Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba 1935

The Rare 1935 Asahi News Film.
Aikido was created by Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei, 14 December 1883--26 April 1969), referred to by some aikido practitioners as Ōsensei ("Great Teacher"). Ueshiba envisioned aikido not only as the synthesis of his martial training, but also an expression of his personal philosophy of universal peace and reconciliation.
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[@silafuyang8675]

The comments of people who haven't trained aikido or other martial arts should be ignored. First someone has to train, then to know about aikido. I have never met someone who trained aikido to speak negative about the art. About some dojos, yes, it's posible, but nobody who practiced, regrets it. So when you read negative comments, have it in mind that these people are ignorant and don't know what they are talking about. In reality, I gained some knowledge about aikido after 4 years or practicing and I had practiced other martial arts for 8 years before that. Good luck for those, who entered in the dojo 2 times and are ready to comment on this video. The level of mastery, shown here, is out of this world.

[@lllkkkjjkjyhy7kmjolo]

si lafuyang Aikdio sucks and has no practical value in the context of self defense. Everything here is choreographed and any aikido black belt will get floored by a novice who has trained in 6 months of any practical martial art (bjj, wrestling, boxing, muay thai ect.)

[@silafuyang8675]

lllkkkjjkjyhy7kmjolo You can't read or what? Please read the above comment.I have trained bjj, wrestling, boxing, muai thai etc more than 6 months and I know what I am writing about. Masrtial arts and self-defense are too very different things.

[@hagensteele4447]

+si lafuyang I've trained in Aikido, but soon stopped due to the fact that Aikido trains using unreal attacks, from unreal ranges, using unreal techniques. The only thing you'll be able to defend yourself against with Aikido is.....an Aikido attack. That's it.

[@hagensteele4447]

The "feeling" part? That's ridiculous, and utter nonsense. Watch a Tomiki competition video and you'll see how much they can "feel" an attack coming in. They can't. Nobody can. Go to a boxing gym and spar with some boxers and see how many attacks you can "feel" coming in, and please post a video of the results.

[@hagensteele4447]

Andrew W. J. Toler Post some vids, please, I'd love to see a demonstration of Aikido being effective against a boxer. Thank you.

[@pimpdalyrical]

A true martial artist. Rare these days. Real art astonishes and always leaves the novice onlooker in disbelief. Like the multitude of trolls who find these pages and hope to keep themselves convinced taking half a beating is the only way to defend yourself.

[@lllkkkjjkjyhy7kmjolo]

pimpdalyrical More like a true con artist.

[@Vanoccupanther]

I practised Aikido for 8 years from my early teens. Watching this brought back some great memories! A noble art that teaches respect.

[@BrandonClappret0n]

Thank you Pranin Sensei for ensuring this video was preserved and brought to the masses. RIP. Always a pleasure to watch O Sensei in his prime.

[@guillermogarcia3665]

The time chis video was filmed, the name of the art was still Dayto Ryu Aiki Jujutsu. This was filmed by my sensei's sensei, Takuma Hisa, on the asahi shinbun newspaper's headquarters. Later on his life, when Sokaku Takeda excomunicated Ueshiba from Dayto Ryu, he called his art Aikido, but that is a name sometimes used for aikijujutsu too, meaning only "the way of aiki".

[@andrewsoulsby8507]

O sensei was and is a great man.he staired death in the face from a fireing squad and was just saved at last moment from a pardon letter.he is a national treasure of Japan. O sensei lived aikido daily.everything in life is training. Triangle ,circle & square harmonize

[@senerzen]

He tried to help establish a country based on cult teachings. He was basically the Japanese version of the Taliban. He got his ass put in a jail for that. You make it sound like a Hollywood movie. LOL.

[@user-bq3sp9xv2w]

❤ Вот кто настоящий учитель и мастер, не только учит и показывает, но и сам растёт и трненеруеться еждневно

[@danslotlarsen]

I must say: This is some of the best film I have ever seen. I didn't even know there were moving pictures of him. Thanks for taking the time to upload!

[@danslotlarsen]

I never thought I'd see a video with him. I have so many books with pictures of him, but this is simply great. Thank you so much for the upload. All of the best to all of you here.

[@Jim-Bob-Billy-Joe-Johnson]

It's so great I can't stop laughing!

[@carlosluismendez7392]

@@Jim-Bob-Billy-Joe-Johnson I don't think this guy is as happy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmTHXmRsh6p2apI hahahahahahahaahahaha

[@rafalongo7]

@@carlosluismendez7392 grabbing him distracted from the back and being twice the size does work

[@mercylantud6757]

The spirit of my imagination the spirit of my hobbit the spirit of my defend and hug of martial art and I love no other martial art ( aikido is the best of best )

[@bigsidable]

I had two full VHS of O’Sensei. Pains me deeply that I loan them out. And never to be seen again. Ex girlfriend son.

[@jackfauen9441]

In aiki-jujutsu you will find a similar form of jumping after the throw, the difference you will notice right away with aiki-jujutsu is that they train to use physical strength plus the manipulation of aiki energy to throw and lock enemys in order to leave them defenseless say for punches to the throat for example. Aikido is basically aiki-jujutsu without its killing mentality. All in aikido can be found in its parent art plus the mindset how to kill with them. Aikido is about building spirit.

[@user-dc5zb9xw2e]

R.I.P. Ueshiba Morehei 植芝盛平

[@gyannunez]

I really wish I could've met him. Maybe someday, I could talk to Yamada Sensei.

[@user-bx3jm4we1x]

Светлая память Великому мастеру боевых искусств создателю Айкидо.Спасибо.

