It's funny to read all those comments of ppl that don't practice aikido, and yet they believe it doesn't work... Learning to flip & steal the center of your opponents takes time, and A LOT.
It is almost impossible to learn how to steal centers, or to flip opponents in 1 year of practice, EVEN in 2 is too yet.
For the ppl that wants to win at al cost, and want it all fast, i dont recommend aikido, cause, it won't work for them.
Aikido is for ppl that has pacience, tolerance, and will to train.
It's a shame about Aikido. A fantastic martial art, but there's too many people that practice some weird "use your chi and happy energy" concept and then sell it as Aikido. Specially on youtube, more often than not, Aikido just looks like utter crap, so I can kinda understand why people bash it, but seriously guys, get a first hand impression first... Think that goes for any martial art (Am a Ju Jutsu-ka).
You guys bashng Aikido are correct it is not good for the ring or MMA. It is designed as self defense only and the fights or encounters by a trained Aikido practioner are meant to be over within a few seconds, maybe one or two movements. For example, a wrist lock from being grabbed and throwing your opponent and letting the asphalt/hardwood/concrete do the damge or lean down and do a submission. It's not a contact sport meant for squaring off against an opponent for 3 rounds.
you have the Wrong idea about mma, you aren't supposed to square off for a certain amount of rounds
they do it now, but mma started off with no time limits, only knockouts and submissions allowed
the idea is to finish the fight, not score points
with that being said, any art based around a specific scenario such as "the idea is the fight will only last a few seconds" is bullshit. wouldnt that be the idea of all martial arts if it were possible? assuming the end will be short =loss
Yes the idea of all martial arts is to end the confrontation as quickly as possible. Unfortunaetly some cannnot be equally displayed in a MMA/UFC style fight. For example, Aikido here is a defensive art. An Aikidoist waits for the opponents attack and does not come after him. Also, you can't do Aikido with gloves on. The entire art is based off wrist locks that are generally followed by a throw or joint lock. You should go to an Aikido class before you judge it to quickly.
I should also point out if you did not know. Aikido is the most widely taught and studied martial art amongst police officers in the USA, Japan, and the UK. I'm sure there is a reason why. Best of luck in your training.
If you dont have anything good to say about this video why do you even have to comment? And if you really dont want aikido then why bother watching the video?? One thing i learned from aikido is RESPECT, Im sorry if your martial art doesnt teach respect to its students
There is a very good UFC fighter (sorry I forget his name) but he is sh*t hot. He got Steven Seagall to train him in aikido for a few fights. You can get some of the training on you tube and you can see how superior aikido (when done well) can be. All forms of
Martial arts will connect in some way. So to say aikido is nothing like MMA shows your ignorance.
@reptilset14 Most Aikido styles are non-competitive, and hence we are NOT taught to FIGHT. We are taught and encouraged to neutralise an attack only, and with minimal injury/discomfort to the aggressor. MMA is the opposite - with a focus on pain, aggression, and happy fans watching the FIGHT = money making.
@sasquatch192 No, M.M.A. is the way to neutralise quicker, pain or agression? In a fight you must win, why should i care or loose my time trying to not hurt an agressor? That's why there's no Aikido fighters in UFC or any true fight competition, is isn't usefull agains someone who knows how to fight.
@reptilset14 I was pointing out that one of the main styles in MMA uses the principle that you say keeps aikido out of mma. which if that is your only logic for your argument , then it is false because BJJ uses that same principle and is in MMA.
@tojiro12 M.M.A. means mixed martial arts, so a lot of martials arts are in M.M.A. to do a effective style. The reason of why aikido is out of M.M.A. is easy. Is useless.
@reptilset14 thats a very different line of reasoning than you started with. My problem was with your reasoning not anything to do with what MMA means.
@reptilset14 MMA is glorified boxing. it is not a way of anything accept two guys getting their heads kicked in. in a ring none the less. when you think about it pain will not bring everyone down. Aikido will. and Aikido is not fighting, and there are not any Aikido people in UFC because we dont waist our time with the useless macho bullshit, that all MMA fighters seem to have. minimal injury is not the basis of the art, the stopping of an attack is the basis.
@Peasoup12345 Glorified boxing? You don't know anything about M.M.A., don't you? And there are not any aikido people on UFC is because they can't win. In an attack the best way is stop/disable them quick, the rest is waste of time.
Aikido is certainly anachronistic, it is also Satanistic believe it or not. Satanic New Age no less. And you thought Ueshiba's cult attempts to create 'a golden age of Maitreya' was just 'kooky'?
Man I love when people are arguing about is aikido practical or not. The fact is that when you learn all those techniques, movements and falls you apply it on the given situation. If a man who has some boxing techniques tries to attack me, am not going to think what techniques to use, i just use instinctivly of the arsenal i have learnt. And any normal person would first try to avoid conflict, and use it only if necessary.
The reason Aikido is generally not practical is because it is an anachronism; it's base was created and used for general purpose defense against weapon wielding(mainly sword) opponents. Hence, when an aikido practitioner comes across a judo player or boxer...he/she is completely confused that actions aren't CUT and dry. No directly linear or circling movements easily predicted because there isn't something(long weapon) to focus on. Weapon=predictable/Whole body=unpredictable
@blueprophet9 actually that is a mislead statement its movements were sword based, it's based on many similar arts such as judo, and weapons arent as predictable as you make them seem. next time try an art before you say anything about it and yes i have done judo
im trying to learn aikido, and its just not working out for me, i just started aikido classes and the place got shut down for lease problems... now i have nothing lol. anyone have some advice? also, when im trying to get the force to flip someone, it never happens, the force isnt great enough to make them flip, in the videos i watch it looks like they arent even using much force at all to flip people.
That stuff is complicated, so don't expect to "just get it". There's no magical fix. You'll just have to learn, and you'll just have to study. 'cause remember: that's what aikido is, a study, not in fighting, but in movement, position, using the force that you get in stead of "forcing" something. And that's just what you'll have to learn, slowly but surely. It'll take years and years, but that's just how aikido is.
Remember: it's the PROGRESS, the PROCESS that's more important than the results.
Some things that I could really recommend to you is to just RELAX. Let stuff come to you, accept what you get and do something that uses the force that your partner gives to you, in stead of doing something that looks neat or that you want to force upon the other.
Also: don't focus on getting the "force" to "flip" someone. Use your body, your positioning, and movements that BYPASS your partner's resistance in stead of pushing against it. Don't force, but LOOK and USE the way of LEAST resistance.
you have to have take it easy, dont use your muscles and too much enery during the training, you should learn how to fall i mean rolling the the kyu tecniques come, it takes some time. but be careful dont use your muscles during the training, in aikido you use the energy of the person on himself, not yours.
Notice that in most films the aikido is being shown as a demonstration. It is your opponent that makes the flip, he jumps so you don't break any of his bones.
