2006 Shodokan Aikido Freestyle Kata Demonstration

[HallCustomSheaths]

WTF kind of strike was that at 0:57? He used an open hand and swung at the air.

[Sjisjin2]

I did Shotokan for some years up to brown belt... With all due respect " Tanaka Sensei " , It gotta be the worst martial art  style ever... Had some fun with the katas and the kumites... But in a street fight... ? get da fuk outa here...

[bowenaanddraco]

i train in aikido so i dont have to use it, but its there if i need to, and because its fun.

i can never get as relaxed as that tori

[TheOriginalStriker]

gay hahahaha

[jhaduvala]

@TheOriginalStriker Wanker hahahah.

[jhaduvala]

@TheOriginalStriker Wanker hahahah.

[azreal289]

the problem i have is they don't seem to be "attacking" yes they are swinging in the defenders general direction but they arent trying to hit them, I honestlyand truely believe that even skilled aikido people are incapable of doing all that bollocks with grabing a certian side of the wrist whilst their won wrist is turned a certain way to start the attack, plus they arent being hit or kicked while they try to toos or lock someone.

[storyacoustic]

@azreal289 The first time I took a swing at my aikido instructor, I didn't really try to hit him. He yelled at me for it. The attacks in aikido are often stylized, but they are done with full intent of hitting the defender. Also, I have had some of the displayed techniques done on me, and I assure you they are quite real and can be quite painful. This particular attacker does seem to be taking some very exaggerated falls, though.

[alfreddegreat]

@azreal289 mate you are 100% correct none of these demos ever show someone really trying to attack at them only near them. None of the defenders ever seem to be under pressure because they know exactly what and where the attack will be. I would really like to see if they would still be upright and move the way they do if they DIDN'T know where the attack would come from. I mean can you imaging a boxer being upright and not covering up or throwing people just by tapping them on the shoulder

[Foxboy116]

1:07 o - o i wanna try that...

[HEKANTOCHEIREN]

a great joke!

[hesmydog]

i have a carry permit so when a big scary guy wearing a tap out shirt is going to kill me i put 2 in his chest as instructed. Im interested in aikido and luckilly there is one close to my house where you can train al morning mma isnfor all just people who want to destroy thier bodies so they can suffer in thier later years.

[Halomaster1988]

aikido, taekwondo, karate, judo....all a waste of time....every person who has taken up one of those arts has lost to an mma fighter or a muay thai fighter that i've seen in real life or in pride or ufc or dream or K1 or youtube or wherever...I would know...because i've done all of those in my younger years. after 15 years of doing martial arts....I believe Krava maga for real time....Jeet Kune do with kali silat, muay thai, wing chun, western boxing and brazilian jujitsu or sambo would be best

[dudewitgunz]

haha sambo is awsome

[deadpool03mm]

Interesting theory. It's also contradicted by any number of Karate and Judo fighters in MMA. I also will never understand why everyone's got such a hard-on for Muai Thai. It's a good striking art, particularly when combined with the kind of physical conditioning that most other styles unfortunately neglect, but it's nothing particularly special

[deadpool03mm]

There also would be no BJJ without Judo. In fact, BJJ IS Judo with a Brazilian flag stamped on it. Judo has everything that's included in BJJ + the ability to chuck people into the concrete at backbreaking force if necessary.

[Atheistjeremy]

I respect Judo, but your statement that Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is "Judo with a Brazilian flag stamped on it" is absurd. You obvioulsly don't understand the difference between the two styles.

[hardrain08]

hsure

[hibye6666666]

minus wing chun your list is great

[jrame]

Most ignorant fucking comment ever! Plenty of judoka have kicked fucking ass in mma. As well as some karate fighters

[captainwillies69]

indeed not to mention the legendary judoka Masahiko Kimura who managed to beat Helio Gracie!!!! in fact as a tribute to Kimura's victory, the reverse ude-garami technique has since been commonly referred to as the "Kimura lock", or simply "the Kimura", in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and, more recently, mixed martial arts circles.

Halomaster1988 needs to do more research :(

[Atheistjeremy]

Machida is the champ in the UFC and his main style is karate. Karo Paryisan is well known for his Judo. Numerous MMA fighters and kickboxers have Taekwondo in their resume.

[Capathingy]

oooh.... he can throw me down any day!

[Capathingy]

Damn is that guy with the pony tail hot!

