Aikido K.Tohei Grappling

Tohei Sensei Aikido Demonstration

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[watts18269]

Herman's an arsehole

[shinjukool]

most don't know what they're watching. 2 gaijin roll into hombu dojo for a TV show & ask for a roll around at the end. K Tohei just knocks him down a few times gently and get's it over with. Bye. Made in the 50's hence the silly music.

[TheTerrorUforgot]

This is one of the best live spars I've seen of Aikido. All the rest are just playing around or obvious demonstrations. That "Judo vs. Aikido" vid that has 1mil views is retarded.

[unclesamtookmymoney]

So what happens with a swift kick to the balls?

[wrvs2day]

This remains a nice video. As the cameracrew guy doesn't play according to any rules and Tohei handles it very nicely.

Hmm, @1:20 a very effective irimi nage.

[dimasitna]

i like the technique of k.tohei sensei..

but not the music..

[acesces]

maybe Tohei seisei doing judo.judo can't use wrest lock.

[TheTerrorUforgot]

@Godsmasher22 Interesting. Well its not unusual for similar techniques to develop alongside each other. Pankration (from Greece) has some hip and shoulder tosses that look like Judo long before there was any exchange of culture between Europe and East Asia.

[Godsmasher22]

@TheTerrorUforgot I think, and I could be wrong, Kata Guruma was part of the Gokyu waza before western influences.

[TheTerrorUforgot]

@Godsmasher22 Yeah I can agree with that. Again, bridging is a wrestling technique that avoids back contact, that really doesn't matter. If you throw someone onto their front, it is pretty effective too. The techniques that work combatively and apply the principle of maximum efficiency are the ones from wrestling that should be kept, IE moratte gari, kata garuma, kibisu gaeshi, and any others I'm missing.

[Godsmasher22]

@TheTerrorUforgot What they ought to ban is the goofy bridge that keeps the back off the mat to avoid ippon. I mean sure if you are fast you can use your head to stop your back from hitting the ground (putting your neck at great risk very often). But Judo if we look at the history of the art it has its roots in training for a real fight. Are you going to try to let your head take the impact of a throw in the street? Hell no.

[Godsmasher22]

@TheTerrorUforgot Not for Tohei.