Kick Defenses: Intermediate Aikido Techniques : Pressure Point Strike: Aikido Roundhouse Kick Defense

[ett40146]

If only more instructors and schools taught like you, people wouldn't be so skeptical of aikido.

[Ejaazi]

If he is a trained kicker, you're gonna need to throw an atemi to his face first and then strike the pressure point. Good video.

[spacecadet35]

I'm just wondering how often people in real life do a roundhouse kick to the upper arm.

[koklohnat]

blbecku

[iTzXainn]

Though, if I go into a bar fight and throw a guy with a knife in his hand through the air into a wall, on his ass.. Whatever, he would probably not get back up. A friend of mine has trained in Judo, Kempo and TKD... He's a 4th degree in TDK and has his own school. I can easily beat him using Beginner Aikido techniques.

[armagibson]

@iTzXainn probably if you use submissions yes...

[iTzXainn]

Aikido is all about self defense, most of the strikes aren't allowed in MMA rules. MMA is not fighting, it's not a street fight. Aikido, and many other styles are made for merely street defense.

Muay Thai, Judo, Jiujitsu, etc so forth are all tournament/competing friendly.. Another example is Taekwondo. Sure Muay Thai, has MANY strikes which would also be illegal, but it also has way more things that would be legal.

If I go into a cage and throw someone through the air.. Is he going to stop?No

[newtubetubetube]

@AfallenBodhisattva why? That must have been amazing learning opportunity.

If you don't like pain, just a little, you are in the wrong field.

[Elhuggante]

or a junk punch 00:26

[MartialValor]

id break his arm if he tried to catch my kick like that. Any proper kick thai or karate or tkd would hurt him.

[newtubetubetube]

LOL@MartialValor Roundhouse kick don't break anything. I often argue that roundhouse kick are not proper kick, but this video is about them. It is not about 'proper' kick.

Any fool kicking higher then suigetsu deserve to get owned this way.

[buddy2000529]

I prefer the method were you block it, while moving it downward into a knee lock.

BECAUSE YOU DON"T TRY TO BLOCK A ROUNDHOUSE KICK STRAIT ON!

[n4rr0x]

damn, a real kick would break is arm if he is catching a kick like that.

NOT good

[zx14Busa]

you go and try

[heathirving]

@n4rr0x

not if you move properly

[20nineaug94]

there goes your arm/ribcage if a taekwondo was to roundhouse kick you.

[PiedPiper97601]

I don't know how expertvillage finds these people, but this demonstration (teaching) is ridiculous. IF this is "intermediate" Aikido, I dread to discover what "advanced" technique will be.

[MrKantzler]

in aikido you should not want to receive a kick, nor even block it with your hands, especially those upper kick footballing your head. the primary aim is to pass the attack, then help an attacker to fall or at least move by. this principle was not shown here

[Ricewin]

I see... so to stop a mawashi geri chudan-yodan??? (in this case performed at the wrong height!!!!!! in which you have the least probability to cause damage) you must let it hit u hard...

maybe the work around pressure points is fine (I do not really know much about it, but it seems to deal around the same place we try to hit sometimes with mawashi gedan) but you should annalyse better the way u deal with what is actually the most critical part of receiving a kick.

hope it helps

[Zeus184]

That is not an advisable way to 'catch' a roundhouse kick.

[MrJfm62]

@Zeus184

u can do it this way as long aa you side step a litle when you receive roundhouse kick followed by quick punch, grab, pull then sweep. its should be combination of strikes or counter attack.

[Zeus184]

@MrJfm62 It depends on the speed of the attacker's kick, you could do it that way if it was a chambered and heavy roundhouse and provided you possess the requisite physical strength, but that is not to be relied upon - my rule is if a person could not do it a certain way due to physical limitation, then there is a better way to make the norm; Jiu-jitsu and Ninjutsu at optimum levels would apply a lateral cross-block & hook to 'catch' a roundhouse kick, where it was necessary to do so.

[wisd0m18]

not adivisable!!!!!!!!

[Davidol]

Catching the kick like that is a sure way to cause serious bodily harm, too yourself.

[fireflyrad]

@Davidol aikido practices to take down and cause injury to limbs. and they train and do that by catching the kick.

[CHRISISIIS]

tried the arm thing on myself actually hurts pretty bad

[hencrazy]

why cant you just trip the guy? If you have one of his legs, can you just knock the other one out from under him?

[ThatSatyr]

@hencrazy The knee is fragile. Striking it is almost guaranteed injury. This video is of an 'Aikido' technique, therefore the focus of this technique is the immobilization of the opponent while causing no damage to it's body.

[fireflyrad]

@hencrazy you can. but thats not what they are teaching in this video.

[RebelWrestler45]

This video should be entitled, how to successfully take a shin to the face.

[psikor81]

@RebelWrestler45

Thats true

[Igneousdragon]

kewl

[beardydave]

Who selects the 'experts' in the village. I ain't going to live there if these guys are teaching... Sorry but true.