The best way to learn aikido is to find a good sensei. I don't mean someone with a higher belt. I mean a real sensei that honors values and tradition, a sensei that teaches you the way of aikido and iaido, you can't learn the one without the other. They come and go together as 1 in harmony.
your movement and redirection of the persons attack is what causes the person to go off balance. Jujitsu, American Kempo, and JKD/Kali are great disciplines to practice if you don't like the tradition and dry land swimming of Aikido...lol..(no offense)
Most people in a fight are only dangerous with one hand...that's a fact ...it's not hard with a little training in any martial art to thwart that right hand or left hand punch..the poise to do it without freezing up is most of it.
i do aikido since i was 8 years old and i can tell you that you can defend yourself with it
i'm a small girl (about 5 feet = 1,51meters) and i had some real situations in which i was able to defend myself against much bigger guys without getting hurt....
You are living in a fantasy land Randy. I did aikijujutsu for several years. Along with judo and bjj which I still currently do. Aikido is not realistic self defense. It was for an unarmed samurai against an armed samurai. But some guy today with a baseball bat is not going to attack you in the same manner as a samurai would with a katanna. Im sorry. You cant catch a punch and apply a kotegaeshi in real life. You just cant.
i think you dont really understand aikido. catch a punch and aply a kotegaeshi? who teached you that? aikido is not about catching punches and aply techniches. sorry about my english
@Vuduchild Of course you don't 'catch' the punch. If you first do an evasive movement, there will always be contact with the shoulder or arm, 'measuring' the speed and distance of the punch. When that's done, you may have the possibility of taking over the attack.
If you studdied so much then you should know that you can. There is only so many ways that a human body can move and so many ways that it can attack. The stylized attacks we practice are nothing more then planes of attack. In aikido we practice principles, in a real situation the art comes out difrrently you may not get a full kotegaeshi on some one.
well, technically the technique to use a baseball bat and a samurai sword are very similar.
how bjj or judo gonna protect you any bette?
no one said you are suppose to catch a punch. If you cant then dont. one of the reasons you practice is to know what are you capabilities.
the most common strike by an untrained aggressor is a wide round punch, which is pretty much the easiest strike to defend against. and there are many techniques in aikido to do so.
I agree with fumanchudude. I believe in aikido that You just expect the person to fall, and aikijujutsu makes you fall. The "do" means the way of, more like a watered down version if the "jutsu". I respect the art of aikido but I just want to explain where fumanchudude was coming from because I believe the same way.
Finally, someone who's actually taken it can say what anyone in the world who is not biased can easily see. And no one can tell you that you don't know what you're talking about.
Aikido is a bunch of bullshit when presented as self-defense.
Aikido equals getting your butt kicked if you try to use it in a real fight against a non cooperative opponent who wont just grab your wrist and stand there.
You have no idea what you're talking about. Someone at his level can perform those techniques against multiple attackers in a real world situation. The reason you don't see that style in something like MMA for instance is that the philosophy of aikido is peace & harmony & not attack.
The point of aikido is pretty much the first two steps. get out of the line of attack, get opponents off balance. and doing this with minimal effort. To do that you need to understand the human body, its strengths and weaknesses, stands, chi (also known as your body weight at least for beginners).
the throws, wrist lock, catching punches are not important at all in most techniques. those things are used to study ur and the opponents body.
and just what REAL fighter hasnt had his nose broken? You make statements out of shear and utter ignorence..Tessier Sensei demostrates life and death w a smile..and all you can do is sneer back and insult?...fool, your mouth runnith OVER
that shonage gave me the chills -.-'''' completely wrong and away from the bases . . . in that mode you can only break the shoulder and it is not what aikido teaches off course
He is basically the same age as Steven Seagal, does anyone know if they trained together in their youth in Japan???? Im sure they know each other.....
I don't think it's "theatrical" it's just kihon no waza. It's School Aikido for Ideal learning results not for ultimate self defence. BTW Aikido is, like the most Asian Styles, a lot more than just "self defence" but its techniques works in decades of War.
I trained Aikido and loved every minute. But is it an effective defense/fighting art? On its own no, no martial art is. Samurai didn't jsut train in one art, they became proficient in several. The one problem we had while having really intense randori was that inevitably we would end up on the floor and grapple. On the floor Aikido means nothing and then would have to rely on jui-jitsu
In trying to convince someone/anyone that aikido is an effective martial art reminds me of the scene in Spiderman 3 when Peter Parker tells his friend Harry that he's done trying to convince him that he didn't kill his father.
I see alot bashing Aikido on YouTube, but I have been traning against an Aikidoka, when I whas a kick-boxer, and he totally controled my every movement. I did not know what whas up and what whas down, and then I was on the floor.
Thank you Nuage for defending the beautiful art of Aikido. Shallow people like Testie man need to learn to be a civilized human. You don't need to like Aikido, just keep your negative comments to yourself! Go Tissier!
I've taken Aikido classes. And I will say this, once you have mastered the techniques, they are very effective. That is why alot of the joint control techniques are taught to Law Enforcement, and Military along with other practical arts.
Wow, you've seen some BBJ vids on YouTube and now you think you can take on the world? Well done, you're a joke! You obviously know nothing about aikido and it's teachings. It's not about hurting the attacker, it's about diffusing it - 'the way of harmony'
Well only thing i am ashamed of is that i reply to idiots like you here on youtube, but still i cant help myself, you are just calling out to get humiliated.
i would like any critics of aikido to put them selves up for a demo with a practitioner and give there all to there attack and see how effective aikido really is. until youve fully experienced it from the recieving end you cant understand exactly effective it really is
I agree and would be delighted to face an aikido practitioner who would be happy to demonstrate his art. I am an uncultered, ageing, slow, unfit brawler and probably would not stand a chance. However, I am genuinely curious to examine the effictiveness of this martial discipline. In the best traditions of prizefighting, I would be delighted to place a small wager in order to add a little spice. Do you know any aikido practitioners who might accept?
It could be said that some would like to see an Aikidoka with Bokken or Jo take on a guy with 9mm Para. The Aikidoka will die.
An MMA guy will take an Aikidoka apart in hand to hand. He'll simply take him to the ground and grapple him to submission. While having intense randori at training if we went to ground we had to revert to jui-jitsu to "win". Plus remember, every technique in Aikido has a counter
its not as black and white as an mma guy will"simply take him to the ground and grapple him to submission"...not every guy that does mma could beat every guy that does aikido.
thats way to fixed of a statment and nothing in this world is fixed.
MAte, you're getting me completely wrong. All I'm saying that in a fight situation a guy relying only on Aikido will lose 100% of the time to a well rounded fighter like an mma fighter. Obviously if you take Bob Whatsisname from nowhere who has been training for a month, then yes, Sensei Tissier will clean him up. But put Sensei Tissier against someone like Frank Mir, different story. MMA if anything has proven that no one style can dominate, Gracie was good but could soon be countered out
Whats all this "this martial art is better than that" talking about all the time? Best martial art = sprinting. Practice 1 Month and u will never lose a fight -.-
Hahahaha, right on mate. I even allude to this in one of my earlier replies. Clocked a 11.2 for the 100m in my prime so figure if a guy is still chasing me after that then I deserve to get beat up. What most people forget is that the PRIMARY goal of most MA's (especially Aikido) is to avoid conflict in its entirety.
