Aikido - Peter Bernath Sensei, 7th Dan, Randori

[KEMCINNIS]

Strong, precise and elegant. Yes Uke attacks are respectful but they are still strong. This is a training environment, not a street fight. Each technique is completed...very important. In any pile-on street fight there will be some 'slop.' The amount of precision and care you put in on the mat will reduce the slop and increase your effectiveness if you are ever (hopefully not) attacked. Also Aikido when practices properly prevents attacks!

[Udansha]

yeah Segal tech looks great on film or in the movies....I suggest watching Segal at the all 44th Japan on you tube and youll get a better understanding..

Dont judge until you been on the matt, and thats all i have to say

[utubesqueeze]

Wow, this guy is pretty bad for a 7th dan. I've seen 1st kyu exam test 4-man randori's under greater pressure who perform with much better awareness and speed.

If this guy is meant to be at least close to comparable to Sensei Seagal who is also a 7th dan, then there's something wrong with that aikido organisation.

[uptop84]

i dont know about the rest of you but aikido helped me fend of bullies, TWICE back in the school days. The dude was twice the size of me. If you put commitment to it youll see the true mean of aikido...

[salishaw]

Life is based on reality. Yes, you never know when comes to a street attack. However, practicing unrealistic attacks certainly doesn't prepare one for the unknown. Aikido is a philosophical, for show art. It isn't necessarily for self defense and certainly not for fighting. Aikido is good at demonstrations and hypothetical possibilities. I stopped Aikido as a result.

[salishaw]

Life is based on reality. Yes, you never know when comes to a street attack. However, practicing unrealistic attacks certainly doesn't prepare one for the unknown. Aikido is a philosophical, for show art. It isn't necessarily for self defense and certainly not for fighting. Aikido is good at demonstrations and hypothetical possibilities.

[Crifstar]

Just my opinion but Randori isn't meant to fight off multiple attackers but is a training tool to react quickly with an Empty Mind. If you have predetermined to do a technique, I can say with experience that you will be wrong and the technique will not work. I don't really care what martial art you train in, with 4 or more people attacking you for real you wouldn't last long, that only happens in the movies.

[Udansha]

@Albertojaikus, MMA = Garbage! how many rabbits do you intend on chasing at one time? If you dont understand that, then you are no martial artist of any kind but rather a brute with a very narrow mind.

[duchessofpercy]

I have read all the comments and have one thought; having studied Aikido for a mere 5 years, I understand enough to say this looks "real" enough for me. Unless you have stood in the face of the storm, and felt the wind it is hard to fully understand how relivent Aikido truly is. I have been in the circle of a Shihan's storm know the power they can generate. I say kudos to the ukes of this video. It is a very clean and useful video for seeing how various techniques can be married together.

[Udansha]

Again, Im one of the ukes in this video. As far as MMA..It has its place, but a martial art, it is NOT!... Its a blood bath for who can wildly strike one first. I use aikido at work (law enforcement) It works. Its just one of many martial arts, hint, martial. Not boxing mixed with jujitsu. you want practical, I suggest seeing if you can take a direct punch to the face, let see if your still standing. I have great respect for other arts, I just chose this one after 15 years of point karate.

[chrstilen5]

@shneert1 ok ^_^

[jalidav1]

it does kinda take away from the intensity when you look at the guy you want to attack you next, i think randori is an excellent training method but i feel you may have let bad habits sneak into training over the years

[discomagic]

@jameson727 Understood! I actually think this is a very good randori. Perhaps a better explanation would be "randori with intensity."

[chrstilen5]

I want real videos that prove Aikido works like badass.

[nbednar]

Define "works". Then people can have a real discussion. Until then it's just hot air.

[salishaw]

When are they going to actually attack in a realistic way?

[FloridaAikikai]

Aikido attacks are part of a holistic training approach to combat/conflict. It's often difficult to see from an outside point of view how much energy and threat is involved in practice, but if you ever stood in front of these guys' strikes or felt what it's like to enter into the circle of Peter Sensei's personal space, you probably wouldn't ask such a question.

[salishaw]

I understand your point. But real strikes are nothing like Aikido strikes. In my dojo (Aikido) we practice using real strikes, another level of Aikido training. We use real resistance also outside of the standard demonstrations that all dojos use over and over.

[discomagic]

In my experience, training with "resistance" is unrealistic as it removes the dynamic nature and natural rhythm out of the situation. Resistance training encourages competition, which tends to degrade into a test of strength.

[Albertojaikus]

@FloridaAikikai yes, bla, bla, bla, bla... I want to see him doing this stuff in a MMA sparring.

[JTAC2010]

@Albertojaikus I am an Aikidoka and I used to practice MMA (so I get where your coming from). MMA is no place for Aikido. Aikido is designed around the idea of self-defense while in MMA my goal is to destroy the other guy. Aikido could work in a similar environment but never in the cage as it would be far too limited. In a ring its mutual combat in self-defense they are coming after me, you see the difference. In MMA they see me coming on the street they must attack first and I will win.

[Udansha]

Im the guy with the light hair in the vid. If you wanna know if these attacks are real? Just ask my orthopeadic surgeon. Take my advice, you dont want to be on the rtceiving end of one of his strikes. And I know I have also trained hard style karate for 15 years.. Its real enough.

[jjhaywood]

@salishaw Dude, I don't think Aikido is effective either, but did u stop to really analyze your question? Real life is so varied and unpredictable, unless is a street attack (not a street fight, thats different) there's no real way to make it "real". Even the roughest looking thai boxing technique might get you killed in a real attack... who knows?

[zsoujiro]

@salishaw

because that sensei is freaking scary!

[maylilin009]

Peter Bernath is a very respected Sensei in NorthAmerica.

[millie038]

Corr. My sensei is a 2nd Dan and his teacher is a 4th Dan, I've never met a 7th Dan before but wow, looks impressive.

[pulermo]

pleas upload more videos of peter sensei... he is one of my favorites

[jamaikido]

ponga mas videos por favor, en venezuela respetamos y admiramos al sensei peter