Endo Seishiro Shihan Aikido Demonstration - 48th All Japan Aikido

Endo Seishiro Shihan Aikido demonstration during the 48th All Japan Aikido Demonstration (2010) at the Nippon Budokan.
Endo Shihan is a 68 years old Aikido high ranked teacher from the world headquarter (Aikikai Hombu Dojo).
Endo Shihan is one of the last students of Aikido's founder Morihei Ueshiba.
He is known to have deeply modified his Aikido after he hurt his right arm to offer techniques that are very less based on strength. This is one of the main factors of his popularity in Japan as well as abroad.
Endo Shihan teaches at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo as well as in his own Saku dojo.
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[@DrXGnOop]

Beautiful expression of Aikido! Thank you for sharing.

[@rannoudanames]

I love his style! so smooth, elegant, yet cunning! How he breaks ballance is impressive!

[@KyleTsaiCanada]

amazing! The timing and control were perfect and I really enjoy his Aikido!

[@bbroegger]

Endo is without a doubt my biggest idol in the aikido world. his Ki is amazing. he makes it look so easy. brilliant

[@Ihealya]

So smooth and so graceful.

[@canajaneh]

I love the way he uses one uke to fend off the other. He was supposed to come for a seminar here to which I was planning to go, but can't travel because of the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster. I hope he'll be able to make it next year.

[@AndreaHernandez-xy5rn]

Thanks for sharing!!!

[@Bigboss5]

its funny cause you see some high ranking aikidoka throwing their uke while trying to look tough and strong. Endo Shihan doesn't "try" to do anything. He just does. The beauty in his technique is its softness. He's super efficient. Minimal effort with what would appear to the untrained eye as a disproportionately effective result. Always a treat to watch his demonstrations and seminars.

[@thientue19]

woa it's awesome! so smooth an elegant

[@sugahtank]

Great personal style...great teacher I had the honor to met him

[@yudansha63]

me too :)

[@sadtechie]

When watching Endo Sensei (who is almost 70), it is easy to see why Aikidokas can continue practising the art to a great age. Clearly this level of mastery takes many years of practice, but this is encouraging rather than disheartening.

[@periclesdias]

Fantastic!

[@Toumasu]

this is some wonderful aikido!

[@jjorgelobo]

Unfortunatly no one as invited Endo Shihan to come to Portugal, but i hope that soon i have the hapiness and the honour to be in the tatami with him

[@macapawa108]

Very cool..... i like his style. He is perfect in my eyes...

[@1upmydog]

Awsome... I used what I saw in akido videos and combine it with my muay thai, ti Chi, wrestling, and jujitsu. All I have to say is it works pretty good.

[@KakuAndy]

Master Endo rocks!!

[@eyalschnider]

amazing mobility...

[@SpirosPapanikolaou]

UN-B-F-K-N-LIEVABLE! Stellar Aikido!

[@ZenOneMike]

aikido is awesome.

[@RadahnsHug]

1:49 An excellent technique. Using an atemi without even touching the uke.

[@aikimelLo22]

This man just contiues to amaze me. I think he's reach close to perfection in his aikido.

[@03sankyu]

Natural no broken moves.. now thats Aikido...

[@jo3bl4ck74]

the best!

[@johnoll]

Being a humble karateka I'd like to see the defences against fast low kicks to the thighs, straight punches to the body, and straight finger-thrusts. From my perspective the knife-hand strikes of the uke look telegraphed and slow. I am not suggesting that I wouldn't be put away trying karate techniques, but I would have liked to see how he would do it.

[@thkun33]

@hstaniloff agree with you , i join his seminar this May and practice with one of them in this clip. he is strong and not easy to off his balance. I am lucky that Endo shihan reconize my limitation and give me a suggestion. afterthat i can nearly apply the technique on him, they are all great and will participate again next year

[@manos3003]

@hstaniloff I totally agree with you on that. There comes a point where you have to learn how to communicate with your partner and keep connection with his center, while both of you are soft and relaxed. It is indeed quite hard!