The goal of every civilised human being is to avoid conflict. The primary goal of AIkido is to teach you to move, match your movements with those of the attacker, control/displace balance and to use a non-lethal means of self-defense.
I do not so much agree that avoiding conflict is the goal or should be the goal of any "civilized" human being. Aikido seeks to resolve conflict not avoid it. Unless of course by conflict you are speaking of physical combat. The World could not exist without conflict, and since Aikido is a metaphore for the universe it can not avoid conflict. It can however be used to bring an amicable resolution to any conflict restoring balance in it's path.
How can you say that avoiding conflict shouldn't be the goal of a civilised human? The essence of aikido is to accept the situation and move beyond conflict. You're just saying what everyone knows- there's no conflict within the aikidoka or the technique, only within the attacker.
people keep on bragging about MMA...it's only a show of rough brutallity without any brain and art! wanna some real martial art? try the traditional one! not the one u mix with a little of this and that...remember..GOD created fruits not fruit punch!
if people were to demo for real they would all end in tears and big hospital bills so for the uninformed think before you type and try and find a marital art that is good for the hard of thinking try MMa
vraiment lamentable et en plus il crois a fond a ce qu'il fait, mr tissier vous etes une honte pour l'aikido qu est un art ou l'harmonie est primordial--> vous ne laissez transparetre rien vraiment tres tres tres nul, dire que vous vous permettez de juger certains...jugez vous plutot
"Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat." Since it involves defending against physical attacks and the countering them with an attack of your own AKA fighting. Which since it is the study of Martial science and hand to hand combat it is considered a martial art.
Aikido has nothing to do with actual self defense or fighting. Aikido is not meant to be used in the street. People will never understand Ueshiba's teaching...their egos always get in the way.
just because you dont understand it, doesnt mean I dont take theory that works for me and apply it. I love those guys that claim aikido doesnt work. Maybe there's oxygen on the moon too...but i wouldnt know because ive never been there right?
thank you. Finally someone with that understanding. What we do on the mat is aikido. We may use what we learn on the mat as self defense on the street, but then it seases to be aikido, unless you are very good.
one of my best hobbies - looking for aikido videos and check if it the kind of aikido that can be simply switched into martial art or if it is that "special stuff" that ain't the shit working. with a little boxing exp you know that you can't enter a technique like mr tissier does...
Aikido techniques DO work - *if the person doing the attack charges forward and has no care about his balance*. The joint locks and throws work perfectly then. Try it against someone who plants his feet and punches without lunging...
Yup cuz anyone that's been in a fight knows that you don't nicely square up to one another and allow the ref to start it. Normally they try and jump you when you're not ready which means coming across your mai-ai fast enough to avoid getting smacked, which is exactly what Aikido is designed to counter. So a good Aikidoka knows that if it looks like it's going to kick off he needs to create some space and wait for the other guy to cross it and twat him when he does.
Put it this way. If they don't come across your mai-ai there isn't a threat, and the bouncers will drag them out. If they do come across it they create openings through which, if you are correctly trained, atemi will come, swiftly followed by technique.
i'll admit there are some schools i've trained at where atemi is taken very lightly and attacks are all very 'helpful' for uke to train with, i know from experience though that after throwing a fully comitted attack at my sensei during a jui waza session that the harder i tried to hit him the harder i hit the floor, it all depends on the teacher or school you train with, too soft and never practicing with real commited attacks just leaves students open to beatings in real situations.
Saying Tissier is one of the best at the present time isn't true. He is the best known in France, sure, but there are a lot of different aikido schools, even in France (FFAB FFAAA AAA AFATJ...). Each of them has a different approach so they can not be compared because technics are performed differently
nicely put edrox... as aikido is about movement, balance and timing, it is at the same time about the strength your opponent puts into his attack; after all, it is easier throwing someone when they come at you with all attention focused on their punch being mean and powerfull... just grap his arm (timing) get out of his "line of attack" (movement) and pull him down ot simply just leave your leg in his way (balance)...
well sitting here talking a bunch of shit isn't going to help you morons find out whos right. you guys need to find practitioners of each of these styles of fighting that yall are talking about, pee in there sodas, and settle yalls bullshit. Which is the superior art? You cant find that out...whos the best practitioner of there art? You should stop talking and find out.
katakata780...has a point...people who dont practice this sport say to them selves, I wouldnt attack an apponent like that because its dumb...you perform how you practice. they go up against a skilled fighter in muay thai, whos gonna walk away. i can tell you that someone who knows how to fight is going to be putting up alot of resistance and those little half ass moves in the demo aren't going to work against a knowledgable apponent.
The fact is, though, not very many of us will ever have to face someone in Muay Thai. Not once have I ever been in a fight with ANYONE who has martial arts experience. Does it happen, yes. But is it common for an experienced fighter to try to attack someone on the street at random, no. I use Aikido for its practical use against the more common type of attacker. When it fails me, I'll try something else.
For a few years of my life, quite often. I didn't exactly live in the good part of town so I have had my share of street fights. And yes, Aikido isn't perfect but it has saved my life many times I'm sure.
I have one more question...how far along have you progressed in the sport. Every person ive ever talked to about this sport seemed to be igonorant hicks talking shit. you're the only person Ive talked to about it that hasnt acted like its turned you into a fighting robot.
Well, thanks for the compliment. I am 3rd kyu right now. The ones who talk shit are, in my experience, usually the younger people and always less mature than adults. They have yet how to develop that sociological imagination that allows them to accept and think from various points of view.
lol, great comment. There is definitely no magic in Aikido and it takes years of training and hard work - and many lumps, bumps, nose bleeds, sore wrists and shoulders to get even a passable competency. At its best Aikido is amazing, and in defence against a street type thug it can be devastating. But aikido is only as good as the person executing it. Too many aikido schools sell this aura of invincibility - it's crap.
I think you make a really important point here that gets lost in the 'what is the best martial art' purile argument: aikido shouldn't need to be used against another martial artist - hopefully that person would be mature enough not to be looking for fights. Street fighters are another breed altogether and not to be underestimated - but they are far more susceptible to aikido defence techniques. And like you say, if the aikido doens't work, mix it up!
To all the nay sayers about the usefullness of Aikido, let me just say this. I am a cop and when I was going through defensive tactics training, my instructer said" if you get a chance to study Aikido, do it." There is reason why law enforcement incorporates Aikido in some of it's training.
if anybody still have any doubt why aikdo will never work, search for "MATT THORNTON, ALIVENESS - martial arts most important thing!" in video.google...
Katakata780, I take it you've never been to an Aikido class? The one thing that is alwaysbeing shouted at you is "MOVE... MOVE!" Aikido IS about movement, we are always being told that "it won't work unless you move!"
Any idea about what "randori" is? it's all about timing and footwork, the things that guy talked about in that video. But for randori, you need a basic knowledge of aikido techniques because they're not simple.
