Aikido

This is a really cool video. It must take years to master all those moves. I now see where that dude in the master swordsman video gets his stuff from. Dark video but worth a look.

...i bet it can stop the one using the gun!

NO... it cannot stop a bullet... but yes... it can teach u how to move so that u don't get in the situation where u have to stop a bullet... so actually...

Every loser who doesnt know asks that. The power of intimidation. "I cant do martial arts! I better come up with a comment to make them look wothless!" Plus Im pretty sure that if both of us had guns, Id still win.

youve said what i've been thinking for so long about these "duuh. . .well i got a gun n i can shoot a bajillion million stuffs from outer space!" people. While 'tis true the gun can be more lethal than a blade in the modern world, the fact still remains that noone is invincible, especially without training.

but i bet he can't use it. (i don;t mean the kind you shoot ppl with either)

Aikido was developed in the 1920's and 30's by Morihei Ueshiba. What you are referring to is aikijutsu, which is a horse of an alltogether different color.

Actually no, Aikido was created rather recently. In the early 1940 or something, the founder of it fought in the war. I think Russo Japanese war, and no it wasn't used by Samurai. It is a purely defensive martial art designed for an unarmed person to defend themselves again armed or unarmed attackers.

the art of the sword.

It seems Shinkendo dojo also teaches aikido, so my comment was premature. But the shinkendo video is still copied in full, aikido and kendo alike...

tae kwondo is a very agressive martial art, like thai box, karate, etc.
Why would you want to hurt someone? if someone is bothering you you could kick his ass and, at least here in europe, he could sue you for hitting him. A friend that is really good boxing have this problem all the time, he can't protect himself without destroying the face of the other guy (nose broken, teeth broken, fat lips black eyes, etc) with aikido you could still protect yourself by inmobilizing your opponent without having to kill him.

TKD is the most laughed at art in most martial arts circles I have been in. I have taken Judo, Gojo Ru, Isshinryu, Okinawan Kempo, Aikido, Ninjitsu, and learned from military instructors who teach close combat to Marines and Special Forces.

TKD is dangerous in the hands of a professional. And it has value for the mental and physical conditioning. But as a fighting art it really does not stack up to some of the others. There are few other arts as showy as TKD.

My personal favorite is Ninjitsu. Take it at a non-commercial dojo from people who love the art. (In basements or community centers usually) Make sure it is with the Bujinkan under the guidance of Soke Masaaki Hatsumi. They call the art Budo Taijitsu now, but it is the art of the ancient Ninjas. Hatsumi Sensi trained under, and received his title from, the last of the Ninjas. There are no awards, and no competitions. There are only three coolers of belt: white, green, and black. There are 9 levels within green and at least a dozen levels in black. People go there to train, not to look cool.

TKD does not have low kicks as Tang Soo Do. Low kicks are very usefull. If you receive a couples of low kicks you will not be able to kick as TKD does it. I have fight with taekwondokas and the first thing that I did was kill they legs.
However, taekwondokas where always very fast and strongs enough. But I think they sholuld try with low kicks as Tang Soo Do.

What would happen if you fought some one that knew Tang Soo Do( that i know), Tae Kwon Do's duplicate?

Take for instance me, If i was to fight you--it would end very fast no real competition in Gay Kwon Doe

bullshit!

Funny we share the same belief because I wouldn't expect you to last 1 minute either

Its good we share the same belief because I wouldn't expect you to last 1 minute either

The only thing you will do if you face an aikido fighter is to run and the tail on your back + you will flee as far as you can cowerd..your good at talking, and talk is cheap ..

That's funny coming from a BJJ fighter. So the best way to win a fight is to roll around on the ground with an attacker outside where there are rocks, sticks, glass, gravel, etc? Are you going to make him tap out? Odds are you don't have the mental fortitude to take a submission lock past the point of pain to breakage. What if he doesn't want to play by your rules and decides to <gasp> strike you!? What if he grabs a cinderblock or stick and attacks? Going put him in your guard and hope for the best? I am so sick of meatheads like you who give MMA a bad name because you can't appreciate smoother, subtler forms of martial arts. Any style is effective if the person possess keener technique, superior speed, and strength.

