and it took a lot of balls for you to do all this, well done!
Aikido guy got balls for putting his skills to the test against a trained mma fighter, something Steven Seagall never did.
Now this is the kind of Martial Arts critique i respect. Well done, no name calling or mocking done, no school boy verbal small talk. MMA wouldnt exist if there were no martial arts. There is no best martial art, they all have there place and my respect goes to every single dedicated and disciplined exponent, no matter the validated art. Salute to the makers of this video
I trained aikido for a few years and now do MMA, and in certain situations there are things you can use from the former to the latter, but most of the time? No. Great video, it's good to see someone who let's go of ego and looks at it unbiased.
Exactly.
Aikido seems to rely too much on using the opponent's strength against them. Leveraging their bodies in order to do the flips and joint locks. Which is great against someone who isn't expecting it and who isn't used to fighting. But in the ring, it loses all it's effectiveness because the opponent is expecting the grabs, and therefore reacting accordingly. That's my take on it at least.. As a martial arts enthusiast.
4xdblack yeah, I agree.
It looks like a ton of fun though.
In the old times it was effective in japanese medieval fights vs armored enmies soldiers but it was not the modern newly created aikido at this time. Remember that the ninjutsu gave birth "somehow" to japanese jiu jutsu, judo, and karate.
Akido needs this. Put it to the test so it can evolve. Too many people with egos are afraid to do what you did. Respect.
Your humility is admirable my friend. While maybe not as practical as MMA, after 13 years the art component of your style would be very beautiful and graceful, and indeed against an untrained opponent may yet be very effective. I wish you a safe and enlightening journey.
As a karate black belt, I was invited to train at an aikido class, and went along for a few weeks, I really enjoyed it and found the techniques very useful and effective when a wrist and a grab was involved, I was being redirected and thrown about like a rag doll (not learning to break my fall quickly enough made it painful on times 😂) The instructor and the other club members were really friendly and wanted to know how their techniques would fair in a sparring match. The main issue I found is that, as a trained fighter, you don't just throw one punch and leave it out there, you snap the punches back, and that is where the aikido punch and kick defence suffered, and the speed and variations of attack in quick combinations. But a drunk throwing a stiff arm from a mile away, and the aikido has a good chance. On a side note, I often hear people saying aikido is a fake martial art, which is not true by any means. When you see an aikido demonstration, both are skilled practitioners and the way they roll gracefully out of throws may make it appear 'fake'. They should get someone like me in to show what happens when they throw someone who doesn't know how to roll away gracefully, I'd be like a sack of sh!t hitting the mat 😂
This MMA guy is being extremely gentle with the Aikido guy (keeping it playful).
Chandler Prince Yeah sadly, 13 years of aikido could get knocked out by 6 months boxing is a good possibility from my observation
or 0 months of boxing and just 3 beers would probably knock him out too.
respeezy give the man a break, he just learnt that he's 13 years of practice couldn't do shit against an mma practitioner who went easy
Still he is keeping his ego intact by saying that nonsense about in a real fight it would be different, he needs to fully wake up.
respeezy why does it matter to you? Does his enjoyment of aikido somehow affect your life?
2 years on and still mad respect for this experiment. I had some similar experience with testing and eventually leaving Wing Chun. I genuinely felt I could fight, then I walked into a Muay Thai gym to spar. I now walk into that gym at least 2 times a week. Unless you've done it, there's nothing like having a false sense of confidence fall apart as it feels like your legs are going to 😅. No matter what you do, what you've done. You're a brave guy, without people like you that are willing to test Traditional Martial Arts they will never progess. I personally think it's less about technique (although it does play a part) it's more about training methods as I think this is a good example of how different training methods breed different results
The thing about Wing Chun is that it can actually be a devastating thing to add to your arsenal when you're ALREADY a good, trained martial artist. I used to love to suddenly pull some WC techniques out of my ass in the middle of kickboxing sparring, even if just to break the rhytm and be unpredictable. Aikido on the other hand... can't really see a situation in which any of this stuff would be useful in any way.
Ryszard Bizon IIRC, that's because Wing Chun is just outdated, but their techniques are originally based with actual fighting in mind. At least that's what Reddit told me.
@@illiiilli24601 there's a good video on here analysing Roberto Duran fighting on the inside. It's as good as practical Wing Chun as you'll get. A lot of Wing Chun is using close range fighting thinking it will work on the outside. A few sparring sessions in a boxing gym show that it breaks some of those absolute basic rules of reality.