[@nhancao6355]

endo sensei has a unique style he almost using no power but his ki

[@jdanccastro]

i have trained with Nobuyoshi Tamura Shihan, and it just looks different. One thing is control, over yourself and the attacker, another thing is lightness as it looks here.... but i might be wrong... Got to try out with this master.. =D

[@SuperUniverse0]

This is not at all fake. Go and try - then you will stay silent till your last breath (or until you get the clue and enlighten yourself a little bit more), not saying such a unproved "opinions". I always say go and check for yourself-if you have guts of course :). As far as I have noticed this Man is ready to show anyone who wants to try...This is the highest level I ever seen (and I am able to "see") of AIkido. And I saw many "masters" and Masters.

[@aikiguerrero]

His Aikido only works with Ukes.

[@piros36]

mit tudna csinálni egy MMA támadóval az utcán?? lenne esélye az öregnek a tudományával?

[@Rhobyn]

90% of the people watching this don't understand what they are seeing. Personally, I only get 75%. Would love to visit a seminar of his.

[@WonK200]

Hi, Johnoll, I've practiced aikido, on-and-off (thanks to a back injury) for about 26 years. I originally came from a korean karate background, so I can understand your curiousity. There are youtube videos featuring demonstrations by a prominent french aikidoka, Christian Tissier. He often demonstrates aikido responses to kicks and punches. One youtube video of such a demo is titled "Aikido vs. Kick" (Unfortunately I can't seem to post a direct link... I'll try again in a sec.)

[@natmodugno2343]

Sensei Endo trained with Ueshiba.

[@ketsan]

@aikiguerrero Most people's Aikido is about doing something physical to uke to break their balance. These guys use their bodies to feed uke's brain false information so that they break their own balance. Like on ikkyo you force the arm up so that uke's weight is supported and then you take the support away and you just relax; you don't cut down just let your body relax. Ukes brain can't react fast enough it looks for that support and their body collapses.

[@aikidotrek125]

👍🏽

[@RosssRoyce]

@hstaniloff You should see Aikido in France.

[@RadahnsHug]

Ez attól függ, hogy mennyire jól a képzés mind az egyének is. Lehet, hogy nem néz ki, de van egy sokkal több, akkor csak vele mozgó karját folyik. Nem én vagyok a mester, így nem tudom pontosan, mit fog csinálni. Ha voltak is Aiki, ő elűzi a helyzet és a bal oldalon. Sajnálom, ha a magyar rossz. Én nem igazán beszélnek meg.

[@ToniMattTony]

@buffmedic01 I glad that Im not the only person who thinks like you, I watch this stuff to get a laugh. How in the hell can anyone believe this is fighting.

[@sandan1310]

Also ich habe oder durfte mit Tamura Shihan und mit Endo Shihan Trainieren und was alle gemeinsam haben ist die unglaubliche Erfahrung wenn der Uke Angreift versucht der Meister nicht eine Technik sondern spielt mit dem Uke wie man sieht bei Endo Shihan versucht es auch mal in eurem dojo viel Spaß

[@ChadMaestrodotcom]

@hstaniloff I have to disagree. I'm also an Aikidoka but train Institute style where effectiveness and practicality is the focus. This video shows all his ukes being exceptionally adhering and falling without any influence.

[@piros36]

nincs gond, a lényeget megértem

[@xSHIELDBREAKERx82]

Martial arts is not for the domination of the people around you. It is for the control and domination of yourself. The use of it in defense is secondary. Do you people honestly believe that masters who have studied their art for years upon years would be allowed to batter, bruise and contuse their students just so the status qo can say: "Oh he beat the hell out of him so it must be real and effective in combat."?

[@WayFinder42]

The purpose of most Aikido demonstrations aren't to show you how it would be used on the street. This is a demonstration of harmony with kinetic energy, on the street it would look a bit different.You must realize that he is not putting any force on the people attacking him, he' LITERALLY using their energy to redirect the situation into something else. It's physics, though difficulty of this art does make it seem fake...

[@mikeymarshful]

For those who doubt Aikido's effectiveness... This might change your mind a bit: /watch?v=fy_a7xLzL6w&feature=related

[@Aikidoboskovice]

@tsukiyumi Who are you to judge it is not good? Seishiro shihan is (at least for me) one of the best aikidoka in the world. If you want to say it is good or not you should to be 9th dan of Aikido. If you are then I am sorry. If you don´t then please don´t say something like this. You can say what you want but you should comprehend it.