[@user-wj5gf6bc5f]

Да да шарлатану с большой буквы создателю бесконтакта 😂

[@user-rw5eb7vn3j]

@@user-wj5gf6bc5f1. Шарлатан твой сын 2.Ты ещё не испытывал технику Айкидо на себе , так что не пизди тут

[@user-wj5gf6bc5f]

@@user-rw5eb7vn3jПричем здесь мой сын ?))Мой сын спортсмен с реальными достижениями и боями .. Покажи кто испытывал ,айкидо и реальные бои их покажи Хоть один реальный спаринг или бой с клоунами айкилоками покажи ...Занимайтесь борьбой или боксом ,а не херней

[@michaelsharp8393]

@@user-wj5gf6bc5fSounds like you need to grow a pair of balls and realize martial arts are more than fighting.

[@ravisdb]

o sensei went undefeated all his life, he faced many boxers,karate,kung fu,judo,wrestleling people and he beat them all he is trueley the greatest

[@CaradaysRedux]

This is the best Aikido video I've ever seen - not surprising, since it is of O'Sensei! Love it! How beautiful

[@k.m.n938]

..and soooo much THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING THIS GEM...

[@3maanave]

Thanks sooo much. What an absolute honour n an absolute privilege to witness O Sensei share knowledge n skill when he was a young man. Just not worthy i am!

[@Demon2-6]

My teacher was Niikura Sensei, a student of one of O-Sensei's sons. He wasn't as profoundly "present" as O-Sensei, but my sensei really understood the spirit of Aikido. For those of you who think it is staged, or faked, please go to an Aikido dojo and at least watch. O-Sensei made it look like magic because budo was his whole being - all he ever did for the last several decades of his life. You spend years being Uke before you ever even understand kokiwaza or shihonage.

[@Peri001]

Studied at the Hawaiian Ki' Society many years ago.. Have had ample occasion as a security officer to street test the techniques.. they work and work well.. remember O'Sensei was teaching the Japanese Army many of whom were Samurai or descendants thereof.. those were some serious tough guys.

[@kaiunmanzoku]

Superb ! People who know physical property of human body can understand guys were spun and drove by him almost instantly. I knew him but never seen his demonstrations. Just superb !

[@bigsidable]

After training in so many dangerous Martial Arts. That have so much aggression in them. I needed something just as effective as my other arts. But not aggressive. AIKIDO fit that just perfectly. If you are aggressive in Aikido. You all ready lost. Just lije how I love Passive Income. It’s the same as I love Aikido Passive nature of self defense. Just what I needed. Now I still train other styles along with the principals of Aikido. And I’ve been able to blend them together. Just this weekend I was working just on that. I gave it a name. Sidaiki Do. My name is Sid. SIDS Way of Harmony. I love it. I have a friend at the gym I work at. And he been working with me. And he a little amazed at what I’ve been showing him. He knows it works and very efffective in combat.

[@TheSadieCam]

This is a wonderful film! I also didn't know there was footage of Ueshiba-sensei. I recognized many of the wrist controls and energy unbalancing from my previous Bujinkan practice. My own sensei always emphasized that you can take down or throw any attacker once you have control of one of his joints. Beautifully illustrated here! Thanks for the upload!

[@2008August30]

I think it looks incredible! You have to keep in mind the nature of how Aikido is practiced, one attacks the other defends. There is no sparring so of course it may look silly to others. Basically the attacker is taught to attack fully at the centre of defender throughout the whole movement, so the defender is continuously shifting based on timing, put of the way and changing the attackers posture to upset their balance. There is a lot happening when there are several attackers.

[@DHL428]

This is priceless clip. Thank you very much for posting it.

[@RodrinBird]

One must first train in Aikido for at least three months to begin to understand it and appreciate it. On many ocassions, Aikido video clips appear as if though uke(the attacker) is falling easily or letting himself be taken down. At the beggining levels it seems that way, but once you start to understand the flow of movements, timing, and harmony, things get a lot diferent. It's no wonder that Japan's police uses Aikido as their method of defense. Aikido is great!

[@Yorkoholic]

The Universe is the expression of the passion of a spirit. -Morihei Ueshiba

[@kenokurose]

Morihei was the best martial artist that this world has ever imagined!

[@user-cq6cj2cs6i]

You couldn"t know it . Everyone who knew him don"t agree with you. It is your own opinion.

[@iloveyou281000]

He was definitely one of the greatest and his contributions , dedication and martial art skills and abilities to the martial arts world was astonishing. He’s an icon in his native Japan 🇯🇵 and well respected throughout the Aikido world that he founded and the legacy of it that he left behind

[@JasonJones-fp5rh]

Then there was Jun Fan/Bruce Lee ☯️

[@dylanstice]

Beautiful art. makes me want to take Aikido again. Thank you for posting this video.

[@easygoin917]

Nice touch with the Kitaro music. Thanks for posting.

[@El_Piloto_de_Leche]

that music from deathnote though lmao awesome

[@crashstitches79]

O Sensei was so powerful, all he had to do was wave his arms and dudes start rolling.

[@cdistasio]

Lol

[@caulijutsu1575]

Couldn’t cut it in Judo so he started a cult

[@user-wl4hz6rf2e]

Хуйни

[@user-wl4hz6rf2e]

Хрень

[@user-wl4hz6rf2e]

Не интурнасно

[@firmansyahs2958]

Musubi, mushin, nagare, all aikido principle was include in this video.. I love this style of aikido.. powerfull and beautiful..one word for Osensei : incredible..

[@Remoxx]

The best video I've ever seen, great music and aikido. Thanks a lot.

