"That's Why We Practice": Aikido Bloopers

[patrickh2525]

i like this videos for real hahahahhhahhahahahahahahahaha

[nudist0885]

The move at 0:50 looks interesting.

[haymakernumber4]

@nudist0885 Definitely give it a try - outward deflection against a straight kick - still very circular and blending; it's one of the things we practice during our Adapted Aikido classes. Unfortunately, the attacker in the rep above had exceptionally poor balance that time! :D

[aminokad]

01:38 = 1000 years of pain of naruto haha

[aphor]

This video is so bittersweet. All of the really beautiful technique people usually show off makes Aikido look, at least from video distance, fake. What you've got here is a nice portrait of Aikido Shugyo!

[dpanon]

Love the off-balancing from a kick at 0:48. I will definitely try that one myself. Hilarious! :-D

[haymakernumber4]

@dpanon Yeah, Garry (the attacker) was a tad too light on his feet during that rep. :) It was from one of our adapted aikido classes; at them, we condense techniques to deal with more close-quarters attacks (ie. if someone's trying to box or Muay-Thai you, etc.). If you're interested, sensei posts his vids from these on another channel (user name: nwaikikai)

[k94845]

These soft folks like to spin around like pretty dancer.

[haymakernumber4]

@k94845 Actually, it's the other way around - just attack the likes of Yukio Kawahara, Mitsugi Saotome, George Ledyard or Christian Tissier and you'd end up on your can so fast, you'd think *everyone* was spinning. XD

[AtmanxId]

@k94845 Actually, soft is no insult. What is hard, can be easily broken by someone stronger.

[Peekingduck]

Awesome !

Nice to get a laugh and find a budo video with some self-distance at one and the same time.

Thanks for sharing

[pimpdalyrical]

You only have soo many mistakes to make. The mat is for getting through them.

[tanksniperjoe]

well, one thing for sure, they will be skeptics until they get there arm broken.

[mrtraditional31]

That's why there are erasers on the back of penciles, because people do make mistakes. And we train to correct and learn from our mistakes. So it's ok to make a mistake in class, that's why it's called practice. The key is to polish our technique to make it perfect and flawless, that way in the street, mistakes don't happen. Just some food for thought, thanks for showing the video :) Oos!

[haymakernumber4]

@mrtraditional31 Exactly! Thank-you; finally, someone understands. It's sad that I'd have to, but I'm realizing that I need to put a disclaimer in the description to the video explaining that these bloopers are exceptions, not the norm, which is why it would be foolish to judge the whole art on this basis. It's the same as say, AFV - if these sorts of things happened all the time, they wouldn't be considered very funny. :)

[laser20pack]

so aikido is fake!

[haymakernumber4]

@laser20pack - How can you tell if something is "fake" or not? By comparing it against the real thing, of course. But that means that you have to understand what you're comparing it to. If you're comparing it to fighting, then sure. But then Aikido isn't fighting - it has never claimed to be. There aren't two attackers in Aikido for a reason. Aikido seeks not to fight, but to purely defend. I suggest you try it out for yourself to learn the reasons behind the movements before judging. Cheers! :)

[laser20pack]

@haymakernumber4 =) i'm all about self-defense, my job limits my time to train, so i'm more cautious as to what i dedicate my time to. I was experiencing different martial arts via our modern medium Youtube and most aikido clips seemed all choreographed.. i meant no disrespect

[haymakernumber4]

@laser20pack I appreciate you taking the time to explain, though I have to say that unfortunately if you meant no disrespect I'm afraid your comment did have that flavor. There IS a lot of poor Aikido on Youtube, a fault more of the practitioners than the art itself. The fact of the matter is that the principles behind Aikido (which are learned most easily through long and flowing techniques) have practical self-defense applications, which you need to feel (not just see) to understand. Cont'...

[haymakernumber4]

...which is what I meant when I said that you need to try it out first. There's a very good reason why it's taught to the Japanese police. So if you're purely interested in self-defense - not in fighting or a sport - then Aikido has practical principles to teach you. Just make sure you find a skilled and practical-minded teacher. But if you're interested in competition or defeating someone using brute physical force, then it doesn't, because neither factor into how Aikido works. -Peace!

[Shindai]

Great video, it's always good to see the more lighthearted side to training

[Worthlezz]

Thank you for uploading such a wonderful video. Now I missed my Aikido days.

[CheetaReborn]

0:19 >_< I feel for that guy, I was once thrown way to fast and didn't take the ukemi right, hurt for a week

[haymakernumber4]

@CheetaReborn - Yup, it can knock the wind right out of you! Perfect incentive to become more responsive, though. ;-)

[shotokan1111111]

of course its choreogrgraphed or people would get killed. they r just accidents. thats why its called training.

[thearnismaster]

HAHAHAH ...nice to see you had fun with this, thank you

[SenseiStrange]

excellent video

[bondjeanbond]

Nice one. I really liked it. :-) More more and more! I also practice aikido and it's got some ups and downs!

[uscbrian1]

Haha, I love this video! I think the scene at 0:19 is good to show people that claim it is fake and choreographed.

I wish I had some videos of the bloopers I've made over the years. Or maybe not... :)

[haymakernumber4]

Yup, same with the techniques we do during our demos - it's just like class; we never know what Sensei will have us do on the fly, so we either do it well or not...0:35 comes to mind. :-)

[uscbrian1]

Haha, I love this video. I think the scene at 0:19 is good to show people that claim it is all choreographed.

