How to do AIKIDO - TenShin Ukenagaeshi Bokken drill

[@c0z0m0n3]

Thank you for putting up bokken drills! Was gonna start asking for those!

[@brentr926]

Well, time to buy a bokken. You really have a gift, I think very few people could make a video like this and get the concepts across so clearly!

[@keithkruger7270]

Lenny, I've commented on your videos before. I love them all and have adopted many of your TenShin aikido elements into the aikido that I teach. Somehow, I've never come across this video before. I think your commentary of Aikido bokken training is dead on. I've never been a fan of it myself and has never struck me as a practical application of the sword. Even the shape of the strikes is different from what you see from someone like Tetsuzan Kuroda Sensei when you see kenjutsu demonstrated. The bokken you see him use is not as long as the ones you are using but you can easily distinguish the greater hand spacing and his strikes immediately make you think "CUT" as opposed to Aikido bokken which simply look like being hit with a long wooden club. BTW, you talk about your bokken training and it's relationship with your open hand technique. From the outside having studied the videos that you've produced, Greg Sinclair's videos and film of Steven Seagal, it's VERY obvious that the deflections you use are adapted directly from Kenjutsu. Everyone involved in aikido will say the movements are derived from the sword but to be honest, it's not something that's very apparent when you watch most aikido practiced. You guys really walk the walk. I don't know if you still monitor any of these responses anymore, but I gotta ask. Where did you guys get the bokkens you use? Are they available anywhere?

[@jollygoodyo]

I miss aikido and all its weapons training. thank you for bringing back those memories.

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

marcustya88 Thank you for watching.

[@RandAlthor939]

very good explanation we practice this drill. everything you've said I have had drummed into me since being a kid. top class instructions. it's amazing how much you just take for granted. it was a real blast from the past for me . excellent.

[@jackmcmurtrie1279]

very nicely done again guys ty so much for the demo!!!! plz keep the videos coming it's appropriate and would love to train with u too some day Lenny ur friend Jack from mi.

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

Tracy Mcmurtrie Thank you again jack for your continued support brotha!!!

[@joet7580]

Bokken might seem a little esoteric, but I am just starting to learn these in a school, so the videos help a lot. Thanks master Lenny!

[@jackmcmurtrie1279]

hey man no problem!!!! ty for showing all these videos it sure does help ur a great man and friend keep up teacher ur doing freaking awesome!!!! and all of the rest too ty bro

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

Tracy Mcmurtrie Thanx jack I really do appreciate your kind words. People like you make me never want to quit making video's. It means a lot to know that I'll helping people, despite what other people think of me from the complete bullshit that is being said.

[@johncardamone7531]

Thank you so much Sensei Lenny!!! Melbourne , Australia

[@optic_assassin46yes47]

I don't even like Aikido but for some reason I love these video's.

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

Andrew Skidmore Thank you I'm happy to hear you enjoy my channel.

[@tiburonsam1]

MORE BOKKEN TRAINING PLEASE!!!

[@cesarag0723]

Swords are legal to carry in Texas now, open carry. So our training may come in use down here. Haha!

[@OmniphonProductions]

As a Kenjutsu instructor, I'm initially troubled by the idea of, "...staying in front of your partner," in the context of sword (or any weapon) training, but I'm staying tuned...trusting that, like many things in Aikido, "as taught" is not necessarily intended for direct practical application. For instance, as I watch, I can't help noticing that Bob is leaning forward quite a bit, as if straining to even reach you. Safety is, of course, paramount, but safe distance should still allow for proper posture. That said... THANK YOU for using a bokken with an adequately long tsuka. It's amazing what that extra couple of inches does in the way of leverage. Thank you, also, for utilizing Kenjutsu within your Aikido studies. After all, Morihei Ueshiba...before creating Aikido...was an accomplished swordsman, which is why the movements of Aikido are _based_ on the sword. Aikido _without_ sword training is guaranteed to miss some of its greatest aspects. I also like the presence of the tsuba. While most modern analogs (baseball bats, pool cues, staff, etc.) don't have them, broken fingers (as you said) put a major damper on training. (My own thumb can testify.) I love that you talk about getting out of hand with a training partner whose own skill you know and trust. My sensei is also my best friend, and he and I have engaged in many a duel, covering all kinds of distances and attacking at damned near top speed and intensity. We've both "tagged" each other a few times, but we've also had beautiful, nearly cinematic moments when everything "froze" just as each of us stopped our bokken about a half inch away from what could otherwise have been a trip to the hospital...or worse. It's not a toy; it must be respected. However, once one reaches that level, (A) it's the best way to improve and (B) it's a total rush. ;-) Nice touch, clarifying the point about keeping your head within the circle. I don't know anybody who hasn't had their own bokken bounce of their head (myself included) because of exactly what you showed.

