9th International Aikido Tournament: Men's ind. tanto randori finals, Liburd versus Ramey

Tanto randori finals, 9th International Aikido Festival, London, England, 8/14/11.

Joshua Ramey, Tomiki Aikido of the Americas (TAA), American national champion versus Germaine Liburd, British Aikido Association (BAA), British and European champion. See 100:00 for the ultimate result of Josh combining Shidokan (Tokyo) style footwork and mat control with TAA-Mansfield style arm drags and close quarters body control. Applied sport Aikido in it's finest and newest evolution.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• aikido
• tomiki aikido
• shodokan aikido
• shidokan aikido
• judo
• jujitsu
• grappling
• wrestling
• martial arts
• mma
• mixed martial arts
• combat

[EverSleeper]

...By the way, Aikido is a way of life, not just the struggling for taking down your opponent (though samurais used their budo to kill their enemies) : that's a brawl, Aikido is an Art, and I hope that in your practice this element won't miss. On this last comment I beg pardon for the possible English errors I made in my sentences, I'm not English, so this is the best I can do.

[AikidoBob]

@EverSleeper I agree, aikido is a life long learning experience. Go talk to the old boys in Japan and they will all agree, it is great to work with 70 year olds who show you how they learned it from Tomiki and Ohba back in the day...

[EverSleeper]

...and these two fighter would be dead meat for any other close combat martial artist (a judoka, a pancrase fighter, etc.). To be effective, you have to transform this in something else, different from aikido. I'm not saying "aikido can't be effective", but two real aikidokas would start the fight and conclude it without even touching themselves. If you think that this is aikido, do so, even if it is really different from what O' Sensei teached. Continues...

[AikidoBob]

@EverSleeper Our aikido is different from what O'Sensei taught when and to whom? His daitoryu jujitsu/aikibudo/aikido changed over the eyars, and what Tomiki learned from studies in the 1920's and 1930's from a young, strong and nationalistically oriented Uyeshiba was vastly different than what Tohei learned much later, for instance. And since Tomiki was a 9th in Judo and 8th in Aikido his aikido has strong ties to Kano's Judo.

[dumitrualex1]

these tounaments are fuck retarded where is the beautiful aikido? what is this

[nolispe]

@sherman4970 just so you know, you're arguing with an aikido 5th dan.... :-p kinda pointless. Most martial arts rarely look like what you demonstrate on the mat when they are in full motion. I'd love for you to come out and show us what you know, we're a very open welcoming group to proving your dumbass wrong...

[theshninja]

@AikidoBob You TOLD that little bitch!

[AikidoBob]

@sherman4970 Dude, you now confirm you are a completely crass, arrogant idiot with no sense of budo or aiki. Good luck in life, you will need it.

[sherman4970]

@AikidoBob just for you ...this is a LOAD OF BOLLOCKS!!!!!