my marine hand to hand combat instructor could not stress enough the importance of aikido in a hostile situation primarily because it is sooo adaptable to any other art and any other weapon, i honestly think its one of the most beautiful arts, mostly because i've seen the more peaceful side of it but then i've also seen the more aggressive and killing intent side of it too, this art can go both ways, i have nothing but respect for O' Sensei, that man was truly years ahead of his time
*The Way of the Warrior has been misunderstood. It is not a means to kill and destroy others. Those who seek to compete and better one another are making a terrible mistake. The real Way of a Warrior is to prevent such slaughter - it is the Art of Peace, the power of love.* ―Morihei Ueshiba
"The Way of the Warrior has been misunderstood." Well it certainly seems to have been misunderstood by Morihei Ueshiba! The purpose of the martial arts is simple - to survive battle and to destroy ones enemy. All this pseudo-spiritual waffle only came about at the end of the Meiji period when the Samurai realised that while their fighting skills had been rendered obsolete on the battlefield by firearms, their training had beneficial effects on a person distinct from turning them into killers. They fostered those aspects of training that turned out "better" human beings as defined by the still militaristic society of the time and people like Kano worked tirelessly to shoehorn it into the education system. In the 21st century, we still have warriors in the military, in the combat sports cage and on doors but few of them have time for spiritual nonsense or ineffective technique.
These Aikido boys will twist you in directions you never thought your body will go. You feel like your joints will explode and your bones will torque into a spiral fracture. The reason their attacking workout partners look like they leap into a roll, making it easy for the master, is because if they don't leap or roll with the technique something will snap, break, or tear if you don't. Aikido is the real thing. It's simplicity is its beauty. No need to hit somebody when you've destroyed their arm joints.
Aikido is so misunderstood. It's a non violent way of convincing the attacker that maybe he made a mistake. It's so effective once it's learned that you can't spar. Too dangerous.
This has also resonated with me on previous viewings and so I always tell myself this: No matter how developed my training is, encouragement and teaching through cooperation trumps arrogance and competition.
Looking at O’Sensei doing his dance,reminds me of how I learned 31 Jo Kata in my bedroom with just my hands. Been working on Aikido for 10 years. But never really learned the 31 Jo Kata. Was getting ready to get back in class Jan 2021. Then Covid Hit. And I was stuck at home. So just started working the pattern. Wasn’t easy to learn on my own. But finally was able to finish at 31 in the same spot I started. But it was a very weird feeling just doing it with empty hands. Then take it outside with a Jo. And wow. Just so intriguing and beautiful.
Thank you for this wonderful old film. I began Aikido in 1957 as a UK student of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei, I am proud to have two of my diploma's signed by Osensei Ueshiba and my Shihan signed by his grandson Moriteru Ueshiba. Henry Ellis - Co-author of ` British Aikido History `.
I just could not believe that 78 year old man constantly getting up and down on that stage. I'm almost 50 and my knees just hurt watching him. *deep respect*
You could easily see the effects of aging in a human body, but for a person his age at that time it is truly amazing that he could still move like that.
Oh wow! I'm not worthy! The greatest martial artist of alllll times....O Sensei himself. The philosophy at the heart of his aikido art is simply peerless. No other art I know of puts Love, peace n universe in the same sentence. Thank you so much O Sensei.💗
the students of O'sensei are grateful that they are actually teach them by the great teacher. i'm fond of aikido. unfortunately i stop practice this art due to some other matters but im hoping i could get back.
To love his life in peace and. Harmony is something you achieve threw years of pratice and discilpline and spirt ual. Harmony and love. Respect his life. Beyond your own he deserve it!!!
O = Perfection. Like Yoda we will never understand you in completeness. Domo Arigato O-Sensei. Domo Arigato Saito Sensei, the Son of Aikido. May you forever be remembered as the Son of Aikido. The world needs more golden bridges.
ignorant bastards!! no respect would never have said it to him or the likes of steven seagal? or tony smith? james moclair? oh who are they i hear you say?? lol masters... like i say just ignorant twats who are lucky to be able to even comment to such masters
The words of Buddha teach us that it is ignorance the great problem of humankind. While it could be annoying to see such display of disrespect I also feel we need to show respect and consideration to this level of understanding...after all, we may have been at this llevel once and maybe people showed us respect to our evolution...this is what we need to love, this is the test, this makes us strong spiritual warriors!
The words of Buddha teach us that it is ignorance the great problem of humankind. While it could be annoying to see such display of disrespect I also feel we need to show respect and consideration to this level of understanding...after all, we may have been at this llevel once and maybe people showed us respect to our evolution...this is what we need to love, this is the test, this makes us strong spiritual warriors!
if you dont practice for years you will never understand nor appreciate aikido. if you dont like the arts just leave and dont post any silly comment. respect to O'Sensei you dont know what trials he face whe he's young. that's why he develop aikido coz he care to all the people who want peace & harmony. this is an art not martial art.
