More Tanto Dori...

This is made from 12min of footage, taken on two different nights. Both sides are allowed to throw or submit. One is armed with a wooden knife, the other is unarmed. The guy with the knife is trying to "cut/stab" and the other is trying to disarm/control.

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• chushintani
• Fresno
• Hein
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• randori
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• disarms
• Wristlock
• weapon
• controll

[jimmymoltesanti]

lots of respect for training realisticly like that and posting it!

however you must agree that this shows the limits of using (only)aikido in a ''real'' situation when certain conditions are not in place.

by that I mean having several decades of experience, and the attack being suited to deal with using only aiki.

if aiki balance can not be achieved

(like here), and things become wrestly (ju)

why not strike (gó) aswell?

in daito ryu that was the context for aiki anyway.

no disrespect

[ChuShinTani]

No disrespect taken! Thanks for your thoughtful comments.

Striking is always an option, however it's not one we are working on in these videos. There is nothing wrong with striking, it's just not a focus of ours. In a "real" situation striking should always be done if it's available.

I believe that Daito Ryu has a different focus then Aikido, one that is more suitable to interactions such as this one. These drills represent an early attempt to add resistance training to Aikido. Thanks.

[jimmymoltesanti]

I understand, it was a specific exercise.

once again I think its admirable that you train aiki techniques in realistic context.

using aiki is allready really hard.

in my experience (mostly jiu jitsu and some aikijitsu) ,

alternating between striking allowed, not allowed, armed, not armed in exercises like yours, gave me really helpfull insights in the specific nature of techniques.

maybe even in aikido context exploring striking a bit could be a worth while investment in aiki insight?

[ChuShinTani]

The last two years we have worked quite a bit on striking. I have done a fair amount of striking in my other training as well. We do train striking, just not to a high degree. Much of that is due to the fact that I believe there are many more qualified to teach those specifics.

I believe that the Aikido syllabus works best when there is one armed person facing multiple unarmed and/or armed people.

It has taken quite a few years of research and experimentation to come to this conclusion.

[ChuShinTani]

We have a "game" that is currently showing much promise. I play to make a video of this "game" some time late this year. I believe that it provides the proper context for Aikido techniques, and allows for true resistance training within the Aikido syllabus.

Thanks for your comments.

-Christopher Hein

[nblinko]

This is really cool. It's the most realistic looking video of Aikido I've ever seen.

[ChuShinTani]

Thanks.

[PCDental1]

There is more here than meets the eye, Aikido rocks!

[jimmymoltesanti]

i've seen some of your other videos and i see that your training is very varied.

allready covering what i suggested.

it makes a lot of sense to me that the aikido syllabus would work best as you say.

once again great video's.

i might suggest some of your exersises in jiu jitsu class soon

osu

[ChuShinTani]

Awesome, thanks for the input.