❌DON'T❌ Turn Your Hips!?!?｜Gedan Barai Aiki-Jujutsu Style

[@donelmore2540]

As you were struggling to do the Gedanbarai release move, I found my self yelling at you to “Drop Your Hips!” LOL. I’ve done Aikido a couple of times and found it helpful in adding a different hip feeling to my Karate. When I first did Aikido in 1974, I thought I’d pick it up quickly as I had quite a bit of informal wrestling in my background and of course Shotokan. I was surprised to discover that the hips were totally different. It was a college class that I started late so I missed the beginning instruction in rolling/falling so I struggled with that. At the end of the semester Saito Sensei had everyone get thrown and you were supposed to just roll forward and back to your feet. My natural reaction was 100% backwards and, when thrown, I arched my back instead of curving it. When I arched, my feet hit before my back, but because of my momentum, I still came back up immediately. It still makes me laugh at Saito Sensei’s reaction. His facial expression was, “What the hell!” LOL. But because it worked, he just shrugged his shoulders.

[@ca177]

Very good, aikido-karate cross study.. Now I want to see the karate folks teaching Aikikai how to punch properly.. Punch from hara..

[@BadaBarreto]

LOL

[@MarioSeoane]

Box works better with Aikido, basically for having more circular attacks and movements, at close range, keeping also both feet closer, like in Aikido. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXvNmYiFjbSthbc kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn_GnZiuh9J3qbs

[@malasangre6700]

@@MarioSeoane Linear strikes is beginner´s karate. WKF´s competition rules favor only linear attacks.

[@rubenlopezcuriel4550]

well, those gays are not aikikai, any way in "aiki-jujutsu" arts are some varied forms of punch, we called "atemi".

[@ruialmeida818]

On remark for all who are taking the first steps in Aikido - grasping Swari Kokyu-ho is on of the hardest things I've ever came accross... It's incredibly hard to explain the exercise, because it's incredibly hard to grasp - it's more about how it feels than how we preform it... that being said, great job in that exercise, both from the sensei trying to explain it on a simple matter and to you guys that are executing it. Keep at it, as it's a valuable exercise that teach very important principles.

[@zomuankimakhawlhring5366]

If someone is grabbing by wrist, instead of using your other hand to escape, you could just twist your hand towards your opponents thumb. They do it in grappling arts all the time.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Thanks for your insight!

[@imperialenforcer2271]

Exactly. Other thing you could do is step in and use the elbow.

[@torstenscott7571]

Very valid point regarding more preferable escape options, but I think he was trying to use this particular technique to demonstrate a very efficient principle regarding the spinal axis. I'm curious as to how many techniques could spring from this principle.

[@HomelessNinjaKennedy]

Or just punch them in the face with your free hand.

[@DisegnoSb]

altho its not allowed in karate competitions, what i do when someone grabs my wrist is to lock their fingers with my other hand so they cant let go, and then do a wristlock that i dont remember the name... but, you basically use 2 hands on one, twist arround with elbows close to body and drop your bodyweight... it wrecks their wrist in an instant... for self defense, i have used it a few times... never done it in competition because its not allowed

[@leonardoharo]

Very informative, thank you. Guillaume-san techniques and concepts are fascinating. Hope to see more cross-arts collaborations like this in the future. Oss from Brazil.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Thanks!

[@Vatras888]

"Always in center" as my sensei says.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

I see!

[@MarioSeoane]

I remember a time when I was attacking fast a Shihan and he moved slightly and entered in a diagonal movement totally unified and centred. He didn’t touch me but the feeling was like if I was going to be hit by a truck, instinctively and unconsciously my body movement changed and I lost my balance and was projected during the fast attack. No magic, just perfect timing, balance and a very strong centred posture from that Shihan.

[@BadaBarreto]

@@MarioSeoane seems mystic magic but it's tail l real technics, position and movement. Good explanation.

[@ruialmeida818]

Same as my sensei.. The mantra is: bent knees, low hip, straight back and always centered :D Kudos from Portugal

[@Titan500J]

Great video. I studied Aikido and Judo from the same Sensei for 6 years. I now study ITF TKD. Seeing this video is so great. All Japanese arts have there roots in the sword. Many thanks😎

[@salamangkali-allmartialart4836]

3:10 is made even easier by stepping back and sitting down as you do the movement.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Thanks for your insight!