Aikido saved my ass back in the day when an asshole tried to kill with a knife. Wheny couzin taught a few basics of aikido, he told me this: no matter what kind of martial arts you would have the most important technics the a master will ever teach you is to run. Run as fast as you can. But if you have no choice but o defend yourself then you should better have the presence of mind, strength, good reflex, effective technics, speed and also the guts. And also he told me that every martial artist always study their opponent's movements before making a move...
The Aikido dojo at where I've trained at for over 12 years I had heard a story about a New York Jets player who doubted O'Sensei's ability and went to the local dojo where he was going to do a seminar (somewhere in the US) and he went to grab O'Sensei, and all he remembered is looking up towards him from the mat.
The major meaning behind ALL religions is love towards every sentient beings as we are all ONE part of the cosmos. No separation, or duality. Only unity. Every great teachers that walked on this earth has taught that. O'Sensei was one of them, but through the expression of martial art.
Live by the sword, die by the sword. If you seek a fight, it will seek you first. There are a lot of ways to say it. The meaning essentially remains the same.
O Sensei in this clip was about 78 years old and can move with energy like that is awesome. I wish I can move like O Sensei when I am 78 years old. How many former champions (i.e., Boxing or any style of Martial Arts) can move like that when they are 78 years old?
In an interview Shoji Nishio reported : "At that time, a former Karate sensei of the Butokukai named Toyosaku Sodeyama who was running Konishi Sensei’s dojo and also teaching there came up to me and said: “I met someone who is like a ‘phantom’. I couldn’t strike him even once.” I was amazed that there was someone that even Sodeyama Sensei couldn’t strike. It was O-Sensei.
It is a martial art, it was based on a defensive arts of the samurai whenever they are disarmed and facing better armed(e.g. swords) or greater number of foes. It is basically a defensive one, but extremely effective in adept hands.The tumbling part is also defensive in a way that if executed correctly, it minimizes damage taken when a throw by the opponent is inevitable, thus still be able to 'fight' on in better condition.
The reason Aikido isn't used by the military alot is because it promotes peace, harmony & love. Aikido was founded by O'Sensei Morihei Ueshiba who studied Aiki-jujitsu, so you can already guess some principles are similar to that of what you'll learn in MMA (BJJ). I also know of Aikidoka who help train MMA champions :)
people who hate on aikido need to chill out. No one is arguing with you. I used to be a punk that started fights because i knew karate. I started aikido when i was 9. At the time i thought that it was pointless and that i could never use it in the streets. Now im 15 and i can honestly say that i have never started a fight since i started aikido and that i dont care how big u r. Aikido isn't a sport, it teaches you respect and survival and way more than i can fit in this comment.
@CloudsBeyond As you said, they're "demos". If you want to see how Aikido is applied in combat situations, look for Steven Seagal training Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida in their fights for UFC Middle Weight Championship and Light Heavy Weight Championship bouts this year. Seagal teaches both fighters the concept of "irimi" with the follow up "atemi". Aikido demos are not fights; they demostrate the Aiki principle using martial forms; the principle of Harmonisation, and peaceful resolution.
Good spotting mate. The kid, should in my opinion, at least attined mastery of O Sensei's teachings...there's no opponent but self. Slay it n attained mastery of the universe. I'm just worthy O Sensei.
@xiealic That's why in Aikido before knowing how to perform a techinque , is important first to know how to perform an Ukemi atleast in the dojo I go we always practice every Ukemi before starting the training.
Aikido is a good group exercise, effective in a fight with people that have no fight experience but ineffective with real fighters. But have fun and learn some discipline is never wrong.
@Norwegian733 I'll give you one thing...O. Sensei riched 85 years of life, and he was full of joy and life to the very end. This is one thing that I cannot tell about any boxer or any other aggressive combat practitioners, or at least I'm not fond of. And believe me, he is not the only aikido sensei that lived like that. From the way you talk, I believe you should practice aikido, not for fighting ( at least not at first ), but for enlightenment, joy and harmony.
yes he totally is a god.. because i'm a god, and he seems he may manifest better than me.. for him to know more then me or understand things that 'may' be uncharted for me.. then he is a god and respectfully, with knowing i am a god and that some should learn under me.. i will respect him as a god and want to learn from him.. we are all gods because we literally manifest the experience you have.. the very thing is, u are so powerful just the fact u are conscious.. and if we create experience..
