akido

[Origional79s]

I am blown away !! Segal is the truth!

[TigerJohn1948]

Remember this a lot of learning, and many years. Not over a day. First you must learn to walk and then go on next movement. This is grant.

[dsatony]

What is the music?

[Khalduknight]

The concept of Aikido is not to inflict damage, but to use the opponent's momentum against them. It's specialty is to STOP attacks, and to redirect them. Note that each martial art is weaker than another one, no matter how you look at it.

[Giantcrabb]

rifle nade maybe

but the nicest martial art to watch

[CitizenOfUtube]

Aikido is useless in real combat or self defense. Most of the techniques rely on over committing and the opponent grabbing and holding your hand tight.

Aikido will never work on a more aggressive martial art.

[mylomaster]

like what aggressive martial art??

[CitizenOfUtube]

Any martial art is better than Aikido. For example, Hapkido, Kenpo, Kung Fu, etc. etc.

[EditorialResponse]

@CitizenOfUtube I think your lack of knowledge with regard to martial arts is clear. Every art has a specialization. I look at Akido as the ultimate nonimpact art for a person NOT wanting to go to ground. In my opinion Akido is properly mated to a Japanese sword art or a Philippino weapons art like Escrima, where on each hip you carry a knife. You then take the opponent(s)down and then finish them as time permits one at a time. Akido buys time to draw your weapon. Striking slows you down.

[EditorialResponse]

@CitizenOfUtube hehehe... I take it you've never been in hand to hand combat wirth 4 to 5 people at once. Hahahahah, lots of fun, but striking slows you down my friend, and the wrestler, Brazilian Jujitsu or Judo artists that goes to ground with 10 heels that can tear your scalp off is a goner. What you see here is the demo of passing to the next target to buy time.

[Shadowcaster316]

@CitizenOfUtube Speaking as cop, Akido is a great martial art and I have studied it. A lot of Akidio techniques are employed in Academy training.

[LifeWatcher000]

@Shadowcaster316 i agree i have been studying for a year now and i am in a police foundations course and am looking for all the advice and help to get in the force where are you a police officer?

[Shadowcaster316]

@LifeWatcher000 Georgia

[tardfarms]

2:30 guy gets tossed like a ragdoll. Amazing

[jxsilicon9]

@tardfarms

You do realize he is jumping with him?

[Joeyal123]

i use to take krav maga but it got to demanding in travel time so im going try ether hapkido or Akido ive done tae kwon do before and fucking hated it

[vlvl21]

Joeyal123, I know its been 6 months now. but perhaps Hapkido will be good to try out. There a lil more agressive but what ever work for is alway good too.

[GrahamBartle]

Two problems.

One, I think it is spelled Aikido. If that is the case there seems to be a lot of Aikido Masters in the comments who are spelling it wrong on their Dojos.

Two, any one looks good when a bunch of guys are running at them with a hand out-streched

[GrahamBartle]

sorry hit post too soon.

cont. outstretched and then flipping into the hold. This looks a lot like WWE to me. Points on the salesmanship.

[vlvl21]

this brother has a point. Aikido is a nice system. No disrespect to them but this demostration is all form....Nothing more.

[frundsberg3]

Great video! :)

[TAMIJAL]

magneficient akido, great Steven Segal..

[jesumetal]

it's steve segal ?

[TK42108]

Akido is ment for non martial artist fighters. It is famous amongst police forces. But I have seen several Akido masters get nocked the blank out by MMA fighters. Not to say I dont have the upmost respect for Akido practitioners.

[Shadowcaster316]

Really, tell me what Akido master has entered a MMA event. I ask because I can't think of one that has as it is contrary to their philosophy.

[eargrey]

mma is only another way of ruining the art in martial art.

[Shadowcaster316]

@TK42108 and I have seen MMA fighters get knocked the f out by drunks on the street. Your point?

[ookibaka]

Ok, first and formost, yes this is a good demo of Akido and i respect that, but let me say one thing, unless someone puled out a gun and shot the dude that was 'winning', there was no way he could loose, Akido is so defensive that only guns can really stop it, even weapons such as Katana and Nunchuka can be used against the weilder.

[collapse7]

A lot of people do not know or may disagree, but Akido originated from the falcon style of Bagua from China.

[TexasRounder]

People might disagree because its wrong. The core martial art that Aikido is based up is Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu, which Osensei studied directly with Takeda Sokaku.

[collapse7]

I don't disagre with that. I agree that it is based on Daito Ryu. I shouldn't have used the word originated. I'll attempt to explain better. During WWII, Ueshiba was in China, and according to a couple of his students, they believe he studied Ba Gua while in China. The foot work and energy is amazingly similar. I'm not trying to say this is for sure fact, I appreciate both styles.

[michalkrakiewicz]

Damn , aikido is sooo coool , but is expensive as hell in my city :(

[tuod666]

you can try here at our place...really cheap... :) i can even teach you for free if you like :D

[meatpopsic1e]

Sweep the leg

[krazybyzzle]

wow! he is the shite

[Shakesama]

ya i have the documentary of his school in japan. They dont hold back when they practice people end up in the hospital in his dojo.

[gangjuju]

casy ryback in action!

[itsbeenused]

i'd whoop that guys ass any day of the week.

[sgdspitz]

Big talk, little thought

[ShermX69X]

Yes It Is!

People just don't know how good he really is.

[bbwyuna]

is that steven seagal?