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  • When your mind is empty ...you can stay ahead of your opponent. I think they call it Mushin or Samadi or even Zen. Emptying your mind allows you to move more intuitively and this is a great advantage. Good Aikidoist should be meditators.

  • Young Steven show his skillful demonstration. But also we can see his destructive showmanship. In his demonstration, I can't feel the mood of peace.

  • what the fuck is the music in this video?

  • This is amazing ive never actually seen Steven practicing Aikido but it really is a wonderful art but it takes someone very skillfull to pull it off for street fights. It does work, all the founder seems to have done is take out lethal moves and the stabbing/finishing part at the end. Normally throws which dont maim/kill end up with the samurai tanto in your ribs. For peace time a minor concussion is acceptable

  • He Really Likes Kotegaeshi. Haha :))

  • The founder of Aikido Morihei Ueshiba Didn't intend for Aikido to be used for fighting but for peace. He was originally a Swordsman & practitioner of several old Jujutsu Ryu. IMHO, Aikido died with him as he could really make the techniques work due to his vast knowledge of Jujutsu and his fighting experience. Problem with Aikido now is that Practitioners think they can do what O-Sensei could do but without fighting for real against resisting opponents...Not!! there is no magic in fighting!

  • Aikido has come along way since ueshiba. Its better now than its ever been. Flaws are being ironed out  all the time. Granted some detail has been lost but people as well as ironing out the flaws are rediscovering that lost detail thats the difference between making it work and it being as anti aikidoka like to call it a dance. As far as the real side with resistance goes its there its called toshu or tanto randori mate. Your both tori and neither wants to be thrown. Its not all coperation

  • Aikido is like the best martial art

  • What is the song!!? :o

  • are you sure that he isn't use force?

  • ai ki do the one universe

  • BANG BANG BANG.....BANG BANG

  • wonderfull... Now I know how to protect myself against someone who runs vs me as a stupid and jumps alone on the ground...

  • The "jumps" are controlled "falls" so the uke does have his wrist-elbow-shoulder shattered to a thousand pieces...

  • I mean DOES NOT of course...

  • That's aikido for you.

    A fucking joke.

  • Its called ukemi. In a fight you aren't going to flip. You're going to try to resist like a tough guy and that resistence is going to break your wrist.

  • about 15 yers ago I practice 3 years aikido under 4th Dan AIKIKAI Master in a dojo with several 1th and 2th dan hakamas, after that I found my way in JKD (the more extreme side oriented to real fighting and MMA) and took instructorship in the following ten years of practice... If you practice aikido as personal study and perfection method I don't doubt it's a great system, but I found it unusefull in fighting....

  • I am not a practicioner of Aikido. I was responding to the ignorant statement about the Uke

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  • What is the song's name????

  • some fucking good shit....

  • very good ukemi, the ukes should get the credit.

  • Aikido is da shat.

  • your shit, asshole....

  • aikido is great

  • hi,even if ur iranian or anybody else doesnt matter,its how hard you train that counts,bruce lee said one day that all martial arts are efficient but it depends how you apply it .take care!

  • the only person that comes to mind that received such high ranking as 5th Dan that i can think of that deserved it would be Seagal. and or has the talent to back it up. but im not saying dyzina doesnt ,but i highly doubt it.

  • So people like Tomiki ,Shishida , yamada, shioda, Nariyama , uno, saito etc etc didnt desurve there grades no? Even though there level of skill is far beyond segals and no disrespect to segal he put the work in to get where he is. but its just a fact. You are having a laugh aint you?

  • Strenght is nothing compared to the power of the Mind, and when combined these 2 you have a strong ki which is the escence of aikido. This video shows it. Great thanks for posting

  • Man, Seagal is a WRECKING BALL! I've seen this countless of times and wish I was this fluent in class.

  • What is the song's name????

  • all these guys are tiny...there is no way he could toss up a boxer or heavyweight person like that...I am Iranian and this kind of fight is a joke. in Iran we just attack the eyes and it looks like his eyes are always unprotected.

  • Go to your nearest Aikido Dojo and find out.

  • He's almost 6'5" and about 250lbs there. But say what you want about it. It's a free world in CyberSpace. It works in real life. I get lots of practice.

  • Kevinatucia, There is no way you could get close to his eyes,you would be on the ground and not even see what hit you. I don't care how big you are.There are only a few people skilled enough to take ukemi from him.

  • size and strength dont mean a thing. In fact if you are useing muscle you are doing it wrong . Everything should be soft. The best aikido always happens when you are so tired you simply having got and muscle to put in. You cant cheat it then. A big man is week in all the same directions as a small man. Big or small its just energy to be harmonized with. As for attacking the eyes if he maintain correct distance you wont be able to reach them.

