And, this is why Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling, MMA, and even Judo have such an advantage.The training usually filters out this type of attitude quickly.So one person is a recreational MA hobbiest, a bit over weight and lacking what looks to be any physical fitness.The other person is beefed up and clearly athletic.Trav, you think this is a good representation of the comparable martial arts practiced by these guys?I bet the athletic guy would win even if he was an aikidoka. (=good)If you watch old, pre-world war kendo sparring (search kenjutsu old) you see that there is a lot of unpleasant takedowns and ground grappling in it. That’s the truth. Aiki-do.Just like Kano culled and softened for Judo, so did Ueshiba for Aikido with a nostalgic attraction to anti-sword moves but soften down to non-hurting.

He is lucky it was a slap, I’m just trying to remember if open hand is the discipline or the respect side.I thought that being in condition had nothing to do with the skills of Aikido.

BUT TRULY MASTER, PLEASE TELL ME …….WHICH IS LEAST EFFECTIVE AIKIDO OR WING CHUNG KUNG FU????? In modern terms Aikido is NOT martial art at all.Practicing against a fully or at least partially (i.e. You get to run the experiment over and over again.

its best version shares a lot with judo and jiu jitsu (its sister arts) and has a unique emphasis on negotiating space in 360º and confronting multiple opponents. (Rules) It was SOLD as a self-defense system in the Oh-Japanese-Martial-Arts’ hype in the 80’s by his apprentices. You know, the stuff you see in the movies with the subtitles.. Where can I find that dumbjo, I mean dojo?? If you try to rigidly force a System to a different Circumstance it will put you in a disadvantage.

there’s a reason a whole bunch of tokyo police practice aikido.i’ve done some wrestling, judo, and jiu jitsu, and i’ve grappled with a couple aikidoka who could hold their own, and who had no other formal grappling instruction.Copyright 2020 - How To Fight - Fight Smart Training - All Rights Reserved

gjLook Circumstances make Rules…and Rules make Systems. Are. Would venture that an out of shape ex pro boxer would have the same results in this situation. Roni agree with a couple of other commenters here who point out that aikido does have some value. That aikido guy got smacked the hell up by the MMA guy. Martial Artists/Fighters/Self Defense Experts who dont stress or pressure test their discipline against the enemy they “claim to be able defeat” will result in this same conclusion. It has good footwork and is good for flow, but anyone who mistakes it for a fighting style deserves what they get.No offence to Trav (who provides great content) or the crash test dummy in the video, but –Q. Aikido guys don’t work on cardio, explosiveness, or aggressiveness. Steven Segall made it look cool though; before he was all bloated and cheesy.Aikido isn’t useless. Absolutely Nothing. And (again no surprise) that the aggressor will usually have the advantage – especially when he deprives the victim of the ‘space’ he thinks he needs to ‘practice his art’.The quality of the practitioner always trumps ‘the art’ imho.I think it proves everything. it’s been reformatted and sold to the western market in its worst version. I.
But I will have to say that a true aikido practitioner that takes it serious and I can name a few around my area that would’ve took that guy and not only wrapped his leg around his head but tossed him somewhere over on one of those side padded walls.

Like a taser.Hey, I wanna learn the Chinese art of flying!!

That first slap from the MMA guy, could have been a really pissed off woman, and he couldn’t defend against that.I NEEDED A GOOD LAUGH FOR HOLIDAY. Travis says “overextended”, I’ll say really f-ing committed.It still works today and offers valuable insight and technique – but not for everything!BTW, I also do boxing and grappling/judo. I bet a rugby player who’s smaller and lighter than the Aikido guy with NO martial arts training could defeat the Aikido guy.

?Bruce Lee wasn’t a big fan of the art and the guy who represented the art form furthered the point for me i think they should have gotten a guy who was more about the applications instead of a guy who wanted to explain the concepts and not actually get in their and apply it , i hope he got paid for his time and for the mma guy he really seemed to enjoy his time in the video.Some Aikido schools includes a lot of jujitsu and judo in their style !

(Rules) Jitsu-s became Do-s. Ju-do. If they both knew nothing and you reversed the situations and gave the bruiser a month of aikido and the couch potato a month of BJJ, the bruiser would still dominate.Most dudes with lady hair are not ready for actual violence. But a true aikido practitioner most likely wouldn’t walk into something like that to prove what he’s got that’s just the way they are. Maybe THIS guy wasn’t “properly trained”….Man… so many Aikido practitioners and teachers think this way, and fill each other’s heads with the same dangerous crap: that They. Hey there is always winners and losers what are you going to do even though he lost he still has aikido in his heart so he’s a winner in my book. They dont know what real violence looks/feels like and that will put them drastically behind the curve of personal protection.I think he just resigned as president of the Seagal fan clubAs former Aikidoka, I can testify that Trav CORRECTLY estimated Aikido as generally non-applicable martial art in modern meaning of that word. As I alluded to, a toolbox with only a screwdriver is kinda limited.And then there are the clowns that insist that Aikido is the end-all-be-all of martial arts.

After the II.


What does showing an out of of shape dweeb getting his ass kicked by a hardened tough guy prove?A. AND HOW MANY OLD MEN HAVE BEEN PROTECTED BY THERE INVISIBLE CHI ENERGY?But Trav, a black belt (in a shitty discipline) is a black belt right?

Steven Segal is certainly not in shape these days.