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Love your honest open channel. I'm older (49.88888yrs old). My background is a little weird. In my younger days boxed a little and grappled 7-8 years. Fell into Chinese martial arts, and have been practicing taichi since my 20's. Always tried to cross apply boxing to "2-person" taichi (ie pendulum stepping). I've had a 3 year break in a dojo, just been lifting and practicing form(kata). I really want to get back into something organized with other people to apply ideas. Taichi has gone total new age, nobody practices 2-person. I know aikido could work in theory, but eh. I am fascinated in understanding/kuzushi. I really like the idea of the "lab of randori" to explore/work on applications . What are your thoughts for someone my age and background? Thanks in advance.

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I feel like I have the exact opposite opinion of bjj that the internet does. Bjj is ground game and that's fine, but it needs to stop paying lip service to takedowns. My bjj instructor was a world champion, and when I tested for my blue belt, I had to know four judo throws. We were trained to do a few judo throws, but none of the setup necessary execute them on a resisting opponent. Why is it that a world champion in jiu-jitsu can't properly teach takedowns? Because you don't need to be good at takedowns to win at jiu-jitsu. Takedowns just exist as a vestige in the sport. It's like they're only around to delude bjj players into thinking their wrestling is okay because they always start from standing at their gym. I also think guard pulling is kind of a scapegoat. If you banned it, it's just going to get replaced with something probably worse like consensual takedowns or something. The truth is that in order for all the guard playing to be incentivized, takedowns have to be disincentivized. Lastly, when I was at jiu-jitsu I would start standing up whenever I could but looking back it's just stupid and dangerous to start from standing. Nobody has good enough ukemi to take falls properly, and the ruleset is so open ended that someone could just decide to attempt kani basami on you because he saw it on a RUclips video and now your knee has been Rokas'd. So, you're just increasing your risk of getting injured severalfold and you're not even going to learn how to wrestle doing so. tl;dr Bjj is to stand up what sumo is to ground game, and that's okay on its own, but bjj players need to stop deluding themselves into thinking bjj is even capable of teaching adequate takedowns.

Excellent video. Couple of things I will point out here. The man in your first video is Takeno Shihan. Anyone that practices Yoshinkan Aikido will know the name. He recently passed away, but was known for his very powerful throws as you can see in the video. He is an excellent example of what high level Yoshinkan Aikido should look like. Second, the first several techniques are demonstrated by Yoshinkan practitioners and tend to look quite different from Aikikai movements. Finally, those first technique videos shown are demonstrated as kihon or basic techniques as would be taught to a beginning student according to the Yoshinkan curriculum. Over time, they should becomes less stiff and hopefully more like the example Takeno Shihan demonstrated. ✌️

Honestly, just being blunt, I think we're about as far into the hard sparring paradigm as we've ever been, and it just doesn't feel that way to you because you train TMA in 2024. No adult these days that wants to be the ultimate badass decides to take up karate and aikido. There's tons of hard sparring going on right now. You're just not going to where it's at (except judo obviously.) I have my own opinion on sparring, but that's too long to explain here.

Have you tried some Okinawan dojos? They might have a different dojo culture

I’ve been saying this to people for so long bjj is so bias to guard pulling. The initiative is put entirely on the top man and top man is not allowed to play position but the bottom man can

Keep in mind that in Japanese high schools and colleges judoka are not paying to learn judo.They are there because they have proven themselves on high competetive levels which get brutally hard at the college level.There equivalency of D1 level wrestling in the United States

I read a book by Don Draeger a Judoka from another era. He said the reasons Japan dominates in the mid 1960, on the world and the Olympics is this. There judo starts in primary school and extends thru High school.In high school they train 20 hours a week this extends thru the college level.Most judoka get there first and second dan around 18 or 19 years old.They run and lift weights to supplement there training.They treat judo like the USA treats folkstyle in high school and freestyle and greco roman in college.How many tournaments you win or place is the only thing that matters.Thats why in Japan they rule the roost in world competition.Genetics also is taken in the competetive sphere.

Also a boxer named Ruben Carter and ranked proffesional boxer in the 1960, and an inmate in NJ prisons and also when youngèr a street thug/ fighter even with his great boxing skills, also lost fights and gotten beaten up several times in the streets and couple times in prison.Being a good fighter means he basically won alot more than he lost.

I've seen some Karate and Daito Ryu guys basically straight armbar against their shoulder/trap area, which would open up and control the space between the elbow and ribs that is making your shiho-nage difficult. All you'd have to do is pass the arm over your head and pivot. You are spot on with the russian 2-on-1 entry in my opinion.

Martial artists haaaaate when something simple beats the stuff that takes lots of work. It's why they often talk trash on guns, groin strikes, eye gouging, oblique kicks, etc... Yubi Shime is against the rules in everything because it's good at hurting people, which makes a good move for a real fight. Everyone seems to have developed a complex around sparring/rolling/randori/whatever....like it's the only way to learn anything. Just train finger locks with compliance. It's ok I promise. World ain't gonna end. A absolute dummy could wrench your finger off with zero training, and that is what makes the technique beautiful. I just practice getting the grip on the fingers, that's gonna be the hard part.

Start doing Kendo if you need cardio. 😄😉 I think because these are gendai budo there is "no need" to bout these arts against each other. Although I am on of those who are interested to see different budo against each other. But not as "loose" as MMA or UFC. All the best,I hope you find a dojo taht suits you soon enough.