To All Aikidoka. If you are a serious practitioner, try to understand that most people see aikido as choreograph moves especially in demos. Watchers want to see a real fight. It's hard to explain that aikido is harmony in mind, body and soul. Thus, it applies to how one should defend himself in a real combative situation. With love in your heart, you will not reply to such ignorant people. Just let them die without knowing or experiencing aikido themselves.
I like too see all the comments that aikido is not usefull, and how this ppl doesnt attack really fast. Well he is the teacher teaching a lesson not a real fight, how about your KickBoxing Kick you in the face when u are training? not funny huh?
Aikido is for War, not for streets fights, aikido is made for ppl how fight for live or dead in the war field, soo thats what is very usefull vs multiple attackers and very effective if u finnish the tecnics...
if you want to defend yourself against a multiple attacker, take running...there's no way to defeat a group of people, unless they are total pussies...
good aikido good shihan
Daniello385 2 weeks ago
EVERY MARTIAL ARTS IS GREAT :X
Aikido, Karatedo, Taekwondo, BBJ, MMA, Kung Fu
People must have great minds to invent those moves. but they are different styles of martial arts
SO STOP COMPARING and shut the f*ck up.
TheMatrixChosenOne 5 months ago
@TheMatrixChosenOne i agree that every martial art is great but mma is not a martial art...;)
MrChrisperisteri 4 months ago
It's funny to read all those comments of ppl that don't practice aikido, and yet they believe it doesn't work... Learning to flip & steal the center of your opponents takes time, and A LOT.
It is almost impossible to learn how to steal centers, or to flip opponents in 1 year of practice, EVEN in 2 is too yet.
For the ppl that wants to win at al cost, and want it all fast, i dont recommend aikido, cause, it won't work for them.
Aikido is for ppl that has pacience, tolerance, and will to train.
sebahreta 6 months ago
excelente video!!! Mu inspirador
circuloaikikaimdq 7 months ago
Maybe, he is the best master in Europa, or more than Dosu in Japan.
maze1192 8 months ago
The key is commitment, you have to wait for your opponent to be 100% commited in his attack for aikido to be successful, and to take his center line.
MsSexAction 8 months ago
It's a shame about Aikido. A fantastic martial art, but there's too many people that practice some weird "use your chi and happy energy" concept and then sell it as Aikido. Specially on youtube, more often than not, Aikido just looks like utter crap, so I can kinda understand why people bash it, but seriously guys, get a first hand impression first... Think that goes for any martial art (Am a Ju Jutsu-ka).
Impressive guy, good control and movement :)
Bannanafighter 9 months ago
You guys bashng Aikido are correct it is not good for the ring or MMA. It is designed as self defense only and the fights or encounters by a trained Aikido practioner are meant to be over within a few seconds, maybe one or two movements. For example, a wrist lock from being grabbed and throwing your opponent and letting the asphalt/hardwood/concrete do the damge or lean down and do a submission. It's not a contact sport meant for squaring off against an opponent for 3 rounds.
Tarc5150 1 year ago
@Tarc5150
you have the Wrong idea about mma, you aren't supposed to square off for a certain amount of rounds
they do it now, but mma started off with no time limits, only knockouts and submissions allowed
the idea is to finish the fight, not score points
with that being said, any art based around a specific scenario such as "the idea is the fight will only last a few seconds" is bullshit. wouldnt that be the idea of all martial arts if it were possible? assuming the end will be short =loss
TruNikkaz 1 year ago
@TruNikkaz
Yes the idea of all martial arts is to end the confrontation as quickly as possible. Unfortunaetly some cannnot be equally displayed in a MMA/UFC style fight. For example, Aikido here is a defensive art. An Aikidoist waits for the opponents attack and does not come after him. Also, you can't do Aikido with gloves on. The entire art is based off wrist locks that are generally followed by a throw or joint lock. You should go to an Aikido class before you judge it to quickly.
Tarc5150 1 year ago
@TruNikkaz
I should also point out if you did not know. Aikido is the most widely taught and studied martial art amongst police officers in the USA, Japan, and the UK. I'm sure there is a reason why. Best of luck in your training.
Tarc5150 1 year ago 2
If you dont have anything good to say about this video why do you even have to comment? And if you really dont want aikido then why bother watching the video?? One thing i learned from aikido is RESPECT, Im sorry if your martial art doesnt teach respect to its students
jhundred1993 1 year ago
Anything subtle will get bashed by the retards who can't appreciate the sublime....don't get hung up on it.
attilaclark 1 year ago
There is a very good UFC fighter (sorry I forget his name) but he is sh*t hot. He got Steven Seagall to train him in aikido for a few fights. You can get some of the training on you tube and you can see how superior aikido (when done well) can be. All forms of
Martial arts will connect in some way. So to say aikido is nothing like MMA shows your ignorance.
faster4real 1 year ago
Why Aikido isn't usefull? Well, did you see an aikido fighter in M.M.A.? No? Ok, thanks bye.
reptilset14 1 year ago
@reptilset14 Most Aikido styles are non-competitive, and hence we are NOT taught to FIGHT. We are taught and encouraged to neutralise an attack only, and with minimal injury/discomfort to the aggressor. MMA is the opposite - with a focus on pain, aggression, and happy fans watching the FIGHT = money making.
sasquatch192 1 year ago
@sasquatch192 No, M.M.A. is the way to neutralise quicker, pain or agression? In a fight you must win, why should i care or loose my time trying to not hurt an agressor? That's why there's no Aikido fighters in UFC or any true fight competition, is isn't usefull agains someone who knows how to fight.
reptilset14 1 year ago
@reptilset14 um you do realize that the principles of BJJ are to stop an opponent from hurting you without hurting them correct?
tojiro12 1 year ago
@tojiro12 Yes, and? I'm not talking about BJJ. M.M.A. is not BJJ.
reptilset14 1 year ago
@reptilset14 I was pointing out that one of the main styles in MMA uses the principle that you say keeps aikido out of mma. which if that is your only logic for your argument , then it is false because BJJ uses that same principle and is in MMA.
tojiro12 1 year ago
@tojiro12 M.M.A. means mixed martial arts, so a lot of martials arts are in M.M.A. to do a effective style. The reason of why aikido is out of M.M.A. is easy. Is useless.
reptilset14 1 year ago
@reptilset14 thats a very different line of reasoning than you started with. My problem was with your reasoning not anything to do with what MMA means.
tojiro12 1 year ago
@reptilset14 MMA is glorified boxing. it is not a way of anything accept two guys getting their heads kicked in. in a ring none the less. when you think about it pain will not bring everyone down. Aikido will. and Aikido is not fighting, and there are not any Aikido people in UFC because we dont waist our time with the useless macho bullshit, that all MMA fighters seem to have. minimal injury is not the basis of the art, the stopping of an attack is the basis.