[@riveraatc]

@mikeymarshful nope. didn't do shit. Aikido remains a spectacle.

[@MrAboumoussaab]

aikido is a sport where you are in deffence in some level but a moithai man or boxer can dimolish ur face isn't a self deffence sport is demonstration sport

[@RadahnsHug]

All he said was he just wanted to see him defend against those techniques and that he did it a little faster. its not that big of a deal.

[@Aikidofight]

das ist Ballet

[@harrytuttle273]

Yes the deadliest of ballet

[@SuperUniverse0]

Ah "belif"...noone ask anyone to belive but to check for himself...then the question of "belif" disappeares...I am always astonished by the fact that people are so arrogant to judge something without practice and direct experience .

[@xSHIELDBREAKERx82]

Who would see the finer movements within the larger whole to know how to properly perform said kata if they went full on? I know I couldn't. It's comparable to going to math class and the teacher telling you that 1+1=2 so now you can do advanced calculus with that information. You totally skip the necessities in between. They don't move at full speed because there's no need to in a demonstration. No one but God would learn from it. And HE knows all.

[@YaaqovCrow]

@hstaniloff This is definitely "soft" when compared to say an actual confrontation. The ukes are being purposively compliant. But from what I understand aikido defense in general implies defense against at least a mostly committed, if not fully committed, attack or grapple. The more energy from the opponent, the more possible it is to re-direct (into a lock or a throw). So I see nothing to criticize here. Good technique

[@SuperUniverse0]

and one more thing-do you really think that a real master would let you get so close to his body so you could seriously attack? This is possible only for the purpose of training-in other cases there are methods NOT to let anyone with REALLY destructive intentions into personal space...so this is Art-in fact today when people buy guns and are using it for killing purposes all of the "Martial Arts" are Arts-no more no less...maybe sometimes for someone are something more then art...sometimes...

[@aikimelLo22]

*reached*.\

[@xSHIELDBREAKERx82]

Please come back to earth and join the rest of us. Parents wouldn't let their children go through that and adults wouldn't put up with it. This is on top of the fact that unless the student gives express permission the teacher by the rules and regulations of the Aikido Foundation can't be treated like a toy. They can't just go beating the piss out of them for the sake of showing you combat effectiveness. It's unrealist to move at that speed to demostrate a technique anyway.

[@jdanccastro]

It all looks too much "lightness". I like the older masters more. More marcial....

[@raulhuamaniroa4062]

Algunas personas se equivocan creen que el Akido competicion. El Akido es un Arte Marcial de relajacion espiritual. Ese Senor argentino que es cinturon negro que rompe ladrillos. tiene un muy equivacado cree que el Akido danar al oponente. Vuelvo a repetir el Aikido es mente y cuerpo relajado y mucha tranquilidad personal asi como el pozo de agua. Es mas bien es una danza espiritual de relajamiento. Un ejemplo el mismo Bruce Lee lo havia practicado ya en ese tiempo el todas las artes Marcialesde todos los continentes. Con todo respeto al senor Argentino que rompe el ladrillo. Como una ves lo Bruce Lee el ladrillo no devuelve golpe. Soy peruano, mi nombre: Raul Huamani Roa

[@ToniMattTony]

You would destroy him........... End of story. This Aikido is all BOLOGNA.

[@mikiohandy]

Nonsense.

[@nhancao6355]

hey u karate is not useful anyway i have seen people training them in kata it so risky u blind or sthing dont u see endo sensei movement was so quick dont talk about sthing u dont know well

[@buffmedic01]

I think this guy has brain washed his students to believe he has this unreal Ki... its very funny what the mind can do. I know this is a demo, but his students react as though he is moving them or stopping them with an imaginary field of energy. Reminds me of the Kiai-Master vs. MMA video. One that is very enlightening to people that believe in this. Yes I know this is a demo, but it is utterly ridiculous.

[@jo3bl4ck74]

the best!