well i was kinda referring to a generalised idea i didn't mean EVERY people on earth is like that.But when i try to watch and learn something in youtube(yea despite everything i like watching and learning aikido) i run into some comments that actually shows me there is no hope for humanity.You can deny it but the mass is shifting to people that get attracted to only drama instead finding inner balance. No i am not naturally selfish and ignorant i try to fight the idea.Actions dont matter at all
True. I train for self defense and I don't compete. I was always thought to walk away from a fight if possible, but if not possible, end it quick. I have used my martial arts skills only a few times in my life, and it's very true, only to defeat criminals, not drunken idiots. Train hard, just for that day when a predator might come knocking at your door"
Being a krav maga or mma or muay thai expert means being able to defeat most of people fighting. Being an aikido master means being able to live til the last years with the shape of a teenager, learning a way of life. That's the point.
"At that moment I was enlightened: the source of budo is God's love - the spirit of loving protection for all beings ..." - Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido. Does that help?
First i did 2 years of escrima and then i did 3 years of muay thai and i am doing mma now . Aikido is a good art and all but i am sure it would never work against me. In fact i defeated 3 aikidokas but i am not taking that into consideration since i am pretty big and musculine. Practice your art and believe in it if you want to,everybody has the right to choose their own path. But please never say it would apply in a dinamic way of fighting like mma
Great evil is smart. Great evil is strong. Great evil is determined. Great evil puts in the hours. Great evil can use more tools than good (torture for one). Great evil can disguise itself as good whereas good can't disguise itself as great evil without destroying itself. Good has a much harder time of it than great evil. Never underestimate an opponent. Always treat them as a great evil.
couple of questions if anyone can help. what is he holding when hes doing that really graceful looking Kata that starts at 2.09. also, does it have a name or is it just freestyle movement.
To all the people writing ''I would kill him in a street fight!'' : 1. Why would you fight a 78 y/o man ? Would you have fought him in his prime? 2. You do know this is just a demonstration?
Respect and harmony help one on the way. Always wanting to dominate others may indicate that fear lives in your center, instead of a transcendent gratitude. Peace and joy are the goals of true warriors. War is not a solution, so if you want peace, you must prepare for war. "Si vis pacem, para bellum. The gun and ammo industry "borrowed" parabellum for their own marketing purposes.
This man is a master all you losers with these bad comments need to stop being keyboard comment masters and try to be be as half as as good as this man was respect
O Sensei Murehi Ueshiba! Such passionate man! Man who love unity and refuse to carry the burden that comes with harming a man a living thing with feelings. I today was at the dojo in which every other practioner trains. I asked a Tae Kwon Do guy how to block kicks. He showed me but also told me that Aikido is useless. Aikido is not useless tool. It is viewed incorrectly. It is merely a blue print and Ideal how a diskussion should be held or a conversation to had. Nobody is getting seriously hurt for the consequences of their irrational decisions. There only such a pain that shows you that you assumed wrong but that this is nothing wrong. But instead it shows you to think about yourself and maybe question your morals. It shows you that it is okay to make mistakes. It shows you that forgiveness can be learned through hard dedication and belief. Aikido fully mastered can take out a fully skilled MMA fighter, if the MMA fighter is filled with bad intentions to willingly inflict pain on him so have unrightly gain happiness from him. If there is a valid reasons that requires physicallity.
What I meant was, GIs (young recruits being trained for deployment) cannot AFFORD the time necessary to truly master aikido. They, much like the MMA or competitive 'pro fighters', need whatever raises their ability in hand-to-hand combat the quickest, that delivers the most 'bang-for-the buck' in the shortest time possible. Whereas aikido, like other such disciplines, is more of a 'lifestyle' thing, and often a lifeTIME as well. Regardless of that, thank you for your service to your country.
Look, an actual good RUclips comment not bashing Traditional or MMA. Both are not only effective, but entertaining. The only thing I would disagree with is the spirit part, but I guess that an Aikido video isn't really the place to do that.
@norwegian733 :0) it's you who are blind..the fan movements were from sword techniques, and the staff work speaks for itself. It's clear you have never been near real weapons work...try it out for a year or so.... then watch this video again.
NO FALTEN EL RESPETO A ESTE MAESTRO. EL AIKIDO ES UN ARTE, COMO TODA ARTE MARCIA. NO ES PARA VENCER A NADIE, SI ALQUIEN HAY QUE VENCER ES AL PEOR ENEMIGO QUE TENEMOS QUE ESTA DENTRO NUESTRO, SI LOGRAS VENCER ESTO, Y USAS COMO ARMA CUALQUIER ARTE MARCIAL, DATE POR MUY SATISFECHO, AQUI NO SE TRATA DE MEDIRSE CON NADIE, DE EGOS, DE MOVIMIENTOS EXPECTACULARES, SINO SER PRACTICO Y SI DEBES DEFENDERTE, SER PRACTICO, RAPIDO, Y QUEBRAR, ROMPER, PARA ANULAR. LO IDEAL, NO PELEAR JAMAS.