[@mauricekiely4288]

Then follow up with a front kick to their back leg (inner thigh just above the knee) then step forward and lock their arm in a figure of 4 arm lock and throw them to the floor.

[@yeout4386]

cool video hope i can train aikido one day

[@KarateDojowaKu]

It’ll be fun!

[@thetruemorg]

Has someone that had a black belt in shotokan and a second-degree black belt in Aikido I totally feel exactly how he's trying to explain Aikido things to a Karate person And not understanding The reasoning behind certain things. I really liked watching this video reminding me of so many good principles that I got from both styles.

[@rezanadesian6652]

Wow good aikoda man

[@squintclinic]

I started training Shotokan Karate at 11. Shodan at 16, Nidan at 42 (I had a little break😉). Early on, my understanding was always that the blocks were blocks. When I came back to training at 40, I had access to a lot more information and I found that globally there was a much truer understanding of Karate; especially in western countries who had previously had to deal with a considerable linguistic and cultural barrier between them and the principles and techniques. I began to question certain aspects of my training - certain methods seemed unviable in a practical self-defence situation. When I was younger I was all about speed, flexibility, accuracy, precision and power. All essential qualities for excelling at a martial art. But in hindsight, I see that I trained and fought in an artificial environment, governed by strict rules of conduct and taught techniques in a rigid format. Stances! Don’t get me started..likewise, blocks..I’ve since heard the adage “a block is a lock is a blow is a throw”, words that make perfect sense to me now. For the last few years (since I graded to Nidan) I’ve been training outside of my comfortable Shotokan bubble. Okinawan Karate, Kyokushin and, for the last three years, Goshin based Ju Jitsu. I’ve experienced gedan barai used a choke, a simultaneous parry and strike, a strike with the focus (hikite) hand while the ‘blocking’ hand holds, a precursor to a throw - I’ve practised it using every part of the entire movement against a resisting opponent, rarely solely as a downward block. In my recent experience, this goes for all the ‘blocks’. It’s misleading to call them that. This video is interesting to my analytical self, the person who’s interested in generating maximum power and effectiveness but it scrapes the surface of the true application of the movement.

[@Petruscaceres]

Thanks for sharing. So in your age today, did you manage to get your flexibility back? Do you do some kicks differently?

[@maryfuentes7277]

Great video 👍👍👍👍👍

[@vargorn9345]

Oh, it brings back my good memories.

[@thomasda3482]

zthe sensei sounds like French ... The great aiki sensi Christian tieer is also from France ... There is a lot of great Teacher in France to teach aikido ..... The true martial art is spreading in world .... Like France to gain judo and aikido pure technic and holland gained good knowledge of kickboxing.... Because a lot of Thai boxer trained holland fighters

[@marcoaoranm]

Por supuesto que tiene razón!. La cuestión es que está haciendo mal el Gedan Barai de Karate. El debe cruzar la defensa y hacer fuerte Hiki Te, así el resultado es el mismo que en su técnica de Aikido

[@malasangre6700]

Eso le dije.

[@werivio541]

You add more video like it or sparings? Aikijutsu are cool

[@matthewbreytenbach4483]

Excellent!

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Thanks!

[@sway71]

Dude. At 10:10 you hit on something that is an extremely good way to practice. Food for thought: try standing in a square stance (facing your partner with feet together) and have them push you off balance so you have to react or fall over. It's obviously a more dynamic motion than readjusting to a push, but I think both are vital. The pushing game is similar to the principle Tai Chi tries to teach in push hands practice (another wildly misunderstood and unappreciated exercise).

[@chrisclower685]

Yeah, there are a few styles like that. We have a guy in our Shotokan dojo now who had a shodan in Shorin-Ryu about 20 years ago. There's no concept of half-hip; hips are always square and facing forward. So far we've spent about 3 months working on breaking him out of that.

[@beansnrice321]

They say that no plan survives contact with the enemy and, in my mind, that is why aikioda always train with a partner.