[@ethanash1000]

Martial arts are not just about fighting it's about peace, discipline and respect :)

[@Cliff-Notes]

Thank you for posting this video. I've seen several other videos of O'Sensei, but I think this is the oldest - showing him - I think at about age 52. I think I've read somewhere that he was probably at the height of his overall skills (combined physical and beyond physical) in his 50s so this was very enlightening. One of the criticisms of O'Sensei is that his ukes (attackers) take the fall - faking. The falls and even the attacks look fake. If you watch with an open mind - I think you will see this is often true. But, so what? O'Sensei is putting on a demonstration of Aikido. O'Sensei came from a lifetime of hard-core martial training. He could have made Aikido another jujitsu or Samurai Aikijutsu, etc, but that wasn't what he was after. He wanted to promote peace and harmony - not war and bloodshed. In my opinion, Aikido is not about fighting. As a martial art, Aikido is much less about martial and much more about art. I always suggest to anyone interested: If you want to learn to fight - take a fighting class. If you want to learn self-defense - take a self-defense class. But, if you want to learn how to become one with the energies of the universe - study Aikido. If you want to unify your mind, body and spirit - study Aikido. So, getting back to the criticism of attackers faking attacks and falling down - I guarantee you that if O'Sensei's goal was to demonstrate devastating techniques - he could have. He could have demanded fast and furious attacks and knocked people out; broken bones - if that was his objective; if that was the purpose of Aikido. We've all seen demos where teachers of other arts brutalize their students. I think we Westerners - tend to view martial arts differently than a Japanese person might - of course. I think the traditional Japanese approach is less about winning or losing; less about fighting and more about the "do" - the path.

[@HantonSacu]

Will K exactly mate. I am currently reading Ohsawas Book of Judo and he lays out exact same points. I am so glad I found judo and a great sensei to teach me. Ohsawa also said that aikido is the greatest form of judo, and even Kano wanted to learn it (but he was old, so he sent one of his students). It is obvious from their lives that they lived happy, free and harmoniously and it's also obvious that they deeply understood Tao. There is a correlation; a ying and a yang, in the way they learned and the way they taught. To all who read this, I would suggest that you listen with your heart. Listen with your heart.

[@Cliff-Notes]

​@@HantonSacu Yes, I'd forgotten who it was - a true sign of respect to send your best to study a different style: "Kano was appointed as the first Asian member of the International Olympic Committee in 1909. He observed a demonstration by Morihei UESHIBA in October 1930 and, highly impressed, dispatched several of his high-ranking judoka including Minoru MOCHIZUKI to study with Ueshiba." aikidojournal.com/2011/08/27/jigoro-kano/ People so often are given the wrong impression about Aikido. And the arguments abound - What about this attack? what about that attack? Which art is better? Unfortunately, Hollywood and even some dojos perpetuate this idea that Aikido is a "fighting" art. Ai = blend. ki = energy. do = path. Most would say that Aikido is the way - the path of blending / harmonizing with the energy of the universe. Fighting is in complete opposition to what Aikido stands for. Aikido evolved from fighting arts - in other words, Aikido moved on. The last thing I want to see is Aikido "de-volving" back into it's primitive ancestry. I always tell folks that if they want to learn to fight - study a fighting art. If they want to study self-defense - take a self-defense class. If you want to work on self-improvement - the unification of mind, body and spirit - Aikido may be your ticket (or judo, iaido, kyudo, etc). Aikido might work for self-defense (and I stress the "might"), but to reliably acquire those skills requires years of intense training - maybe 8 years minimum (6-8 hours a week minimum, plus intensives) to really acquire a deep connection. Thank you ​ HantonSacu for your insightful post.

[@les3racines528]

"I guarantee you" You didn't know him. You guarantee nothing. You just don't know anything about this man. Realize this.

[@lordbyron3603]

God! at play. TY for uploading. Divine techniques.

[@theewhiteguy]

I thought an Aikido style fighter in an octagon, and he only floored me once. The rest of the time he couldn't avoid a simple grapple, pre dodge a mere jab. This looks more like a show put on than training.

[@timpete78]

That's not surprising. They don't train against those kinds of attacks.

[@richmann2264]

7:52 - Come on... He moves OUT of the circle of attackers BEFORE they even attack. You can SEE this - he never even stays still before they attack. But then they ALL attack to the exact spot he had moved OUT OF!?!

[@mamarkg]

lol can't you see he's out of range? with those long ass wooden swords, would you want to chase down and get pinned or jammed by hardwood? haha

[@haitaelpastor976]

Yes, it's that ridiculous.

[@epprk]

Why oh why the Death Note music ?:D But nice vid

[@Katsuoboshi]

Now that was really lovely. Thank you for sharing.

[@dpasky]

o'sensei is the "master of masters" i know he guided me in practising aikido thank's a lot o'sensei you're the best...

[@Metalistopheles]

As a choregraphy, beautiful ! As a martial art, completely unrealistic !

[@-lavoiedutemple-3260]

Metalistopheles ueshiba was in front of the 1st minister it's not a fake aïkido was the Budo of killers : samurai

[@elvisking1471]

excelent mastery of the power of ki....the power of the universe....the power of God within......

[@MrMavilla1]

Great video. A real piece of Martial Arts and Aikido History. Loved it, in my favs!

[@aikidolyss]

thank you a lot for uploading

[@timpete78]

I remember avidly practicing aikido for several years when I was younger, reading the books about O Sensei and his legendary skills. I bought it. I look at this now and have to believe they were made up stories. There is no proof that he was untouchable, unbeatable. These are certainly only accounts of his dedicated students who bought into the hype and wanted to immortalize their beloved teacher. I can appreciate that his application of aikido technique was flawless (he was the founder, after all), but that doesn't change that we're just watching demonstrations with willing participants whose only goal in the exercise is to run in blindly to try and grab his hands so he can throw them. NO ONE attacks that way. If you train your technique against a predictable adversary with simplistic, dumb attacks, your technique will never be effective. Train as you fight or fail. Aikido could be reasonably effective, but it is practiced in a completely unrealistic manner.

[@lancejackson9108]

... to the unseeing eye ...

[@yeon723]

Pretty much, the only way is to incorporate some of the techniques you see here along with other types of striking or grappling art. Pure aikido would be smashed by someone who's only goal is to punch you in the face.

