An Insight into the way of Yoshinkan Aikido

Aikido Shudokan explain Aikido Yoshinkan, featuring Sensei Joe Thambu

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Sports

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• Aikido
• Yoshinkan
• Sensei
• Joe
• Thambu

[shudokanaikidodevon]

im a great believer in cross training. but i cannot agree with the implication that yoshinkan is an incomplete system. that implies for instance that at black belt you have learnt the system. The whole point is that at black belt you are ready to start learning.

This is the only martial art i practice, and it has taught me well enough to effectvely protect myself and others against bigger and hardened oponents. i cannot however talk on the experience of others.

[october4891647]

I don't do Yoshinkan, but I must say, I like the style.

[CosmoShidan]

@Antimortem Bruce Lee meant that the for the movements to be fluid, the motions of the human body in martial arts are to act as one whole unit. Gozo Shioda on the other hand once said"water goes one way down by taking the easy way" which is a perfect analogy on how we human beings always try to find an easy way, in which there is none. Also get a security camera for safety in your home, own a gun if your a fire arms hobbyist. Also budo is about the mental health not strength. Peace.

[Antimortem]

@FearThisChannel you know i used to think that way , you know, "defensive-offensive" or maybe like what brush lee would say..."be like water my friend.." imagine becoming a liquid! :) i guess it was the canabis in brush lee stomach talking :) but that was when i was a teen. now days have been through so much styles and training, i dont know if there is a martial art that you can rely on. but a usefull advice is to stay away from japanese& chinese art.im considering a gun.....

[anikinippon]

@october4891647 I believe all Aikidoist should practice Kihon Dosa for the core of their curriculum. People know that Yoshinkan practitioners advance a lot quicker than other styles. The reason for this is their firm foundation in understanding fundamental movements, it's not magic. It's not witchcraft, it's tradecraft.

[CosmoShidan]

@FearThisChannel Well knowledge comes with experience and through trust of the senses, as they say. Reading on the other hand allows for refining one's knowings in my case, wouldn't you agree?

[FearThisChannel]

@CosmoShidan You seem to be very proud of what you have achieved academically. I know what you are like, but I can tell you that one doesn't have to have read dozens of books in order to say something about a subject. In other words, it's not necessary for me to read works of philosophers, great thinkers or scientists to contribute to a discussion. If you can think clearly and rationally, then that is adequate. It will yield more than knowledge of books.

[FearThisChannel]

@Antimortem Well, Wing Chun has a very weak defense-system against weapon, especially knifes or other stabbing weapons. I agree, for boxing and self defense without weapons it is good, but not against weapons.

[CosmoShidan]

@Antimortem Try studying history since age 12 and now literature, philosophy, writing and poetry at age 25. Also I've been two fights and have learned that any martial art, is but a form to refine the ability to combat the other. To simply put, a punch, kick, or block is a reactionary defense mechanism; sort of like how an animal knows when it's being attacked, it takes a stand or flees, both I've done.

[Antimortem]

@CosmoShidan you love to assume, dont you? 25yrs old and being a smart ass is no good combination.

[CosmoShidan]

@Antimortem I'm 25 years of age. Plus I've read from Epictetus, Tao Teh Ching, Dhamapada, The Essential Epicurus and many other treatises that indicate man has no grand scheme of things in an existentialist sense; otherwise, there is no free will and only determinism.