Yours truly,
A Pankration fighter

I`M AGREE WITH YOU, PANKRATION MAN. AND SORRY IF I WAS UNRESPECTING WITH SOME MARTIAL ART.

are full of it and dont know what you are talking about. can u learn to use a computer without learning to use a typewritter first? I pretty much beleive u can. You dont need to learn an aincient art in order to understand Aikido. Aikido is complete by itself and its system has been developed and structured so well that Aikijutsu could be called obsolete in comparrison. Oh well, Im sure you rather use your old typewriter instead of a nice new Notebook. Or your "walkman" instead of an Ipod, but well... you dont make a lot of sense.

you can beguin with aikido and understand it if your sensei is good.
My sensei has been teaching aikido fro 30 years, some of his pupils have been with him for mor than 20 years! he is 60 and fast like a snake and he is 7dan aikido and 4 dan iaido

Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969) is the founder of Aikido who's known as O -sensei or the great techer to Aikido students.He spent many years in studying and mastering the ancient arts of the samurai which are Aikijujutsu , jojutsu, Iaijutsu, and kenjutsu, and after that he start to create an art which is a combination of all these arts which is Aikido. Morihei was in the military in the world war 1 after that he quit, he wanted Aikido to be more than a martial art so he combined many things in Aikido such as how to breath, relax and concentrate in the right way which is very important in practicing Aikido. Aikido is the unification of your body, mind and spirit which is the goal of practicing Aikido.The daily practice in Aikido will show you the way to understand a powerful martial art + Aikido is well-known as the art of peace.

Now I know a little more abou O-sensei Ueshiba.
Tell me, does Aikido uses katas?

but their is a style called Yoshinkan Aikido that uses katas

I`ll search about it.

Aikido is one of the best arts in street fights. It is devastating if you add just a little power to it. That is why it is the thing-of-choice within e.g. the Japanese police and many special forces around the world, like the navy SEALS.
There is not always predecided moves in training, but you learn to develop a sensitivity about what the enemy will do, - an attunement if you like.
The difference between shows and fights is only that in a presentation, the enemy signals "stop." by waving his arm or knock in the floor, while in a fight you brake his limbs or hit him at the right spots, like the neck or the kyusho jitsu points, which will paralyze or kill him.

this cooperation is very important in the beguining to understand the nature of the movement, like walking or anything else you learn slowly, when you do your shodan you get a randory where many people attack you at the same time and you have to deffend yourself using all the tecnick you have learn. They also practice with woden swords which help to perfect the movements and to improve the reflexes

Aikido would work in a real fight for sure , i practice aikido and i am sure that it's useful in a real fight, it was created from ancient arts that belongs to the samurai martial arts such as Aikijujutsu, kenjutsu and Iaijutsu..and the one who practice the art he's the persone who judge right, so please try to practice it at least once then tell me your opinion..

Where I live there is a lot of fights. And the way they attack is very different. In a street fight they will not cooperate with they moves as aikidokas does it.

I have been successful in ending every fight I've had the misfortune not to avoid. Aikido among other styles has served me well. I'm not perfect, been stabbed and shot a couple of times but I was still able to remove the will to fight in my attackers. If it works, you live, if not...

But I´m still thinking thata techniques wouldn`t work where I live.
Good luck.
OS!

I've studied Aikijujitsu and Aikido for years and let me tell you something about it.
From experience and observation, the only techniques that are effective and that you will possibly ever use in a real fight would be the first 3 techniques they teach you at white belt level and not the higher level fancy ones you see. They are taught first because by the time you reach black belt, you will only just then begin to understand it after hours and hours and years of seeing it and teaching it.
Even then, you may not even be able to use it depending on the fighting situation.

If you've been studying Aikido for years and you didn't know the first 3 techniques (ikkyo, nikyo, sankyo) are the most important, than you've just wasted your time because you still don't get it.

I am an Aikido practitioner, and Aikido is much more than just a martial art,many things are involved in Aikido such as the way of respecting each other and how to control our breath and our physical enery.In addition , throws, chokes ,joint locks and many different kinds of techniques are involved in Aikido as well + Aikido was created from the ancient Japanese techniques which belongs to the samurai warrios and of course we use the Japanese sword(katana) in our training too. So if are interested go to the nearest dojo to your home!!

When you run out of bullets and the other guys don't you'll appreciate having practised Aikido since now you got the legmuscles to run like hell.

when you just want to defend yourself