Does Aikido REALLY work in a street fight

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[@truthseeker4u254]

You have to defend yourself if attacked. If you know martial arts then that's a bonus. Love your videos!

[@Colinlingle]

Love it. I trained in Hapkido when I was in highschool. Typical HS drama, some other kid wanted to fight me. He was quite a bit larger than me (I'm about 5'5" on a good day), approached me in a hallway, threatened me, and made his intentions clear. I shrugged, sat down my bag, and said something along the lines of "If that's what you wanna do, okay." I dropped into my stance, figured I was about to get my ass beat, and was checking lines of entry, gauging distance etc. Then he made some excuse about how he didn't have time and stormed away, but I never had a problem with him again. A mutual friend told me that even though he was bigger than me, it scared the hell out of him that I was so calm about it.

[@steveabraham3052]

When I look at Aikido’s applicability to street fighting, I think of Aikijitsu, because of course, aikido was derived from aikijitsu techniques as well as other martial arts, such as iajitsu. So to me this makes sense. I often hear people make comments about aikido not being worth anything in a street fight and I think to myself, it’s betheyve never trained. The best martial artists are the ones who’ve studied more than one art. Great video!

[@cyrilcooper4173]

No one art has all the answers. The best or most effective art is the one you need at the moment. You can learn a lot from Aikido and Any other art that can be useful. Absorb what’s useful, reject what’s useless, now let’s have a look at it. 🙏🏾

[@mscir]

Agreed, it's good to know more than one. I loved judo.

[@relationalities7645]

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[@willkido9641]

I've been practicing aikido for going on 11 years now and have been practicing bjj for going on 4 years as well and what I have learned is that the aikido techniques have an outside control focus, which is better for dealing with armed opponents where the art of judo has a more inside focus that is much better for unarmed combat. Personally for a street fight I think aikido is more applicable, but for combat sports judo and bjj are the better route. It's all jujitsu at the end of the day just different systems for different things.

[@bornfree3124]

I like pressure points, they are so effective, if one doesnt do what you need another one may.

[@anthonydavythompsonstevens4297]

Aikido is Ver,Very Effective in A Street Fight! .Much Appreciated; Thank you! ******❤👍👍👍

[@attygarland6909]

Funny coincidence that Azu picked that particular topic for this week. I was just watching a video I had run across yesterday of Wally Jay's own son (R.I.P. Wally) demonstrating the principals of his father's "Small Circle Jiu-Jitsu" for an appreciative audience of Jitsukas (sp. ?). I had always been fascinated by this particular form of JJ (which is a far cry from the "ground grappling" techniques of Brazilian/Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, btw). For those not familiar with SCJJ, it basically involves the principal of maintaining constant contact with your attacker (i.e. at close range) while at the same time maintaining full control over them, using finger, wrist and elbow joint locks and bars. The interplay between the two participants, as it can smoothly flow (!) from one hold to another (as the attacker attempts to get out of their predicament) is almost like a dance, albeit with the attacker generally kept in great pain at all times. I noticed that one of the particular locks shown in the video is almost exactly like one commonly used in Aikido. The other neat aspect of SCJJ (and one which I'm sure Azu would appreciate, based on his past comments) is the ability to either use minimal control over the attacker, if desired, or, if necessary, to escalate to a more "violent' control in which particularly a joint - even an elbow - could be easily broken to neutralize their threat. This is one of the very few martial arts that I have seen where you have this "choice" available to you, as Azu says. Anyway, I think it's worth watching and learning some of the techniques of SCJJ to supplement that of Aikido. KEEP GROWING, AIKIDOFLOWERS (FLOW-ERS?)!

[@HWJoker]

I really love your videos. I am practicing Aikido for 22 years and even if ppl are saying, what you guys are doing in your videos, is not Aikido, I have to say, it is absolutely Aikido, what I see in your Videos. It is a bit like Karate, if ppl would see Karate Katas in YT Videos, they would also say, Karate isnt working on the street and same in Aikido, most of the techniques (some with the dancing part) are forms who teach movement and positioning; they are like Katas in Karate. Sad that the budo aspect isnt taught in Aikido-Dojos very much nowadays. But it was O-Sensei Ueshiba who said 90% of Aikido is Atemi, something many Aikidoka forgot, or never learned. Keep on going the good work and show the world that Aikido was created as real Martial Art and still can be.

[@DriftingKenshi]

Great video. Thank you for the breakdown

[@argoshikan]

Looking great sir!

[@user-wc3tw4pg6x]

Love how this bloke explains

[@yusefendure]

Down-to-earth street wisdom. Respect.

[@scottbarber2736]

“How do you know anything about yourself if you’ve never been in a fight?”-Tyler Durden Yer a bouncer. Me too. We know.

[@aaronwright7266]

A big aspect of martial arts is they're actually not about martial art vs martial art. Not what they're for or how they were developed.