  • aikido is the best:D its just...i dont even know how to comment it... its to good :):)

  • kotegaeshi =)

  • Participated in a seminar and learned a lot about Aikido. Saw him performing Randori and that was awesome - and believe me I have seen many good martial artists.

    So Steven is a great martial artist!

    And that is despite the fact, that he married the right wife to boost his black belt degrees (might have been love, though) and his acting abilities...

  • i love aikido so simple but so effective especailly mixing with some ji jutsu and vale tudo the best

  • aikido came in handy for me.Trained for 6years on and off. Subdued a mentally distured man without injuring him

  • Traditional aikido is like a "dance" and uke doesn't show resistance against tori, that can't be aplicated to a real fight.seagals aikido is the only one that can be aplicated like a martial art in a real situation.

  • I will send $50 to whoever can correctly tell me the name of the song and its artist.

  • the clip is taken from a documentary called "The Path Beyond Thought".

    music by: Tommy Foster, Jr.

  • Where do I send the check?

  • Aikido is the most effective defensive technique in self defence. The art is to use his opponent momentum and set off his CG to makes the fall.

    Don't full around with Aikido expert. He/she could makes you looks like an idiot.

  • Segal kicks so much ass it's not even funny.

  • Just a note for those who think this is fake. I have a 5th degree black belt and a couple other 3rd degrees in various styles. Two styles I train are very similar to aikido. Yes, the guys in the video are relaxing and flowing with the techniques Steven Seagal is doing to them. However, this is because the moves can be devastating if they don't.

  • If you resist a move that is twisting your joints in directions they aren't supposed to go, they can and will be damaged severely. So, in a real situation the attacker might not look all pretty and fly through the air so fluidly, but they will be hurt depending on how much pain/damage the defender wants to inflict. One of the ultimate goals of aikido is harmony with nature and your attacker and to not do harm to your attacker.

  • @drunkenmaster021

    Young Steven show his Randori skills. But also we can see his destructive showmanship.

    In his demonstration, I can't feel the mood of peace.

    If he could not practice peace, he is just 'destructive dancer' who throw away his parter in dancing.

  • @drunkenmaster021

    Young Steven show his Randori skills. But also we can see his destructive showmanship.

    In his demonstration, I can't feel the mood of peace.

    If he could not practice peace, he is just 'destructive dancer' who throw away his parter in dancing.

  • WOW!!! great video truely an amazing aikidoka

    john espy blue belt

  • Now that's aikido!!!!!

  • These techniques were not developed to entertain people watching YouTube; they evolved over centuries as a way of defending against attacks that actually occurred. Necessity is the mother of all invention.

  • When a baseball team practices they take infield where the coach hits ground balls directly toward each player all in order and they field the ball and make the throw to first. In a game situation no one says to the batter "can you hit the ball directly to our shortstop so he can throw you out at first?" but in order to be prepared to make that play in the game, you have to go through a choreographed training. For them, it's "infield." For others, it's Aikido

  • I could go on for days with analogies (jazz musicians practicing scales to become better improvisers; student-teaching; anytime you ever see FAQs)For some reason training in pre-arranged hypotheticals in any other situation is acceptable to all these cats but in martial arts you better be able to fight a whole bar after your first class or it's all fake and useless.

  • Of course its unrealistic, how do you expect people to train? If i tried to punch my sensie with intent hed flatten me.I used tenchi nage once in a fight, albeit the guy didnt flip nice and pretty like in these demos, but he hit the deck very hard and didnt come back.

  • unarmed combat:

    bjj/jj/judo > aikido

    Someone attacks a bjj fighter with a knife = dead bjj fighter

    In a comic manner, I'd love to see a pure BJJ fighter or some other expert MMA (combat sport) stylist try to fight off a guy with a sharp knife, what's he gonna do? Crouch down low and try to flying armbar the kinfe guy?

  • guy with sword attacks guy with knife = dead knife carrying hoodlum. guy with gun attacks guy with sword, no more swordsman. Guy with nuclear weapon of mass destruction attacks guy with gun, dead marksman..right?

    so I guess for that matter, unless you're a member of the Fantastic 4 or something, you shouldn't even bother.

  • Let me tell you some thing mate i have been doing aikido for the past 8 years and hold a 1st dan i have been attacked before and used this to defend myself, granted it wasn't as clean etc and he did get nutted but the way i held myself and reacted had alot to do with aikido, in a REAL fight anything goes so there for all arts BAR thai boxing have limits!!!!!