If you're open to new things, wouldn't mind hearing your opinion/journey on Kendo!

Love this video. The transitions from gym to gym can be so tricky that I think anyone shining light on the topic is doing an extremely helpful service. I hope you can find a place that better suits you soon though! Excited for the next video <3

Japanese already tried this with Combat Wrestling and Submission Arts Wrestling.

That sounds pretty rough. I've found it really hard to find a "good" coach once you've been training for a while in different schools. Its a tough job and not every one does it well. Not every school has good students coming to class either. Don't give up though! I found boxing was really fun for a while! They were a bit too rough though, and CTE dosen't always show symptoms until 10 years down the line, so i eventually switched. I'll carry the lessons i learned there for the rest of my training days though!

Here’s a ruleset that I would like to see: ~3 points to win~ 1 point awarded for -Waza-ari throw -10 second pin 2 points awarded for -Ippon throw -15 second pin 3 points awarded for -Submission tap -20 second pin This is pretty close to judo (which should show you were my biases lie), but a strong BJJ submission artist can come back from a strong ippon-plus the judoka needs to learn what to do after a clean throw to continue the fight. This scoring is pretty simple and easy to remember as well.

- Singlet or Rash Guard - Win by Submission, Pin, Tech Fall, Decision or IF Points: - Warnings/Penalties: 1 point (for details see Penalties/Warnings) - Escape: 1 point - Reversal: 2 points - Takedowns: 2 points - Near Fall (1 shoulder/>2 seconds): 2 points - Near Fall (2 shoulders/not pinned): 4 points - Lesser throw (4 point/wazaari): 4 points - Greater throw(5 point/ippon): 6 points Win Conditions: - Pin (5 count) - Submission (by tap-out or technical submission) - Tech Fall (14 point lead) - Decision (tally of points) Guard Pulling: - Pulling guard is fully allowed. You must pass someones guard to "have control" and therefore earn a near fall or pin. However, pulling guard results in having a takedown counted against you, and the opponent gaining 2 points. Penalties/Warnings: - Upon being pushed out you are given a "push-out call," two push-out calls result in the opponent being awarded 1 point. - Use of a banned technique results in the contest being stopped and the victim of the technique being awarded 10 points. - If the ref decides you are stalling you are required to score in the next 30 seconds (shot clock) or your opponent will be awarded 1 point. - In a top-down position it is the person on bottom/person in guard who has the responsibility to move the match by escaping. If they do not attempt to escape they will be put on the shot clock. Blood Time and Injuries: - If you are injured and cannot continue you forfeit the match. - The match is moved to blood time on the refs discretion. - Each competitor has 2.5 minutes of blood time. - If you're blood time runs out and you are still unfit to return to play you lose by IF. Match Formatting: - 3 periods of 3 minutes. - All periods start in a neutral, standing position. - Ties are broken by a 1 minute sudden death to any score. - If there is still a tie there will be 2, 30 second ride-out periods starting in a top-down/back-mount position. If no pins or submissions are earned in that time whoever successfully maintained control longer wins. - If there is still a tie the last person to have scored a point in the match wins. - Matches are played on a circle 26 feet in diameter. If there's anything you'd add, change, etc. please reply. I think this is an interesting concept worth being explored.

I would say -- train Brazilian jiu jitsu and MMA - its very very open to real sparring between people, and no-gi sparring is very wrestling oriented with more takedowns without so much guard pulling. Or just do MMA as it really prefers top position too. But if you are not psyched to get submissions in then it might not be for you~. I personally love doing stand up game with people with a lot of wrestling or judo experience assuming they aren't competition style falling on top of me in some takedowns.

Honestly such a great video. I can see this being a big issue in japan. I've been twice now, and most recently had kendo lessons which were actually great. But when I questioned foot positioning of the traditional stance vs other martial art forms that I participate in, judo, boxing, etc it was almost like a mandalorian-style answer..."because it is the way" 😅 but honestly even in the states I've switched gyms or arts and the coach or sensei often want their way to erase or overwrite whatever you have learned. Good on you for knowing what you want from your martial art journey and taking action. Thanks for the video man💪

I was having trouble agreeing with your approach to the experience in Japan until you said, "It's my time and money." With this type of justification, you are technically correct, the best kind ofc

what type of karate do you do?

I love the fact that you really dont care about your belt and rank so much. Frankly I think this is a pure and mature mindset that others would be wise to note. I have found similar issues going to other classes( I have never been to Japan) with no one giving notice to your background. I have found myself responsible for what i want to learn to add to my skillset. I will simply strap on a white belt and a gi with no markings; and find somone who will teach me what i want to know. I have done this several times and just basically do what i want but without stepping on toes. I know the instructor is going to want me to get fully onboard with how he wants to teach me and i play along. However if i dont have enough freedom to guide my own development and evolution, Im outta there. Also its a nice perk once the higher belts of what ever style quickly figure out your no novice and because you had enough confidence to enter as a white belt you get a respect money cant buy.

That's like asking, "are merging arts destined to grapple?" So probably no.

In my opinion this rule set would be better if you get 3 penalities and disqualification on the 4th (how it used to be in Judo). To many matches end in disqualification now.