[@lancejackson9108]

@@yeon723 totally agree. which is how i see krav maga. The true purpose of aikido is not for this.

[@andrewmarv2612]

The trick to fighting is to musashi the fuck outta everybody

[@kenwilson6160]

Plenty of proof that he was unbeatable. He was regarded as the premier martial artist in Japan, in the 30's, when Japan was gearing up for war. He would have destroyed you.

[@harageilucid4352]

Looks like Ueshibas aikido was always a compliant game of "hey pull my finger"

[@zaco-km3su]

It's a demonstration. A judoka that defeated boxers and other grapplers challenged him, got thrown and was so impressed that he became his pupil. Thing is...Ueshiba was a genious. He didn't realise that. Ueshiba was a prodigy. When he was a child he could outwrestle bigger boys.

[@nhancao6355]

o sensei is a great teacher that inspires all aikidokas in the world his technique is non negotiable

[@ernst557]

превосходно ....великий мастер -благодарен за этот уникальный материал

[@user-wj5gf6bc5f]

В чем велик этот шарлатан ?🤔Поясни

[@marcellofaussone4770]

They fall down by themselves!!!

[@CosmoShidan]

That is because they are trained to fall down!

[@marcellofaussone4770]

AH AH AH!

[@CosmoShidan]

Marcello Faussone No really! They actually teach you how to fall without your face going splat!

[@callehero1448]

have you ever practiced something? the day you be an expert in martial arts, you come back and comment

[@ChristFavorsME]

Callehero1 Have you ever fought off someone who was really trying to hurt you? If you haven't done that (preferably multiple times) then your martial arts "expertise" is nothing of the sort.

[@frankaware4206]

If I wasn't a brown belt 7th cue I would think this was fake

[@ThatOneInTheBackground]

I'm a brown belt level two and agree with you

[@baldieman64]

I'm a Aikido black belt with nearly thirty years experience of Aikido and related arts. I got my black belt in 1990 and have trained with Shihans from the UK, US and France - I ended up as uke for André Nocquet for a good chunk of a UK seminar. I know my stuff and I've been around. There are lots of reasons to train Aikido but as a fighting system, it's total bullshit.

[@timpete78]

@@baldieman64 agreed.

[@timpete78]

@@ThatOneInTheBackground I was also a brown belt. It depends on your definition of fake. If you view it as just a demonstration of technique, yeah, that's fine. But they aren't actually attacking him with any attack that even begins to resemble something real. Unfortunately, that's how Aikoodoka train. Always. Example: I'll kneel and you come at me and I'll raise my hands. You grab them and I move out of the way and your momentum sends you flying. Reality: I as the attacker see a dude kneeling and I jump on him and take him off his knees to the ground. He isn't going to be fast enough on his knees to twirl out of the way, and now we're on the ground. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu territory, wrestling. Aikido doesn't teach anything for this situation. Option two, I just kick you while you play around on your knees. I don't throw an over-committed, stupid kick. I throw short roundhouse kicks that are too quick to catch. You either get off your knees quick or get beat up and knocked out. Enjoy the demonstrations, but keep them in context.

[@tonedcos]

Absolutly brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

[@lordofchanging1]

All paths teach there own wisdom, best we do not forget this. thank you for reminding us that.

[@vibebert1980]

I think those video show not a proof of the evidence of aikido's efficience, but shows the essence of aikido. It's clear that he is looking for something (energy directions). and i think that looking for a long time in this way, every week, you should really improve some quality of placement, and reaction and intuition and might better react in a real conflict, in a non destructive way. aikido is not a gun...you have gun for that...it's more a like the carpet of the toreador who erase and let the bull meeting the umptyness

[@parardhyadionandiwardhana286]

I have never practiced this art before but it seems like using the energy of the enemy to throw them down is pretty much acceptable so to Mr Ignorants, please just watch your favourite arts thank you

[@haitaelpastor976]

I practiced it for 5 years and is bullshido.

[@BadGuitarist1]

Wonderfull Footage of the Founder here, thanks or uploading )

[@josejbald]

Amazing...it was the best aikido demostration Id ever seen

[@standtallvets5386]

In the 1960's when Morihei Ueshiba was in his 80's, he could still throw full grown younger men to the ground like they were paper dolls. What a life he must have had, totally unlike anyones life today.

[@flatlinerking]

I've been doing mma on and off for 5 years now... I always dissed aikido... Went to a self defense class for a joke with some friends and got my arm Twisted to fudge by a guy who had been doing aikido for 20 years, plus judo In the end you have to flip or risk damage to your limbs

[@SamirZeGeek]

:) never underestimate the art of peace, they can be violent if they have to...

[@SamirZeGeek]

Btw, I do Aikido too

[@flatlinerking]

@Naam Shah 6 years later I still remember the experience, this guy had been training for 20+ years, so we were clinched up and he peeled my arm off as you do, then hit me with crazy joint manipulation, then when on the floor bent my fingers back instantly His students I wrecked every single one of them, but the instructor was serious

[@flatlinerking]

@Naam Shah also drilling moves

[@flatlinerking]

@Naam Shah... Okay

[@MrKingstonAmaral]

Beaultiful. Thank you for uploading!

[@bonzayman9325]

really impressive! The kote gaeshi was just incredible (and so were the other techniques, too ;) )

[@BlackenedWall]

@TheChiFlows There are several different styles of Aikido... Some focus more on Ki, some on waza, and some unite both into an extremely street effective system. While I don't doubt you have seen some aikido which would not hold up against a full on attack, don't knock the art as a whole until you've checked out some other styles.

[@timpete78]

It came from a different time. Many techniques are used to ward off sword attacks. Empty hand attacks are based on a type of fist fighting no one uses. As an art form and philosophy for life, it has merit. Many of the techniques have merit as well. But without adaptation, a skilled and experienced fighter will demolish an aikidoka. If you're content with subduing a lumbering, drunken idiot with slowed reflexes, ok, great. But fast hands and an uncommitted attack are not something aikido practitioners train for.