Peasoup12345 1 year ago
@Peasoup12345 Glorified boxing? You don't know anything about M.M.A., don't you? And there are not any aikido people on UFC is because they can't win. In an attack the best way is stop/disable them quick, the rest is waste of time.
reptilset14 1 year ago
Me gusta en el 1:31 !! ;)
aedojudo 1 year ago
Aikido is certainly anachronistic, it is also Satanistic believe it or not. Satanic New Age no less. And you thought Ueshiba's cult attempts to create 'a golden age of Maitreya' was just 'kooky'?
blacksashman 1 year ago
Man I love when people are arguing about is aikido practical or not. The fact is that when you learn all those techniques, movements and falls you apply it on the given situation. If a man who has some boxing techniques tries to attack me, am not going to think what techniques to use, i just use instinctivly of the arsenal i have learnt. And any normal person would first try to avoid conflict, and use it only if necessary.
Zemmos 1 year ago
The reason Aikido is generally not practical is because it is an anachronism; it's base was created and used for general purpose defense against weapon wielding(mainly sword) opponents. Hence, when an aikido practitioner comes across a judo player or boxer...he/she is completely confused that actions aren't CUT and dry. No directly linear or circling movements easily predicted because there isn't something(long weapon) to focus on. Weapon=predictable/Whole body=unpredictable
blueprophet9 1 year ago
@blueprophet9 actually that is a mislead statement its movements were sword based, it's based on many similar arts such as judo, and weapons arent as predictable as you make them seem. next time try an art before you say anything about it and yes i have done judo
Peasoup12345 1 year ago
im trying to learn aikido, and its just not working out for me, i just started aikido classes and the place got shut down for lease problems... now i have nothing lol. anyone have some advice? also, when im trying to get the force to flip someone, it never happens, the force isnt great enough to make them flip, in the videos i watch it looks like they arent even using much force at all to flip people.
shreder1500 2 years ago
That stuff is complicated, so don't expect to "just get it". There's no magical fix. You'll just have to learn, and you'll just have to study. 'cause remember: that's what aikido is, a study, not in fighting, but in movement, position, using the force that you get in stead of "forcing" something. And that's just what you'll have to learn, slowly but surely. It'll take years and years, but that's just how aikido is.
Remember: it's the PROGRESS, the PROCESS that's more important than the results.
cryodragoon 2 years ago
Some things that I could really recommend to you is to just RELAX. Let stuff come to you, accept what you get and do something that uses the force that your partner gives to you, in stead of doing something that looks neat or that you want to force upon the other.
Also: don't focus on getting the "force" to "flip" someone. Use your body, your positioning, and movements that BYPASS your partner's resistance in stead of pushing against it. Don't force, but LOOK and USE the way of LEAST resistance.
cryodragoon 2 years ago
hey thanks a million man! ill try just that
shreder1500 2 years ago
you have to have take it easy, dont use your muscles and too much enery during the training, you should learn how to fall i mean rolling the the kyu tecniques come, it takes some time. but be careful dont use your muscles during the training, in aikido you use the energy of the person on himself, not yours.
good luck
sniper235 2 years ago
Notice that in most films the aikido is being shown as a demonstration. It is your opponent that makes the flip, he jumps so you don't break any of his bones.
The best way to learn aikido is to find a good sensei. I don't mean someone with a higher belt. I mean a real sensei that honors values and tradition, a sensei that teaches you the way of aikido and iaido, you can't learn the one without the other. They come and go together as 1 in harmony.
Good luck
VTAnthony 2 years ago
@shreder1500
your movement and redirection of the persons attack is what causes the person to go off balance. Jujitsu, American Kempo, and JKD/Kali are great disciplines to practice if you don't like the tradition and dry land swimming of Aikido...lol..(no offense)
BigRoma1 1 year ago
Most people in a fight are only dangerous with one hand...that's a fact ...it's not hard with a little training in any martial art to thwart that right hand or left hand punch..the poise to do it without freezing up is most of it.
attilaclark 2 years ago
i do aikido since i was 8 years old and i can tell you that you can defend yourself with it
i'm a small girl (about 5 feet = 1,51meters) and i had some real situations in which i was able to defend myself against much bigger guys without getting hurt....
PrincessAlicia1990 2 years ago 27
Maybe they just let you win in the hope you would do some of your kinky fetish stuff with them?
DippShits 2 years ago
@PrincessAlicia1990
you go! I've been doing it since i was 5 and I definitely know what you're talking about.
mrthrillernight 1 year ago
@PrincessAlicia1990 I WILL STILL KICK YOUR ASS ...AND POSSIBLY GRAB YOUR SMALL TITS
milnusthegnome 1 year ago
@PrincessAlicia1990
Right, and I am Santa Claus.
Derukugi2 4 months ago
You are living in a fantasy land Randy. I did aikijujutsu for several years. Along with judo and bjj which I still currently do. Aikido is not realistic self defense. It was for an unarmed samurai against an armed samurai. But some guy today with a baseball bat is not going to attack you in the same manner as a samurai would with a katanna. Im sorry. You cant catch a punch and apply a kotegaeshi in real life. You just cant.
fumanchudude 2 years ago
i think you dont really understand aikido. catch a punch and aply a kotegaeshi? who teached you that? aikido is not about catching punches and aply techniches. sorry about my english
Vuduchild 2 years ago 6
@Vuduchild Of course you don't 'catch' the punch. If you first do an evasive movement, there will always be contact with the shoulder or arm, 'measuring' the speed and distance of the punch. When that's done, you may have the possibility of taking over the attack.
EasternLegacy 2 months ago
If you studdied so much then you should know that you can. There is only so many ways that a human body can move and so many ways that it can attack. The stylized attacks we practice are nothing more then planes of attack. In aikido we practice principles, in a real situation the art comes out difrrently you may not get a full kotegaeshi on some one.
Vladyvladstone 2 years ago
well, technically the technique to use a baseball bat and a samurai sword are very similar.
how bjj or judo gonna protect you any bette?
no one said you are suppose to catch a punch. If you cant then dont. one of the reasons you practice is to know what are you capabilities.
the most common strike by an untrained aggressor is a wide round punch, which is pretty much the easiest strike to defend against. and there are many techniques in aikido to do so.
but you missing the point.
Crazylalalalala 2 years ago
I agree with fumanchudude. I believe in aikido that You just expect the person to fall, and aikijujutsu makes you fall. The "do" means the way of, more like a watered down version if the "jutsu". I respect the art of aikido but I just want to explain where fumanchudude was coming from because I believe the same way.
JoshMattia 2 years ago
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Finally, someone who's actually taken it can say what anyone in the world who is not biased can easily see. And no one can tell you that you don't know what you're talking about.
Aikido is a bunch of bullshit when presented as self-defense.
solpapisolmook 2 years ago
Aikido equals getting your butt kicked if you try to use it in a real fight against a non cooperative opponent who wont just grab your wrist and stand there.
fumanchudude 2 years ago
You have no idea what you're talking about. Someone at his level can perform those techniques against multiple attackers in a real world situation. The reason you don't see that style in something like MMA for instance is that the philosophy of aikido is peace & harmony & not attack.
