I like your videos thank you we want more videos 😊

I don’t know why you never mention that maya is also a girl and therefore at a general strength disadvantage right off the hop lol. I also commend you for not stating it it’s very respectful? I guess idk

Can aikido help me with my anger?

Thinking about taking up aikido. I’m too combative after years of traditional martial arts

Hello Mr. Hein. As a former Aikido student, I love your channel, thank you for your hard work. It seems to me that your work are very similar to the system created by Edmund Parker Jr. Called "Paxial arts" you might want to check out his system. BTW he is not an aikidoka, but has developed a system that seeks "consensus" and not conflict. He has a KZbin channel and a website. Cheers from Scandinavia, Europe 🙏

Tried today at the training session the "rock" position - FINALLY could get up without hands! Thank you!

So far as I understand, to get up without hands I need to strengthen my abs with this training?

completely agree

So basically, an aikido practitioner should spend all his time learning the philosophy to avoid fighting and not waste time on moves that don't work in a fighting situation anyway.

Не переношу, когда на канале о единоборствах сильно много болтают. Демонстрация важна, демонстрация!!.. А балаболить я и сам умею.

I've been practicing aikido for most of my life and this is the best explanation of the strikes I've heard. I look forward to practicing with this in mind, thank you!

Thanks sensei

Beautiful and practical explanation. Love it! One suggestion for next videos - dress in a white gi, otherwise details are not clear - e.g. the knife and ikkyo-rokkyo demonstration

This parallels a tactic in Taiji. 引进落空合既出 （“draw the opponent to fall into empty space, once alignment is reached, unleash!")

I'm not a martial artist of any kind, but I've been mugged several times over the years, and in my experience distance is everything. In one case, when I was 56, I was attacked by three high school football players, who thought it would be fun to harass an "old man" in a store parking lot. So, I didn't grapple with them or hit them, but just dodged around as well as I could, to avoid their punches and kicks as much as possible. What they didn't realize was two things: First, I wanted to read the license number on their car, which I did, and, second, I wanted the surveillance cameras on top of the store to get lots of footage of them chasing me, while I carefully did nothing to them. Net result, the police arrested them within two hours, and the video evidence made the trial open and shut. One went to jail, and the others took plea deals. As for me, I had a few bruises, which all healed in a matter of days. So, distance and position definitely outweigh technique. I won the fight without using any technique at all. I was just smarter than they were.

Excellent explanation.

I thanks for sharing

Great explanation Hein to the none believers, well said

Did you ever finish this series? Thanks

I am a student of Aikido, and If no one understands the conversation, I do .

Would you say other weapon arts such as the ones in south east Asia such as Filipino kali and Indonesia Silat is more sophisticated than aikido is? How different are the techniques between them? Small knives and machetes seem to be more in use in street assault and warfare than the katana and the bayonet that is replicated as a bokken or Jo those two things are bulky things but machetes and knives seem to be a trickier weapon to defend against because of how compact they are. What is your opinion on this?

Why is there a Jo in aikido? Is it a bayonet? Or spear? Or is it a blunt weapon ?

Like your simple clear explanations, as a former practitioner, you videos give boundaries and what aikido is good for.

I like this

Great video, explaining differences in systems and logics of different martial arts and fighting disciplines. All are equally deserving respect and praise, as they focus on different stuff, all valid depending on the situation. Hein’s content is definitely one amongst the top 3 in web about aikido. I practice aikido since long time, i recognize high competence and a straight to the core approach here. Hats freakin’off

When we really fight we clash first. Aiki must stand this first clash of the enemy. Takuma Hisa.

Man, your videos are just sooo great. I really want to try Aikido

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Thank you for the video Sensei. I've practiced aikido religiously and had a break for some years. I like this video, but being honest i've also always enjoyed the fact that aikido kind of deters the people who usually comment or hates on it. I get that people want "effectiveness", but the fact of the matter is almost no aikidoka has that as a goal in my opinion. If they like it they stay training because it is infinitely deep and extremely technical, not to mention a lot of fun. To me It's really something else, an "art" in the truest sense of the word. I like the fact that O-Sensei Morihei Ueshiba was an enlisted soldier in the Russo-Japanses war, the thought that he had enough of war and wanted to preserve the "martial spirit" in a peaceful way, is really a beautiful notion to me. It kept me fit, it made me mentally stronger and not to mention peaceful and it also gave me the ability to fall in the most graceful way imaginable. I really don't want anything else from it. It is also a way to meet so many pleasant and interesting people. To me it is the most magical thing i've ever experienced. Take from this what you want, but that is all i have to say. Sorry i got a little long-winded, but it felt good to write this.

Ikkyo controls the shoulder, not elbow

I hope all the people who think aikido is useless will watch this. I've been trying to explain to others that aikido is not a set of techniques but rather concepts and philosophy that are like advanced training once you have a good foundation in martial arts. This video explains everything perfectly. Every aikido student should watch this.

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Love it! 😂 I'm laughing because this tells me to keep on my ukemi and aiki taiso. Tenkan has saved in many situations.For example. Most people who slip on ice break bones 😮.

The Supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Sun Tzu.