[@mishapeshic]

Glad to see you sensei 😀💪 how have you been

[@jtilton5]

To Paraphrase Robert Koga Sensei: Most people think self defense is a bunch of punching and kicking, but it's not that. So what is it? Well, it's the same as defensive driving. You observe the conditions ahead and prepare to act accordingly.

[@ralphmelvin1046]

Well why wouldn't it work? Also you shouldn't be in a street fight to begin with.. martial arts teaches you to walk away

[@aaronkahn-bork1120]

Most aikido schools don’t pressure test their techniques against a resisting opponent… that’s a very good reason why it wouldn’t work. They also don’t really train strikes. This channel is a huge exception.

[@ralphmelvin1046]

@@aaronkahn-bork1120 there is combative aikido, and remember in a street fight any technique because it's all-out combat could work. You are right you point out some good points about akido, it's very non-aggressive doesn't teach you much about strikes this channel is an exception. But as I say there is combative Akido..

[@j.d.buchanan4897]

Sometimes you don't get a chance to walk away.

[@AlphonsoFrett-xz6pi]

This is why I carry a 42 inch long combat cane because I can use it

[@robertparsons1986]

You sound like a nerd

[@kimcarson4219]

The thing is people tend to see martial arts as something plain or solely. While the truth is martial arts is always something additional to what we already have. So, i think that’s why people think martial arts except boxing, muay thai, MMA doesn’t work. Martial arts doesn’t win fights, it’s the fighters who wins fights

[@user-kx9mt1kb5k]

A real hodge podge of techniques borrowed from various martial arts to survive in the streets, sounds to me like Bruce Lee would've loved Aikido Flow and friends!

[@aurumgold9145]

quality

[@giuliocirullz158]

After the elbow strike I thought "I will strike with a fist right the face!"

[@nordicwarrior5014]

Depends on the 2 combatants really. Their overall strength, conditioning, experience and ability.

[@kirillzakharov7336]

and timing, too. arguably, the most important factor.

[@nordicwarrior5014]

@@kirillzakharov7336 True. Timing and reflexes are also very important no matter what your style or discipline.

[@michaelfraser5723]

what did / does the " dark season " mean?

[@piotrmalewski8178]

Imho oldschool straightforward and brutal Aikido as suggested recently by a Japanese master on Jessie Enkampf's channel, or even by Steven Seagal earlier, should be very effective. (Yes, I know of all issues with Steven Seagal, but he does have very good points when talking about martial arts only and not about people.)

[@mojtabarazavi6588]

❤

[@dwighthasbrouck8993]

👍👍👍

[@jb6368]

I am 6'2 in height,,18 stone. I am a machine 😂 but I hate striking ,,punching etc,,just piss poor at it but i can embrace Grabbling etc. Mind boggles but I cant lie about it. Most would say use your size and force but just not me. Always felt more comfortable grabbling etc.

[@michaelgiddings195]

Holds and submission holds can actually end the broken bones theory of Kick Their Ass in Karate forms , It was just like Anything in America , A Lotta EGO Eh. But I NEVER MISED a Episode of Kung Fu . It was that exsposure that made you Understand , Leave me Alone / Dont Get Hurt.

[@andrewp1998]

whats a good martial art to compliment aikido?

[@Aikibiker1]

Anything that involves work against a resisting opponent. whether it is boxing with it's competitions, Judo randori, rolling in BJJ, sparring in Muay Thai. Something that makes your stress/fear level go up so you get used to actually moving and doing something under adrenal stress. That is the key component missing from most Aikido training. Edit: I am also a fan of a training technique used in BJJ where one technique will be taught along with variations. The technique is initially done in a cooperative manner much like Aikido training. Then in the next phase the training partner starts trying to escape from the technique or use strength to keep it from being applied. In the third phase the training partner starts to try to counter the technique with something of their own. If the given technique is a counter to some sort of attack the training partner starts trying to make the initial attack work. That is directly applicable to Aikido since most of what we do could be described as counters. I shamelessly stole this method and have applied it to my Aikido training. It worked well for me as I had to use Aikido to defend myself at work numerous times while working at a hospital with an active emergency Department that was also a psychiatric emergency receiving facility. Part of the that last phase of training for Aikido techniques should include discussing why the various grabbing attacks in Aikido are used. For training I have found it useful use the attacks in Aikido either as a precursor to a judo type throw or wrestling takedown, or use the grab to keep nage from drawing a sword or knife (Aikido is based on Samurai martial arts and they were always armed) this give the Uke a goal besides "grab and hold on tight" . It also gives them a realistic way to apply energy to nage. Lastly it (should) give nage some fear of getting thrown or taken down, even if it is only fear of embarrassment. The purpose of the strikes are self explanatory. When it comes to the last phase when working with strikes, just give uke some boxing or MMA gloves and let them try to actually hit nage without being thrown or locked up. Students that are taking part in the third phase of this training paradigm should have good ukemi skills. It is NOT for new students.

[@ebakindeji5941]

Judo.

[@Combat556]

Any tips are appreciated, thanks.