DoofusRandy 2 years ago
if your an idiot, yes. (not calling you one)
The point of aikido is pretty much the first two steps. get out of the line of attack, get opponents off balance. and doing this with minimal effort. To do that you need to understand the human body, its strengths and weaknesses, stands, chi (also known as your body weight at least for beginners).
the throws, wrist lock, catching punches are not important at all in most techniques. those things are used to study ur and the opponents body.
Crazylalalalala 2 years ago
AIKIDO = art of peace.
and thanks for Mr Tissier^^.
zakifloyd 2 years ago
AIKIDO = self-defence
zakifloyd 2 years ago
Aikido is not real... if you try to fight wiith aikido you will get your nose broken :)
milenkoski90 2 years ago
and just what REAL fighter hasnt had his nose broken? You make statements out of shear and utter ignorence..Tessier Sensei demostrates life and death w a smile..and all you can do is sneer back and insult?...fool, your mouth runnith OVER
DmakAttack 2 years ago
i would love for u to say that to chiba sensei!
u would get more than your nose broken!
lezmos 2 years ago
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that shonage gave me the chills -.-'''' completely wrong and away from the bases . . . in that mode you can only break the shoulder and it is not what aikido teaches off course
lucaloda 2 years ago
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lucaloda 2 years ago
me parece un pelotudo eso de pegarle al uke , por que?
deforme999 2 years ago
Tissier is so much more than steven seagall, maybe not as an actor but as a martial artist, there is no comparison.
attilaclark 2 years ago
He is basically the same age as Steven Seagal, does anyone know if they trained together in their youth in Japan???? Im sure they know each other.....
fromanotherstar 2 years ago
No, they never trained together.
zirkle24 2 years ago
waooo tremenda tecnica
murtypury 2 years ago
but the sensei tessier is a veary big sensei forever
shiamano 2 years ago
this kind of aikido it's just theatrical in the realty life it's does not work, the realty it's another thing !!!!!!
it's just beautifull to see
shiamano 2 years ago
I don't think it's "theatrical" it's just kihon no waza. It's School Aikido for Ideal learning results not for ultimate self defence. BTW Aikido is, like the most Asian Styles, a lot more than just "self defence" but its techniques works in decades of War.
oeschmann 2 years ago
verry good this man knows man many things . His students are lucky to have him.
mtp102669 3 years ago
.IN my opinion Tissier is very good but i don t like his aikido it s too spectacular
browinng45 3 years ago
A legend!
nuage7777 3 years ago
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Tissier is only a monkey
browinng45 3 years ago
browinng45, would you mind to elaborate your comment? Do you mean that Tissier was born on the Chinese year of the monkey?
jazzyslip 3 years ago
I trained Aikido and loved every minute. But is it an effective defense/fighting art? On its own no, no martial art is. Samurai didn't jsut train in one art, they became proficient in several. The one problem we had while having really intense randori was that inevitably we would end up on the floor and grapple. On the floor Aikido means nothing and then would have to rely on jui-jitsu
corryv 3 years ago
In trying to convince someone/anyone that aikido is an effective martial art reminds me of the scene in Spiderman 3 when Peter Parker tells his friend Harry that he's done trying to convince him that he didn't kill his father.
Spartacus217 3 years ago
aikido! what a beautiful art!
aikikavs 3 years ago
I see alot bashing Aikido on YouTube, but I have been traning against an Aikidoka, when I whas a kick-boxer, and he totally controled my every movement. I did not know what whas up and what whas down, and then I was on the floor.
RozeDog 3 years ago 21
I had the same experience, that's why I started Aikido.
ketsan 3 years ago
@RozeDog
I call B.S.
Derukugi2 4 months ago
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Aikido is just a form of moving Zen; it is not, in its totality, a practical martial art. Period.
muz1234 3 years ago
"Aikido is just a form of moving Zen."
Ahem........Shinto shrine at the front of the Dojo.......emphasis on misogi, Shinto based warm up exercises, chanting of the kotodama.
ketsan 3 years ago
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Dear Lord, this sucks.
lk2230 3 years ago
Just look at the body girth difference in tissiers body versus everyone else. He's not fat, the stomach is where he generates the power to throw.
Man thats years of training to move people so smooth like glass. Its all in the engine.
So bee a fool and walk in front of a fire truck in a volvo just to see what will happen.
nrtito107 3 years ago
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lol, you're such a tool.
testiclecrusher2 3 years ago
Thank you Nuage for defending the beautiful art of Aikido. Shallow people like Testie man need to learn to be a civilized human. You don't need to like Aikido, just keep your negative comments to yourself! Go Tissier!
cocoa9999 3 years ago 3
Apparently, he's into testicles!!! LOL!
nuage7777 3 years ago
I've taken Aikido classes. And I will say this, once you have mastered the techniques, they are very effective. That is why alot of the joint control techniques are taught to Law Enforcement, and Military along with other practical arts.
Stitchman3875 3 years ago
Aikido is for fags, face it! No sane person believes aikido has any usefulness to it.
testiclecrusher2 3 years ago
And no sane person would attack skillfull aikidoka like tissier. why? Becuase they would get humiliated.
Morgothhhh 3 years ago 2
Wow, you've seen some BBJ vids on YouTube and now you think you can take on the world? Well done, you're a joke! You obviously know nothing about aikido and it's teachings. It's not about hurting the attacker, it's about diffusing it - 'the way of harmony'
PageDown88 3 years ago
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More like "the way of faggotry!" hahaha, you losers should be ashamed of yourselves.
testiclecrusher2 3 years ago
Well only thing i am ashamed of is that i reply to idiots like you here on youtube, but still i cant help myself, you are just calling out to get humiliated.
Morgothhhh 3 years ago 5
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go choke on a yak testicle you tool!
methoxymetopon 3 years ago
Explain me, why is that. What makes you think that way? What is useless? Tell me, i want to hear.
nbmstr 3 years ago
Wow, aikido is such a joke, I would kick that guy's ass in 5 seconds tops.
testiclecrusher2 3 years ago
right.... ;)
Morgothhhh 3 years ago
Oh, I forgot Slovenia still lives in the stone age you probably still believe the earth is flat.
testiclecrusher2 3 years ago
Yea, we do believe in flat earth and stories about kicking Tissiers ass in 5 seconds ;)
lol lame
Morgothhhh 3 years ago
He's an idiot! He just doesn't know he's an idiot! Loved your comment back to him!
nuage7777 3 years ago
You obviously crushed your testicules one too many times!!!!! Not much left, brains or balls!!!!
nuage7777 3 years ago
i would like any critics of aikido to put them selves up for a demo with a practitioner and give there all to there attack and see how effective aikido really is. until youve fully experienced it from the recieving end you cant understand exactly effective it really is
mightyyogurt 3 years ago 2
I agree and would be delighted to face an aikido practitioner who would be happy to demonstrate his art. I am an uncultered, ageing, slow, unfit brawler and probably would not stand a chance. However, I am genuinely curious to examine the effictiveness of this martial discipline. In the best traditions of prizefighting, I would be delighted to place a small wager in order to add a little spice. Do you know any aikido practitioners who might accept?
Gorillaonabike 3 years ago
Aikido is not a competitive martial art, so no, I don't think anyone would accept.