[@anry1231]

@@timpete78 Lol you have no idea. Anything that comes from Morihei himself doesn't (and will never) need any "adaptation". Skilled and experienced Aikidoka is a terrifying opponent, I bet that you can't even touch them.

[@timpete78]

True.

[@timpete78]

@@anry1231 stop being such a blind fanboy and think with your brain. No, the Aikidoka will lose. they aren't trained for actual combat. They will react poorly because they aren't prepared.

[@SirDerpingston]

People think that aikido's sole purpose is self defense. It's a budo, it's much deeper than this. And while it looks fake because kokyu nage always looks fake, if you compare to MMA (this ridiculous excuse for entertainment) and aikidoka spends his entire life learning and becoming better. You're timeless, you ackquire skill and seek precision and perfection. A trained MMA figther or boxer or name it, will be a bine breaker in a cage fir what? 5 years? Then he'll be reppaced, he'll be "has been"

[@silafuyang8675]

+SirDerpingston True. It's not important how good somebody has been, it's how good he is now. In all real martial arts, 5 years are the minimal time to learn the basics, and then you have entered the door. Those trained 2-3 years and then go bashing each other and after 20 bouts they are all kaput and become instructors cause they are physically finished. This is not a martial art, but masochistic bullshit. Martial arts are about becoming better every day till the end of your life. Nothing good and real comes fast and easy.

[@cinematicshots2624]

Kokyu nage does look fake but definitely works

[@t115vegaboy28]

Martial arts for me is also a form of exercise. Exercise of self control and self dicipline...

[@t115vegaboy28]

@@cinematicshots2624 i agree because many people who would say aikido is bullshit because they cannot see what is hidden in every technics...

[@timpete78]

You guys can sit here and bash MMA all day as being barbaric and uncivilized, etc. But what I've seen is people who are serious about MMA more often take a more comprehensive approach. They take fitness and nutrition seriously. They analyze their techniques and test them through sparring to see if they work. They compete with others to test themselves and better themselves. I used to train in aikido. I did it for four years. I lost track of how many aikidoka considered their art better but weren't willing or able to back up their claims. Teachers sat on a pedestal and exercised their techniques with willing victims in highly structured dances with little practical merit. I wouldn't criticize aikido or the people who practice it if they would stop being lazy, fat, arrogant, holier than thou, and delusional. That MMA fighter you think of as some kind of caveman is more disciplined and will, if trained properly, dedicated, and fit, with 2 years of training flat out embarrass probably 95% of pure aikido practitioners with 20 years experience.

[@user-bq3sp9xv2w]

Сколько не смотрю, а понимаю что О Сенсей воспринимал атакующих как сбившиеся с пути поезда, которые он как стрелочник переводил на пути их дальнейшего следования по изначальной траектории❤

[@laszlonimrodbuday4849]

Ez egyszerűen, lélegzetállító! Következő életemben Aikido nagymester leszek!

[@zaydenpittman3252]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 much excited as one looks on 0:34 💖 👇💯

[@karlchaudry1464]

Aikido is Morihei Ueshiba. Learn from him not Steven Seagal.

[@karlchaudry1464]

He actually is more than just this though. His writings can lead you somewhere even better. He will show the essence of Aikido

[@user-jt9np4to8n]

toooooooooooooos

[@zaeemashraf8919]

International wing tsun association what's him being born got to do with anything

[@z8ph0d]

Steven Seagal is actually one hell of a martial artist.

[@FullassDear]

Seagal is not recognised by professionals.

[@andrewsoulsby8507]

This video changed my life. I LOVE aikido

[@mendocina01]

Great Video!!!! Thank you for sharing it.

[@SirDerpingston]

I believe aikido is effective, and i'd like to remind you that the common person attacking you, in most cases won't be a professional. The excuse "well i'd like to see aikido vs a pro MMA fighter" is absolute bullshit because this applies to any martial art. If a pro from somewhere fights a pro from another art, results will always be quite ramdom. And if you try t compare martial arts especially by their respective worth in a cage, then budo isn't really meant for you

[@Nightwalkersify]

@Kali Southpaw It depends on who taught you and if it was right for you...

[@jwgoon]

@Kali Southpaw I do agree that Aikido isn't very realistic. But people who think that training in MMA or BJJ will make them invincible need to think twice. I knew a friend who trained in full contact karate, trained with me in Japanese jujutsu and kenjutsu, and then he went on to train in MMA for close to a year and became pretty good...and then got beaten up by two guys who robbed him at the ATM machine. Poor guy is a recluse now. Still can't recover mentally from the fact that he couldn't fight off two attackers. Then I recently read a story about an ex-MMA fighter who got into an arguement over religion with a muslim cab driver. As he alighted and walked back to his house, the cab driver walked up behind him and nearly caved in the back of his skull with a hammer. There's nothing wrong with MMA and I do encourage young men to train in it if they are interested in it, but if they think they will become invincible after a couple of months or even years of sparring, they need to seriously think more than twice.

[@Qitrainer]

What ever Martial Art from MMA one has learned the emotional attitude and focus with the techniques changes for one internal force is off all techniques will be weak. There are rules in MMA, and lot of other Martial arts but release rules that is hard for all training in MMA is base on rules to win in the ring. MMA do not learn to illuminate opponent in 3 seconds or less or there would be NO show. The training in MMA is hard but rules exist so both can leave the ring. Being calm is challenging but its KEY to let techniques to work for calmness centers around Core breath that effect energy and strength If training does not bring into focus Core breath as part of training in techniques limits all techniques in fighting or any sport. Changing your energy that affects your opponents takes Core Qi Gong Training either in soft or hard core breathing. Sadly for anyone that loses against bad people but it also can be used to find techniques that would enhance ones abilities. Losing give you chance to realize more over winning for winning only confirms what you know. It hurts to lose but can open up greater understanding of one self and attitude change. to be in ones techniques they trained in. Making your self strong is not enough making your self effective is finding one self within techniques but core breathing is KEY for any advance abilities with any form of fighting. That is my point of view base on Qi Gong energy effects that exist.

