The system of only dan grades wearing a hakama is so impractical. By the time you get your shodan, it's too late to start getting used to it. When you walk into a new dojo, you have no idea if someone is a first week beginner or maybe has been at it for three years. We get our hakamas after 3rd kyu. When you walk into a dojo, you can right away tell who's been there for more than a week.
the question about the hakama should really be the other way around - why do most dojos nowadays only allow the hakama be worn at a yudansha level?
if you do a bit of reading, you'll find that O-Sensei used to insist all students wear the hakama when training because the dogi were akin to mere underwear! apparently many students suffered financial hardships during/post WW2 and so O-Sensei relented the rule about hakamas.
I guess my dojo was merely followed the original tradition...
Indeed, following on from that: After the war, people could not afford Hakamas so easily, and so it soon became tradition to wear one when you have committed yourself for a certain time.
I still prefer not to wear a Hakama until I reach Shodan.
hi lordtains, during the time of this video, my dojo was with a small/independent organisation called Fuji Ryu Aikido Federation of Australasia. this year (2009), we've affiliated with Aikido Kenkyukai International (AKI).
to answer your question, my sense is that everyone's aikido is unique. so as to what style I am - I think, my aikido style is my own. =)
@samuraimars Is there styles of Aikido? I thought Aikikay was the only aikido org... I´m in Brazil, and Aikido have a large numbers of practicioners here, but all under Aikikay.
This is good. P.S. I don't need to see it, but however fast you are, become faster. You'll see! Aikido is very useful for perception and the physical feel of what's going to happen next. It was fun watching this video.
Excellent video Osaya. I haven't started classes yet, but I did check out a local dojo and I was drawn in by everything. Akido is a beautiful art regardless of anything else. To me it looks like a beautiful dance - a dance of excruciating pain and agony. I'm not to sure when I'll start, hopefully sometime this month.
In my thought there are not too many differences between an art and a sport. And that's based in my concept of "art". Ergo: Aikido is an art, but at the same time a sport. And that's not something that unvalue it as a "artistic martial discipline".
Did I explain myself? My natural language is Spanish, so may be I'm not writing well. :P
Yes! I've known people to get to a solod black belt in karate in 5 years. Aikido is so intricate, so many things to learn from the word go. Its easily one of the most complexed styles in the world
back in the days, Ueshiba O-Sensei trained heavily in koryu (old-shchool) jujutsu, which were heavily rooted in samurai-style traditions in training. one of those things included wearing the hakama, which were the equivalent to 'cowboy pants', whereas the white dogi were considered just underwear. Moreover, O-Sensei strongly emphasised that the 7 pleats on the hakama represented the 7 key virtues every budoka should uphold.
As a side note from lordosaya, the hakama has the function to hide the position of the legs. In a battle, if your opponent knows how you move and disables your legs, it will get tough.
Especially when you fall head over hills as you trip in the wide legs. :) For battle I understand the samurai wore shorter hakama and for horses I know of no wide-leg-trouser cultures that would let those extra pieces of cloth fly over the place. They got tied up.
its hard to get every thing together we have covered tenchi nage, kotegaeshi,and another move can not remember name, mawate and rolling. ive done 8 years of karate so the termonology is not that bad for me. best art ive done
Hum looking at it again i still think you moved well for a "n00b". Some people seems to have a easier "natural flow" in the way they move on the carpet and you can see it on some nomatter how skilled they are, it comes natural for them :)
This video makes me smile :) I started training Iwama Aikido 7 months ago - but for about 2 months I was just standing still with a big "error" expression on my face and a poor uke who explain it to me over and over and still got the lame "whaaaat" from me! X-D Big cheers to all patient ukes and senseis out there.
I share your gratitude. I've only done 4 classes so far. Love the art/study, and am very impressed with, and touched by, the people involved in it.
Thank you for sharing your video, and the song ("Lift" by Shannon Noll). I'm icing an injured shoulder and downloading it from iTunes now. Very timely.
It is good to work weapons from the start, no matter the style, as it puts body movement deeper into your mind and body, and provides the reality aspect, ie dealing with armed assualt. Very good.