Night_Walker 812 that’s wisdom. Thank you for sharing your experience.
I'm super surprised to hear someone say this concerning wing chun. I guess my instructor was kinda low tech and ghetto in his instruction. His first lesson was him with a short stick that was supposed to simulate a dagger. He poked and smacked me around for 15 minutes and asked me why I didn't run. He was a very practical man lol. Most everything he taught me was striking and foot work. He showed me all the forms but said I should learn how to get hit and hit back before even thinking about trying to use em. I'm no Bruce lee, but I learned how to handle myself pretty quick in a street fight.
Aikido alone is not enough that art is only good if your opponent is not moving or a dummy. 😭😭😭
Great display of humility and sportsmanship from both parties! Great vid!
I really wish there were more realistic videos in regards to fighting like this. No ego. No pride. Just an honest legitimate assessment of a style put to the test. Thank you for the humble video!
Thank you!
Just watch UFC 1.
I applaud you for having the guts to put yourself to a "REAL" test. I don't believe even a better Akidoist would have been any more successful. It is what it is.
Thanks
I am not an aikidoist as you say but how is this a real test? This is a ring, there following rules, there are no weapons involved, not potential threat of others joining in the fight. It's a sport fight. Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking sport fighting. It holds more self defense value than most but let's keep it real, it's not fully equipped for the realities of life and death conflict. Combat and sport are two words that have no place together.
John Savaria How the fuck is MMA not a combat sport? You think aikido is going to help you in a "real fight" more than ACTUALLY fighting? You're brainless, mate Your entire comment is all over the place. No direction, no structure. What point are you even trying to make?
I never said that aikido is a fighting art. it's not and was never supposed to be. People train in martial arts for many reasons not all of them for fighting. Combat and sport are two words that have no place together. I am not saying that MMA is bad or does not have a sound self defense value, but there is nothing combative about it. People toss around the word combat way to loosely. MMA is a great supplement to combat arts but not exclusively combat. You can't expect a one on one encounter, without weapons, following rules, a referee and mat in a life and death encounter. Standing in the static zone exchanging blows has limitations, and going to the ground can be suicide. Definitely pays to have that knowledge but immediately being able to drop and immobilize the threat is vital for military, law enforcement and general citizens in a street attack. It's not as exciting to watch as sport fighting but it's not supposed to be.
what MMA tournaments & UFC are not combat. Sparing is not combat. There are no rules, referees, or time outs, in combat... & tapping out means you are dead. Combat is a life & death fight. Roman gladiator tournaments were combat. War is combat. Learn the difference instead of resorting to strawman arguments.
Imagine if this dude was one of them "I want to fight when I spar" kinda guys, sheeeshh. Glad to woke up dude. Best of luck in the mma journey
Great video! I worked in a county jail for 20+ years before retiring. I began training in Aikido during my first week on the job, as that was what they taught us at work. I also received personal training on a regular basis for the first 2 years with a 9th Dan Aikika who taught me a number of techniques that comprised Iwama-style Aikido. I’ve mixed it up plenty of times with convicts during my 20+ years in jail, and based on my experience when you’re being attacked by a true hard and fast hitting thug, using Aikido techniques never entered my mind. But when dealing with a convict who is passively resistant or mildly physically resistant (e.g., doesn’t want to let you put cuffs on him), Aikido was HIGHLY effective. I effectively used countless times techniques such as Sankyo (katame waze), Ikkyo, and Kote-Gaeshi (Wrist Reversal). My personal opinion is that every law enforcement officer should train in various forms of martial arts, but learning Aikido should be mandatory training for officers.
Look up daito ryu aikijujitsu. You might like it too
He basically can only use the Aikido techniques when the partner perform exactly like the routine training. With any minor change, he is not capable of using any of those learned techniques. Sad though.
@@kwjtam Aikido does have its limitations, but as a person who has years of Aikido training and who has put it to use in corrections many times, I can honestly say that it’s definitely an effective way to escape and evade and to gain a passively resistant person’s compliance through pain-compliance techniques.
The ultimate goal of Aikido, they say, is a loss of one's ego. This guy reached a master level - his humbleness and willingness to "lose" to another style after 13 years of practicing is totally admirable. At his state of non-ego, he may actually never get into a situation to need to fight for real. Isn't that the ultimate mastery? So, in this regard, this video does actually show that Aikido is the best martial art. Kudos and thank you for this eye-opening.
Humility can be demonstrated by anyone. Humility has nothing to do with martial arts training. Meditation and self reflection... and perhaps some psychedelics will do wonders for your humility.