[@thesamuraigardeneredwardda8807]

I grew up in a rough area, had many fights as a consequence, even once against a group of skin heads... I´ve been in the Special Forces.. tried many Martial Arts... Good at all, Judo 8 years, black belt karate, kung-fu, boxing, full contact, capoeira... fall in love with the last one Aikido: It´s origins were to fight in the real Samurai battlefield, people try to grab your arms when you have weapons on them... that´s what is being simulated and it happens too sometimes when you are fighting people try to grab you, then you know what to do... Aikido studies not just the grab attacks but the trajectories of attacks: somen uchi, yokomen... yokomen is diagonal right? it could be an arm with a knife, baseball bat.. a leg in a circular kick... you have many options for all these trajectories attacks from pinning down the person to the floor and end of story, if possible, (a very Aiki solution I must say, no harm violence only generates more violence...) or if further enemies throw the attacker to another, or use as a human shield, or... the battlefield possibilities taken to a street fight will make you a winner... the problem is it takes too many years to achieve a level of efficiency... but many enjoy the path there... However, Aikido has evolved from it´s origins and tries not to harm the attacker, opponent, but if you search it´s origins: Aiki-Jujutsu you will see how brutal it was an still is and how it was designed for the Warriors high class to be invincible in the Samurai battlefield, yet be able to fight as a gentleman if attacked by Ninja´s in a corridor and you were wearing your clothes to see the emperor himself!

[@lancejackson9108]

thanks for sharing

[@k.m.n938]

What a 'Historic video'!!! So VALUABLE for Generation's to come(Hopefully!)...BEAUTIFUL HUMAN...

[@boefje1971]

thnx for charing this video!! o/

[@kylejones5739]

LOL @ The people who think Aikido is choreography. Attend a class and attack a senior student or the Sensei...please post your results. I'll wait...

[@cinematicshots2624]

Kyle Jones no one could answer cause there dead :/

[@ajdoman317]

Or have a wrestler, judoka, jiu-jitsu guy attack them and the aikido "master" will be on his head in about 2-5 seconds.

[@lancejackson9108]

@@ajdoman317 this is not going to happen. trained martial artists from the styles you mention are disciplined and have respect for the way of the martial arts. they will compete in their own disciplines. since aikido is not competitive, they would not attempt such a disrespectful, self humiliating action.

[@GuyInAHotdogSuit69]

What a quaint magic show. When does the fighting start?

[@supernalbjj]

+Corpus Principium what a load of crap you are describing human virtue wich has nothing to do with martial arts, things your mom poeses as a human. but the way of the warrior is war, if you are at war do what ever it takes that means "Sceince bitches" - Joey Diaz

[@ryubudo1558]

It have been never start, taht's the purpose of Aikido, if you want to see fight, you shouldn't be here.

[@TheStuF]

Never. If you practice correctly :)

[@z8ph0d]

You're not watching a martial art, you're watching applied physics. Does that help?

[@thesamuraigardeneredwardda8807]

I grew up having fights in a rough area, even once against a group of skin heads... I´ve been in the Special Forces.. tried many Martial Arts... Good at all, Judo 8 years, black belt karate, boxing, kung-fu, full contact, capoeira... fall in love with the last one Aikido: It´s origins were to fight in the real Samurai battlefield, people try to grab your arms when you have weapons on them... that´s what is being simulated and it happens too sometimes when you are fighting people try to grab you, then you know what to do... Aikido studies not just the grab attacks but the trajectories of attacks: somen uchi, yokomen... yokomen is diagonal right? it could be an arm with a knife, baseball bat.. a leg in a circular kick... you have many options for all these trajectories attacks from pinning down the person to the floor and end of story, if possible, (a very Aiki solution I must say, no harm violence only generates more violence...) or if further enemies throw the attacker to another, or use as a human shield, or... the battlefield possibilities taken to a street fight will make you a winner... the problem is it takes too many years to achieve a level of efficiency... but many enjoy the path there... However, Aikido has evolved from it´s origins and tries not to harm the attacker, opponent, but if you search it´s origins: Aiki-Jujutsu you will see how brutal it was an still is and how it was designed for the Warriors high class to be invincible in the Samurai battlefield, yet be able to fight as a gentleman if attacked by Ninja´s in a corridor and you were wearing your clothes to see the emperor himself!

[@reflexassassin]

@AikikaiAikido The Death Note music was a very good idea, especially at start! thanks alot for this great video

[@benj1907]

Beautiful movements. Fantastic to watch.

[@kraftwerkVS]

i can say only one thing..... lol . Aikido is nice to watch it but all this moves doesn't work except if your opponent want to hug you, touch you, "feel you", desperetly. If the enemy just want to fight you, then you have real problem. Many times people say "its demonstrastion", of course it is, but even there the important think is not what the teacher does but the students. The students (as in any aikido demo) never try to through a real punch etc just dancing with the teacher........

[@ryubudo1558]

I can say only one thing, have you try yet?If not, you don't know anything so don't judge.

[@TheStuF]

I can say one thing to you.. ALL martial arts are as you describe. Any time there is a mat, gloves punches not thrown 100% power etc. its as you describe. Difference in Aikido is there is no pre tense of reality. Training is just that - TRAINING. To be able to defend yourself is a complicated thing, if Aikido is studied correctly and continuously a student can defend himself in ANY situation. For example, what good is the ability to fight if one is run over by a bus on the way to said fight. Thankyou for reading :)

[@GenPertMax]

This guy, Morihei Ueshiba was a martial artist of such great reknown that he was invited to demonstrate his technique to the emperor himself. He was an instructor in the army and secret police, and once won a duel vs a kendo expert without drawing his sword. And somehow, he would have created a martial art that just doesn't work ? BTW, most of the moves in Aïkido are derivated from Ju-jitsu, that have been shown to be very effective in MMA.