Wow you watched the whole thing? I wasn't convinced either but Nicholas Pettas was a real sport fighter and his other episodes on karate and kendo seemed to be on point. He doesn't seem to be the type of guy to pretend to be pushed down for the show's sake. So even though I wasn't totally convinced, the video makes me feel there is something there in that martial art.
To anybody: Why would any martial art be widespread if not somebody had proven that it worked to people who did some kind of different style? Therefore, if you are really good in any style, it will work. If not, and you use it in a fight, you get beaten up. There might be styles that are more effective in early stages of learning than aikido. It just requires a LOT of practice. But how would anybody know if something worked if he did not try to use it or felt it used on him?
This summer I was hangin' out in my hometown with one of my friends that practice with me aikido. One dude tried to steal his bag while he was drinking from his bottle of water. He found himself with a broken arm and a broken wrist. Aikido is not delusional, it's learning to kill others quickly.
@martinez418 If you want to see how Aikido is applied in combat situations, look for Steven Seagal training Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida in their fights for UFC Middle Weight Championship and Light Heavy Weight Championship bouts this year. Seagal teaches both fighters the concept of "irimi" with the follow up "atemi". Aikido demos are not fights; they demostrate the Aiki principle using martial forms; the principle of Harmonisation, and peaceful resolution.
my marine hand to hand combat instructor could not stress enough the importance of aikido in a hostile situation primarily because it is sooo adaptable to any other art and any other weapon, i honestly think its one of the most beautiful arts, mostly because i've seen the more peaceful side of it but then i've also seen the more aggressive and killing intent side of it too, this art can go both ways, i have nothing but respect for O' Sensei, that man was truly years ahead of his time
Terry Dobson, the big American in this footage, was also a Marine.
*The Way of the Warrior has been misunderstood. It is not a means to kill and destroy others. Those who seek to compete and better one another are making a terrible mistake. The real Way of a Warrior is to prevent such slaughter - it is the Art of Peace, the power of love.*
―Morihei Ueshiba
Even if what they say about Ueshiba O-Sensei was true, even then, he would be the greatest martial artists ever to me.
hai
Beautiful words
"The Way of the Warrior has been misunderstood."
Well it certainly seems to have been misunderstood by Morihei Ueshiba!
The purpose of the martial arts is simple - to survive battle and to destroy ones enemy.
All this pseudo-spiritual waffle only came about at the end of the Meiji period when the Samurai realised that while their fighting skills had been rendered obsolete on the battlefield by firearms, their training had beneficial effects on a person distinct from turning them into killers.
They fostered those aspects of training that turned out "better" human beings as defined by the still militaristic society of the time and people like Kano worked tirelessly to shoehorn it into the education system.
In the 21st century, we still have warriors in the military, in the combat sports cage and on doors but few of them have time for spiritual nonsense or ineffective technique.
@@baldieman64 There are a lot of people having time for "spiritual nonsense of ineffective technique." And it could be much more.
Absolutely amazing this man loved for so long and died so peacefully he will be and always be the grand master. He will not be forgotten
These Aikido boys will twist you in directions you never thought your body will go. You feel like your joints will explode and your bones will torque into a spiral fracture. The reason their attacking workout partners look like they leap into a roll, making it easy for the master, is because if they don't leap or roll with the technique something will snap, break, or tear if you don't. Aikido is the real thing. It's simplicity is its beauty. No need to hit somebody when you've destroyed their arm joints.
It's kinds like , dance or die? lol! Let's dance and have a good time or you get a broken arm,or neck.
Aikido is so misunderstood. It's a non violent way of convincing the attacker that maybe he made a mistake. It's so effective once it's learned that you can't spar. Too dangerous.
+sumoninja I love very much that explanation !!! I reall think poeple can't understand if they don't make the experience only one time.
I love it at 7:10 where O Sensei takes ukemi for a little boy. There is so much kindness in both their smiles! :)
I read that the little boy is Doshu Moriteru ueshiba! Don't remember where I read it.
You said my exact words pretty much so I won’t add a repeated comment, but that was my favorite part.
@@MarioCastro_o Nice! He has developed his own amazing Aikido!
This has also resonated with me on previous viewings and so I always tell myself this: No matter how developed my training is, encouragement and teaching through cooperation trumps arrogance and competition.