[@stuarthazard3162]

if it feels right, it's right

[@snakeeagle6930]

Check out eri juji gatame/ nage . Juji gote. Okuri gote...gyaku gote. Oshi gote. Ryote gote. 🙏🙏🙏 shorinji kempo.

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Thanks!

[@nusajati9778]

Effective movement

[@DanTheWolfman]

How do I contact the AikiJJ sensei? These are many same concepts as in my own Aikido vs mma BJJ video and my better systema vs mma vidro

[@professorviniciusmiguel]

Try [e-mail]

[@AllyCMa]

What is the name of the technique that resembles gedan barai kyokushin fighters executes during kumite when the adversary is brought down.

[@shirakeme]

This is same as batto(sword drawing) movement, I think

[@williamthomas2278]

Much of Aikido, some say all of it, is based on sword forms. The saying is weapon no weapon no difference. Drawing the sword as with cutting movements with a sword comes thru in how two arms move as one we draw the sword turn and cut our hands will be the same as if we had a sword in hand. Any reputable Akido dojo will have an extensive weapons curriculum

[@andrew33933]

it reminds me of Aikido

[@Vatras888]

Because it is

[@Samperor]

@@Vatras888 daito ryu

[@Vatras888]

@@Samperor Daito ryu and Aikido was not distinguished in Japan in early XX century. Those are very close arts. From every Daito ryu technique you can make aikido technique and in reverse too.

[@WimR999]

It' s just about using the hikite with the hip movement. Karate you always use both hands. Also, you better don't keep standing in front of your opponent, but step to the side. Keep your weapons aligned to your opponent, but step out of the line of the opponent's weapons. This is basic Goju Ryu practice.

[@fboost]

Your title say Aki jujitsu but in the video he references Akido. So which is it, they are not the same!

[@michaeljung4398]

I had same question. It is not Aiki-jujutsu. It's Aikido.

[@HomelessNinjaKennedy]

"You can make fun of aikidoka but..." Are Aikido guys constantly being bullied or something? Almost every time I watch an Aikido walkthrough, it's prefaced with some sort of prematurely defense statement. I've never seen anyone besides Aikido guys do this.

[@alexandrealves2877]

It is because Aikido does not get involved in competitions and the ignorant people who like bloodshed are always talking nonsense about Aikido.Internet fighters, keyboard warriors watch videos and think stupid things like "if Aikido worked it would go to UFC", this kind of nonsense is common.

[@chrokeii]

@@alexandrealves2877 you seem like the kind of guy that gets offended easily. You must be an aikidoka.

[@alexandrealves2877]

@@chrokeii Your mother is not easily offended, is that because she does not practice Aikido?

[@alexandrealves2877]

@@automaticninjaassaultcat3703 No, it isn't. AI KI can not be tested inside rules. You are wrong. Let me bring my katana to your rules and we can start to think about your dreams of games and rules. Ueshiba Kaiso was right and Doshu Ueshiba Aikikai is protecting the path and making a brilhant work. Kishomaru Sensei is an incredible part ot this history and you are talking about the Doshu. Shut your big mounth, keyboard samurai, we are talking about AI KI and you doing misspelled with it's name. Who told you about AI KI in this way? I am here to tell you AIKIDO is very effective, and I am a Brazilian with 20 years of BJJ and my Judo was the best of my country in my weight, I know what I am saying. Aikido is dangerous, it is very japanese system of leverages with the hips and elbows. It is just dangerous, you never know if you will go to wheelchair forever or will die. AIKIDO is the most complicated to trainning.

[@HomelessNinjaKennedy]

@@automaticninjaassaultcat3703 you have good, well thought out observations. I remember seeing a documentary about Ueshiba once and also finding it odd that modern Aikido practitioners don't follow his core teachings. And for some reason, when you point this out to an aikidoka, they get extremely upset.

[@zsolthorvath495]

Where are Mihaly San from? Maybe from Hungary? His name sounds like a hungarian name. :-)

[@KarateGK]

👍

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Thanks!

[@manugurasan3849]

Interesting! Mihai San is perhaps romanian, I' think.

[@benjaminkful]

Is this Akido or -Jujutsu ?.

[@professorviniciusmiguel]

He is Guillaume Erard. It is neither Aikido nor Jujitsu. He is currently a instructor of Daito Ryu Aiki-Jujutsu.

