Muay Thai vs Aikido Sparring at Open Martial Arts Meetup

DON'T JUST BE A 'CRITIC'. Post some helpful FEEDBACK so that EVERYONE learns.

EVERYONE: If you read the description, THIS IS AN INFORMAL SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING GROUP for various martial arts systems to try things out. THIS is not a COMPETITION GROUP so STOP TAKING THINGS OUT OF CONTEXT. It's ALL about the PRACTITIONER, NOT about WHICH ART IS BETTER.

I am only listing their "base training system" as everyone here cross-trains. This is a friendly sparring session and folks here are not here to prove a point, but rather, to learn from each other.

If you are in the Orange County, California area, you are welcome to attend our meetups. Everyone here can show others some techniques from their style so that everyone can learn from each other. We just ask that people leave their EGO at home, come with an open mind and join in on the fun!

Find them at: http://www.meetup.com/ocmartialarts/

or collaborate about martial arts on their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/126648094048641/

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Muay
• Thai
• Aikido
• Sparring

[madeku]

love the concept, people freely training for the betterment of their own martial experience. used to be in a club like that a few years back.. gotta say the fellow in blue danced around to much, waste of energy. the MT guy moves more naturally and relaxed in his footwork. the body was designed to step, not bounce and backpeddle. circling is good but mainly to get offline and attack or counter, not pace around the person. just constructive criticizm

[ocopenmartialarts]

@madeku - Yea, we think it's pretty cool too :) Self-discovery without having to beat each other's brains out. As you can see, one doesn't need to win or lose in order to see the areas they can improve.

[ComicBookGo]

Bruce Lee would appreciate this attitude of open martial arts and of course the idea of sparring. Bruce would think u should sparr a little heavier but do so with close friends or colleagues so theirs no confused signals or hard feelings.

I think the guy in blue needs better defense, and also he has lousy footwork, I think jump rope very hard would really help. Other muay Thai guy has to learn to retreat his kik alot fiercer and practice the front kick. His front kick wud be devastating

[ocopenmartialarts]

@ComicBookGo MT guy can kick hard. We have other videos in this channel where he spars 'hard' under the playlist, 'BEST MATCHES TO WATCH'

[gjoebeck]

are there any groups like this in the bay area?

[ocopenmartialarts]

@gjoebeck - don't know. you can try checking meetup.com

[alibaba8368]

Good idea, just not with aikido. Aikido, in and of itself, is a martial art with little offensive value. That is why the aikidoist in this video looked totally out of sync. Great in a barfight...it'll get u outta there without serioous injury...TO U lol, but against a trained fighter, hope he's at least 3rd dan and will remain a lot more centered until he has to move

[stevesprinceofsteaks]

Guy in blue looks like he just came from Greyhound men's room.

[BusyBozz]

If the guy in blue did Aikido, than to me Aikido looks like Ballet ... seriosuly on a real fight Aikido guy would got his ass kicked, still nice to watch bit easy sparr

[liogsilva]

Isso nunca foi nem nunca sera aikido!

[papeldobrado]

the mt guy could deliver some nice kicks, but he should work his timing and speed. the aikidoka kicked too much without having enough proficiency to do so, could have been knocked down quite many times, and didnt use any particular aikido technique to be honest. he was quite slow and lacked explosion and power, but thats somehow understandable since he was just sparring with a friend. still, cheers for you guys for having fun together, hopefuly you can improve your techniques each day.

[modernhhc]

OK so here is a constructive critique: one will only get proficient at their art in real fighting situation if they apply it in that context. So, if you are cross training and your art isn’t working as you train it, you need to find a way to make it work. In the spirit in which you are training/cross training in this video a aikido (or insert any art) practitioner should be trying to apply aikido (or any other art) to a non-aikido (or any other art) training combatant/partner.

[jsngill]

I seriously doubt the guy in blue trains in Aikido. If so, he must be a beginner. No economy of movement, no blending, and no moving off the line of attack (he stands in front of it the entire time!) At 2:22 onward he has perfect opportunity for kaitenage throw, but he is so off center he can do nothing. Poor example of aikido student IMO. Good concept though with sharing of martial techniques. Keep it up!

[Taskmaster300]

Where is the akido guy.

I was expecting an aikido dude in a hakama walking in there und throw them all over the place. mweeehhhh i am disapointed.

[imreadydoctor]

looks like a fun time! It's SO hard to find a group that is wiling to mess around and experiment. I usually find either ppl are afraid to spar, and just curl up like a turtle, or ppl who want to take my head off. My advice: keep doing what you're doing, you'll get better and really enjoy what you do!