I Fought An Aikido Master (Real Sparring)

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1. Thanks for subscribing! 🙏 Who should I film with next? 👊

2. The problem is hand deflects and striking is part of many defensive arts, but where were the actual aikido techniques. If this guy cant pull them off no one will.

3. Aaaaah yes, the classic this would kill you excuse I see

4. No such thing as cheaters

   Winners and losers

   Alive or dead

5. How many blind and infertile students does he have now?

6. Looks like a young Joe Biden in the Thumbnail

7. Jesse has a way of wanting me to watch the videos to the end. Always something to learn. Great exchange here. And yes, Jesse was obviously holding back because if he upped the intensity so would his opponent. It's like a 2 step sparring. Definitely get it. So much respect shown in this video from both teachers. Thank you ! Loved this one.

8. The art of stopping violence with no harm

9. Beautiful

10. This is why I carry a gun 😂

11. omg this is NOT real sparring, lol holy shit.. no. Put him against a real MMA fighter for some eral sparring and its over fast, akido loses everytime.

12. MMA is ritualistic. It’s a ceremonial duel. Little boys want to learn how to win duels (aka slap fights), so they can win pu$$y like an animal in mating season.

13. This is what I've always said about the "MMA is the ultimate test of the practicality of a martial art" argument. No it's not. Not by a long shot. It's a BETTER test of a martial art than a traditional tournament of several people trained in the same style, to be sure. But at the end of a day, it's still a sporting contest with rules designed to protect the competitors. That's never a thing in the real world, so any martial art that's focused on quickly and definitively disabling an opponent cannot be truly tested this way. All those things the ref tells you not to do before a fight in MMA? All things that you'd ABSOLUTELY do if someone is trying to assault you in a dark alley.

14. The only other channel I’ve seen with the same basic ideas was called “Combative Concepts” if I recall correctly. You only have to trace Aikido back to its roots to see what it’s capable of if taken to its logical conclusion.

15. Real sparring!!! In nursery!!

16. Amazing video, so interesting, thank you!

17. You can only training in dojo for the real life situation. no one said, that a black belt karateka or Aikidoka will defend every enemy on the street. you are training in dojo the technics and with it you'll get better chances to win a fight on the street…. if you do not training in dojo, you are helpless on the street. i trained 15 years of Karate and 10 years of Aikido and i still don't want to fight on the street! I get better chances to win, but i don't want to test it! I love it, to be a friend with everybody.

18. I fought the master of Fatkido: Steven Seagal.

19. 1:34 Everybody knows that one! 😂

20. Epitaph: "The attack was behind him"

21. Man, thats tough because its pretty much just saying, yeah youll never see aikido actually used unless its used in its fullest, fatal form. Idk.

    This guy clearly knows how to fight and would wipe my ass with my forehead, dont get me wrong, im just an outsider trying to make sense of so many opinions.

22. He was basically talking ninjutsu, lol. I love this teacher! He's 💯 telling facts.

23. this guy is a professional cat.

24. Best aikido content I've seen. I love that when he demonstrated, he didn't set Jesse up – he let him do whatever he wanted. It was like "aikido is for the streets" except he could actually demonstrate his skill as well. Would love to see him in the Self Defence Championships!

25. Wow great video!

26. You mean, if you don't kick really someone he can counter… wow i didn't expect it.

27. This changed my opinion on aikido. However I can't fully agree with what he said about iai and that it doesn't exist in the West. They don't have it as often as in the East that's true, however for example, in the treatise of Luis Domingo Godinho (a portuguese fencing master of Destreza Comun – rapier and other weapons) has an interesting section with various scenarios of how to draw against one, two or multiple adversaries.

    I'm sure others with more knowledge about this intriguing topic can name various works or masters here.

28. "Aikido attracts flower-loving people" LMAO!

29. 5:22 the difference is there was a civil war at that time in Japan, whereas in France it was in a fairly unified kingdom with a stable royal army

30. The master explained more than just fighting; he explained the art of war

31. What a joke.😅

32. He's spot on. I have very little fighting experience, but it matches what he says.

33. He's explaining "Don't start none, won't be none…"

34. The trouble with “no rules” arguments is that ultimately it negates any form of training. Why bother to train at all? Just carry a gun. Why train with guns at all? Just carry a bomb. Why carry a bomb at all? Get a nuke Etc etc. escalating upwards and upwards to a ridiculous extent. In reality, every type of training makes some assumptions, including so called “no rules” martial arts. The biggest difference I think in any form of training under whatever rules you want to apply, is the amount of resistance applied. If you’re just waving around in the air, or your partner is just complying with whatever you are doing, you are not being realistic (for that rule set). The challenge with “no rules” is obviously that somebody is going to get hurt, quickly. So ultimately, some level of compromise is required. How much compromise is up to you.

    From the video shown, it was obvious that the Aikido master was struggling to deal with some very basic strikes that most casual karate, kickboxing or Muay Thai sparring students would easily deal with. It’s not about what he chose to do, but more his level of comfort dealing with the unpredictability of a real (albeit with minimal intent) striking situation. Having said that, I can see that the way he sometimes dealt with them using Aikido techniques were intriguing and would be a great addition, if you already have a solid base with the basic fundamentals. So in short, cool techniques, but maybe more real sparring (with real pressure) needed to really put it to the test.

    Finally, the whole, “end the fight in the first 10 seconds” principle is great. But what if you don’t? Anyone who has ever felt the misery of gassing out in the first 30 seconds of a 3 minute round will know what I mean. That’s why training against real resistance, simulating a fight with somebody who is just as well trained as you are is important. It’s something you can only learn by going through it. How to control your breathing, heart rate and your energy levels so that you fight just as well at the beginning as you do at the end. It takes a lot of practice (and fitness).

    One small note, I’ve met some Aikido students who transitioned to other fighting styles, like kick boxing or MMA, and they were amazing. Their sense of poise and balance, gave them great fundamentals to then apply to more aggressive applications. They shared with me that certain elements of their Aikido training like recovering from falls, or certain grips or techniques, could be applied to great effect in other fighting styles. But almost unequivocally they wished they had branched out sooner. <end anecdote>

35. Very illuminating, very good information.

36. Before the video i think akido doesnt work now i learn that work but idk, i do judo so idk

37. Daito Ryū but Aikijutsu versus Aikijujutsu

38. "your elbow is destroyed forever"

39. This man has not thinked that you can practice eye gouges with glasses and groin strikes with groin pads, pride allow groin strikes and king of the streets even allow eye pokes in his fight (more than one has ended that way) so, its not that magical or efficient as you make it sound, and even so, any grappler or mma fighter can fight dirty that any aikidoka because they have more experience in actual fighting, for example eye gouging from mount (actual king lf the streets scenario) just that, think about it world, please

40. eye opening! 🙂 thank you both for sharing!
    I used to practice Aikido before moving on to Taiji later, and have noticed the similarities between both arts.
    The insights shared by Mr. Tamaki in this video are also useful to Taiji practitioners who wish to make their art more "practical" for self defense.
    (according to my own amateur research, the most primitive form of Taiji is actually super straightforward and practical,
    but over time, practitioners get mired in "traditions", "rules" and confusion about what the basic tactic of the art actually is …)

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