[@Vatras888]

Both. Those arts are very close to eachother. Almost any jijutsu technique can be turned in aikido one and reverse.

[@veronicalangford3028]

👏👏👍

[@sevenhuang7777]

Sound like taichi

[@KarateDojowaKu]

Oh really?

[@thomasda3482]

Karate Dojo waKu the principle is same ....the founder of aikidou Great teacher ...Morihei He has practiced in China ..and he borrowed the theory and concept of yin and yang... . Tai chi quan is also based on yin and yang

[@kopiller]

@@thomasda3482 nope, Yeshiva didn't borrowed nothing from china in aikido, these concepts are present and the foundation of Daitoryu Aikijujutsu, the art that Ueshiba practiced before founding aikido

[@thomasda3482]

Jose Alberto Hernandez Borrego I do think that he did ...he did practice Chinese king fu also ...he lived in China and worked for Japanese military ..and. The concept is exactly same to tai chi ....I suggest you to read more story about him.... Well not big deal if U believe me or not ... What ever he has learned .... But he made or found a new way of fighting art ...which is great achievement.... I m talking about moriheis life .and his aikidou

[@kopiller]

@@thomasda3482 yes it's similar principle like taichi, bagu and other internal arts, but it didn't was Ueshiba "innovation" because this concepts exist in Daitoryu, Ueshiba was part of occupation Manchuria ha wasn't "living in china". Maybe it's you who has to read a bit more with less bias

[@TheDeshi100]

Sumimasen Sensei but he is bigger than you. That’s why you are having some trouble. With your left hand being held, you step forward with your left foot towards your partner at the same time your left hand is turned sideways, horizontally towards your tummy. Your right hand cutting down his wrist then continue with the movement.

[@malasangre6700]

I would add some strike to set up the the liberation of my left hand (what judoka calls "atemi"). I would do the same as you describe, but before the last movement you do with your right hand (cutting down the wrist), I would first hammer-fist the temple of opponent, so when the fist goes down to the wrist, the grab is already loosened. (it sounds so nerdy while writing it down :) ). It might help against bigger opponents.

[@TheDeshi100]

@@malasangre6700 the atemi technically is what you said, the strike to the hand. You can follow up with another when the left hand is free. Though not incorrect to do an Atemi first, it would be harder if the partner/ assailant has the same idea.

[@malasangre6700]

@@TheDeshi100 I was not refering to the strike to the hand, but before that. The point is that you can not finish this technique to a bigger and stronger non compliant rival. In order to make it work, you need to strike first, to set up the technique you are trying to perform. Imagine you are trying a throw against a big non compliant guy. You are not going to move him one inch unless you break his balance and concentration. You do that with a strike. Then you do the throw. What follows then is open: you can strike again to disable your opponent, you can apply a hold of you can run away asap. The first strike used to setup the throw is the atemi I am talking about: in order for your strike to your opponent's hand to be successful, you need to strike somewhere else first.

[@TheDeshi100]

@@malasangre6700 i guess I was not clear or I failed to expound what I meant. I agree with you on the use of atemi however my atemi as we practiced it is made in one move and to the hand holding you. The reason for this are two, 1 . The one holding you has intention of striking as well. Moving to the side takes you out of danger. 2. A bigger person can nullify a smaller one with a that kind of hold. You won’t be able to strike Hope this clarifies and sumimasen for any confusion.

[@MrCristianeaki]

I'm a black belt karate and i can garantee that a karate gedan barai is absolutley not what the aikido sensei tries to explain. I don't know where or what kind of "Karate" he trains or trained... but believe gedan barai is another thing... I mean a karateka don't lose time to unblock his wrist... he strikes with a tzuki (Jeb) direct to face opponent!

[@DLTRN1369]

He should teach you kokyu-ho first. That is the only way to learn aikido.

[@BadaBarreto]

Bait? Aikido or Aikijujutso? "Don't use your arms, use your hips..." first class. Impossible. Like tie the hakama. Impossible.

[@Vatras888]

What?

[@PeterSmith-or3pq]

Squeeze at finish. More squish

[@madspetersen1708]

Aikido is so fake