[faustovrz]

Nice techniques! Although competion is included in Shodokan and this takes it apart from Ushiba's original thought, this video shows that Shodokan guys have a really good trainning executing techniques with elegance and effectivenes. Congrats!

[Blndrfist]

No, it shows nothing of the kind. The only thing "demonstrated" here is that "shodokan" aikidorka can play act just as well as any other aikidorka. It's bullshit and none of the moves shown here are ever a factor in any so called "sparring" or "competition" events. It's bullshit and a waste of time.

[knighthollow]

crimson can i ask some question...

ive been watching videos of aikido from tohei, seagal etc.. and most of the comments were negative. I read a lot about shodokan aikido and they were the one who introduce resistive training(which are missing from aikikai, yoshinkan styles etc.) do you have any available videos of competetive sparring?(not just demo). I've been wantingg to try this art but i've became reluctant bec. of some criticsm. i'll be waiting for the reply tnx...

[CrimsonNails99]

Hey Knighthollow, sorry I don't have any competetive sparring videos to post at the moment. But you are right in that it was tomiki that introduced sparring and resistive training to aikido based upon the judo system. This style of aikido is called shodokan aikido so if you look up under that name you might be able to find some. Aikikai and yoshinkan do not do any resistive training so tohei and seagal are not good examples to look up.

[eliazourosqw]

@knighthollow Look man .... i think you should try aikido and understand it . Im training from 4 years aikido and until now , im feeling it , im understanding my moves . It's not easy to practice such an awesome art .....

[cleberoc]

interessante...

[patodefuego]

You no estoy de acuerdo de que utilicen el nombre de Aikido en sus competencias, pues ahi se olvidan de los principios del Aikido, pero aca debo de reconocer, han hecho unas lindas tecnicas...felicitraciones!!!

[nirretto]

shoure aikido is good in it´s way.. but if a "real" fighter does what the one that gets thrown around does, his like a white belter or somethin.. he just runs in to his opponent.. dont think aikido stands that big chance against a black belt kyokushin sensei.. but what do i know? ^^

[colmtrim]

practical or "real" application of aikido does not look like this, this is a demonstration

[steviepotter]

a demonstration is one thing.

having someone ram a finger in your eye or punch your throat of maybe even try and remove your testicles is another. ;)

'aikido is 90% atemi' is something ueshiba said.

good demo. nobody lost an eye. ;)

[johnm543]

Aikido is just friggen awesome.WTF is with all these people bashing it about it's effectiveness?Leave it alone who cares if martial arts work I just have fun doing them.Besides I am very sure that if I needed to I could defend myself with Aikido because I have.

[lin2k4]

LOL that guy just turns around and he gets thrown

[aikeith]

excellent, very skillfull tori and uki, thanks for posting your video.

[christianajpalmer]

I showed that guy... I do Aikido I love it. People involved in other martial arts feel the same way about there martial arts. Which is cool. But why do you feel they have to attack Aikido?

[christianajpalmer]

No it's not

[cquenault]

Aikido is the worst martial art.

[TheArrgh]

and I'm sure you're a very credible source. as if.

[peabean]

this is tomiki aikido..only this style of aikido have competitions

[auto66774]

this is so stupid. that's why the bjj people laugh at you guys. you guys don't have to do anything other than pay the monthly fee and do drills to get your black belt. it harder to move from white to blue belt in bjj than it is to get a black belt in this crap.

[PEC00]

how much time does it take to get ur so called blue belt?

[auto66774]

this is so stupid. that's why the bjj people laugh at you guys. you guys don't have to do anything other than pay the monthly fee and do drills to get your black belt. it harder to move from white to blue belt in bjj than it is to get a black belt in this crap.

[Fudoshin7]

BJJ is nothing but bastardized JuJitsu, Gracie didn't have balls to stick with tradition

[ResidentNinja]

Amen. It's not even Jujutsu actually, it's bastardized Judo. Their isn't anything from Jujutsu even in Brazilian jiujitsu.

[MegatonCat]

So is this real Randori or is it choreographed?

[livechaldean]

uhh is there actual aikido competitions or are there only demonstrations?

[CrimsonNails99]

there are definatly aikido comps. It's called Randori. I'll post up some bouts later so stay tuned

[cropsci]

Nice technique. Next time try to crop the view a little closer, it will make it that much better.