Watching these videos in order, I’m amazed at the revelations here. I trained in aikido in the 90’s for about three years. Wish so much my sensei had explained all this. It would have made me better at it much more quickly. Even years, decades after I stopped, the biggest thing I took from the experience, was actually Mai ai, distancing, and moving off the line, counter intuitively often moving in a direction that if I had never trained would seemed crazy. I remember many of the techniques but the principle of distance and the line are the most useful. Of course in confined areas it is less easy. Also moving straight back is a little more clumsy (and also need to know what or who is behind you) and much easier for the attacker, but is useful in the initial stages. Oh, and the other useful thing that seems still ingrained enough is ukemi. Falling. I haven’t gotten in any altercations in these decades, but have fallen a few times on ice, and other instances and my learned instinct have protected me. But I so wish I had heard these great explanations when I was training. It all makes sense now. The “unnatural” attacks, etc. Having been in and seen some actual street fights, I have always thought it was so crazy. You often see an aggressor, and someone who doesn’t want to fight, and at some point the one who doesn’t want to fight seems to shrug mentally, and think “oh well, I guess I have to fight” and immediately get in a karate or boxer stance and get inside the distance as if they were in a boxing ring with a referee. They don’t even think about passively making the opponent over commit.

Heinz Sensei is the only sensei that will speak the truth about aikido

No bell to save you, No ref to jump between you, No judges scoring points, No trainer to throw in a towel, No paramedics waiting to rush you to the hospital, No ring and no cage to constrain your movements, Conflict and a fight are two different things.

Sadly the internet is a place of "you cannot believe face value" and for sure to make sure you debunk things sadly there is no other way... You gotta go in person. Proof only comes from being there not watching videos and then thinking its tricks. But good videos otherwise.

Well here’s the thing: lots of martial arts teach de-escalation. It’s not unique to aikido. Furthermore, combat techniques were created in the event that conflict resolution fails. Fighting is always a last resort, but necessary at times. This is where I, and many others, disagree with the philosophy of aikido

This is why many Aikido schools now are pretty useless. Left wing have hooked on to it and made it into a group of people walking around while holding hands. I fought off a knife attack and have thrown and choked people out cos of my aikido training. You don't need 20 years of training to by empathetic with people.

You remind me of ''Icy Mike'' Hard to hurt,'' except you don't use filthy language. He is getting better, however. Can she out run him?

Thank you for creating an approachable framework for aiki that shows the entire continuum, and I like the approach for working back up towards friendship and love.

Asymmetric conflict: my opponent is in conflict with me, but I'm not in conflict with the opponent. Mental aspect: it is as it is, and social emotions are not active. When the social emotions are off, there is no myself and it's the state of observer. In a state of observer, I do not act because there is no I. Action is caused by body reflexes and spontaneouty. So it's not about moving along this scale vertically. It's about leaving the scale. Practical aspect: one can test that in a dojo from curiosity, but three points need to be taken into account: accept everything wrong what uke does, accept own errors and accept interriptions from the trainer. Stay in the observer state. From current masters that I know personally, Philippe Gouttard understands that well. He always speaks about acceptance and requests ukes to fight.

I stoped on "aindo isn't about fighting". First, it depends on what you mean with "fight". Then, you mention about energetic harmony. I'm not sure I agree with your translation of aiki, although, it seems obvious to me that for the practitioner to deal with an attack (leading situation to an of energetic harmony) you must learn and to do it and know what it is. One need to be a good uke (know how to attack properly and to protect him/herself) so the waza can be understood and executed. Also, lots of relevant sensei believe atemi (striking) is fundamental on aikido. So can't agree Aikido isn't about fighting (martial art).

Great

I'm glad you're back

For aiki being a term used for aikijujutsu. It was also used in kito ryu an art that uaeshiba studied as well

Talk, talk, talk in all American videos. Better with Japanes martial art videos. They're actually showing the techniques. I visited USA once and I just couldn't stand all endless talking and screaming. Talk slow and low for god's sake.

Beautifully articulated. A while ago, during a yudansha session, my Sensei posed us all a question. "If you could describe Aikido in one word, what would it be?" After much thought (and several days later) I answered him after class one night. "Synergy" I said. "Working with what you are given to create something that is more than the sum of it's parts." I feel this definition holds in your own framing as it has no polarity. It can be both a positive synergy (towards friendship) and a negative synergy (towards conflict). Thanks for the introspective video.

I'm glad to see you posting because you are one of the few Aikido people I still follow. This was really well thought out, and I liked it. But I'll tell you, 20 years ago I would have absolutely loved it. But in those 20 years I have seen many things that made me question what I thought I knew. I think Ueshiba's art is exactly as you say, and I believed in it for a long time, but as I got older, , I have had occasion to re-examine my *Weltanschauung* . I think being tolerant of others is a laudable goal, but experience has shown me that being tolerant of the intolerant only causes intolerance to grow. Flower Power is great stuff, but you can't be kind and gentle all the time; it doesn't work. I think of it this way; studying conflict is like wearing a suit and tie, and studying peace and love is like wearing shorts and a Hawaiian shirt. If I'm dressed formally and informal clothes are called for, I can take off the tie and roll up my sleeves, but if formal attire is necessary and all I have is my shorts, I can't make a suit and tie just appear. Nonetheless, it was a great video and I encourage you to keep posting.