[@udruzenjeprofajlera]

Yes it works if you practise properly

[@naifgobory6212]

I believe Aikido practice should mixed with Judo , if you could not bend someone joint wrist , at least you can throw him or disturb his balance , then you can use Aikido again

[@ebakindeji5941]

Tomiki Aikido is a hybrid of Aiki-jūjutsu and Judo.

[@Coppernicium]

In fighting, there are many phases and forms that we need to understand and close our vulnerabilities. Using only fists and feet in boxing will cause problems with being captured by strength and a larger body. It's a pretty big problem. And that's where Aikido can come in and fix that. In fighting at such close range that using fists, feet, and knees is difficult. For example, in the BJJ phase, it is not very suitable for street fighting. Of course, this distance gives people who are good at this distance an advantage over standing boxers who need more range for their punches and feet. But we will be vulnerable to attacks by 3rd parties. It is still necessary to maintain distance between your punches and your retreating moves. And Aikido, which allows for maintaining distance to use hands and feet, is still a good option. Just practicing Aikido to be skilled enough to use it for self-defense. need a lot of time and teachers who teach with understanding And But in Aikido training there is a big movement to learn to understand force. But it's not like we use big moves in every real battle.

[@blockmasterscott]

One of my in-laws had a violent personality and tried stab me in the stomach with a kitchen knife while using the basic mid level thrust that KZbinrs everywhere say would never happen. Well it did. I had been practicing Hapkido for a few years , so I was able to place her in a wrist lock. So yeah, the stuff does work.

[@phillmor1405]

There is a difference between a question like this = Does Aikido really work in a real fight ?. And a question like this = Does Aikido that most Aikido schools teach nowadays ...actually work in a real fight ?.

[@michaelfraser5723]

so it's all about ADVANTAGE. kicking and hating and punching for blood, is so uncool

[@kravenmoorehead7927]

Depends on who your fighting I suppose. Every fight I have ever been in was way too violent for sh.t like this to be effective.

[@Chineseboxingjkd]

Every self-defense comat Martial arts is down to the individual on how effective it is and greatly depends on who you're defending yourself against. What if you are confronted by a person who is a well trained martial artist? What then ?... Not everyone who fights on the street are scared to be hit 🤨.. you're generalising that anyone you meet in a street fight will be scared to be hit. Also you said you always get ready for a punch come in so you can slip it? What if for example he attacks with fast low kicks to the legs.. because you talk as if in a street fight the other guy will always punch with slow straight crosses and never throw a technical combination at speed with fast distance closing eg: peek a boo Mike Tyson style footwork and combinations, how does your one step get you away from this speed of attack??? If you believe your footwork would sufficient enough to work can you upload a video like this please. I would be very interested in seeing it. Thank you

[@adrianelosegui201]

I'm angry with you teacher! I'm a practitioner of Wing Chun, and people also say things like you mention, aikido works do well, the point is not the art, the point is who uses it and how do it. Thank you!!!!

[@diddymuck]

whe-ak?

[@flintan4885]

Aikido doesn't work against someone who fights back

[@lml7763]

Steal??? steal!!! that goes against the 10 Commandments 😱😱😱 i would rather use the term borrow without giving back ( the origin of Hua Rang Do ) 🤣😅😆😁 just joking... i got the picture.... actually... you stole the words right out of my mouth....👍❤

[@strength1006]

i am angry at you, because you were telling the truth. lol I was trying to find a flaw in something you said or showed. i saw nothing. don't worry I am still checking. That is based on respect. i would love for you to repond. either way it goes, please keep educating.

[@RealMTBAddict]

Just don't think Stevel Seagall is a legit fighter...

[@mycatsballs8195]

“All martial arts are good” No they are not It’s funny how boxing and kickboxing always rise to the top Even wrestling will be better than aikido in a street fight

[@ebakindeji5941]

Does boxing and kickboxing teach you how to defend against multiple attackers and knives?. NO, Aiki-jūjutsu and even Judo does. Tomiki Aikido is a hybrid of those.

[@mycatsballs8195]

@@ebakindeji5941 yea they teach how Its called Run All that crap you said doesn’t work against multiple attackers because they all jump you at the same time And if you want the best Its called a pew pew

[@chengfu7063]

The truth is you on your skill the truth is there's nothing to street fighting take the dirt throw it in the face put the enemy down put them on a commission for good Glen in the yard with whatever works it isn't how well does this artwork is how well can you know the man fighting can work obviously an attacker only has one goal to cause harm so make them the victim

[@frenstcht]

Aren't you a bouncer/doorman? If you have CCTV footage of using Aikido in your job, posting some of it will boost your credibility. It doesn't have to be pretty. It doesn't have to be gratuitous.

[@craigsaunders9599]

Of course Aikido will work in a street fight . I'm a bodybuilder, I don't expect an Aikido champion to pose at the competition stage and say to that Aikido fighter you are not big enough, your muscle is not in symmetry and proportion compared to other bodybuilders onstage at the competition. The general public is just jealous of you and wants you to stop doing your Aikido, but I say to you don't give up Aikido never say die as much as I won't give up bodybuilding.