48th All Japan Aikido - Endo Seishiro Shihan

[johnoll]

Being a humble karateka I'd like to see the defences against fast low kicks to the thighs, straight punches to the body, and straight finger-thrusts. From my perspective the knife-hand strikes of the uke look telegraphed and slow. I am not suggesting that I wouldn't be put away trying karate techniques, but I would have liked to see how he would do it.

[KakuAndy]

Master Endo rocks!!

[Zararobert]

what is this? dance?



[kedymaan]

algum significado ha de ter  AIKIDO ITAPETININGA SP BRASIL

[Bigboss5]

its funny cause you see some high ranking aikidoka throwing their uke while trying to look tough and strong. Endo Shihan doesn't "try" to do anything. He just does. The beauty in his technique is its softness. He's super efficient. Minimal effort with what would appear to the untrained eye as a disproportionately effective result. Always a treat to watch his demonstrations and seminars.

[hadronica2]

1:02 increible!!!

[bbroegger]

Endo is without a doubt my biggest idol in the aikido world. his Ki is amazing. he makes it look so easy. brilliant

[ZenOneMike]

aikido is awesome.

[sadtechie]

When watching Endo Sensei (who is almost 70), it is easy to see why Aikidokas can continue practising the art to a great age. Clearly this level of mastery takes many years of practice, but this is encouraging rather than disheartening.

[jo3bl4ck74]

the best!

[HomunculusProject]

90% of the people watching this don't understand what they are seeing.

Personally, I only get 75%. Would love to visit a seminar of his.

[satoru0320]

受けがうまいだけじゃないんですか？

[03sankyu]

Natural no broken moves.. now thats Aikido...

[MrAboumoussaab]

aikido is a sport where you are in deffence in some level but a moithai man or boxer can dimolish ur face isn't a self deffence sport is demonstration sport

[canajaneh]

I love the way he uses one uke to fend off the other. He was supposed to come for a seminar here to which I was planning to go, but can't travel because of the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster. I hope he'll be able to make it next year.

[aikiguerrero]

His Aikido only works with Ukes.

[ketsan]

@aikiguerrero Most people's Aikido is about doing something physical to uke to break their balance. These guys use their bodies to feed uke's brain false information so that they break their own balance. Like on ikkyo you force the arm up so that uke's weight is supported and then you take the support away and you just relax; you don't cut down just let your body relax. Ukes brain can't react fast enough it looks for that support and their body collapses.

[tsukiyumi]

hideous..the only thing good is the uke's

[Aikidoboskovice]

@tsukiyumi Who are you to judge it is not good? Seishiro shihan is (at least for me) one of the best aikidoka in the world. If you want to say it is good or not you should to be 9th dan of Aikido. If you are then I am sorry. If you don´t then please don´t say something like this. You can say what you want but you should comprehend it.

[tsaikyle]

amazing! The timing and control were perfect and I really enjoy his Aikido!

[orizon39]

UN-B-F-K-N-LIEVABLE!

Stellar Aikido!

[ToumasuKun]

this is some wonderful aikido!

[sandan1310]

Also ich habe oder durfte mit Tamura Shihan und mit Endo Shihan Trainieren

und was alle gemeinsam haben ist die unglaubliche Erfahrung wenn der Uke Angreift versucht der Meister nicht eine Technik sondern spielt mit dem Uke wie man sieht bei Endo Shihan versucht es auch mal in eurem dojo viel Spaß 

[jdanccastro]

i have trained with Nobuyoshi Tamura Shihan, and it just looks different. One thing is control, over yourself and the attacker, another thing is lightness as it looks here.... but i might be wrong... Got to try out with this master.. =D

[h45tu]

BEAUTIFUL ART OF PEACE AND HARMONY

[jdanccastro]

It all looks too much "lightness". I like the older masters more. More marcial....

[CheetaReborn]

@jdanccastro The reason it looks so "light" is because the experience level at play here. The man performing the techniques is 8th/10 Black Belt. Being thrown by him and not breaking a limb requires training of its own. The people were being thrown are probabaly somewhere between 1st-5th degree black belts, so they knew how to take the falls safley. If this guy threw you, and you had no experience you wouldn't wanna get up after the 3rd throw.

[macapawa108]

Very cool..... i like his style. He is perfect in my eyes...

[jorgepesqueira]

Unfortunatly no one as invited Endo Shihan to come to Portugal, but i hope that soon i have the hapiness and the honour to be in the tatami with him

[harrypillay]

Just WOW ...

[hstaniloff]

Amazing. To the untrained eye, this would appear to be some sort of martial arts dance. However, to the inspired aikidoka such as myself, this video demonstrates Aikido at an extremely high-level. For those of you that thinks this is "soft", I encourage you to seek out Aikido and give it a try. At this level, you'd be broken half-way through the first technique. This is serious stuff! His uke's are amazing too! Love it!!!!

[thkun33]

@hstaniloff agree with you , i join his seminar this May and practice with one of them in this clip. he is strong and not easy to off his balance. I am lucky that Endo shihan reconize my limitation and give me a suggestion. afterthat i can nearly apply the technique on him, they are all great and will participate again next year

[hallobaaaby]

@hstaniloff

You should see Aikido in France.

[Yaksha85476]

@hstaniloff To have been uke with him twice on a lesson, he's damn good. One of the best so gentle, so nice but he can deal any type of size/weight

[unixtohack]

@hstaniloff indeed, very amazing and a hyper level. Everytime I see this I have a dream, but it is unreachable for me. to old.....

[manos3003]

@hstaniloff I totally agree with you on that. There comes a point where you have to learn how to communicate with your partner and keep connection with his center, while both of you are soft and relaxed. It is indeed quite hard!

[ennot]

@hstaniloff this isn't any "serious stuff" because it's not supposed to be. Exquisitely performed as they are, these are purely training moves, with long lines designed to train precision and control. Nobody would be broken half way through any of those even if they had no ukemi. Don't confuse people who aren't familiar with aikido, or they'd be discouraged, since these techniques would not "work" in any real situation.

[menjoie]

@hstaniloff

I agree with you aikido is an art ok i do it to and in the back of my mind i know that in real life it's need to be fast and more violent if you were attacked.But Endo shows the essence of Aikido harmony in mind and body.

[aikimelLo22]

*reached*.\

[aikimelLo22]

This man just contiues to amaze me. I think he's reach close to perfection in his aikido.

[Ihealya]

So smooth and so graceful.

[jo3bl4ck74]

the best!

[Minhhandsome]

why did Endo sensei demonstrate on rouge tatami instead of white one as usual?