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

OmniphonProductions Thank you AGAIN and AGAIN and oh wait..... AGAIN!!!!!!! For you thought out very detailed and experience based comments on literally every video of mine you seen. I truly appreciate the time and effort you put into each comment. I'm not just thanking you for me but for everyone that reads these comments. It gives other people that watch my video's and reads the comments another verbal way of understanding what's being demonstrated and highlighting certain points of the video that someone might have over looked.

[@OmniphonProductions]

Always glad to lend another perspective. Of course, if I ever get to long-winded or self-indulgent, feel free to tell me to piss off. ;-)

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

OmniphonProductions lol never!

[@OmniphonProductions]

By the way, Happy Birthday (slightly belated). Hope it was a good one.

[@canadiannavigator3346]

I know this comment is some two years old ... BUT ... aikido needs to bring back weapons training back into it's curricuculum. We need kenjitsu/aidio practitioners back into our dojo's. I've seen Daito Ryu Practitioners use the bokken during taichi-ai techniques, it brings perspective to taijutsu techniques.

[@EntertheDragonChild]

That one handed technique was legit!

[@cesarag0723]

This exercise is used a lot in Aikido, good practice! It works much better with a Kiri kaeshi’s angular cut. We usually do it in circles alternating directions at will, will have to see if stationary is easier. Good break down!

[@travisjohnson7047]

I can really relate to that finger and hand smashing feeling when I learned Kenjujitsu, I can relate, we trained without the finger guard, I have a couple scars from that, but well, I guess my first Instructor failed to explain that, but I was happy to have learned it from Shihan Larry, it got retrained for me! Major concentration, and yes the roll over is crucial, to preserve the blade, so learning to use the Kasana and sides to deflect the Bokken, I demonstrated both the Katana and how we utilize that in our Te Katana hand deflections so they can see how they connect

[@pyshpoak]

Another great vid.I'm no aikido men,but i enjoy your vids greatly.I hope you dont mind the comparison,but to my eyes,this drill is almost a hubad done with swords.Thanks

[@bouamahichem6267]

thank you teacher

[@davidharris2558]

Great video. Thanks.

[@nathantownsend3044]

Bokken training is great for attribute development

[@justevilgames9084]

Awesome !

[@komhskt]

AWESOME!!!

[@shindendojo]

Nice one! Thanks. When you say "no blade to blade" I assume you mean no edge to edge.

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

shindendojo yes correct not edge to edge

[@computron808]

I want one of those bokken

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

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[@computron808]

Thank you brother.

[@collinnicolazzo2065]

Did the website get taken down

[@southcoastaikido3004]

hey lenny have you guys made the bokken yet? i have a bunch but much shorter then yours and i do a lot of bokken work.

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

russell kriehn when are you coming to train?

[@bujin5455]

I'd buy a bokken or two... :)

[@edi9892]

Nice video! You gave some details that my teacher didn't. Just one thing confused me. I kept hearing: "get the Сука out of the way" I guess you meant "tsuba" right? PS: I'm not trolling. I really kept hearing it.

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

edi you heard correctly TSUKA, it's the handle of the sword/bokken. That's what it's called in Japanese.

[@edi9892]

THE ROGUE WARRIORS - Where Warriors are FORGED Thank you! Just weird, when two languages have the same word by pronunciation, but with a completely different meaning.

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

edi The word you thought was TSUBA, that is different from TSUKA. TSUBA means handguard.

[@edi9892]

THE ROGUE WARRIORS - Where Warriors are FORGED Nope, Сука pronounced Tsuka is Russian for bitch. I was thus wondering, if you meant tsuba, but now I know better.

[@OmniphonProductions]

Thank you for expanding my knowledge of Russian. :)

[@jimmyjudo5276]

Cool

[@Tentafolio]

hey lenny this way off practice we do to in our dojo

[@sanjuroxxx]

Where do you get your bokens ? Love your videos.