  • You were a fucked up student because in 8 years having just one dan is like a kid 8 years old who is not able to talk , walk, ect. I have a long time reading comments about aikido and everybody talks shit.

    If a person knows aikido very well is able to resist over 10 oponents and able to kill them. Aikido is samurais martial art.

  • Aikido is NOT samuria martial art at all i think you'll find that's jui jitsu!!!!! get fact's straight.. also i started aikido 8 years ago in that time i have also been training in thai boxing as i think it's a more realistic combat form and as far as resisting 10 people your full of shit in a live situation if theres more then 3 your fucked,GET REAL!!!!

  • hello McFly! Aikido COMES from a ryuha of jujutsu. duh. Study!

  • You had want to come up for some air pal.

    Aikido was not samurai martial art.

  • I own 5 degree belt and i know what i am talking about. I meant it looks like samurai martial art.

  • You live far from me because i was going to show you real aikido. i have almoust 10 years in aikido and i hold the fifth dan. I work night time as a bouncer in manhattan and you have no idea how many asses i kicked. Sometimes fighting with more than 6 people. I reveal one secret, i am cro cop cousin. Check him on the internet. You will see me there training him.

  • and i give a shit!!!!!! i don't need to brag about how many "asses" i've kicked our who is in my family, i have something which you seem to lack INTELLEGENCE!!!

  • Intelligence, that is true but i have so many victories in the matches, i so stupid and intelligent people but all of them lost against me.

  • As an Aikidoka, you missed the whole point of the art. I'm ashamed of you.

  • I'm doubtful you even study Aikido.

  • I can throw around loose facts and over glorified opinions of myself aswell. Whats your point?

  • RyuuKyuzo, You don't even need to waste your time with this Dyzina guy... he says he holds a 5th dan in aikido after only 10 years of training.. that alone proves he's nothing but lies.

  • dyzina, 10 years in Aikido would NEVER get ANYONE a 5th dan.

    Everything you say is very 'un-aikidoish'.. please stop the lies.

  • just meet me and you will see.

  • the song? its a drummed beat that the japanese used to ward off enemies

  • who is song?

  • I have to see real life application...

    Demonstrations are too planned, and predictable.

    A full contact fight event maybe...

    I trained in martial arts for years, and learned some interesting concepts...but if they cant be applied in a real life situation its useless.

    Aikido seems pretty "useable"....

  • i just love him!!!!

  • aikido just great.

  • Exellent vid. !!! I'd like to learn Aikido.

  • Want to see real Aikido in action?

    watch?v=gEDaCIDvj6I

  • jeminijem2#

    What the hell are you talking about?

    That video isnt aikido.

  • To all those not totally convinced about the effectiveness of this art trust me you really have no clue do you. Ten years on the doors and twenty years on the mat and teaching the art for the last three, believe me oh disbelievers, IT WORKS. Ihave put myself through hell for the art and spent many hours soaking in hot baths to soothe my aching muscles and bones. I am kinda thinking that those who disbelieve really do not understand the sense or purpose of Budo.

  • Oh, dear. He was badly dressed even back then...

  • whats the name of this song?

  • great footage a pleasure to watch.

  • Unrealistic. Not effective for real fighting.

  • If ya didnt notice they started out slow so it looks unrealizstic but when done in realtime, its very effective. Remember that these Aikido is from jujitsu which uses the same locks and pressure points as sometime like brazilian jujistsu. And yes this stuff works against a 250+ guy, Ive seen it. And no he was not a student.

  • i like this martial artits like theatre for ladies and little girls.

  • that was like 100 lbs ago.

  • 100 pounds ago?

  • Great music.

  • The best martial arts actors don't exactly make the best movies. The better the martial artists the worst the acting abilities are. Its like a graph relly.

  • Its like the South Park scientology episode where Stan finds out he is a fucked up, angry, troubled soul after taking a "personality test". I guess if you feel you need "fixing" you are more likely to join up right?

  • Ai-ki-do. The Mastery of this Art gives you special powers. May the force be with you my young padawan learners.

  • Haha troubled soul indeed- Maybe I should join your cult-I have seen the light!. I am very angry at Steven because I think I may have suffered some internal damage through laughter last time I rented one of his films.

  • Aikido logic

    Person A " Steven Segal is not a good actor is he"

    Aikidoka "you do not understand his enlightened way, you show weakness and anger, his is a higher path"

    Pesron B "Surely he just can't act"

    Aikidoka " You lack the depth to see his profound, sensitive performance, he is beyond your level of comprehension" And so on.

    Like Segals acting, Aikult do will rightfully recieve negative remarks. No defensive agressive arguments will change this.