[@user-cq6cj2cs6i]

My congratulations . You win Morihei Ueshiba.

[@user-cq6cj2cs6i]

Where did you see that saiyng : Aikido is super effactive mortal art? Nowhere. If u don't like this don't buy. But you want to buy else. Interesting question : Why?

[@tyurien]

Aikido saved my life last month. Had three guys come after me when I told them not to hit on a married female friend of mine. Disabled all three, including one who drew a knife on me. I am glad that I stuck with it through all these years.

[@haitaelpastor976]

And then you woke up.

[@kenokurose]

This video brought a tear to my eye!

[@beltfedhate]

Thank you for this video I enjoyed it alot! It was weird for me to see O Sensei as a younger man.

[@jan-alexanderpelz1649]

Seated vs standing is really the pinnacle of bullshido

[@supernalbjj]

ahaha this is so silly, all it takes is a quick youtube search for olympic wrestling ,olympic judo or mma take downs to see what real throws and take downs look like against a resisting oponent this akido shit doesnt work other wise they would use it in those comps. to all the people who say you dont understand it because you havnt trained it, you dont understand reality,

[@MansMan42069]

Oh look. There's "bjj" in your name. Blowjobjutsu

[@usergreg1498]

"...all it takes is a quick youtube search for olympic wrestling ,olympic judo or mma take downs to see what real throws and take downs look like against a resisting oponent this akido shit doesnt work other wise they would use it in those comps." So, you think that the reason why Aikido isn't used in Olympic Wrestling and Olympic Judo is because it royally sucks and is of no practical use...**NOT**because Olympic Wrestling is a competition between Greco-Roman/Freestyle wrestlers, and Olympic Judo is a competition between judoka, and aikidoka are *neither* of those things? Even if I were inclined to totally agree that Aikido is nothing but fake-ass, useless BS that has zero application in the world, that would still completely asinine.

[@inchargemom1]

I thought this was an amazing video, and really something to see a record of Ueshiba from the 1930s. He really was amazing to watch.

[@JayRee2000]

What a great video! Thank you!

[@zachvietor5142]

Lawl you guys gotta just stop. I'm concerned about the fact that nobody is taking into consideration if he was repetitively breaking the ligaments, tendons, and bones of his STUDENTS then there wouldn't be any use teaching the art in the first place because his students would all be crippled. To anyone who has even dabbled in the martial arts, if your "teacher" or sparring partner didn't show restriction or hesitation, or the people that one spar with in the dojo did not, nobody would be able to practice any martial arts because we aren't supposed to physically disable the only people we have to train with. this is evident because if someone broke your body while trying to teach you, number one they'd be a fuckin shitty teacher, number two, nobody would want to learn from them, and number three, every disciple of the martial art would be physically disabled from their training. So sit there and think about if the first lesson you ever took, your instructor broke your arm and tore your ACL, think about if the first time they demonstrated the art they punched you square in the nose and made you forget how to think; oh wait, I bet you didn't even think of this, so it's g; you already cant fuckin THINK. Secondly, anyone discrediting aikido is more than likely a youtube ninja. KZbin IS NOT YOUR FUCKIN SENSEI, it is a website. Third off, anyone in the United States or other established countries where a "dojo" is literally a place where you do nothing but learn principles and demonstration and have "sparring".--- this is not sparring, it is merely ACTING. So take pride in how more epic the martial art you know nowdays is so legit. That black belt that you got when you were 8 years old is about as legit as a fuckin pornstars plastic tits.

[@zachvietor5142]

On the other hand, anyone who would pay money to have their arm and leg broken by being flipped onto their ass by their teacher in the first lesson can srsly go back to their fictional world where they can contend against an actual martial artist. For the record, learning how to shoot doesn't entail KILLING anybody, but a person who knows how can still do so very efficiently.

[@peedinkus389]

Well said, from 2 years in the future.

[@crzyhorse88]

I was a practitioner of Aikido around 20years ago, before I settled on systems which suited me. It just wasn't realistic to me at the time -- when you see the so called attacks on Ueshiba they look kind of silly. I have been in a good few real fights, as I grew up and lived in a very rough area & nobody ever really came running up to me and tried to grab my shoulder or place their hand gently on my arm & the Aikido club I was a member of used the same kind of attacking you see in this video --- pointless. If some dude or gang of dudes attack you in the street, if no weapons are involved, it is usually a barrage of wild punches followed by grabbing and being pulled to the ground --- I have just never seen any realistic fighting in Aikido videos or when I was practising it. After training for years primarily in Kickboxing, Jiu Jitsu & Kung Fu with some mid level skill in some Philipino arts i have more than proved in my head that Aikido does not work as a balanced art, there are just too many holes. When anybody ever asks me about starting Martial arts, i always tell them to pick at least two forms, taking away from all the useless bullshit, all you really need is a good grappling art and good striking art, so a mix of Jiu Jiitsu or Judo with Boxing, Kick Boxing or Muay Thai is all you need. The most effective arts focus on less techniques, all you need are effective ones with lots of repetition and proper application, none of this 40 different ways to lock someone's finger joint, it isn't required. And all the dudes bleating on about this video and how effective and magical this art is --- the majority of you have never and will never be in a real fight -- I don't see any of Ueshiba's techniques focusing on how to stop someone biting a chunk out of your cheek while rolling around with you on a nightclub dancefloor. So like I already said, very pretty to watch but completely unrealistic.