Interesting about the hakamas. In the style of Daito ryu I train brown belts and higher where them.
yeah, most dojos seem to have their own rules about when the hakama can be worn. but having worn it for a while, i think that wearing the hakama early on is good practice as it helps you get used to not being tangled in it (especially in suwariwaza!!) as well as maintaining a good posture.
as for weapon works, or the other techniques as a matter a fact, formal grades don't seem to matter much at my dojo. everyone just trains together to the best of our capability - usually as much as our ukemi can take! and anyways, like the hakama, IMO, it is good practice to do some weapon work early on as it helps one understand the origins of the tachiwaza.
Aikido in the actual learning process. Charming! And I know it's not easy with those sophisticated Nishio sensei movements. I didn't know that his aikido is practiced in an Australia dojo, too.
I'm honoured you actually saw my clip! :) One of my senseis (the one in the clip) was actually Nishio sensei's student before he migrated to Australia. Some of his techniques are certainly very different from the ones my other senseis teach, but it's certainly always great to continuously learn new stuff!
Thumbs up if you instantly muted this shit music.
korbin420 10 months ago
The system of only dan grades wearing a hakama is so impractical. By the time you get your shodan, it's too late to start getting used to it. When you walk into a new dojo, you have no idea if someone is a first week beginner or maybe has been at it for three years. We get our hakamas after 3rd kyu. When you walk into a dojo, you can right away tell who's been there for more than a week.
pacosaidso 1 year ago
How long had you been learning when you made this video? o,o
yoruketseki 2 years ago
hi yoruketseki, hmm, probably about a year after i started?
lordosaya 2 years ago
it's like watching myself, luckily i'm now a 4th kyu hoorah!!!
as a question why does your dojo encourage the wearing of hakama?
and what style of aikido is it (iwama, yoshinken etc.)?
samuraimars 2 years ago
the question about the hakama should really be the other way around - why do most dojos nowadays only allow the hakama be worn at a yudansha level?
if you do a bit of reading, you'll find that O-Sensei used to insist all students wear the hakama when training because the dogi were akin to mere underwear! apparently many students suffered financial hardships during/post WW2 and so O-Sensei relented the rule about hakamas.
I guess my dojo was merely followed the original tradition...
lordosaya 2 years ago 2
Indeed, following on from that: After the war, people could not afford Hakamas so easily, and so it soon became tradition to wear one when you have committed yourself for a certain time.
I still prefer not to wear a Hakama until I reach Shodan.
ChadMaestro 2 years ago
Amen bro. You good?
ketsan 2 years ago
so what style are you?
lordtains 2 years ago
hi lordtains, during the time of this video, my dojo was with a small/independent organisation called Fuji Ryu Aikido Federation of Australasia. this year (2009), we've affiliated with Aikido Kenkyukai International (AKI).
to answer your question, my sense is that everyone's aikido is unique. so as to what style I am - I think, my aikido style is my own. =)
lordosaya 2 years ago
@samuraimars Is there styles of Aikido? I thought Aikikay was the only aikido org... I´m in Brazil, and Aikido have a large numbers of practicioners here, but all under Aikikay.
DanielRBranco 1 year ago
Is there an Aikido man on this planet that doesn't exude that useless ponce vibe?
leomarcio77 3 years ago
This is good. P.S. I don't need to see it, but however fast you are, become faster. You'll see! Aikido is very useful for perception and the physical feel of what's going to happen next. It was fun watching this video.
olympicsnow 3 years ago
what is the name of this song
2kie94 3 years ago
Excellent video Osaya. I haven't started classes yet, but I did check out a local dojo and I was drawn in by everything. Akido is a beautiful art regardless of anything else. To me it looks like a beautiful dance - a dance of excruciating pain and agony. I'm not to sure when I'll start, hopefully sometime this month.
PS: Hakamas look cool IMO.
OnyxRose88 3 years ago
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Just let go of the fucking stick you stupid cunt. Goddamn you idiots are fucking dumb.
Blndrfist 3 years ago
you obviously dont understand that if the technique was done properly, he wouldnt even have time to work out what was goin on.
mr5104 3 years ago
When did you begin to practise Aikido? Is it so difficult to learn how they say?
IgnominiouZ 3 years ago
i started my journey in early 2006. is it difficult to learn? for sure. is it worth it? for sure. ;)
lordosaya 3 years ago
I understand what you say. But, in comparison with other disciplines (like Karate, TKD): is it so difficult to learn how the people says?
IgnominiouZ 3 years ago
Aikido is art, not a sport ;)
skoami 3 years ago
In my thought there are not too many differences between an art and a sport. And that's based in my concept of "art". Ergo: Aikido is an art, but at the same time a sport. And that's not something that unvalue it as a "artistic martial discipline".