Aikido is a fun and interesting journey!

[Shinkatana420]

she took her own balance =)

very kool vid!!!

takes alot training to reach perfection =)

[Wolfsbane909]

lol look at the pint sized girl!

[haymakernumber4]

You have no idea how hard it is to find clothes in Size Pint. Thank goodness they make dogis to fit Yoda...

[Wolfsbane909]

lol thats the beauty of Aikido, not about size but about technique. The sensei is really good, 1:00 I am impressed with his use of "human shield", very good control. Maybe in a few years and much more pratice I can pawn an Uke like that, human shield.

lol yoda!

[haymakernumber4]

Glad you enjoyed it! Sensei has been practicing for 20 years so far and is Sandan at the moment; we all appreciate his "shield" Sankyo (and absolutely dread being uke for his Yonkyo). Happy training!

[Dallouez]

Pratice? NO! It's about religion. The calm mind is what is needed. Watch the bo pratice and how the clown got pissed. His mind is screwed. I know 80 year old women who can mop up the floor with a professional bodyguard. Osense wanted students to have 80% mediatation. When someone tries to hit you in the head with a hard ball from behind how do you stop it? I did with my left hand and I'm righthanded. Read Osense's book! one swordsmith's hardest fight was with a man who never praticed.

[haymakernumber4]

Sure, everyone gets frustrated now and then - we're only human, after all; sometimes a lot of it has to do with pride, sometimes with how seriously you take your training. But in the end, each one of us is on his own journey towards both Mushin and Zanshin. As such, we each handle falling short of these goals very differently depending on our personality and where we're at. Although I may personally be relatively unphased by mistakes I make, I understand it's a lifelong process for us all.

[haymakernumber4]

I should also note that the Jo "practice" was actually a demo and that the "clown" you referred to is one I've trained with for 8 years now; in that time period, he has improved a great deal towards minimizing his level of frustration and in developing a calmer mind. Having witnessed that change, I can only look forward to seeing what a great practitioner he will be in the decade to come. Remember, O Sensei was in his 80's at his very best. They don't call it the 20-year martial art for nothing.

[dantemustkill]

this was good stuff.

[Justavaragejoe]

martial art is as about repetition until the technique is perfected and becomes a habit. otherwise a boxer practising one punch in front of a mirror for 10 years would be the greatest fighter ever. Ignorance is in abundance with that comment.

[Ninjarni]

0:50 proves this art useless...

[haymakernumber4]

Wow...by your logic, a poor attack and mistakes during practice are all it takes to prove the whole of Aikido useless. If so, every martial art has been rendered useless by each practitioner's mistakes. Unfortunately, we need mistakes to learn. Huh.

Then again, you're right; you've shown me the error of my ways and the utter shame of disgracing my art with mistakes has driven me to a life of ascetic solitude, living only to make glib, thoughtless comments on YouTube videos.

[Ninjarni]

dont talk down to me, dick

[haymakernumber4]

Nice. That REALLY makes me want to respect your opinion now! You know, if you want to be treated like an adult, you should start acting like one.

And if your own comments embarrass you enough to feel the need to remove them afterwards because you acted like a fool, maybe you should have thought twice before posting in the first place.

But oh, sorry - I forgot - reason is just "talking down" to you.

You have a nice day, too, sweetie. :-)

[dantemustkill]

lol you win for being so negative without reason.

XD

[SenseiStrange]

thanks

[pwilliamsaiki]

lol, great video. not at all like the self aggrandizing aikido videos out there.

[Fangen88]

Systema guy at 0:50?

[haymakernumber4]

Nope, that's our Sensei practicing during an Adaptive Aikido class - we used to do these in our "civvies" but sometimes folks would forget (like in this clip, where everyone else had their dogis).

[CulturePeaceForever]

lol.lol.lol.lol...............­...........

[FiuzA2k]

Fabulous :) hehe

[HappyLizards]

Thanks for the laugh!

[Aikidood]

The end of the clip is priceless!!!

[zatoichison]

Wonderful. I think O-Sensei would have liked this.

[AikikaiAikido]

Funny ;)

[Peekingduck]

LOL, Awesome !

Nice to see that there is still some self distance out there in the budo world.

You guys rule !

5 stars 4 sure.

All the best ! ! !

[kaiten34]

love it, awesome, billiant, its nice to see a lighter look at things!!

[tonbo55]

Thank you for this beautiful gift of mature humbleness...

[CounterforCounter]

Excellent. I can tell that I would enjoy training with your group even though I don't train Aikido. Great video, thanks again.

[zivotube]

waw.. :D it's cool

[obiwancanuck]

Ah, light-hearted aikidoka! I like seeing people not taking themselves too seriously in aikido... plus this video makes me look half-way skilled ;)

[haymakernumber4]

Thanks! Although...I don't know now if I want to take the last part as a compliment... ;-)

[Puddleglum94]

Oh my word thank you oh-so very much for putting this up.

[haymakernumber4]

No problem - glad you liked it! :-D

[jmikejapan]

the last throw was the best!

[haymakernumber4]

Hehehe, I would have to agree (since it was my flub-up)! Who knew it would have become a Kaeshi-waza for my Uke so easily... :-D

[wawisan]

One of the best aikido videos I've seen so far.

[haymakernumber4]

Thanks for the comment!

[haymakernumber4]

Glad you enjoyed it --- it was definitely fun to make!  Happy training!

[aikikarl]

very cute!!!!

I like it. Thx for posting. There's a lot of truth in this.