Seagal seems to have completely failed that lesson. Kind of went the opposite way with the ego thing.
yh sure thats cool how your losing your ego but its not cool how aikido is advertising it self as self defence where it has a very high ego of doing so as it s very misleading. Think about all the millions of people akido dojos have cheated and scammed saying that 'its so dangerous and effective' as a self defence then to be bashed by some drunk guy. It should be advertised like tai chi as a purely non applicable 'martial art'.
Michal Novak yes you are right, that is the true aikido, not fighting. But he didn’t actually use aikido, he was overwhelmed and failed to use even the most basic of tehniques (atemi, which is a distraction simultainious to an attack, like a double attack). I’ve been practicing for 23 years and i think i know a thing or 2. He is still verry young in this art and he should practice a lot more before he can pretend to be able to spar with such an adversay. It’s like i would want to spar with one of my yellow belt students, it’s just not fair.
Michal Novak, he could easily get into a situation because his low ego will be taken as a sign of weakness, always be prepared to show and exhibit aggression and fighting ability they are the best deterrents by far.
RESPECT my friend! No egos! You guys were awesome
0 Ego , both guys . Great video, i really admire the Aikido practicioner stepping out of his comfort zone. Keep it up, i just subscribed and i am glad i found this channel.
What a great educational video from both guys. Kudos!
Love this channel and what you bring brother !! Osss, a true martial artist
Yepp...No sparring-no feeling for fight...You have realistic and honorable approach and that deserves BIG RESPECT. Keep up with great work. Grettings from Croatia. Mario.
desi gabudee
Sparring is in sport and there is as much real "fight" in sparrings as there is in chess match. The difference is that chess players dont put "Martial Arts" in the name to trick people into thinking that they are watching martial art not a sport.
Both of you displayed the very best part of martial arts, showing good judgment and integrity in a situation that could have easily become quite hostile.
Seeing this after watching the self defense championship, I am SO PROUD of you!
For any martial art to be effective on the street or battlefield, we need to do lots of full contact free sparring. We need to learn to deal with resistance from our attacker.
Respect!
Voce por aqui
Are you still alive? @Pedro Amaral
voce aqui, virou comentador, ta em todo lugar hahahaha, gostava muito dos seus videos de parkour
When you're building a house and you put the plumbing in, you don't immediately build the walls around the pipes; you charge the lines with water and see where the leaks are (and there always are leaks). You fix them, then you build the walls. You've taken your martial art out into the world to see where the leaks are and I totally respect you for it.
I always thouth you build foundations first, then the walls, then follow up with plumbing, electrics and finally decorating and furnishing????
As a licensed plumber I gotta say, you must be a pretty shitty plumber if you ALWAYS have leaks in a wall
Respectfully, entertainment value aside, you two (UKrissy and Triioop) miss the point of this comment by Dard. He's offering a PHILOSOPHY for a lay person (one watching this video, about martial arts, not about DIY plumbing), not a METHODOLOGY for someone who's building a house and doing the plumbing. I for one find what Dard said a good point, something that would belong on a bumper sticker, if only it'd fit. What he's saying is that one ought to guess AND check, not just guess. And that wisdom, well-said, is precisely what the host of this video is doing (not saying, just actually doing). You two, your comments are cleaver, yet out of place and unhelpful (I'm sorry). Dard, while I have a lot to say to the gentleman who hosted this video but haven't yet exactly worked out what that is, I just want to say to you, your succinct analogy hits home with me and gives me a lot to think about in my own professional life which I may now try viewing from a different and more positive angle given the true substance behind what you wrote here. I just want you to know someone out here in the chaos of KZhead appreciates your contribution (and again, I mean no offense to the two viewers who already offered their witty comments).
@@robertdlithgow thanks! 🙌
Certainly is HIS martial art, not Morihei Ueshiba's that's for sure. The flooding that you call 'leaks' is all his own doing, not aikido's. Your sentiment is well meant, but Rokas doesn't deserve it here.
You're the most honorable, noble person I saw among martial arts practitioners.. Don't hesitate to respect a person like you! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Your approach to this is so humble and open. Other Aikido practitioners should learn from your humility. In my opinion Aikido can have a place in the martial arts world but it should not overstep its place. I think an aikido gym can be a great place to learn discipline, improve health, and be a part of a community. You explained this well in the closing statement of the video. You got yourself another subscriber. Your open-mindedness is awesome and I hope it will be contagious to those who watch.
I love your honesty and dignity man. Total respect for you! That was a great video. Thanks.