Did I explain myself? My natural language is Spanish, so may be I'm not writing well. :P
IgnominiouZ 3 years ago
Karate and TKD are both arts, neither sport in there natural forms.
KurtCobain198666 2 years ago
Yes! I've known people to get to a solod black belt in karate in 5 years. Aikido is so intricate, so many things to learn from the word go. Its easily one of the most complexed styles in the world
KurtCobain198666 2 years ago
After first training? COOL! I wish I could wear one now. :(
Noudist 3 years ago
why do ppl wear the hakama?
Maz1989 3 years ago
back in the days, Ueshiba O-Sensei trained heavily in koryu (old-shchool) jujutsu, which were heavily rooted in samurai-style traditions in training. one of those things included wearing the hakama, which were the equivalent to 'cowboy pants', whereas the white dogi were considered just underwear. Moreover, O-Sensei strongly emphasised that the 7 pleats on the hakama represented the 7 key virtues every budoka should uphold.
lordosaya 3 years ago
As a side note from lordosaya, the hakama has the function to hide the position of the legs. In a battle, if your opponent knows how you move and disables your legs, it will get tough.
Noudist 3 years ago
Especially when you fall head over hills as you trip in the wide legs. :) For battle I understand the samurai wore shorter hakama and for horses I know of no wide-leg-trouser cultures that would let those extra pieces of cloth fly over the place. They got tied up.
ChrisLondonTube 3 years ago
brill video, im on my 4 lesson in aikido
its hard to get every thing together we have covered tenchi nage, kotegaeshi,and another move can not remember name, mawate and rolling. ive done 8 years of karate so the termonology is not that bad for me. best art ive done
eryri2008 3 years ago
Hum looking at it again i still think you moved well for a "n00b". Some people seems to have a easier "natural flow" in the way they move on the carpet and you can see it on some nomatter how skilled they are, it comes natural for them :)
zalbit 4 years ago
This video makes me smile :) I started training Iwama Aikido 7 months ago - but for about 2 months I was just standing still with a big "error" expression on my face and a poor uke who explain it to me over and over and still got the lame "whaaaat" from me! X-D Big cheers to all patient ukes and senseis out there.
zalbit 4 years ago
haha yes, you could say this is a tribute to all the aiki-n00bs and their patient sempais and senseis. ;)
lordosaya 4 years ago
I share your gratitude. I've only done 4 classes so far. Love the art/study, and am very impressed with, and touched by, the people involved in it.
Thank you for sharing your video, and the song ("Lift" by Shannon Noll). I'm icing an injured shoulder and downloading it from iTunes now. Very timely.
TwoDonkeys 2 years ago
LOOOL osaya
nice song , kinda funny tho
I KNOW YOUR STRONGER OSAYA :D you gotto live!
Be the KI with you my brother
Aur0rah 4 years ago
It is good to work weapons from the start, no matter the style, as it puts body movement deeper into your mind and body, and provides the reality aspect, ie dealing with armed assualt. Very good.
Interesting about the hakamas. In the style of Daito ryu I train brown belts and higher where them.
thor7600 4 years ago
Pretty nice... In finland we have to grade 3.kyu before we´re allowed to wear hakama. And i´m also suprised to seen weapon techniques that early.
Trekker84 4 years ago
yeah, most dojos seem to have their own rules about when the hakama can be worn. but having worn it for a while, i think that wearing the hakama early on is good practice as it helps you get used to not being tangled in it (especially in suwariwaza!!) as well as maintaining a good posture.
lordosaya 4 years ago
as for weapon works, or the other techniques as a matter a fact, formal grades don't seem to matter much at my dojo. everyone just trains together to the best of our capability - usually as much as our ukemi can take! and anyways, like the hakama, IMO, it is good practice to do some weapon work early on as it helps one understand the origins of the tachiwaza.
lordosaya 4 years ago
Aikido in the actual learning process. Charming! And I know it's not easy with those sophisticated Nishio sensei movements. I didn't know that his aikido is practiced in an Australia dojo, too.
Aikidostenudd 4 years ago
I'm honoured you actually saw my clip! :) One of my senseis (the one in the clip) was actually Nishio sensei's student before he migrated to Australia. Some of his techniques are certainly very different from the ones my other senseis teach, but it's certainly always great to continuously learn new stuff!
lordosaya 4 years ago