  • Are you angry at Steven Segal...or just angry. I believe that Aikido may have much to offer a troubled soul such as yourself. There is no greater force than the preservation of life. Just think happy thoughts...Mnnnnkayyyy? Seriously dude...you need to realize the power of "CHILL".

  • Aikido is fairly new, so of course it's going to have ties with other backgrounds. From what I read and based on other comments I've read Aikido is almost like another step in the process of becoming badass. Why ls would someone who has training in another form go over to a completly new form? Positive: Aikido is a higher form Negative it's easier to become badass then in other forms. Misspellings of mine are acknoledged.

  • Further problems with Aikido

    1.Old man Ueshiba, fused some arts together, but decided his ego wasn't being stroked enough, so he created Aikultdo.

    2. Aikultdo zombies pollute the MA world with their heady mix of zen psychological jargon and lacklusture techniques.

    3. Aikultdo members were unloved by their mothers so spend all thier time trying to gain love through infecting the world with thier black skirted dance.

  • You have much anger and disrespect in you rollingfists...consider an internal art. Peace of mind is the ultimate weapon.

  • This cult member uses the standard Aikido psychological jargon when he gets upset. He has learned well.

  • Problems with aikido:

    1. Based mainly on cooperative training which causes practitioners to be lulled into a false sense of security.

    2. No proper practice of strikes so practitioners end up forgetting to protect areas vulnerable to srikes in real fights.

    3. Unrealistic practice with sword and sticks, again lulling practitioners into a false sense of security.

    Put simply "Take away the pain means you take away the reality".

  • Push Segal and call him a bitch then! I would love to see that!

  • Seagal is a controversial "aikidoist". My Japanese jiu-jitsu teacher says Seagal has obviously studied traditonal jiu-jitsu not just aikido. Also, it is well known that he has studied kung fu (for the strikes) among other disciplines. In other words, he is filling the gaps in aikido (as pointed out below).

  • HIS ACTING CAREER HAS TURNED TO SHIT F_CKIN MONKEYS, but hes still a badd-ass mother fu_ckin fighter!

  • In fact it is not the masters martial art in any way. This is something swallowed and repeated by the gulliable.

  • Aikido Is Ju Jitsu with the foot movements of Japanese Kendo- sword fighting and it use's very little effort and turns any agressor's power against themselves.

    It is the most difficult martial arts to do well, because you have to understand and practice the art of KI to use it effectively or you can get yourself in trouble if you try to use it and it is all defense only. This is truly the masters martial art.

    Great video though.

  • great skill, he's still a twat though, if only his movies and his personality, were as good as his aikido.

  • yea dispite all this, he is still a good aikidoist none the less.

  • Segal would be considered an abusive, offensive, talentless man suffering from narcisistic personality disorder and psychosis in most respectable circles. No woman would marry him, no film director will employ him and no psychologist could help him. In Aikido circles, however he is considered a demi-god. I don;#'t get you Aikido people.

  • i just gained a whole lot more respect for steven seagal.

  • He is SO UNDER-RATED!!! HES MY HERO!!!

  • as an actor I'm not really a fan of him, but his a damn good fighter..

  • I only wish I had known how to work Aikido the way HE does whenever I was in middle school there was a man named Larry Lowe I wouldve used it on for being such a bully to me and others!

  • I hate bullies, I remember I knocked one of them out in college for kicking him in the neck and he fell on the ground landing on the curb of the road. I was expelled from that college. figures lol

  • wtf

  • wow, I was just thinking how completely egotistical Steven is. You should check out his wikipedia page, it goes in-depth into all of the horrible character flaws he has. The guy is a complete asshole, totally paranoid, has injured numerous stuntment while showing off, and abandoned his wife and kids in japan to go to hollywood.

  • I just went to Wikipedia and you're right! Sheesh I had no idea that he was so replete with that level of personal snafus.

  • Hey, I'm no saint myself either, but I would regret him ever becoming a role model for one of my children, or for anyone for that matter.

  • Steaven seagal is an awsome martial artist. he is even in some movies. This footag is awsome. And i do aikido, some of those moves are very complicated thought they seem easy.

  • A real master !

  • i dont understand why he break the rules (wich is more that just rules) wearing a very chinese style while the tecnic is very samurai from japan.

    Anyway, this is show, i prefer kurita sensei's style wich is cleanner.

  • I took a symposium with Koichi Tohei back in 1973 far more impressive. Check out my video of martial arts and let me know if you enjoyed it.

  • Simply awesome!!! Five stars!!! Amount most Japanese MAs, Aikido is the one I like the most. It help you train not just the body, but also spiritually, with Chi (Ki) and senses. It teaches you to flow with the energy; not to fight it. In advance Aikido, many masters will become Zen like because they have synchronized with nature. A lot like many Chinese Internal MAs; deep stuff, love it!

