Hiroshi Isoyama at 1987 All-Japan Aikido Demonstration

The performance of Aikikai 8th Dan, Hiroshi Isoyama, at the 1987 All-Japan Aikido Demonstration held at the Budokan in Tokyo.
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[@aikixtal2013]

Isoyama sensei is a technical director at the Aikikai hombu. The Aikikai is plenty big enough to encompass individual styles and focuses, Isoyama's, Kobayashi's, Doshu's, Saito's, Nishio's aikido, all good, all aikido, which is a really good thing.

[@altairlavin7834]

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL

[@Noahsark17]

Old school Power, not just a ballet performance like we see today. Beautiful posture💓❤️💯

[@Bad_Wulf]

Lovely lovely stuff, proper aikido with centre and power.

[@claredin]

This man is awesome!!!!

[@ericparret6234]

Il a tout simplement débuté l'Aikido en 1949 à l'âge de 12 ans à Iwama, avec O Sensei et Saito sensei en sempai, Tadashi Abe, pas plus de 10 élèves à l'époque....ceci est le reflet de l'Aikido du fondateur et pas une interprétation douteuse...enfin, lui est encore vivant et peut véritablement témoigner de cette époque, donc respect profond.

[@ericparret6234]

salut, la pratique d'Isoyama Sensei est fidèle à ce qu'il a reçu d'O Sensei à Iwama.....mais je partage complètement votre point de vue sur la pratique de l'Aikido avec les autres, l'important étant de préserver l'être humain, son intégrité et la notre.....surtout d'avoir du plaisir à étudier ensemble..... Seulement, ce que nous pratiquons n'est pas "l'aikido", c'est la gymnastique préparatoire, l'échauffement comme taï no henko, morote kokyu ho, le buki waza........comme l'apprentissage des notes de musique....il est illusoire de croire que pratiquer de plus en plus vite et de manière obsessionnelle la "méthode Saîto" est l'Aikido....puisque c'est une pratique en ligne, un contre un, souvent en opposition, ne prenant pas en compte les principes invariants crées par irimi-tenkan.....les huit directions, etc.....je vous renvoie aux articles de www.aikidotakemusu.org/ Illusoire aussi de croire qu'O sensei a créé l'Aikido, il n'a fait que sortir de l'ombre des principes millénaires organisant la vie, l'adversité et les rapports humains dans l'Univers, ce sont des invariants quels que soient les hommes ou les maîtres avant ou après Ueshiba......

[@jasonturner0283]

wow makes me pumped, as a 5th kyu under Hollis sensei at kotokai i cant wait till i am able to recieve my hakama. gonna work hard at jiya waza tonight.

[@garghot]

This is good, this is really good. Sadly, not many schools would adopt this approach...

[@yasmineamberflamenco6725]

Try find a good Iwama/Takemusu style school.

[@Ninja13400]

@@yasmineamberflamenco6725 do you train ??

[@Eclipseakaremo]

well said sir!! Could not agree more!!!

[@weinadong]

Hiroshi Isoyama sensei did not use any atemi or Kusuju; he has so much power from his hara that he can make the uke fly in mid air with hardly any motion with his own body.

[@OrsinoNation]

So many people commenting below on Isoyama not using Aiki, and using too much force. Your comments are ignorant and ego driven (not to mention just plain wrong). Isoyama Sensei is a living master of Aikido. Show some basic respect. If one of the most basic precepts of Aikido is removing ego, you are failing at it spectacularly.

[@dmschwadron]

Last of the old guard. May that spirit never die. It sure is in jeopardy of doing so from the cries of a lot of posters on videos of he and Saito Sensei.

[@simonedwards7543]

Yoshinkan is around so at least we have that

[@mitsourugi]

at last, good old fashion powerful Aikido, not sissy modern dancing!, great video thanks for posting

[@toniodmonio]

Quite interesting throws... Although slightly apart with what i have been taught (Hombu) but still nice to see a different approach.

[@aikixtal2013]

Anyone know who the ukes are? Especially the taller one...

[@jmesa69x]

That. Was sick!

[@HoGreasy]

lol nice one man...i myself am the type who has a background in kickboxing and i feel i would be a decent fit in aikikai in my city (montreal) i'm aware there are some pretty brutal openings in the teaching and learning of aikido and they fail to come out to the type of practitioner that wouldn't use them as finishers.

[@MrSamurai137]

aikido has got have soft of late big up the 1980's

[@aminehadraoui1496]

This is actually aikido as it was thaught by O sensei

[@AstrotominChina]

Proper Aikido...really good stuff...have you guys checked Saito's iriminage: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGbao56MrZ6iobM Modern Aikikai Aikido is gone...ethereal...the martial spirit is lost...

