The Most Graceful Freestyle Swimming by Shinji Takeuchi
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- Опубликовано: 14 фев 2008
- This video got ranked No.1 worldwide among famous swimmers (on June 11, 2012).
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In TI freestyle, when you pull your arm, you enter another arm. So;
1) Right hand entry with left kick
2) Left hand pull with left kick
Both mean the same.
But if you look closely, I snap my leg first then I enter my hand. So the kick initiates my hip rotation, and my hip rotation accelerate extending my arm after entry.
It is called "diagonal power".
After all these years, still best swimming video on youtube
I breathe every 3 strokes. When I breathe, I try not to raise my head, but to roll my body.
I eventually adopted my version of this, 4 years ago - bearing in mind that you cannot see yourself, and now, nearing 70, I get asked how it is done....The aspect that most seem to like is - the smoothness, no splashing, a balanced and slow kick, the "pull" and "glide", measured stroke, no rushing, enabling me to progress quickly (but not as quickly as the splashers and grunters who just want to race, to win). I still want to improve, to extend my endurance, to raise my workrate to a heart-strengthening pulse, to be as one with the water. Amazing feeling, pulsing and pulling with strength and grace in our second home, the water....thankyou, Shinji Takeuchi, for this series of videos, freely given, showing the real water lover how to swim with ease and peace.
I can't get enough of this video. I keep coming back to it and watching it again and again. what a graceful swimming! It has changed my way of swimming and improved it. I used to waste a lot of energy and get tired quick.. Thank you Shinji, I am a better graceful freestyle swimmer because of this video. THANK YOU.. half of that 8 million views is me:)
thank you! A month ago, I can't even swim 50 yards, but by looking and practicing like this style, now I can swim 1 mile nonstop with ease.
The sequence is as follows:
1) Snap your leg
2) Roll your hips
3) Twist your torso
4) Spear your hand in the water
So I do not focus on pulling my hand.
still watch this video in 2019
I started TI 2 weeks ago, I bought the 10 lesson DVD and it has already completely changed my swimming. I have always been a weak swimmer, panicky and constantly struggling. Today I practiced lesson 6 and everything just "clicked" I understand how to move in the water, how to use my core and feel within a few weeks I'll be swimming effortlessly. Buy the DVD, totally worth it! Best money I've spent in a long time.
The most common Kaizen(opportunity of improvement) point about breathing is your head position. When you enter and spear your hand into the water, you tend to put your head together with your hand and that makes your head position lower. You always want to keep your head position beneath the surface even you do "angled" hand entry. To press the water by your chest instead of your head might work, too.
The first time I saw this, I was amazed at how smooth Shinji is in the water. I thought it looked unreal, almost as if Shinji was being pulled through the water or something. After seeing this I have completely changed my style of swimming. Obviously I'm no where near as good as this, but it's helped me get my stroke count down from 52 to 37 (in a 50 m pool) - that's over about 5 months of practice... 2-3 times per week. Brilliant video - thanks!
Love the story about Shinji, a 36 year overweight Japanese guy who decided to lose near enough 20lbs of weight and then went on to set a goal of being the most graceful swimmer in the world. With fve million views on uTube I guess he has achieved that goal. Thank you Shinji, you are my inspiration!
This is so peaceful to watch. I could watch it all day. You should see people in my society swimming pool, total chaos in pool. So much splash sometimes feels like 🌊
Very, very, very good question!!
I do not pursue swimming faster for freestyle (I race breaststroke and IM) and my motto for freestyle is "The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection". I have at least 13 sensors built and they tell me if something is wrong. I still practice splash-less, bubble-less hand entry which only Terry can accomplish.
Having not swum for over 5 years, I was asked to do the swim leg in a triathlon with some friends. Due to work commitments, I had no time to train and was starting to panic I'd let my friends down. Thanks to Tim Ferris, I discovered total immersion swimming. I watched the videos, visualised, but only got to practice in the pool for 5 sessions before the race. I swam the open water 2km in 42 minutes, beat over half the field and wasn't even that tired at the end. With only 5 sessions in the pool in 5 years. Incredible. I've finally learnt to flow with the water, not fight against it. Thank you!
This is still one of my favourite videos on RUclips. Such grace and beauty in a swimmer. Thank you. April.2020.
Thank you very much, after learning this swimming technique, I'm see myself swimming so smooth like a hot knife cutting through a butter. Not panicking problems, swimming further and longer and it's really fun. It feels awesome! :)
When you race, it is hard to submerge your head because there are more splashes and waves than usual. As long as your body gets balanced and your neck is relaxed, you do not have to submerge your head. I recommend you focus on 1)shifting your center of gravity forward with your recovery, 2)using your hip to accelerate your rotation.
I have watched this over 100+ times myself to imitate Shinji' TI techniques. LOVE IT!
love love love
have been revisiting this for the past decade😍
Thank you Takeuchi San, by watching this video and other video of yours I now can swim 600m in open water ( I swam in Hawaii in May this year in front of outrigger canoe club beyond the breaks to the furthest windsocks and back), but less than a year ago, I had trouble to finish the 25mete in a pool! I have watched this video hundreds of times, every time, I feel I have learnt something I previous don't know. My next goal is to swim 1km and go from there. I swami for fitness, this video is perfect for me.