Looking at O’Sensei doing his dance,reminds me of how I learned 31 Jo Kata in my bedroom with just my hands. Been working on Aikido for 10 years. But never really learned the 31 Jo Kata. Was getting ready to get back in class Jan 2021. Then Covid Hit. And I was stuck at home. So just started working the pattern. Wasn’t easy to learn on my own. But finally was able to finish at 31 in the same spot I started. But it was a very weird feeling just doing it with empty hands. Then take it outside with a Jo. And wow. Just so intriguing and beautiful.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience.
One of the great ones who had the meaning of life in this world. Today we are far removed from it!!!
Thank you for this wonderful old film. I began Aikido in 1957 as a UK student of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei, I am proud to have two of my diploma's signed by Osensei Ueshiba and my Shihan signed by his grandson Moriteru Ueshiba. Henry Ellis - Co-author of ` British Aikido History `.
What an amazing journey you have had in Aikido! I bet you had some great memories training with Abbe Sensei!
It's amazing. He executes techniques so effortlessly and gently. It's like every movement he does looks as natural as breathing.
I just could not believe that 78 year old man constantly getting up and down on that stage. I'm almost 50 and my knees just hurt watching him. *deep respect*
I got involved with Aikido in 1980, after giving what I learned there a fair evaluation of 30 plus years of real life, I think it is great stuff.
You could easily see the effects of aging in a human body, but for a person his age at that time it is truly amazing that he could still move like that.
Oh wow!
I'm not worthy!
The greatest martial artist of alllll times....O Sensei himself. The philosophy at the heart of his aikido art is simply peerless. No other art I know of puts Love, peace n universe in the same sentence. Thank you so much O Sensei.💗
the students of O'sensei are grateful that they are actually teach them by the great teacher. i'm fond of aikido. unfortunately i stop practice this art due to some other matters but im hoping i could get back.
To love his life in peace and. Harmony is something you achieve threw years of pratice and discilpline and spirt ual. Harmony and love. Respect his life. Beyond your own he deserve it!!!
O = Perfection.
Like Yoda we will never understand you in completeness.
Domo Arigato O-Sensei.
Domo Arigato Saito Sensei, the Son of Aikido.
May you forever be remembered as the Son of Aikido.
The world needs more golden bridges.
+Spartan MBR
Perhaps Ueshiba is a master of our unconscient, not a master in fighting.
The level of disrespect in the comments section is shameful! grown men talking like this... how embarrassing!
seppuku \(> ○
ignorant bastards!! no respect would never have said it to him or the likes of steven seagal? or tony smith? james moclair? oh who are they i hear you say?? lol masters... like i say just ignorant twats who are lucky to be able to even comment to such masters
The words of Buddha teach us that it is ignorance the great problem of humankind. While it could be annoying to see such display of disrespect I also feel we need to show respect and consideration to this level of understanding...after all, we may have been at this llevel once and maybe people showed us respect to our evolution...this is what we need to love, this is the test, this makes us strong spiritual warriors!
The words of Buddha teach us that it is ignorance the great problem of humankind. While it could be annoying to see such display of disrespect I also feel we need to show respect and consideration to this level of understanding...after all, we may have been at this llevel once and maybe people showed us respect to our evolution...this is what we need to love, this is the test, this makes us strong spiritual warriors!
People have gotten comfortable with the fact that they know they can be disrespectful and not get attacked for it
respect for this great master
if you dont practice for years you will never understand nor appreciate aikido. if you dont like the arts just leave and dont post any silly comment. respect to O'Sensei you dont know what trials he face whe he's young. that's why he develop aikido coz he care to all the people who want peace & harmony. this is an art not martial art.
Aikido saved my ass back in the day when an asshole tried to kill with a knife. Wheny couzin taught a few basics of aikido, he told me this: no matter what kind of martial arts you would have the most important technics the a master will ever teach you is to run. Run as fast as you can. But if you have no choice but o defend yourself then you should better have the presence of mind, strength, good reflex, effective technics, speed and also the guts. And also he told me that every martial artist always study their opponent's movements before making a move...
The Aikido dojo at where I've trained at for over 12 years I had heard a story about a New York Jets player who doubted O'Sensei's ability and went to the local dojo where he was going to do a seminar (somewhere in the US) and he went to grab O'Sensei, and all he remembered is looking up towards him from the mat.
The major meaning behind ALL religions is love towards every sentient beings as we are all ONE part of the cosmos. No separation, or duality. Only unity.
Every great teachers that walked on this earth has taught that. O'Sensei was one of them, but through the expression of martial art.
" All the secret teachings of martial arts can be found in the simple basics" - Ueshiba Morihei
Say what you like about Aikido, the foot work is second to none and will be of benefit to any style or system!