[jeffnicholas16]

no pressure points work on everybody. and we all have the same pressure points on our body therefore it is a reliable way of attack.and that is why he said he wasnt going to do it to the other leg so he didnt drop him on the ground

[shaolinsnarf]

no really they dont...they are people who are NOT bothered by them..i know 4 people personally that just straight up dont feel them...try it yourself you will find someone]..or google it

[shaolinsnarf]

and dont get me wrong i respect the arts..it just fact...certain people dont feel them at all...im one of them..clavicle....the filtrum under the nose.....the one hes using in the video...i know because ive had them beaten bad..i studied a lot of arts..it just isnt safe to teach pressure point fighting...its best to rely on something everyone can do effectively

[80KungFu]

I actually agree with you. Its so hard to strike a small pressure point in the heat of a fight. Its better to attack bigger targets that are easier to hit like the solar plexus, the nose, the ears, the biceps, the ribs, the knee etc..

[rickygo4th]

@shaolinsnarf You're right, My Sensei always teaches that a person cannot rely on pressure points to help win a fight. Just because, as you said, some people can't even feel them! It's something good to know, but do not rely on it to save your life...

[shaolinsnarf]

Problem....pressure points should never be relied on and effect most but not all people...there is no follow up.that is a biig mistake..that does work for the kick but wheres the sweep or strike after??it is completely necessary...in no way do i mean to disrespect aikido...but for real cmon

[mccheck]

this guy moves like shit.

[aikijudo100]

this might be effective in a brawl.... being prepared was always a teaching of martial arts..... bruce lee once said that a good martial artist is a guy who takes a fight not in a tensed manner but seriously, readily, effectively, and properly..... R.I.P. LEE JUN FAN..... your little dragon spirit lives in us!!!

[JVThrillz]

Wasn't a very effective block but the striking point is correct.

[bushwhacker2k]

It looks ineffective, but if you catch the knee their kick is effectively cancelled.

[belekoty]

Aikido is joke... Try to do this with a real mawashi geri!  :-)) Clown...

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

It was a question for the Sensei.

It was a question about aiki not BJJ or anything else.

Evidently your aiki school has a different philosophy... which would explain your aggression too.

(Assuming you train at an aiki school and are not just a youtube martial artist.)

And it wasn't an "Asian attack" it was just a question which is fair enough considering aiki comes from this country.

I assume you feel free to comment on martial arts that were developed in your country.

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

I have never seen that in aikido before.

What is the name of that technique?

Do you think budo can be learned by watching videos - and do you think it is OK to just learn technique and not learn about the spirit of aiki?

What do you think, Sensei?

[dasgregorian]

I took a break from Aikido for a while to study Capoeira. Eventually you realize a limb's a limb. Any kick can be countered like a punch... just upside down.

For a double leg take down like MMA people like, my first response is an aiki version of an MMA sprawl... I just stay standing up. That take down hands me the attacker's balance on a silver platter! They lean forward, I simply push down on the back of their shoulders before they get my legs. Easy.

[c1t4d3l]

whats the defense to a douvle leg takedown?

[imbrd]

bring both of your legs down before ur oponent does it for u- :)

[animebest099]

lol

[Cactapunk]

I've seen a few of this type of video, but none of them anticipated a higher kick. I've never sparred someone who tried to kick me just under the shoulder.... i wonder what the defense for a kick about 9 inches higher would be... if the assailant were aiming for the head?

[Froinlaiven]

Lower the body and proceed into a foot/leg lock and then a take down and a pin. Also striking the knee holding the weight will end any further kicks from the opponent in that confrontation. Be very careful when striking the leg holding up your attacker as it could do permanent damage. Also a low duck with a strike to the portion of the hip pointing downwards with a fist can limit your attackers mobility and ability to launch further strong kicks.

[dasgregorian]

If they're aiming for the head and you step into them even slightly, their shin hits below your shoulder. Make a circle around their leg to catch it from going down the way THEY want to, and push down on the back of their shin to destroy their balance... have fun from there.

All Aikidokas should practice with some capoeistas at some point, if they can. If you want to learn to defend a kick... train against someone who does capoeira.

[mfisker]

vulnerable to a hook kick

[kickmasta]

oh man.. can feel the icing in my muscles just by watching.. that hurts so insanely when done right.. nicely done !

[mgbrawl]

this strike is also used by muay thai practitioners when they've caught a leg. one tecnique includes a spinning back elbow. little too fancy 4 my liking tho. prefare the pressure point that turns people off..........a good ol straight to the jaw.....

[waterballon38]

partner >_> there just your kicking dolls xD

[jmikejapan]

I don't get it,can you make another video that's longer with you hitting him on the same leg as hard as you can for 10 min. or so? At my dojo when we are shown pressure points,we will some times say,I'm sorry can you do that again I wasn't paying attention!

Just to piss our friends off.

[Icepackicy]

bet the black belt guy don't wanna see any more pressure points ... HA ..