Tomiki Randori Competition Crispini v Kirkham

Men's Individual Tanto Randori from the 7th International Aikido Competition, Vandalia, Ohio in 2007.

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Sports

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• Marco
• Crispini
• Christian
• Kirkham
• Vandalia
• Ohio
• 2007
• sports
• sport
• aikido
• randori
• competition
• finals
• eastleigh
• southampton
• tomiki

[Ronnock]

Why is the knife so...(excuse my language) dildo-like? I mean, a shiv or a knife in a "real" situation is going to be so much more subtle. Why doesn't Tomiki have a Randori knife competition that involves using a much smaller and more subtle "knife"? Wouldn't it be better to use a washable crayola marker? This way, it's harder to notice and it can leave a mark where it has landed and you'll definitely know whether you were hit or not.

[marcoski711]

@Ronnock, @lazyshoggy, @str8bigr1. The rules are very prescribed, eg style of knife attack, to get forward movement/some energy work with/differentiate it from judo/reduce amount of jigotai etc. They're not for realism and no-one i know deludes themselves that randori is knife-fight simulation. It's that dildo shape so it does less damage if you get someone in the eye (compared to the usual training knives), but yeah, it is odd first time you see it.

[jarelgran]

Triste que tengamos que estar siempre compitiendo.

[Tawalisi]

I counted 100 stabs/slash already..This is stupid.

[Ronnock]

@marcoski711 Then what is the point of competing in real-time if the intention isn't to train armed vs. unarmed combat? That sounds like it would be a waste of my time. Time is precious, why consume it with under false pretenses? 

[Ronnock]

@Derukugi2 Well, unless I happen to piss off a pornstar on the set, I seriously doubt I'll ever be confronted with a device that looks even remotely like this.

And I can concur with your last statement. And that was a good skit.

[Derukugi2]

@Ronnock

About "competing" that is a different topic, and not suitable for 500-character Youtube comments.

About the "shape of the knife" I think you are silly. Who are you to prescribe an attacker with what shape of knife to attack you? You sound like Jim Carey in his classic Karate self-defense clip "You attacked me wrongly". Google for it.

In the event, I´d find a womens competition with dildos rather cool. :-)

[Ronnock]

@Derukugi2 Honestly, you all should be competing (especially with the amount of funds that those kinds of organizations can accumulate) with the electric blades...the ones that will shock the shit outta you when it grazes you...to simulate a feeling of getting slashed. This way, you'll truly know if what you're doing is valid or not.

[Ronnock]

@Derukugi2 Who the hell slashes at the eyes? I've never seen a knife fight occur like that, heheh. Besides the disarms are only going to be as effective as realistic as the knife is. All's I'm sayin'.

[Derukugi2]

@Ronnock

What`s in a dildo? The prettyness of your toy is really not relevant for training. Besides, as others have pointed out, pointy-ended things can be dangerous for the eyes, even if made of rubber.

[Ronnock]

@Derukugi2 there are suitable training knives that are perfectly safe and certainly way more "knife-like" than this dildo-esque thing here, heheh. 

[Derukugi2]

@Ronnock

Because this "knife" is made of flexible material and bends when they have a hit. What would you prefer.... real knifes`?

[Derukugi2]

@888binis888

This is Tomiki Aikido, and they do have competitions.

[vaffevo]

This might be the only sports that practise against the knife as real as it goes and still it fails as one can see that they stop that dildo but doesn't get anywhere; the only way then is to hit or kick the other and they are not even pushing the other, much less making some wrist techniques as they didn't got a good hold of that knife hand. But at least they train to avoid getting stabbed - in a real fight they would need to continue with a hit.