Jimbo78B 3 years ago
i'd like to see some MMA guy try to tackle an aikido guy carrying a bokken or a jo
he'd die
liao1779 3 years ago
It could be said that some would like to see an Aikidoka with Bokken or Jo take on a guy with 9mm Para. The Aikidoka will die.
An MMA guy will take an Aikidoka apart in hand to hand. He'll simply take him to the ground and grapple him to submission. While having intense randori at training if we went to ground we had to revert to jui-jitsu to "win". Plus remember, every technique in Aikido has a counter
corryv 3 years ago
its not as black and white as an mma guy will"simply take him to the ground and grapple him to submission"...not every guy that does mma could beat every guy that does aikido.
thats way to fixed of a statment and nothing in this world is fixed.
mezusmo1 3 years ago
MAte, you're getting me completely wrong. All I'm saying that in a fight situation a guy relying only on Aikido will lose 100% of the time to a well rounded fighter like an mma fighter. Obviously if you take Bob Whatsisname from nowhere who has been training for a month, then yes, Sensei Tissier will clean him up. But put Sensei Tissier against someone like Frank Mir, different story. MMA if anything has proven that no one style can dominate, Gracie was good but could soon be countered out
corryv 3 years ago
ok i understand i was talking about a real fight your talking about competition.comppletly different story.
mezusmo1 3 years ago
Whats all this "this martial art is better than that" talking about all the time? Best martial art = sprinting. Practice 1 Month and u will never lose a fight -.-
TSGJaws 3 years ago 3
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
darius75240 3 years ago
Hahahaha, right on mate. I even allude to this in one of my earlier replies. Clocked a 11.2 for the 100m in my prime so figure if a guy is still chasing me after that then I deserve to get beat up. What most people forget is that the PRIMARY goal of most MA's (especially Aikido) is to avoid conflict in its entirety.
corryv 3 years ago
The goal of every civilised human being is to avoid conflict. The primary goal of AIkido is to teach you to move, match your movements with those of the attacker, control/displace balance and to use a non-lethal means of self-defense.
Gronked 2 years ago
I do not so much agree that avoiding conflict is the goal or should be the goal of any "civilized" human being. Aikido seeks to resolve conflict not avoid it. Unless of course by conflict you are speaking of physical combat. The World could not exist without conflict, and since Aikido is a metaphore for the universe it can not avoid conflict. It can however be used to bring an amicable resolution to any conflict restoring balance in it's path.
yarddogpirate 2 years ago
How can you say that avoiding conflict shouldn't be the goal of a civilised human? The essence of aikido is to accept the situation and move beyond conflict. You're just saying what everyone knows- there's no conflict within the aikidoka or the technique, only within the attacker.
KurtCobain198666 2 years ago
Is not always an option.
Gronked 2 years ago
people keep on bragging about MMA...it's only a show of rough brutallity without any brain and art! wanna some real martial art? try the traditional one! not the one u mix with a little of this and that...remember..GOD created fruits not fruit punch!
Bobzch88 3 years ago
if people were to demo for real they would all end in tears and big hospital bills so for the uninformed think before you type and try and find a marital art that is good for the hard of thinking try MMa
sccmarshall 3 years ago
I'd have to say I don't think it's as easy as Black and White...
O'sensei took on many challengers in that's a documented
by people present.
But he emphazised spiritual development for the sake of training, life and society.
Does that fall inside the borders of what constitutes a martial art... to me it does...
Peekingduck 3 years ago
vraiment lamentable et en plus il crois a fond a ce qu'il fait, mr tissier vous etes une honte pour l'aikido qu est un art ou l'harmonie est primordial--> vous ne laissez transparetre rien vraiment tres tres tres nul, dire que vous vous permettez de juger certains...jugez vous plutot
piemm88 3 years ago
IS AIKIDO A MARTIAL ART??????
laurenceconyas23 3 years ago
yeah , it is ...
87317242 3 years ago
Yeah, it is :)
simondo666 3 years ago
no , it's a ice-cream flavour , OF COURSE IS A MARTIAL ART
aikidoshomenuchi 3 years ago
OK genius one,,,,, what defined aikido as a martial art?????
laurenceconyas23 3 years ago
"Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat." Since it involves defending against physical attacks and the countering them with an attack of your own AKA fighting. Which since it is the study of Martial science and hand to hand combat it is considered a martial art.
johnm543 3 years ago
Aikido has nothing to do with actual self defense or fighting. Aikido is not meant to be used in the street. People will never understand Ueshiba's teaching...their egos always get in the way.
budodude 3 years ago
just because you dont understand it, doesnt mean I dont take theory that works for me and apply it. I love those guys that claim aikido doesnt work. Maybe there's oxygen on the moon too...but i wouldnt know because ive never been there right?
kotegashi2 3 years ago 2
thank you. Finally someone with that understanding. What we do on the mat is aikido. We may use what we learn on the mat as self defense on the street, but then it seases to be aikido, unless you are very good.
marshallprince 3 years ago
Dear aikido fans i strongly recommend you to watch the => watch?v=WueyIjt0AUo
He is a sensei from Turkey...
sonrasonra 4 years ago
Pecco....dude, pissing contests only get your leg wet wiff pee..chill
flurtenmaniac 4 years ago
one of my best hobbies - looking for aikido videos and check if it the kind of aikido that can be simply switched into martial art or if it is that "special stuff" that ain't the shit working. with a little boxing exp you know that you can't enter a technique like mr tissier does...
Dainanashi 4 years ago
Always the same stupid point!
And if I had a gun I will shoot the aikidoka, right?
Great logic!!!
Keep it up, genius!
By the way, what is your real background? Can I know the name of your school(s) and Master(s)?
Thanks in advanced
gutlic 4 years ago
bit lazy hm? my background is easy to find..
Dainanashi 4 years ago
Aikido techniques DO work - *if the person doing the attack charges forward and has no care about his balance*. The joint locks and throws work perfectly then. Try it against someone who plants his feet and punches without lunging...
k3nn7 4 years ago
all he would have to do is keep his distance cuz the aikido dude wouldnt be out to hurt u.
LateKnight347 4 years ago
Right!
That's the first thing.
If you "plant" your feet, there is no quarrel!
Great! Problem solved!
gutlic 4 years ago
Yup cuz anyone that's been in a fight knows that you don't nicely square up to one another and allow the ref to start it. Normally they try and jump you when you're not ready which means coming across your mai-ai fast enough to avoid getting smacked, which is exactly what Aikido is designed to counter. So a good Aikidoka knows that if it looks like it's going to kick off he needs to create some space and wait for the other guy to cross it and twat him when he does.
ketsan 4 years ago
"coming across your mai-ai fast enough to avoid getting smacked, which is exactly what Aikido is designed to counter"
Actually no, aikido is designed to counter somebody PRETENDING to do that.
k3nn7 4 years ago
Like you'd know enough about Aikido to form an opinion.
ketsan 4 years ago
Put it this way. If they don't come across your mai-ai there isn't a threat, and the bouncers will drag them out. If they do come across it they create openings through which, if you are correctly trained, atemi will come, swiftly followed by technique.
ketsan 4 years ago
i'll admit there are some schools i've trained at where atemi is taken very lightly and attacks are all very 'helpful' for uke to train with, i know from experience though that after throwing a fully comitted attack at my sensei during a jui waza session that the harder i tried to hit him the harder i hit the floor, it all depends on the teacher or school you train with, too soft and never practicing with real commited attacks just leaves students open to beatings in real situations.
aikikev 3 years ago 3
shioda was a blackbelt i judo. Osensei kicked his butt so he decided to take aikido.
