Atemi: Aikido Techniques : Atemi from an Overhead Strike

[Assimilate71]

because you can't break ribs while punching an armpit. You may dislocate the shoulder but then you still have to deal with the other arm. if you break ribs in the upper ribcage, you've disabled your opponent completely by impeding his breathing.

[CookTk421]

if you have the speed to do it, why go for the ribs when you can punch into the armpit itself?

[VitalityMassage]

Daniel is just like Jim on Mutual of Omaha. He takes a hell of a beating!

[TruthUnderFire]

Good technique. 

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[VegaManX7]

excellent

[MileBanderas]

That overhead strike, it isnt atemi at all... something else is called atemi... This shithead doesn't know anything about aikido... Fuckin Americans...

[HomunculusProject]

@MileBanderas He never said that the shomen uchi was the atemi. Him striking that vital point was the atemi, obviously.

[ck066]

all aikido sensei are fat

[macaco8210]

@ck066

Mine is not... and the creator is not too...

[ck066]

@macaco8210 well... i'm a fat aprentice :( hehehehe 

[michalxo]

@ck066 haha! Yes they are. But almost all samurai were too ;-)

[sigmacombatsystems]

I only have two problems here. One is that I would have liked to have seen the move done full speed once with power and non-compliance. I doubt the effectiveness of the strike, but the entry is great. The second problem I have is that no one is going to attack empty hand with an over head strike and against a blade the movement doesn't allow for a fast finish. Against an impact tool it would work wonders though, so I would have like to have seen it done that way, for realism.

[GabrielGroverMan]

agreed. i have had a friend attacked with a bat once (rare occasion i know) that this technique would've worked wonders i think. instead, he broke his ulna by blocking the downward strike to bluntly. if he had rolled it off to the side then he would that rotational momentum to strike and break the ribs.

i'd love to see realism put into such educational videos.

[sigmacombatsystems]

I tried several counters to bat attacks at real speed several months ago. At demo speed, all of them work and look great. But the ones I thought would actually work didn't. I found that in a head on situation getting control of the areas closest to their hands and headbutting the piss out of them worked the best :) Not much for style, but with their hands around the bat the first couple of headbutts landed and allowed for a disarm, takedown, and escape.

[wildbill6976]

@GabrielGroverMan The trick is to never put your body in a position to receive the blunt force of an attack. You want to be in a position to "shear" his force off your arm to keep his momentum up and take him off balance.

[AllYouHearIsSwoosh]

i wish he showed us this technique from more views. especially the target spot close up.

[berser50]

wow he might be fat but real good

[jeffnicholas16]

that shit is leathal

[kijokentaijitsu]

just thrust a blade in between the rib bones horizontally

[Aikidood]

Aaah... Sensei has very very good hara

[alagohell1]

Nice Video. Atemi is a important part of aikido.

[BudaTomu]

IN aikido you dont have to use hits....

[MudBath99]

Ok why dont people take moves and change them for instance this one pause at 54 sex watch you can take your other hand and grab the shoulder push down twist throw up the arm and swep the person

[FinalKenny2]

Because the other 3 guys would punch the shit out of you before you properly got him into the air...

In Aikido most of the time you assume to have multiple opponents.

And trust me, you don't want to face an Aikidoka solo... It's a rather painful experience when they can concentrate on you.

[abkmf]

But as Barret707 said, it relies only on the fighter to make

a good of use of a martial art technique afainst an opponent as self-defending oneself.

[tomsmith127]

This is probably the smartest comment about comparing fighting techniques I've ever read.

[imbrd]

well a good strike can cause the internal organs to snap like a whip whilst only using a fraction of external strength or any real muscles. u dont just wanna try to poke someone or play patty-cake like most people do when they Try to punch- waste of energy no matter how effective it may b- its pretty inefficient

[abkmf]

a good use*

I added an extra function word.

[imbrd]

the real danger is if one learns how to strike properly- then there could be pretty severe organ damage if even the side of the ribs are struck

[sarkoff]

Forgive me for not caring about hurting someone who is trying to hurt me. That's the "problem" with Aikido. A lack of will to hurt those who try and hurt you. I say disable them enough that they go down once and stay down and then get out of the way. Though I admit there are some situations that this is unacceptable, drunk friends etc...