There is a lesson hidden in everything.
Bless you for posting this amazing footage.... what an inspiration, this man.....
Live by the sword, die by the sword. If you seek a fight, it will seek you first. There are a lot of ways to say it. The meaning essentially remains the same.
so many years after his death yet he continually amazes me
Las exhibiciones del maestro Ueshiba en USA son legendarias...
O Sensei in this clip was about 78 years old and can move with energy like that is awesome. I wish I can move like O Sensei when I am 78 years old. How many former champions (i.e., Boxing or any style of Martial Arts) can move like that when they are 78 years old?
A True Master of Martial Arts.
Уважение и 🙏 за мудрые слова мастера, с возрастом физическая сила уходит но развитие духовно энергетического состояния открывает новые возможности.
ЧЕГО только не услышишь от шарлатанов
This master is poetry in motion.
the use of force in harmony with what is, is a beautiful thing
no O sensei is only with us in spirit
In an interview Shoji Nishio reported : "At that time, a former Karate sensei of the Butokukai named Toyosaku Sodeyama who was running Konishi Sensei’s dojo and also teaching there came up to me and said: “I met someone who is like a ‘phantom’. I couldn’t strike him even once.” I was amazed that there was someone that even Sodeyama Sensei couldn’t strike. It was O-Sensei.
Muy BUENO...pero que alguien se tome la molestia de SUBTITULARLO AL ESPAÑOL este y otros videos ya que no solo hay seguidores en Ingles... GRACIAS
Lo siento, amigo. Tal vez un dia.
It is a martial art, it was based on a defensive arts of the samurai whenever they are disarmed and facing better armed(e.g. swords) or greater number of foes. It is basically a defensive one, but extremely effective in adept hands.The tumbling part is also defensive in a way that if executed correctly, it minimizes damage taken when a throw by the opponent is inevitable, thus still be able to 'fight' on in better condition.
The reason Aikido isn't used by the military alot is because it promotes peace, harmony & love.
Aikido was founded by O'Sensei Morihei Ueshiba who studied Aiki-jujitsu, so you can already guess some principles are similar to that of what you'll learn in MMA (BJJ). I also know of Aikidoka who help train MMA champions :)
Aikido isn't used by the military because it's useless in real life.
May you be truly happy. May you be truly free from suffering. May you reach ultimate enlightenment.
people who hate on aikido need to chill out. No one is arguing with you. I used to be a punk that started fights because i knew karate. I started aikido when i was 9. At the time i thought that it was pointless and that i could never use it in the streets. Now im 15 and i can honestly say that i have never started a fight since i started aikido and that i dont care how big u r. Aikido isn't a sport, it teaches you respect and survival and way more than i can fit in this comment.
@CloudsBeyond As you said, they're "demos". If you want to see how Aikido is applied in combat situations, look for Steven Seagal training Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida in their fights for UFC Middle Weight Championship and Light Heavy Weight Championship bouts this year. Seagal teaches both fighters the concept of "irimi" with the follow up "atemi". Aikido demos are not fights; they demostrate the Aiki principle using martial forms; the principle of Harmonisation, and peaceful resolution.
we are always your student mr Morihei Ueshiba
I wish they were that kind of Masters at our times.
O sensei taking ukemi for a kid ...... amazing!
Good spotting mate.
The kid, should in my opinion, at least attined mastery of O Sensei's teachings...there's no opponent but self. Slay it n attained mastery of the universe. I'm just worthy O Sensei.
@xiealic That's why in Aikido before knowing how to perform a techinque , is important first to know how to perform an Ukemi atleast in the dojo I go we always practice every Ukemi before starting the training.
i understand this man & i understand how he can see those things too.
Aikido is a good group exercise, effective in a fight with people that have no fight experience but ineffective with real fighters.
But have fun and learn some discipline is never wrong.
aikido is the art of using the strength of the opponent on himself...
AIKIDO.....THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!.....OSS
We love you o sensei
@Norwegian733 I'll give you one thing...O. Sensei riched 85 years of life, and he was full of joy and life to the very end. This is one thing that I cannot tell about any boxer or any other aggressive combat practitioners, or at least I'm not fond of. And believe me, he is not the only aikido sensei that lived like that. From the way you talk, I believe you should practice aikido, not for fighting ( at least not at first ), but for enlightenment, joy and harmony.
