Whenever I hear people say "then boom" or then you can "chop" I think they lose some credibility.....

TLDR: Aikido is a designed response to someone lunging at you. But what do you do when your opponent doesn’t lunge at you. You use other techniques from other fighting systems to do damage or create openings to use your Aikido. In other words, create your personal Jeet Kune Do.

I am a Absorber, because i am Always to slow. 😅 Thank you for this Video 🙏💪

I saw the video when the big man was in hospital and I hope he is feeling better now, anyway nice to see you both in 2025 and all the best for the new year.

People do four things: 1) They blade their body while they’re prepping for conflict, so they don’t actually have to wind up once they decide to swing. And / Or, 2) They duck their head offline before swinging. Like an amateur version of slipping. It’s just a natural flinch, plus self protection. 3) They grab hold of you first. Hockey Haymakers. 4) They jump into the punch, trying to get more power and throw their body weight into it. Just like Tyson. The side effect is, it makes the punch cover a lot more distance, a lot faster than visually seems possible. One drill I use to do with my seniors is stand at opposite ends of a living room, and then the attacker closes the distance as quickly as possible with as little telegraph as possible. People are always shocked at how fast the gap closes.

That's a beautiful move and it looks like it can be deployed even before that hey maker starts it's journey.

Nice video…nobody wants an elbow in the mush.

Love the videos guys, great advice for training! 1 question, how are you guys in the summer time when Im cold here in December?

I learned to move inside When somebody is winding up through sparring. It wor. Ked well with kicks also.

The elbows and knees, being stronger than fists and feet, I've always thought it would be interesting to develop a martial art that consists pretty much only of elbow, knee and headbutt strikes, even if the defender has to spin 180 degrees and administer the elbow strikes/blows with his/her back to the attacker to maximize power. KEEP ON GROWING, AIKIDOFLOWERS!

It is strange how often martial artists DON'T train to deal with what are the most common attacks they will face. Instead they train for what other martial artists will do. Most attackers will swing full force , off balance and likely crash into you even if they miss. Or they will just fire punches with both hands , cuffing style , hoping one will land . I used to live on a street with about 10 bars , saw LOTS of fights . Never saw anybody throw a clean sharp punch . Just flailing until the first man landed and it was over . Never saw a clean take down . Just sloppy attempts at headlocks , tripping and falling , then either the crowd broke it up , or dudes started kicking one of the downed fighters in the head . THATS what we should focus on .

2025🎉Salutations from Sofia/BG❗

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025!!!!! 🎊🥳🎉🎈 new year new skills unlocked:🌳🥋

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025!!!!! 🎊🥳🎉🎈

Happy new year sensei

Happy 2025 bros! 🎉

You have to know the rules to break the rules. You can't find your own aikido until you've learned the fundamentals of it. You need to understand HOW and WHY it works before you can start making your own. It takes a long time to do that. Shodan means 'beginning degree' and is used instead of ichidan (which would be '1st degree') to emphasise that getting your black belt doesn't mean you've finished, in fact you've just started. You've learned the basics, now you can start developing your own variations. I think that is what you guys have done here - taken the teachings of the traditional art and learned how you can use that in your own way.

It's the person not the style.

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Consider the potential scenarios related to self-defense that might arise unexpectedly in your daily routine. Wargame how would you respond if such situations were to occur? Mindprep and envision to be mentally sharp in unexpected future chaos. -Mario

This could be a three minute video

Far too much emphasis in martial arts dojos these days on defence. If someone attacks you, they are in the future, and you are in the past it is that simple. Be first or be very quick on your toes.

Yup, all TRUE ! Bill P.

Works, if (1) you happen to have a hoodie on at the time of the attack AND (2) the attacker gives you enough time to get it off and wrap it around your arm before he stabs/cuts you. smh ... That's about as helpful as saying you should have an Aikidoflow hoodie on, and maybe the attacker will see that and think twice about attacking you. 🥴 Why not just leave it at the previous (helpful) videos about knife attacks in the series? C'mon guys ...

Useless :)

Effective techniques, but not taught in traditional Aikido

Do a John wick 😂😂😂

Do a Achilles job 😂😂😂

Defend yourself and you get yourself arrested 😂😂 state of the UK 😂😂

Unfortunately you can't even pick up a rock 😂 without being arrested 😂😂

IS THIS FOR REAL OR IS THIS A JOKE ???

The only real video on the net

She sounds south African 🇿🇦 ❤ lovely

This only works in fantasy land and the movies

4:10 in a real attack at this time he just use his other hand to grab the knife and keep stabbing. This videos are bs and actually dangerous for making people think they can do something other that try to escape or protect their bodies as much as possible.

Steven segal is the joe Biden of martial arts not any one who should be admired and I love my aikido friends he studied an aggressive form of aikido not a nice person.

Nice idea with throwing the jacket to give you vital seconds to act, that's not something many would think about. Good video.

For me, I would probably go for Yoshinkan Aikido. It's the only Aikido Style the Japanese Police use, apparently. Perhaps it's more suited for what happens on the street. Though I've never trained in that style.

I know this is late... but... merry Christmas & a happy new year to all.... 1st of all.... are you sure give them what they want? are you really sure? what if the damned donkey say : give me your soul, spirit & life? 2nd... what if the knife is a lie... a trick... just to get you distracted? once long ago, i was watching this one karatedo practitioner swinging a bo & i said he is fast; the silat practitioner sitting next to me responded : naahhh.... bloody slow... don't believe me? look at his arms... yeah.... bloody slow... & i have since learnt to look at the arm & not the weapon.... the problem is.... when the arm is the weapon... what am i suppose to look at??

Belated merry christmas and thanks for the video!! Please change the picture that appears at the end written KARATEDO!!! lol

Well Done! Thank you for all of the great videos. I hope 2025 isa great year for you all.

I thought you were going to whip out the carzy t-shirt locks and throws, this is much simpler. Be a matador.

Happy holidays!

Hello aikido flow Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

I've been wondering if you can actually learn to fight from just watching videos. It seems like a lot of them show you a cool move, but a couple of weeks later you've already forgotten it. This video is actually helpful. I don't think I could forget this. I wish there were more fighting videos that had moves that were easy to remember. Maybe fighting channels should have a easy moves to remember playlist.

Don't try it in the street !!!😂

Ha. True.

i use a reversal

1, These are good techniques 2. They NOT STEVEN SEGAL techniques 3. Segal is a disgusting human being that you really should not be promoting, in any way.|

Title should be: “Why Aikido sometimes works on drunk people..”