[imbrd]

aikido & internal arts are combative as a means to an end but not the end itself. you effectively & efficiently take out an oponent ASAP then go do something else- like have a cup of tea. being able to deal the most severe damage with the least energy or time is key to accomplishing this.- but if u only shove the oponent, they will come back to attack you, thus you have to move in & strike then you can go do somethin else

[sarkoff]

Forgive me but as an outsider that is not what I see from Aikido. I see one guy constantly getting up and attacking again. If that is how you train, then that will be how you fight.  Aikido philosophy I have read also discusses about not hurting the other person.

[ketsan]

"Aikido is the martial art where we try not to kill people" says O-Sensei. Slightly different from not hurting someone. Ukemi is a skill that takes years to learn and if you don't have it then you can't practice at a high level without being badly injured. Unlike the UFC where they batter each other for 15 minutes and then walk away.

[imbrd]

essentially u should be seeking balance- but to attain balance, one must be able to seperate the yin & yang which is to be balanced. And in seperating yin & yang and combining the two, we see change. And being able to change effectively becomes key to balance.

Like i had said earlier, combativeness of internal arts are like the side-effects almost of the means to an end not the end itself. this means we do not seek combat, but whenever there is such a need, it should be resolved ASAP

[imbrd]

Then you proceed on with life. The techniques themselves are not meant to really 'hurt' someone but should be considered as way of movement- the way of breathing, the way of stepping,the way of walking etc. Using the technique to take out an oponent is not exactly same as hurting them- but just take out their will or ability to harm. The damage is result of the oponent's own stiffness or inability to flow properly.

[imbrd]

But if you only shove,play 'patty-cake' with an attacking oponent, or try to merely run away, then you have not resolved a single thing and the conflict still remains- that is totally ineffective,wrong,and defies every aspect of not only aikido but every internal MA. there is absolutely no balance in this!

You have to keep in mind that these technique demonstrated here must have some real essence to it when applying it in real life

[HaNdsoFBLoodCss]

absolutely agree

[AllYouHearIsSwoosh]

Aikido is just the art of immobilizing an attacker that has the urge to hurt you.

[Vausgorn]

perfect for any way of self defence. Just show an attacker u mean business. This is perfect for law-enforcement

[ninjiujitsu1]

redsowrd7, your right - its called koshijutsu...theres alot of it in the gyokku ryu.

as far as the armput flooring him, yeah but in order to generate power for that strike youd need alot of hip rotation and weight redistribution in your strike and you couldnt really get it in from that position probably...

but yeah i know the strike ur talking about haha

itd be better in this case to step oof the line of the attack and hammerfist the dude in the solarplexus as you step past.

[dasgregorian]

Yes, both arts work. Because an individual from one form beat an individual from another on one occasion doesn't mean the second form "Doesn't work."

Does your style "Work?" Does that mean that no one from any other style can possibly beat anyone from your style?

Exactly.

[Peacekeeper88]

People keep calling this guy fat, in all of his tutorial vids. While he might be overweight, he's clearly in good shape. No heavy breathing while demonstrating. Nice vid!

[Yashirow]

LOL, funny guy.

[Chanffara]

film background ,zoom very good -

slow repeating many times,explaining while acting-

cannot hear strong breathing --

the best teacher on youtoub

thank you very much

[NewZealfighter]

solid and easy. thanks teach

[jeet2765]

I love Daniel

[sherman4970]

gimme a break...

[dasgregorian]

I'll give you a hint... it's NOT pleasant. That area is very easy to activate to get someone to just completely collapse. It's weak, and right near the heart. Your body does NOT like being hit there.

[TruthUnderFire]

Very, very true. In fact if you want inflict a lot of pain (something I don't do at first unless absolutely necessary) that is a very good spot to really throw a solid strike and disable someone quickly. That nerve center is extremely vulnerable using this technique.

[swesleyc7]

One facet that I wouuld like to see is a response from the guy attacking. I would like to know what he is thinking/feeling. Just a short response to the instruction.