[@PotensAnima]

+crzyhorse88 I don't have your level of expertise, but I think you're wrong about Aikido. If all you're exposed to is dancing, then of course your Aikido is going to get you killed. However, if you train in schools of practical Aikido (e.g. Tenshin and Tomiki styles), you'll find something much different from what you see in this video. I suggest you look at Lenny Sly and Henry Ellis' videos on Aikido, they diss on the Dancing Aikido crowd hard, and explain why it doesn't work and how it needs to be done. Also, Aikido is not a complete martial art. It has its niche, just like BJJ has its niche and Karate has its niche. If somebody gives you an attack outside that niche, your Aikido is going to be very difficult to pull off. If people train in Aikido, believing that's all they need for self-defense, and get their asses kicked when somebody takes them to the ground or jabs their faces in, it's their own fault for not training in the things Aikido lacks.

[@Gieszkanne]

+Young Aikidoka Iwama Ryu!

[@dlyatruby7444]

+crzyhorse88 I guess, you just practiced in wrong dojo. I believe - no, it has nothing to do with "believe" - I KNOW, that aikido works, just because my then 11 years old son ( almost the same height as me at the time) wanted to show me new technique he had learned - well, after i swung my hand at him and he cached my hand all i wanted to do was - to fall to the floor as fast as possible, because of pain in tendons/muscles on my handback and underarm. And my son was just 6.Kyu at that time. Aikido is a grip technique, that: 1) uses opponents weight (instead of own muscular power - like in judo) to bring your tendons and muscles in unacceptable tension and 2) to manipulate balance point of opponent Of course you have to have understanding of anatomy and a bit of mechanics (power vectors etc.) - NOT trough mathematical study but trough physical (from "body") EXPIRIENSE gathered by training - that for you need, of course, a dojo that teaches "hard" techniques - well, iwama for example, and not just synchronized dancing. PS: sometimes even in "right" dojo peoples become no understanding just because of that their neural configuration allows not enogh resolution of fine changes of power vectors - nothing to be ashamed of, its just individuality and had to be accepted and other techniques should be chosen for practice.

[@fabrizionanoeksf]

+Gieszkanne iwama ryu style is the only way

[@ryubudo1558]

How long did you practice?3 months? I don't think so.This kind of martial art is not for fighting my friend as you said Kickboxing is better to you, just go to the gym and give some punches and kicks and that's all. But talking about Ju-jutsu, do you know where is it came from?Kung fu, how far did you practice it? Speaking about real fight, what's real fight mean to you? This art was built since 1200 year ago (Daito ruy aiki-jujutsu) then adapted to this actual form.Japanese army have been trained on it since a thousand of years, but how old are you?100 years old? hum, I don't think so.You are so young and still think like a young. Learn from every thing around you, you will be better even in a fight that you really want to be good.

[@daniels3795]

That was amazing to watch!!!

[@SpartanGraffiti]

so beautiful, so easy and smooth

[@CaneFu]

This demonstration has no more credibility than a Steve Segal movie. Pro wrestling actually has more realistic choreography than this fakery. What I see in this video is a little old man barely move while his students voluntarily fling themselves across the mat with well executed flying somersaults and cartwheels. Maybe there is a version of Aikido that actually works as a legitimate self-defense technique, I don't know, but what I see in this video only proves how skilled the students are at tumbling.

[@BlueCollarEngineer111]

why don't you try to fight steven seagal so that we'll know if your wrestling is the real deal.

[@hokusei5822]

Can you move like those students?

[@thesamuraigardeneredwardda8807]

I grew up having fights in a rough area, even once against a group of skin heads... I´ve been in the Special Forces.. tried many Martial Arts... Good at all, Judo 8 years, black belt karate, boxing, kung-fu, full contact, capoeira... fall in love with the last one Aikido: It´s origins were to fight in the real Samurai battlefield, people try to grab your arms when you have weapons on them... that´s what is being simulated and it happens too sometimes when you are fighting people try to grab you, then you know what to do... Aikido studies not just the grab attacks but the trajectories of attacks: somen uchi, yokomen... yokomen is diagonal right? it could be an arm with a knife, baseball bat.. a leg in a circular kick... you have many options for all these trajectories attacks from pinning down the person to the floor and end of story, if possible, (a very Aiki solution I must say, no harm violence only generates more violence...) or if further enemies throw the attacker to another, or use as a human shield, or... the battlefield possibilities taken to a street fight will make you a winner... the problem is it takes too many years to achieve a level of efficiency... but many enjoy the path there... However, Aikido has evolved from it´s origins and tries not to harm the attacker, opponent, but if you search it´s origins: Aiki-Jujutsu you will see how brutal it was an still is and how it was designed for the Warriors high class to be invincible in the Samurai battlefield, yet be able to fight as a gentleman if attacked by Ninja´s in a corridor and you were wearing your clothes to see the emperor himself!

[@peedinkus389]

You don't know what's going on in the video, so shut your face, idjit.

[@SUPERSTUD6000]

this is a cult

[@Warina13]

Thank you for this! It's awsome!

[@bigsidable]

IM SO FREAKING STOKED RIGHT NOW. MY SON TOLD ME TODAY THAT MY GRANDSÒN ON HIS OWN AT 12 YEARS OLD IS TRAINING AIKIDO. CANT WAIT TO BE HIS UKE.

[@911Salvage]

Bullshido. So impossibru.

[@fastrack2170]

One of the greatest Legends that go unheard of!

[@thelittledojo]

It is special to see history in action a real innovator and treasure.

[@BluePittbull666]

great footage of ueshiba.

[@BeadStallcup]

This is very special. To be able to actually watch the old masters in action 75 years ago.

[@Mdfknsklz]

A Great Piece of Aikido History !

[@guerrierodelgiaguaro]

Hullo dearest Comrade, very beautiful video and also the music. *****from Italy., many thanks for sharing Stefano

[@Serraph8]

I would say that understanding is just a beginning. it all starts then and after you come to that point , your learning truly begins