Way Of The Warrior - Discovery Channel - Part 4

[JordansGuitarCovers]

I'd like to see an Aikido master go against a Bagua master or Wing Chun master. There are no strikes in Aikido, only disarming and reflection of force. I was an Aikido student and I know first hand what it is like. I know a guy who teaches Bagua in the town I live in and he told me he has beaten an Aikido master before during a demonstration with his students.

[KagirinaiYonaka]

@JordansGuitarCovers If you were an Aikidoka, then you must've known that Aikido never meant to beat others. remember what O' Sensei Morihei Ueshiba said about Aikido. It is not for correcting others, It is for correcting your own mind..

[SoliDPumpatron]

he has mistaken aikido with jujutsu

[1982rf]

You dare show a huge lack of discipline by scratching your chin in front of the great scrolls! You must now commit seppuku!

[billvw1974]

@MrJohnfisher81 what did he die of and what age he was he ?

[billvw1974]

when did he die?

[ketsan]

@billvw1974 2007 

[wawa168]

the akido master needs to lose weight!! where's the discipline!

[vpa0]

@wawa168 well, i'm sure he'd still kick your butt easily if he had to.

[SanatanaDharmaOM]

@wawa168 Losing weight isn't always about drinking slim fast and exercise. It is much more complex. Processed foods do not help us much in the path.

[1banryukyu]

At the end when the Aikidoka were cleaning the tatami and Sensei was making his statement about doing things that have no reward was I think the best part of the whole show. At Ho Oo Ryu we call the ending part of class after saying the dojo kun and mokuso zokin.

[kyoku1982]

No disrespect, but has this sensei ever seen a salad.

[dokokai]

@kyoku1982 Great post! I love it.

[storyacoustic]

This documentary's assertion that aikido is the martial developed by the samurai is very dishonest. Aikido is a modern martial way which was formulated by Moriehi Ueshiba in the Twentieth Century. It has roots in traditional jujutsu, to be sure, but its techniques, its training, and its philosophy all depart significantly from the martial arts of the samurai. This sensei teaching his students that they are samurai is doing them (and us) a great disservice.

[gsg9ff]

@storyacoustic

You have a valid point.

But, do you consider 'O-Sensei' to have been a Samurai?

Did Great Samurai exist with a philosophy/and Aiki Skills similar to O'Sensei?

It's a big universe out there!

Imagine of the masters that the world knew nothing of.

It is a known fact that many masters were very secretive & secluded beings.

[storyacoustic]

@gsg9ff No, I do not consider O Sensei to have been a samurai. And no, the samurai did not live according to the principles of aiki. If you read the works of samurai philosophers of the feudal era, you will discover a philosophy and a morality that differs significantly from that of O Sensei. As I said before, aikido clearly has roots in traditional jujutsu, which itself began with samurai grappling techniques, but to call aikido the art of the samurai is an outright lie.

[gsg9ff]

@storyacoustic I agree with you to an extent.

I believe that in general the Samurai were if anything aristocratic people who often used their mighty sword on commoners and poor agrarian folk of the time. They battled each other for power, greed & subjected members of their class to barbaric rituals. The Samurai Era was without a doubt a violent history which is contradictory to O'Sensei's Philosophical views.

[gsg9ff]

@storyacoustic But I believe that Aikido is Budo & O'Sensei's roots & many aspects of his philosophical views were intrinsic in Bujutsu. I believe in heart,mind,body, & soul he was a warrior (although his lifestyle & Philosophical views differed from the Noble Class) and that is what a Samurai means to me. That if need be, he would take a Katana & defend his family from Danger like a true warrior.

[gsg9ff]

Respond to this video...When O'Sensei became involved with Martial Arts he trained with the utmost severity & fortitude with the ideals of Bushido. Although, his teacher was a sadist & brute, he honored him no-less & was loyal, obedient, & sacrificed greatly for his teacher. He maintained & overcame many hardships in his life due to his fortitude & life long arduous devotion to Martial training. Many of his direct students feared him because they knew he had the power & capacity to end them.

[ken2000X]

@storyacoustic I agree. Just the date of its founding should give that away. It became Akido as we know it in 1942. (Prior to that it was aiki-bujutsu and aiki-jutsu before that) Long after the samurai. Then there is the extremely pacifist religious life of O-Sensei. Aikido is a modern martial art.

[RicRagsLive]

I think his great personal indulgence is cake!!

Holy shit his hakama is a window curtain!!

[sh3n3ng]

Am I watching Family Guys? cos I'm seeing Peter Griffin!

I kid.

[123brownboy]

LOL so many white ppl taking japanese martial arts...

[TAKAHASHIGRAY]

@123brownboy Yes? and?



[bluemagickbo]

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[sanathesuperflash]

Ninjitsu the Art of assassination of Medieval Japan is the strongest, the best martial arts then all the contries, is the only martial arts who can beat the criminals, the polices, the FBI, the S.W.A.T Team, the Bodybuilders who try to beat up the best warrior of Japan, to still their women!