[@2124161]

OP

[@deanwinter4849]

his irimi is where the power comes from. He enters fast and deep. That is why there is so much power. Don't worry there is plenty of aiki - unlike in Tissier.

[@Gieszkanne]

You can not see true aiki, its invisible. If some Aikido or Daito Ryu look totaly fake than there is possibly real aiki in play.

[@simonedwards7543]

Tissier is an amazing aikidoka. Please show some respect

[@Rhobyn]

@samleonetles3 Then start looking at some prewar aikido. And that he said, his students should not copy him.

[@samleonetles3]

I don't exactly understand what you mean with "people like you", it's a sentence I would never use. Assuming anything is unwise, esp in budo. Fancy falls are pointless for a few reasons: everything happens at the beginning / the fall is a convenience given to uke (otherwise uke is broken EACH time, including ikkyo). Agree with you vxShur but go-ju / kotai-jutai are two facets of the same thing...

[@aikixtal2013]

How often did you watch O-sensei train? And what, exactly, do you think martial arts are but for ritualized violence? All I see is some solid aikido, some pretty damn good ukemi, maybe a teeny bit of overdoing the breakfalls but that is common at a demo. If Isoyama sensei was being shitty, he'd give his ukes about half that energy, and would not support them through their falls nearly as much as he does.

[@samleonetles3]

@utubesqueeze You would not talk to me like that in real life, are you aware of that ? (not because I'm impressive BTW, just because you wouldn't). On the contrary mate, I studied Aikikai, Yoshinkan and now Iwama. I went through all NIshio sensei's movies to get an idea (don't give me the usual "you can't learn form movies" please or let's quit KZbin). I went to many seminars by many shihan and I visited Tokyo's Aikikai. And I studied the link with Daito as well (including hapkido). Enough?

[@simonedwards7543]

Respect my friend osu

[@simonedwards7543]

Poor ukes

[@Eclipseakaremo]

@samleonetles3 And how the hell can you say what a dead man would feel? gotta say, i hate the guys like you! Claiming that it's wrong because u have not "seen" Ueshiba do exactly like that and that he wouldnt approve certain stuff. Soft is good, hard as well. Train as you fight as with the best intensions!

[@mickparly]

Wooouv! Mr. Isoyama is certainly using a lot of unnecessarry power to take a man down. Do not know why so many people are so impressed with that. Yes right! sometimes there is to much dancing in Aikido, but i would not call this aikido good and talentet, but violence based on to much power. And why is he not moving around and make him self floating and flexible.

[@OrsinoNation]

If he's using so much "unnecessary power" why isn't he breathing heavily at the end?

[@samleonetles3]

I did not stay he is bad, I say he displays pointless violence, there is no need for such throws, but that's a demo right? one needs to please the crowd. What he shows and his resumes are two different things. Eventually the treasure is always invisible and hidden.

[@samleonetles3]

I nver saw O sensei practice like that, this is ritualized violence. The old master would cry.

[@alexscott730]

samleonetles3 Says the guy who's only seen limited video footage of Ueshiba to the guy who actually trained and lived with Ueshiba🤔

[@Gieszkanne]

@@alexscott730 Even the old pre WW2 footage of Ueshiba is not rude like this!

[@kmiranda322]

Clearly you don’t know what you’re talking about. Read Saotome sensei’s interview about Koppo Jutsu that he learned from O Sensei directly. If you don’t possess the ability to destroy and attacker who has no interest in harmony… you have no actual ability to protect yourself.

[@pedroespindola2401]

Esas caidas brutales,no son armoniosas,no me parece que sea la forma correcta de practicar aikido,me gustaría saber como terminaron las articulaciones de esos practicantes,luego de este tipo de caidas

[@kaleth8784]

Que y para ti lo armónioso es que danzar o que? El verdadero aikido debe de basarse en la vida real !!!, Otros hacen piruetas, llevan una mala interpretación del Aikido

[@pedroespindola2401]

Creo que si amigo,si el mundo bailara más,andaría mejor,sin duda

[@kaleth8784]

@@pedroespindola2401 es tonto lo que dices de verdad , se nota que falta pisar tierra ennserio....

[@yoshimitsu72]

I think that mr isoyama is a too violent aikidoka. I can see that he uses power vs power, this is not aiki.

[@OrsinoNation]

Remember that stuff your instructor (should have) told you about removing your ego? Isoyama Sensei is a true living master of Aikido. Show some respect.

[@OrsinoNation]

And if he's using so much "power vs power" then why is he not breathing heavily at the end?

[@Gieszkanne]

@@OrsinoNation Because he is in good condition!