Aikido World Games 2007

Aikido World Games 2007. British Aikido Association's National Team Highlights.

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Sports

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• Aikido
• World
• Games
• 2007
• Tomiki
• BAA
• National
• Team

[rainnyx4]

Good stuff! Is anyone ever going to put up any toshu randori though?

[deekjones21]

Hi! There is some toshu randori in this lot, you have just got to look closely! I have got more toshu stuff from the competition from other people outside the BAA team, I will get their permission to put it up!

[jrame]

Just a small side note for the people saying this tanto randori shit isn't real.....That's because it isn't. IT'S A GAME! with very particular rules that restrict a lot of real world scenarios. Training for tanto randori and real life self defense are very different

[aikiliam]

For those of you who are critising Aikido. HAVE YOU TRIED IT????

[rwfong76]

I actually think my senseis are here competing in this video as they are husband and wife, named Gary and Ellen.

[rwfong76]

i studied Aikido for 3 years in college, first traditional aikido then Tomiki. My experience is this...that Aikido is effective in certain scenarios but is limited. Tomiki is good as you get the randori experience in learning how the techniques are applied in real life to some degree. It is also most effective against someone who doesn't know the martial arts for the most part.. If someone is trained in a grappling art you are screwed.

[andrewasle]

Once, this classmate of mine grabbed me from behind and all i did was to release the grip, push him with my body while leaving a heel for him to trip, and bam! He fell like 2 metres away, and i was like "dude, that was cool!" Shows that aikido is effective!

[andrewasle]

They cant defend against a knife? Fail. But I do like aikido

[Duiveltje78]

Actually , I did try it, but then I moved kyokushinkai and krav maga :)

Aikido is a bit boring, and nobody is gonna say in a fight " hey m8 let me give you my hand so you can make a nice armbar with it" :)

[ghemminger1]

so how do you win? I see judges on a lot of these, but it looks (for the most part) very set piece - except the knife stuff. Are there actual aikido competitions that score points based on takedowns, submissions, etc.?

[ocblenheimpl]

Just unrealistic as a plausible martial art. Dont watch the defenders, watch the attackers; they are so static and unrealistic. Real attacks/violence doesnt work like that! Such a middle-class perception of 'using appropriate delf-defense against would-be attackers'. Dont rely on this to work in reality

[samurailanx]

aikido is not a sport... remember we do not initiate an attack... how can an aikidoka attack another aikidoka if they are both waiting to neutralize an attack. another thing aikido uses joint locks (breaks). how can you finish the opponent if you just evade. you need to make a contact. well we use atemis but their main use is just to outbalance or distract the attacker. Remember we rely on their weight, motion, force to neutralize their own aggressiveness... we are in harmony guyz.

[jarelgran]

ugly aikido

[Zeddy100]

Everyone who does a martial art thinks theirs is the best. This is a competition of demonstrations not fights against one another. Judo, BJJ, Kickboxing, Taekwondo, boxing all have real comp fights against themselves and each other. All the real life fighters are in UFC not the demonstration ones. Come on fellas, the only way you're gonna get better or get respect is to step into the ring! Don't waste all that training on false hope.