Thats impressive. Try uploading videos of your swim plz
I just started the TI training videos and hope to be able to swim in a few months. I can only do about 4 laps before this. Lets see how it works
you are awesome!
Yes, it is one of reasons why this method is called "Total Immersion".
Total Immersion pursues efficiency. It can be utilized for longer swim, faster swim and more graceful swim.
Ten million views! And with good reason - you make it look so effortless and enjoyable! Thank you for motivating me to keep improving.
I found the video a few years ago.. but never get to scroll down n read comments.. shinji's responds are priceless.
basically Shinji, there are no questions left with both bird perspective and underwater perspective. Excellent video and work you are providing here. Many many thanks to you!
Warm regards from Berlin, Germany, Matthias
a few years ago i came across this video and my swimming has never been the same since. i still return to appreciate shinji-sans graceful swimming
This is by far the very best freestyle I have ever seen. Can't wait to go to the pool tomorrow. Thank you so much for posting this video 🏊
Never get tired of watching this!
I saw this clip more than 1 year ago and have been watching this day by day, before and after each swimming session (shame, just 2-3 sessions per week and there was a big gap time from end of last year till this month). In today session, I can feel the feelings of kicking like this, and I really feel my breath, my movement better than ever :D That makes me finish double of my usual distance. Thank you so much for posting this clip.
mr shinji
please help me. ur swimming style insane!
more basic video , technique, detail, please.
i hope can swimming like this 😭
Beautiful to watch . All I knew as I child was to swim fast freestyle on my swim team . Now, as an adult I am teaching myself this smooth style of freestyle . It’s like learning to swim all over
Another “power” swimmer here - this makes me want to take up swimming again! It looks so appealing to move through water economically, with ease. A metaphor for how to live.
This is the video that made me want to study TI. Awesome technique!
Hi!
Thanks for your comment.
I started TI breststroke almost 6 years ago. After 3 years of practice, I expanded my TI swimming into freestyle.
I was not a competitive swimmer when I was young, and I am not tall (170cm, 5′8"). I think this video proves everybody can swim like fish if he/she practices TI drills.
My stroke count used to be 22 in 25m pool before TI, and it is 12 with proper tempo now.
Congratulations on 10 million views!
this is so graceful, it brings tears to my eyes watching it!!!! What an amazing demonstration of human capability.
This is a ground-breaking, inspiring and perhaps a life-changing video! Thanks for sharing, Shinji-san, a great teaching tool!
I exhale 60% of the air while I enter my hands. I exhale 20% of the air through my nose when I roll my body and face to breathe, then I blow the rest through my mouth to clear the water.
I used total immersion to learn to swim, and I remember watching this video aged 19. I love the book and this video. Now I'm in my 30s!
i watch your video everytime when i prepare to go to the pool ^^!, you help me a lot
I watched your video for the first time two years ago^^. Your video helped me to build my basic swimming skills. I was watching it again and again and whenever i could in order to find out why you can swim perfectly. At that time, I couldn't swim. But i can swim well now. Thanks Takeuchi!
If I could swim like this, Id really impress my coach
He swims better than most fish
Great stuff Shinji. Always an inspiration
Congratulations! You can feel the difference when you are doing the right thing. That's the beauty of TI method. Keep working with fine tuning points, and you will have more sensors which improve your swim.
Can you please make same video, but camera under water with explanation instead of music?
+Gabi Ravhon Yes, that would be useful.
I've watched this video at least 50 times. Every time before swimming practices for inspiration
Thanks The best lesson on swimming free style I have come across
Hi!
Thanks for your comment.
I try not to decelerate by increasing drag from the water. I used to look down when I swim but I do not do it anymore because I can keep my balance without looking down.
To reduce drag is very important when you swim like fish with TI methods.
You can see the timing of the 2 beat kick by watching this video. I snap my left leg when I extend my right arm.
My kick is like snapping my legs and it comes from "slightly bent knees".
That is a beautiful stroke !
Love the smoothness and the frictionless feeling !
After a month of practice I was able to do this for 1 min. Everything just came together, kick, catch, ease. It felt wonderful!!! This stroke is actually not easy to do. For me at least. Takes relaxation, patience, streamline, and exquisite timing. Hopefully I can go slower, so in future I can go faster.
Obsessed with this style. Amazing.
now that's what we call ninja swim..
Just wanted to say that there were many times over the past few years that I didn't have the privilege of having access to a pool but I was always swimming along with you as in this video. Cheers.
Thank you for this beautiful video. You are an amazing swimmer and your technique is supreme. I wish I could look half as good as that when I swim.
I start to roll my body AND my face when I spear my arm. The timing will be a bit late if you roll your face when you pull.
You can hardly see his catch to breathe Awesome
this is my favourite video, i always watch over and over again, give me such inspirations.
thanks
Thanks I am actually excited to watch more of your vids and try out some of these techniques.