  • It is too bad this video suffers from aging as it shows a master at work.

  • Old Steven can do all that and more, I've seen it. The guy is amazing and just shows you what dedication and a lack of ego will do for you. He trains and teaches but does not go for the typical egotistical approach of competition. That is why you will never see the masters on TV. It is a spiritual journey. Horrible actor, great man!

  • Wow, Steven Segal has neither detication or a lack of ego. He is so egotistical that no one in holywood will work with him anymore, he has so little detication that rather than gain ranks as anyone else might he married a high ranking Akido Sensei and divorced her upon obtaining his black belt.

    He his a horrible man, horrible actor, and no martial artist at all.

  • Mr Segal is the only westener to have a Aikido dojo in Japan and holds the highest rank for a non Japanese Aikiki

  • a good demonstration in the art of leverage

    but i prefer Kenpo or kendo

  • the music goes real well with the footage. anyone know what it's called?

  • I hope you cleared this with Steven Seagal...one dud you do not want your bad side...

  • some of this seems more in the spirit of a jistu that a do.

  • Old Steve Seagal can't do half that shit, half that well now.

  • I love Aikido. I am learning the art and i have to say its very fun. i am yung but i have tryed lots of other sports and (if you consider it a sport) its my fav. Plus my master is very good at what hes dose.so i am learning well.If you can find a master and you havethe chance to do it, do it!

  • This art is taught to prison guards in the U.S. A friend of mine was very much into Aikido and loved to talk about it. He met, and was lucky enough to train with masters. He said some of the masters were so accomplished that they barely had to lay hands on you to put you down. A lot of the art relies on your basic fear of getting your joints broken- that uses your enemy's power against themselves.

  • oh shit !! Steven Seagal !!

  • I once took a great seminar from Koichi Tohei and he took on 10 karate black belts at one time and after finishing said feet are made to stay on the ground. Great video.

    happy unbirthday and best regards,

    http://joelsamuel.neptune.com

  • he took on ten black belts at once!? he must be good!

  • CLOTHESLINE !

  • yes I agree with Chas766... If you've ever been in any sort of joint lock then you KNOW how PAINFUL it Really IS...

    you just want the pain to leave....

    its not normal to feel that...

    which is why they flip and rather get bruised than hear a bone snap in a very painful position!

  • The reason they jump up is not to make him look good,but so they don't break their arm with the change of direction...they go with the move..it they went against it, their wrist, arm, and elbow will break..

  • Judo Rulez

  • Anyone who tries to "test" how effective it is aikido prbly doesnt understand how it works. watch the video of shioda gozo, 1 can understand its about placement and balance...like good runningbacks who arent fast but now how to run angles that make it hard for the d to lay hands on them. that being said, i think shaun alexander could be an aikido MASTA!!!

  • i usually don't see ppl come in and swing like an idiot like that and do a flying flip through the air helping steven do a stupid move like that!

    hmmmm? aikido<bjj

    aikido<judo aikido<wrestling Aikido<boxing........

  • you do not understand ukemi.

  • If it's b.s. why don't you run up to Seagal today and try to punch, grab or kick him? I'm sure since being a 7th Dan in Aikido, a total b.s. art, he'll be helpless

  • Right... and you don't notice the people he's tossing jumping? You don't see them stopping and struggling? This is made to make him look good. I've fought someone who did aikido and was a 4th degree. He couldn't toss me and whenever I tackled him he just fell and got pounded. This is BS.

  • if you don't like it... then shut the f*** up and go watch chuck norris, LOL.

  • Ey, I just posted my honest opinions. The vid was cool and all but I'm just saying he wouldn't really be able to do that in a real life situation. Btw Chuck Norris only awesome because of Walker Texas Ranger.

  • sure, you have the right to post your opinion.

    But there's nothing awesome about chuck norris. And walker texas ranger sucks balls. It's boring and lame.

  • Did you see how big he is? he is really tall (and now fat and bald). I am sure he can kick some ass.

  • It's called Ukemi. The person is jumping to protect himself. This isn't a real fight dumb ass. You don't know what you're looking at. YOU DONT TOSS SOMEONE IN A REAL FIGHT. You break their wrist because the person doesn't flip.

  • wow awsome video, one of the best ive seen on here. the music backs it up too

  • That was awesome!

  • awesome!!

  • domo arigato gozaimasu, steven seagal is the real thing.

  • yes he is.

    thanks

  • too bad he went all "crazy native american" on us.

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