Thank you!
Oss. Lot's of respect. Not many people will go out of their comfort zone and with such honesty. I have done many Martial Arts in the past but since 2004 I have been sticking to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I have tried Aikido, it is a very beautiful, elegant and difficult martial art to master. As for training, as long as you are having fun, it doesn't matter what you are learning.
Much respect to the Aikido gentleman for being so honest in this situation.
the humility is very admirable. Never stop learning.
3:51 Oh my goodness this is such a sweet moment. What a considerate sparring partner. Edit: Also, mad respect to the uploader for doing this and actually seeking reality in a way that more traditional martial artists should
Uhm maybe they're gay?
Jesmar Rex he’s talking when he got the take down and had him lifted in the air he could of slammed him into the ring but he let him down easy
@@jesmarrex3006 just because youre gay dont assume everyones gay
love the respectful way this is treated.
The mma guy was very humble and disciplined with his sparring. he could have embarrassed aikido by actually trying to connect with his punches.
He already embarrassed him 5x over. I can't imagine dedicatign 13 years of my life to something and still being mediocre at it.
@@ubong5172 he's not mediocre at it. The discipline just isn't useful for combat
@@eamonreidy9534 It's a combat discipline. What the hell is it useful for then LMAO
@@ubong5172 Because it's next to useless versus other martial arts.
@@ubong5172nothing it's useless
Strikes me that the main problem with Aikido is that the point of it is no aggresssion and that aggression is actually required in a combat scenario. You see tue same thing with some of the Tai Chi masters when they get in the ring with a boxer, Thai or Queensbury or an MMA guy. They appear overwhelmed by the aggression and physical intimidation of the fighter.
So this is a PRIME example of something that is woefully inadequate in many "traditional" martial arts schools. That is the lack of full contact sparring. You can drill technique and hit pads for 15 years but until you face someone who is actively trying to attack/resist you you will have no clue what to do. You could even train MMA for years not sparring, and the minute you get into the ring with someone even going 60% your skills will revert right back to that first day you stepped in the gym. Getting hit is scary, it hurts, it is frustrating and it is disorienting/confusing especially at first. When you spar consistantly you will learn how to take punches and how to avoid panic and flinching, you gain confidence to implement defensive techniques with a clear head and how to begin weaving your own strategies. I would be FAR more scared of getting to a fight with some untrained guy who gets in a lot of bar fights vs a karate master of 30 years who has never even sparred full contact because the street fighter is not going to panic when you attack him . I was an amateur boxer when in my late teens and early 20s and also did some mma and muay thai. It takes along time even sparring 3-4 times a week to get to the point where you feel somewhat comfortable in the ring against another trained fighter. Getting hit SUCKS, you just have to learn the techniques to ignore the pain and fear to be able to function effectively. And in the end, not everyone can do it and they quickly learn that actually fighting isn't for them and they either quit or just train for fun. Great video
Is it even possible to condition yourself to get hit in the solar plexus? When my guard is weak, I usually get hit there.
Yeah you will never learn to fight if you don't fight
Agree 💯 percent learning how to fight means you have to fight period
Jay you are absolutely right. It’s true in other high contact sports as well. Track guys can come play WR or CB and run routes or coverages on the practice field. But you’re not a football player until you get hit or deliver a hit. Then it gets real. I love that the Aikido artist was not delusional and knew going in that this was going to be different than any of his previous 13 years of Aikido. That humility made it easy for the MMA fighter to be gracious and helpful. The Aikido artist showed honest respect to the fighter and the fighter showed respect back and was willing to teach. Great video.
MrSucc i believe that the solar plexus is one of those parts of the body that you can't train to become more resistant , just like getting hit in your balls or your jaw.
thank you man, such a nice and real video with such genuine kool people...this is what arts and sports are all about
Thanks
Aikido is a waste of time, this video literally tells you that. I'm sure aikido has history and is very interesting to learn, but let's face it, people want to be confident and tough especially the freaks and physcopaths what walk our streets today, and the skirts you have to wear.......just says it all.
Really. Many martial arts guys are egotistical jerks.
I wonder , defense is the total show in martial arts , not offensive fighting , a defensive fighter allows the offensive fighter to make the mistakes .
madmar 2612 not a wast of time by no means. You have to remember in MMA it’s a study of all martial arts,not just one. Put a guy in there with a Karate only background and it would be that same result.
Yo Rokas, bro you look better and much healthier in your newest videos. Congrats on following up on your journey all these years later.