Hi I watch this video nearly every day before I go swimming. I am trying to copy the stoke, not doing too bad.. I think it's the best video of the freestyle I have ever seen. Thank you.
it's water moving through water. what a beautiful thing elite athletes are!
A friend took us to the pool to try this technique because he came back from overseas having learned it. For the first time in my life I feel I can actually swim.
Thank you, Thank you.
Just from watching this video, over two swimming sessions of approximately one and a half hours each I reduced my 25m time from about 35 seconds to 25 seconds, even though my technique is still very rough, and I'm having to learn to coordinate my breathing once again. Thank you for providing this clip, it has been extremely informative.
Awesome! So fluid and streamlined. I've got to learn that kick!
Yeah
I am amazied by the leg kick...
Stunning style, makes it look so easy...wow! Thank you for posting the video....
Thanks a ton, learnt a lot from your swim videos
@swimust
I finish my snap when I finish extending my arm. That means I start to "crack" my knee after I enter my hand in the water.
wow, not a lot of kicking yet very fast and smooth, very efficient stroke, thanks!
I think you got at least 1000 views from me. Brilliant technique. Thank you so much, Sensei Shinji!
after watching this video I purchased Ultra Efficient Freestyle, you make it look so easy Singi..I need to work hard on my body balance..awesome swimming
If you have any questions about my swim, please let me know.
+Shinji Takeuchi I kept doing this technique, but i feel no difference or much relief, i still get tired after 25 m, so where is the problem? i can swim 1000 m but only with 25 m break, not continously nomatter which technique I use, so what am I doing wrong?
hello sir. i want to ask you something. when u breathe is there a water goes into your mouth? because when i'm breathing the water always goes into my mouth.
how do you maintain such good tempo and balance when you are over gliding?
How do you stay calm and relaxed in water and develop that rhythm of kicks and hand moving forward - I think that has to do with your breathing
Hi, how close are your times to top competitors?
I normally use right side to avoid splash and wave made by other swimmers. When I swim solo, I use 3 stroke 1 breath cycle to keep my body movement symmetrical. Firstly, try to exhale all of your air in 4.5 seconds in the water without swimming. You might find hard to do it. If you do, try use your vocal cord (say AAAAAA) when you exhale through your mouth. Try exhale more when you enter your hands to create more power.
Thank you Shinji for a wonderful video. It has helped me more than any one thing I've tried so far. The timing of the glide and pull was what I didn't understand, and you have made it make sense to me finally. And you have to be the smoothest swimmer I have ever seen, Awesome! Thanks again
Thanks. I watch this video at least once every few weeks.
Fantastic, streamlined swimming. Wish I could swim like that!!
1) You might rotate too much.
When you do skating drill, you tend to rotate 90 degrees to get balanced. When you swim whole stroke, you do not have rotate because you have to switch your side.
2)TI does not focus on pulling.
Try to focus on entering your hand instead of pulling. Your extended arm will work as an anchor and your body pass it through.
Hi Shinji
I began lean swimming 1 year ago (43 year old) while leaning I'm watching your vedio everyday. Thank you for your advice. Now I'm feel so good. My teacher told,my freestyls swimming is beatiful!
I swam for the first time on the 23rd..it was amazing to finally understand staying on the water...i will improve so i can do a half triathlon next year
Congratulations!
"Think and Feel" is the most important when you practice. Try to think just one focal point and feel the result.
I keep coming back to this video ... A) To get inspired and B) to see if I'm any closer to understanding this technique! ...It really is helping me improve!
فيديو يلخص كل تقنيات استاذ تاكايوشي. اتدرب منذ حوالي ٣ أشهر على السباحة حسب تقنيتك total immersion. الآن تحسنت كثيرا و أصبحت أسبح لمدة أطول دون عياء. تحياتي لك استاذ من مدينة بني ملال بالمغرب.
awesome, one kick one pull ultra efficient, this is what i want for 1 hour swimming..thanks mate.
OK, where is he hiding the propeller....
This guy swims like a fish, he's ace!
Superb! You are very talented. Amazing video. Thank you.
Best I've ever seen...
Thanks !
Very relaxed in the water, one reason he's so good !
I did ti swimming about 3 years ago and it's amazing. I am only 1.63m and regularly swim 50m in 32 strokes I feel like I'm flying!!!
thanks, learning from you, I set my new record of 21x100M now
omg! that looks so smooth!!!!!!
Yes, you are right. My efficiency has been improved, and my speed was increased as a result. My muscular strength is decreasing since I am getting old... So speed increase comes from efficiency.
Initially I was able to swim hardly 50 n get exhausted.after study you and TI now swim almost 2000 mtr daily in a hr
that's some good looking freestyle!! great vid! thanks!
I adore your technique!!!
@Macro934 ,
I loosen my knees to bend my legs, then I straighten them with downward motion immediately. There is no "drive" point in my mind. I just snap my legs.
@swimust
"Hip drive" is not the most important when you swim short distances(25-200meters). It will be more important when you swim longer, because you rely on "core engine" more to save energy.
the way you kick is awesome, i need to try this. thanks for the vid man!
gosh... i see this when i was high school. seven years ago. thanks for shared...