PEC00 4 years ago
7 th dan
sunjay97 4 years ago
I have heard Tissier has his hips damaged cause the kind of practice he followed all the years before : is it true ?
wilgeol 4 years ago
Saying Tissier is one of the best at the present time isn't true. He is the best known in France, sure, but there are a lot of different aikido schools, even in France (FFAB FFAAA AAA AFATJ...). Each of them has a different approach so they can not be compared because technics are performed differently
wilgeol 4 years ago
dame desu ne
waquizasi 4 years ago
So desu ne Keiko wa wakaranai.
amci06042 4 years ago
Tissier has to be one of the best around at the present time??
sherman4970 4 years ago
nicely put edrox... as aikido is about movement, balance and timing, it is at the same time about the strength your opponent puts into his attack; after all, it is easier throwing someone when they come at you with all attention focused on their punch being mean and powerfull... just grap his arm (timing) get out of his "line of attack" (movement) and pull him down ot simply just leave your leg in his way (balance)...
style8ras 4 years ago 3
well sitting here talking a bunch of shit isn't going to help you morons find out whos right. you guys need to find practitioners of each of these styles of fighting that yall are talking about, pee in there sodas, and settle yalls bullshit. Which is the superior art? You cant find that out...whos the best practitioner of there art? You should stop talking and find out.
estuben87 4 years ago
katakata780...has a point...people who dont practice this sport say to them selves, I wouldnt attack an apponent like that because its dumb...you perform how you practice. they go up against a skilled fighter in muay thai, whos gonna walk away. i can tell you that someone who knows how to fight is going to be putting up alot of resistance and those little half ass moves in the demo aren't going to work against a knowledgable apponent.
estuben87 4 years ago
The fact is, though, not very many of us will ever have to face someone in Muay Thai. Not once have I ever been in a fight with ANYONE who has martial arts experience. Does it happen, yes. But is it common for an experienced fighter to try to attack someone on the street at random, no. I use Aikido for its practical use against the more common type of attacker. When it fails me, I'll try something else.
ravingsayain2 4 years ago
how often have you ever had to use this as self defense...on the street.
estuben87 4 years ago
For a few years of my life, quite often. I didn't exactly live in the good part of town so I have had my share of street fights. And yes, Aikido isn't perfect but it has saved my life many times I'm sure.
ravingsayain2 4 years ago
I have one more question...how far along have you progressed in the sport. Every person ive ever talked to about this sport seemed to be igonorant hicks talking shit. you're the only person Ive talked to about it that hasnt acted like its turned you into a fighting robot.
estuben87 4 years ago
Well, thanks for the compliment. I am 3rd kyu right now. The ones who talk shit are, in my experience, usually the younger people and always less mature than adults. They have yet how to develop that sociological imagination that allows them to accept and think from various points of view.
ravingsayain2 4 years ago
lol, great comment. There is definitely no magic in Aikido and it takes years of training and hard work - and many lumps, bumps, nose bleeds, sore wrists and shoulders to get even a passable competency. At its best Aikido is amazing, and in defence against a street type thug it can be devastating. But aikido is only as good as the person executing it. Too many aikido schools sell this aura of invincibility - it's crap.
markaval 4 years ago
I think you make a really important point here that gets lost in the 'what is the best martial art' purile argument: aikido shouldn't need to be used against another martial artist - hopefully that person would be mature enough not to be looking for fights. Street fighters are another breed altogether and not to be underestimated - but they are far more susceptible to aikido defence techniques. And like you say, if the aikido doens't work, mix it up!
markaval 4 years ago
Sorry I don't get the comment from Katakata780.
The times when I have been in fights and used
the martial training I have ... are you saying
it didn't work? : D
The way I remember it it worked OK...
Sorry mate but I don't agree with your coment.
In studying "the martial way" there can be
No such thing as, "the only way".
Though I liked the clip you pointed out, it was good.
Thanks for that and this clip too.
Peekingduck 4 years ago
To all the nay sayers about the usefullness of Aikido, let me just say this. I am a cop and when I was going through defensive tactics training, my instructer said" if you get a chance to study Aikido, do it." There is reason why law enforcement incorporates Aikido in some of it's training.
Shadowcaster316 4 years ago
sorry but your comment is quite stupid
everyone can see this video is about TRAINING
coldeus 4 years ago
you have great videos it all looked so fantastic
john espy orange belt
aikirich 4 years ago
if anybody still have any doubt why aikdo will never work, search for "MATT THORNTON, ALIVENESS - martial arts most important thing!" in video.google...
katakata780 4 years ago
Katakata780, I take it you've never been to an Aikido class? The one thing that is alwaysbeing shouted at you is "MOVE... MOVE!" Aikido IS about movement, we are always being told that "it won't work unless you move!"
Nez2891 4 years ago
Any idea about what "randori" is? it's all about timing and footwork, the things that guy talked about in that video. But for randori, you need a basic knowledge of aikido techniques because they're not simple.
PEC00 4 years ago
full of spirit and energy!
aiamaloi 4 years ago
To All Aikidoka. If you are a serious practitioner, try to understand that most people see aikido as choreograph moves especially in demos. Watchers want to see a real fight. It's hard to explain that aikido is harmony in mind, body and soul. Thus, it applies to how one should defend himself in a real combative situation. With love in your heart, you will not reply to such ignorant people. Just let them die without knowing or experiencing aikido themselves.
Let's go back to our dojos.
rongenrobles 4 years ago
mmmh, je m'attendais à meiux de tissier. Il y a beaucoup d'égo qui ressort, je trouve... Enfin, c'est l'aikikai en général...
mgurvan 4 years ago
I like too see all the comments that aikido is not usefull, and how this ppl doesnt attack really fast. Well he is the teacher teaching a lesson not a real fight, how about your KickBoxing Kick you in the face when u are training? not funny huh?
Aikido is for War, not for streets fights, aikido is made for ppl how fight for live or dead in the war field, soo thats what is very usefull vs multiple attackers and very effective if u finnish the tecnics...
duchas 4 years ago
if you want to defend yourself against a multiple attacker, take running...there's no way to defeat a group of people, unless they are total pussies...
katakata780 4 years ago
Someone's talking sense at last.
b0ris360 4 years ago
But what happens when you aren't able to run away? I would rather have something they may work a little rather than no defense at all.
ravingsayain2 4 years ago
Good Aikido. Oxymoron.
vinko2007 4 years ago
Agreed.
b0ris360 4 years ago