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So insightful! Thank you!

As a beginning Aikido student I am very thankful that I found this channel❤ great explanations

So dealing with the attack at the point of intention . Systema is similar . Great explanation .

Excellent three part presentatin, this FINALLY makes sense ! Thank you ! Bill P.

I’ve done karate 🥋 but swordsmanship ⚔️ is next on my list

Good explanation

Call me ignorant, but I've always considered aikido the ultimate defensive martial arts. I've never understood stood the reasoning of other martial art styles ditching aikido, because it's impractical due to it's not beating the mess out off an disabling them. Now personally i think if aikido had some kinda of pressure point focus to it that it'd destroy most of the other styles imo.

Very nice

“In Aikido we never attack. An attack is proof that one is out of control. Never run away from any kind of challenge, but do not try to suppress or control an opponent unnaturally. Let attackers come any way they like and then blend with them. Never chase after opponents. Redirect each attack and get firmly behind it.” ― Morihei Ueshiba

Interesting how many analogs there are to longsword fighting - distance, position, voiding....

Saying "the weight is magnified" is actually correct in physics if we take the person at the far end of the lever as the frame of reference. The distance he has to lift the weight is compressed, so the two multiplied still results in the same amount of energy needed to lift the weight.

Aikido is pretty cool bc of all the tradition but it doesn’t seem to be very effective even for what you say it’s for (having a conversation and not fighting). Like, Brazilian ju jitsu and some basic conversational skills I think would be more effective

I've been practicing Aikido for 6 years and completely agree with this message. One time I was waiting to be served at a bar, and some muscular bully came up to me and ordered me to get out of his way so that he would be served before me. I politely told him no. The guy then wrapped his arms around my legs and tried to lift me up out of the way...but thanks to years of Aikido training I simply relaxed my centre of gravity into the ground by releasing the tension in my body, so the guy could not lift me with his muscular strength. He was utterly perplexed as to how I became an immovable object and did not bother me ever again. Had I not trained in Aikido, I would have been combative, told the guy to f*ck off, gotten injured in a brawl and dragged out of the club by security. So yeah Aikido may not train you to be some insane fighter, but if practiced correctly is a brilliant system for self defence, which includes not fighting in the first place. Aikido alone works beautifully, just not if you try to apply it in the wrong context such as an MMA fight because it is a "self defence" system, which is NOT the same as fighting.

Someone please send this to Steven Seagal 🙏

Hi , many thanks for your 3 videos. Very good . I would like to know how to move a partner sideway. Many thanks Sunny regards Patrick from Mauritius.

Sensei, do yiou do seminars? Or, How could I train with you? Also, if I'm an old man with back issues who doesn't take ukemi anymore, would training with you do me any good? Thanks. Been following you for years now.

Interesting

Rokas should listen to this. He's a joke: first, it doesn't work. Now it appears that works. Wtf?

Excellent explanation! That said, why would anybody think that they want to be in a fight? The only people that claim that they want to fight or fight back, never have been in a real fight. Besides, in real life it is more useful to train your mindset as much as your physique. And then again: if you are polite, open-minded and assertive, chance is you will never be in a fight or need to fight. But keeping your mindset trained and body flexible is very useful. Because it is way more likely that you will trip and fall at a given time in life, learning how to fall (Ukemi) will be precious, especially when you get older. When I was young I was skeptical about Aikido, having already studied various other martial arts. But I kept practicing Aikido anyway, and now, in my 40s, the things I learned from Aikido are the most useful ones. I work as a dispatcher/planner at a transport company. It is stressful, but through Aikido I learned to keep my head cool and keep overseeing situations. I am flexible, fit and still in good health. There is no downside in beeing in any given situation + keeping your head cool and beeing physically fit.

As usual your approach helps to get a Cristal clear understanding about why we do such weird things in aikido !

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Good explanation of levers and body mechanics, but I did not see much related to internal works here. Using levers is not the same thing as internal martial arts.

Dear Mister Hein, Your explanations, which I appreciaete, as to the deceptions of internal power masters. But, but as an Aikido practitioner, why don´t you deal with speak a analyze Aikido? For example the late Mr. Koichi Tohei ś masters feets: such as - making heavier by concentraiting on the lowest dantien - the unmovable arm by conentrating on its lower line and leaving Chi flow via a wirsts with fingers wide open, etc. Those are strictl&y Aikido related and wildly seen on the viedeos o f that admirable master of Aikido. May he an the Osensei rest in Peace. Paul,68

Beautiful explanation of the philosophy behind it.

I love the way you break this down and introduce the context. I'm going for my 5th kyu grading today, and I will definitely be holding this in my mind.

Hi, what music did you use for this video? It sounds really good! Thank you

This is excellent

Great video,again .

Ah, so that’s why Aikido is useless in a fight! Its for conversation!

That explains a whole, while lot. Excellent👊

My bad, I was being a dick making assumptions, Ill check the stuff out.

Awesome 👍🥋

This is how tiers should be done. Not Ramsey Dewey rating every single martial art acting like he knows everything about every martial art. Someone who is WELL versed in the martial arts breaking down moves.

This ok if you live where it is lawfull to carry weopons, try this in Britain it would end in a prosecution, over here we have to practice with attacks from weopons, though brilliant explanation.

Hi Cristopher, where is your Dojo ? I like very much the way you teach. I apologies for my bad Inglish , I speak French and Spanish . You are a very good Aikido's teacher . I love it . I can see Aikido with a new angle . Keep going like that . Thank you for all yours vidéos .

In a real knife fight you don't charge like that, even if you have a knife, unless you're crazy, stupid or suicidal.

Leverage is discussing the properties of a piece of iron. Internal power is discussing the properties of that piece of iron after it has become magnetized. You can't debunk magnetism by playing with an unmagnetized lump of metal and a piece of wood.

Sure… but you’re brushing over the skill involved. You chat about leverage for ages and then say, “now I line up that lever and I can push easily with my whole body.” Well yeah… you’re aligned and skilled in pushing with your whole body. But that’s the thing that takes practice. Having taught many people internal power generation from a TCM stand point, it’s this alignment that takes them ages to grab and what “standing on a mountain” for a king time (figuratively) achieves. Most beginners try to push with their arm muscles and dont find the correct alignment with their target. Finding your own alignment and then tying it to the thing you’re trying to push is essentially the ‘secret’ behind internal power. And then, the thing that takes a long time, is being able to achieve that alignment of yourself and to your target in a fraction of a second and deploy it under stress.

Does josh ever speak?

Where is the next video? 😅

Some Aikido dojos are strong on joint locks and throws. It's probably important to fit Aikido into everything you know, rather than relying on it's merits alone. O sensei did.

U can fight in UFC and proof that bullshido aka aikido is really works

Loving this explanation. After studying various arts Aiki-Do is like the icing on the cake. Aikido is a great art once you understand its concepts to cross train in👑💯🔥😎👑👍🏼

bjj sucks for self defence, 1 on 1 is in the dojo only! nice demo

Aikido is the most powerful of martial arts - Hideo Maruyama

How did you become an uchi deshi? Were you working on top of training full time? Where did you live?

Здорово! Спасибо

I’ve been reading your articles and am working through this series. I really appreciate the thoughtful content you’ve shared. You’ve clearly thought deeply about aikido. Many thanks.

Thanks!