9th International Aikido Tournament: Men's ind. tanto randori finals, Liburd versus Ramey

[EverSleeper]

...By the way, Aikido is a way of life, not just the struggling for taking down your opponent (though samurais used their budo to kill their enemies) : that's a brawl, Aikido is an Art, and I hope that in your practice this element won't miss. On this last comment I beg pardon for the possible English errors I made in my sentences, I'm not English, so this is the best I can do.

[AikidoBob]

@EverSleeper I agree, aikido is a life long learning experience. Go talk to the old boys in Japan and they will all agree, it is great to work with 70 year olds who show you how they learned it from Tomiki and Ohba back in the day...

[EverSleeper]

...and these two fighter would be dead meat for any other close combat martial artist (a judoka, a pancrase fighter, etc.). To be effective, you have to transform this in something else, different from aikido. I'm not saying "aikido can't be effective", but two real aikidokas would start the fight and conclude it without even touching themselves. If you think that this is aikido, do so, even if it is really different from what O' Sensei teached. Continues...

[AikidoBob]

@EverSleeper Our aikido is different from what O'Sensei taught when and to whom? His daitoryu jujitsu/aikibudo/aikido changed over the eyars, and what Tomiki learned from studies in the 1920's and 1930's from a young, strong and nationalistically oriented Uyeshiba was vastly different than what Tohei learned much later, for instance. And since Tomiki was a 9th in Judo and 8th in Aikido his aikido has strong ties to Kano's Judo.

[dumitrualex1]

these tounaments are fuck retarded where is the beautiful aikido? what is this

[sherman4970]

SHIT,,,where is the Aikido???

[AikidoBob]

@sherman4970 Aikido: watch what happens when the arm drag starts: aikido. No, doesn't look like aikikai, it looks like a jujitsu based sport game, which is what at aikido is: jujitsu. Did you see the footwork being used? It's called taisabaki (body turning), a Tomiki strong point. So, what part didn't look like aikido? Oh, it didn't look like a choreogrqphed dance between two cooperative partners because it isn't, it's resistance based training, just like judo, Tomiki was a judoka first.

[sherman4970]

@AikidoBob What a crap answer. This is just someone trying to stab someone else while one tries to run away. NO AIKIDO is shown at all AND for you to say it is all just a dance routine proves the point that you have NO IDEA what you are referring to. There is more Aikido in a school yard,,,this is PATHETIC!!!!

[AikidoBob]

@sherman497 Upper case letters make your argument very strong, VERY impressive. Typical Youtube flamer. Do yourself a favor, try some Tomiki Aikido, there is lots of it in England, open your mind to other POVs. Nah, that would be too aiki for you. Forget it, you are completely correct, there is no "aikido" here (whatever you think that is), despite what all the sensei who studied with Tomiki and Ohba teach us. Keep enjoying your limited vision perspective, my myopic friend.

[sherman4970]

@AikidoBob  just for you ...this is a LOAD OF BOLLOCKS!!!!!

[AikidoBob]

@sherman4970 Dude, you now confirm you are a completely crass, arrogant idiot with no sense of budo or aiki. Good luck in life, you will need it.

[theshninja]

@AikidoBob You TOLD that little bitch!

[nolispe]

@sherman4970 just so you know, you're arguing with an aikido 5th dan.... :-p kinda pointless. Most martial arts rarely look like what you demonstrate on the mat when they are in full motion. I'd love for you to come out and show us what you know, we're a very open welcoming group to proving your dumbass wrong...

[tintingengen5601]

Great feel - apart from the out of focus bits that just got me desperate to see more. Thanks

[AikidoBob]

@tintingengen5601 Yeah, sorry about that to all viewers, my auto focus was on. Thanks, glad you enjoyed..

[fields34]

CONGRATS!!! JOSH....