Excellent Aikido Demonstration

sweet. Is aikido just like judo but with diffrent submissions or something??

Damn...that was sick...wish I had a good aikido master around here

What the F**k is a ching-chong-chong? And only pussies use guns.

Good demo. Its nice to see Aikido being performed with a bit of hardness or almost aggresion even, instead of seeing a student running around his teacher and throwing himself all over the mat sometimes without contact even being made between the two.

It does work, but as with all martial arts, it depends on the individual a system might work for one person but not another. Aikido can work well when you have reached a very good standard but if you try to use it as a novice... well you could end up in trouble. But for someone who's prepared to put in the time and effort it's incredibly effective.

yeah u shoult take pistol and put few bullets in that ching-chong-chung stupidass bitch

i bet this is what jason bourne knows

haha!!!wie geil er die erstmal wie puppen durch die gegend schubst und wirft!! :)
ech sehr cool.mach karate und hatte mir schonmal überlegt vielleich aikido zu lernen.sieht sehr interessant aus

Takes time to be a champion, you know! ^-^ But it's sure not impossible!

Hi all, I am looking to learn aikido. How do I know if the person that's teaching me actually knows what they are talking about or not. Do you know any good places in MA near the Lowell area. Anyone please :P

damn.i take aikido 2 and guess wat, one time, one of the last living student of the founder of aikido came into our dojo for about 3 days, and i got to do a demonstration wit him!!!hes hella good!

zomg, that was awesome. I'm nowhere near as good.

Guess that's why I'm still a yellow belt...

I've only taken some basic courses, and coincidentally got into a fight. Since most people (Those without martial arts training, or just 'brawling training') use a lot of submission holds or strong punches, they use a lot of weight or momentum to do damage. The basic principles of aikido work on this. Notice how the sensei doesn't actually attack, he just moves with the attackers and uses their own momentum against them.

yeah me too thats what I wanna know....

dont go shouting at me for this comment as a respect the look of aikido, it looks great....
but how doe's the combat stand upto fights on the streets? has anybody genuinly put it to the test? if so did it work?....thinking of trying it myself.

Great choreographer.

awesome!!

quite awesome!!

fist vid i have seen of a good aikido demo.

that is good because so many are so...bad!

just curious but has aikido ever been used in a sporting manner?(or mma) i know nothing about the martial art so any information at all would nice

Im good at aikido style and it can get of multiple bad guys but most of it is bone broking combos.

body manipulation at is craziest.

it's not the art it's the artist. atemi is needed to add balance to the various pins and throws. thereby increasing there effectiveness. Aikido is capable of doing damage far beyond what is seen by beginners and/or nonpractitioners of this so-called modern art with ancient combat roots.

-.- aikido rulz

its looks so graceful

Aikido has the same benfit as walking around the block, great for exercise but has no fighting benefits. Unless you stand there and let the aikido guy/girl put you in a certain position. It's the worthless step-child of real fighting martial arts.