78 years old and still can move like that it's in itself a respectful thing but still found some movement bizarre and funny :D
7:10
開祖が投げられる姿を初めて見た
いやいや貴重な映像で和む😊
yes he totally is a god.. because i'm a god, and he seems he may manifest better than me.. for him to know more then me or understand things that 'may' be uncharted for me.. then he is a god and respectfully, with knowing i am a god and that some should learn under me.. i will respect him as a god and want to learn from him..
we are all gods because we literally manifest the experience you have.. the very thing is, u are so powerful just the fact u are conscious.. and if we create experience..
well i was kinda referring to a generalised idea i didn't mean EVERY people on earth is like that.But when i try to watch and learn something in youtube(yea despite everything i like watching and learning aikido) i run into some comments that actually shows me there is no hope for humanity.You can deny it but the mass is shifting to people that get attracted to only drama instead finding inner balance.
No i am not naturally selfish and ignorant i try to fight the idea.Actions dont matter at all
You have honoured us with this video. Thank you.
Maestro en el más amplio sentido de la palabra.
Wow someone on the internet who is smart, Thank you
he is the truth of mastery of nature at it's best I am proud to be a master in 2013 an the hell with Hollywood because they are so full of it...
Great respect to O Sensei
Tossing them around like nothing. Like sheets out to dry. Incredible!
True. I train for self defense and I don't compete. I was always thought to walk away from a fight if possible, but if not possible, end it quick. I have used my martial arts skills only a few times in my life, and it's very true, only to defeat criminals, not drunken idiots. Train hard, just for that day when a predator might come knocking at your door"
Being a krav maga or mma or muay thai expert means being able to defeat most of people fighting. Being an aikido master means being able to live til the last years with the shape of a teenager, learning a way of life. That's the point.
"At that moment I was enlightened: the source of budo is God's love - the spirit of loving protection for all beings ..." - Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido. Does that help?
adorei ver meu grande MESTRE pois Nasce na época de 78
harmonia equilibrio mental é fisica atribui muito para o campo vizual de aprendizado
Just so you all know, aikido is also used to counter enemy attacks...
Thanks for sharing. Just wonder if O Senei still around? I can tell that he is one of the the greatest and legedary master of all time in the world.
First i did 2 years of escrima and then i did 3 years of muay thai and i am doing mma now .
Aikido is a good art and all but i am sure it would never work against me.
In fact i defeated 3 aikidokas but i am not taking that into consideration since i am pretty big and musculine.
Practice your art and believe in it if you want to,everybody has the right to choose their own path.
But please never say it would apply in a dinamic way of fighting like mma
@Kenshin1080 Black belt is the beggining of the aikido. It means nothing. Between first and second Dan, there's a world.
nice one.. people don't understand that they sometimes are the cause of annoying themselves
Aikido is the perfect martial art. Perfect Budo. Not Street fighting. That we leave to others
Great evil is smart. Great evil is strong. Great evil is determined. Great evil puts in the hours. Great evil can use more tools than good (torture for one). Great evil can disguise itself as good whereas good can't disguise itself as great evil without destroying itself.
Good has a much harder time of it than great evil.
Never underestimate an opponent. Always treat them as a great evil.
First day ok practice, life changing man...
couple of questions if anyone can help. what is he holding when hes doing that really graceful looking Kata that starts at 2.09. also, does it have a name or is it just freestyle movement.
To all the people writing ''I would kill him in a street fight!'' :
1. Why would you fight a 78 y/o man ? Would you have fought him in his prime?
2. You do know this is just a demonstration?
lol the guys who thought of thinking this......."put down"gently?as in very dead nonetheless
You would have not even at 77 he would have killed you or seriously hurt you with little effort.
Respect and harmony help one on the way. Always wanting to dominate others may indicate that fear lives in your center, instead of a transcendent gratitude. Peace and joy are the goals of true warriors.
War is not a solution, so if you want peace, you must prepare for war. "Si vis pacem, para bellum. The gun and ammo industry "borrowed" parabellum for their own marketing purposes.
Practised during 14 years. Stopped when i found out i had a discal hernia....or i would have never stopped. Ever...............
Kudos! This music style is pretty interesting, what's the name of this kind of music 🎶 🎵 🤔? Thank you
Good point, animals are sentient and so should therefore not be killed for eating I think.
This man is a master all you losers with these bad comments need to stop being keyboard comment masters and try to be be as half as as good as this man was respect
O Sensei Murehi Ueshiba! Such passionate man! Man who love unity and refuse to carry the burden that comes with harming a man a living thing with feelings. I today was at the dojo in which every other practioner trains. I asked a Tae Kwon Do guy how to block kicks. He showed me but also told me that Aikido is useless. Aikido is not useless tool. It is viewed incorrectly. It is merely a blue print and Ideal how a diskussion should be held or a conversation to had. Nobody is getting seriously hurt for the consequences of their irrational decisions. There only such a pain that shows you that you assumed wrong but that this is nothing wrong. But instead it shows you to think about yourself and maybe question your morals. It shows you that it is okay to make mistakes. It shows you that forgiveness can be learned through hard dedication and belief. Aikido fully mastered can take out a fully skilled MMA fighter, if the MMA fighter is filled with bad intentions to willingly inflict pain on him so have unrightly gain happiness from him. If there is a valid reasons that requires physicallity.
