Men's Final - Tanto Randori - Shodokan Aikido World Championships 2011

[laurenaikido]

They are so evenly matched, but so good! I'm really scared about doing randori properly. ;;

[TheLonelyOutcast01]

@laurenaikido : Hello Lauren, what is Randori? looks like a little play like knife hes trying to controle :)

?? curious so please answer

[laurenaikido]

@TheLonelyOutcast01 well the vid pretty much says it all.. if it's tanto randori, one person has a knife and the objective for the person with the knife is simply to stab the other guy and not fall down.. whereas the person without the knife is trying not to get stabbed, get the guy with the knife to lose their balance, and try not to fall down themselves. :P It's a lot of fun if you're playing... but i feel it gets really tense when doing it seriously.

[sussexaikido]

Thank you so much for uploading!

[cagragui]

Are both these guys british? Excellent fight. I wonder if we're ever gonna have weight division in shodokan. It would have been both really fun and difficult to fight against either one of them. If I stand straight I'm not nearly as tall as these guys. And of course I'm not that heavy either. Congrats.

[nolispe]

@cagragui The closest is Josh Ramey, Mansfield Ohio, USA.

He's 6'1, and about 190 in this. Fastest and lightest I've seen him in 8 years, and I'm (or was) his primary training partner for years.

[BritishAikido]

Well done for posting this so quickly :-) Fantastic final with two very worthy athletes!