Yea agree , we are all ONE but without One of us we aren't ONE so aïkido need every one to exist we are aïkido ;)
What I meant was, GIs (young recruits being trained for deployment) cannot AFFORD the time necessary to truly master aikido. They, much like the MMA or competitive 'pro fighters', need whatever raises their ability in hand-to-hand combat the quickest, that delivers the most 'bang-for-the buck' in the shortest time possible.
Whereas aikido, like other such disciplines, is more of a 'lifestyle' thing, and often a lifeTIME as well.
Regardless of that, thank you for your service to your country.
I know these guys are true masters and what not but it'd be interesting to see how skilled battle hardened vets were back in feudal Japan
The influence of the sensai is timeless evil must be fought without anger because unless we do that we dishonour ourselves
Wow that was incredible to see this footage....
to learn from him!!!
Look, an actual good RUclips comment not bashing Traditional or MMA. Both are not only effective, but entertaining. The only thing I would disagree with is the spirit part, but I guess that an Aikido video isn't really the place to do that.
WHAT A SPECIAL MAN!!! thankyou for sharing the video!! Greetings from THE MIDLE OF THE EARTH (ECUADOR)
@norwegian733 :0) it's you who are blind..the fan movements were from sword techniques, and the staff work speaks for itself. It's clear you have never been near real weapons work...try it out for a year or so.... then watch this video again.
NO FALTEN EL RESPETO A ESTE MAESTRO. EL AIKIDO ES UN ARTE, COMO TODA ARTE MARCIA. NO ES PARA VENCER A NADIE, SI ALQUIEN HAY QUE VENCER ES AL PEOR ENEMIGO QUE TENEMOS QUE ESTA DENTRO NUESTRO, SI LOGRAS VENCER ESTO, Y USAS COMO ARMA CUALQUIER ARTE MARCIAL, DATE POR MUY SATISFECHO, AQUI NO SE TRATA DE MEDIRSE CON NADIE, DE EGOS, DE MOVIMIENTOS EXPECTACULARES, SINO SER PRACTICO Y SI DEBES DEFENDERTE, SER PRACTICO, RAPIDO, Y QUEBRAR, ROMPER, PARA ANULAR. LO IDEAL, NO PELEAR JAMAS.
Se te olvidó soltar el boton de las mayúsculas.
Hay que dejar de ver tanta peli de chinos. Un arte marcial es un arte de combate. El boxeo es un arte marcial, aunque no sea oriental.
Wow you watched the whole thing?
I wasn't convinced either but Nicholas Pettas was a real sport fighter and his other episodes on karate and kendo seemed to be on point. He doesn't seem to be the type of guy to pretend to be pushed down for the show's sake. So even though I wasn't totally convinced, the video makes me feel there is something there in that martial art.
To anybody: Why would any martial art be widespread if not somebody had proven that it worked to people who did some kind of different style? Therefore, if you are really good in any style, it will work. If not, and you use it in a fight, you get beaten up. There might be styles that are more effective in early stages of learning than aikido. It just requires a LOT of practice. But how would anybody know if something worked if he did not try to use it or felt it used on him?
prety cool to see O'Sensei takeing a fall for a kid. Isn't that just like a great master. Pretty sure that was Terry Dobson right before that.
This summer I was hangin' out in my hometown with one of my friends that practice with me aikido. One dude tried to steal his bag while he was drinking from his bottle of water. He found himself with a broken arm and a broken wrist. Aikido is not delusional, it's learning to kill others quickly.
the master of the master in martial arts.
@martinez418 If you want to see how Aikido is applied in combat situations, look for Steven Seagal training Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida in their fights for UFC Middle Weight Championship and Light Heavy Weight Championship bouts this year. Seagal teaches both fighters the concept of "irimi" with the follow up "atemi". Aikido demos are not fights; they demostrate the Aiki principle using martial forms; the principle of Harmonisation, and peaceful resolution.
Isnt this the guy that rose from the dead to train Segal?
+j maedl No O'Sensei did not train Segal. He was trained in Japan though and was the first white guy to open/run an Aikido Dojo in Japan.
Im judoka but i love sensei ueshiba
Our O'sensei was a Judoka too. He learned judo when he's young and had many judoka students. Judo and aikido are two apples from one tree.
surely, if a soldier is rolling around on the ground he's alive. I agree it shouldn't be used in the ring - not due to ineffectiveness