AIKIDO - The way that DOESN'T work! - Original Series Episode 2

Aikido the way that doesn't work kata dori ikkyo is the focus of episode #2. In this episode Lenny sly sensei of the #roguewarriors training compound completely tears apart the traditional aikido technique kata dori ikkyo on how and why it doesn't work. Sly sensei demonstrates this technique with his uke Rod demesa and having Rod 100% completely resisting every attempt that sly sensei makes to actually do this technique. as you can clearly see that sly sensei has a next to impossible time trying to demonstrate this and that is exactly the point here. Sly sensei makes several attempts to execute and fails every time. There are multiple attempts from different angles and different hand positions and it's still a NO go. Then sly sensei even shows how you could possibly do this technique using tenShin aikido evasions and then move into kata dori and still unsuccessful. So bottom line kata dori ikkyo is complete garbage.

[@pyshpoak]

Hell yeah.Every martial art needs a Lenny.A guy who has the balls to call bulshit on 70% of the techniques taught to naive people who will get their assess kicked after years of studying by the first guy who dont know how to ''correctly'' atack.

[@tharillest]

Sly Sensei keeps it 100% real. This is why people who are progressive when it comes to real-world effective martial techniques. Thank you for always posting these vids! Cheers!

[@tharillest]

Hahahaha gotta love 10:36 ah..ah..my pussy's bleeding! Comedy!

[@ryanclay959]

I give a bow of respect to Sensei Sly for teaching the truth. I studied Martial Arts for many years and my last Sensei was so fast that when we sparred if I my fist even was able to make contact with his shoulder I considered it a good day for me, and that was serious training I was doing then. And for the viewers out there who are reading this, look at my picture. ...do you see my nose is bent in three different directions? Yeah, so are all my knuckles as well. What Sensei Sly is teaching us is the best way to walk away from a street fight. I'd much rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6 after any fight and by watching Sensei Sly and Respecting his teachings your odds of Not being carried away from the fight increase every time you watch what Sensei Sly is teaching.

[@user-pb6vr5oq7u]

"In a real fight, 70 percent of Aikido is striking, and 30 percent is throwing" ©Morihei Ueshiba. The founder of Aikido.

[@gusgoof358]

That cant be correct because how many percent was no touch knock outs then?

[@Nomasis1982]

Blunt and brilliant. You’re a big part of why I started studying aikido. Keep up the amazing videos sir. Awesome stuff!

[@cinnamonjava9115]

This is the best series you’ve done in regard to showcasing the rationale for changing the way aikido is trained. Plz keep it up.

[@mergsTM]

This series may save my ass one day, thank you!

[@rickhaydon5136]

Outstanding, Finally an honest guy using common sense to teach us what really happens on the street. Thank you.

[@dannydortch5196]

Damn! You are on a roll Sir, and I absolutely love it! You not only showed how traditional doesn't work, but you also even showed that your styles way of that technique didn't work either, yes sir, I caught that fact as well. Great informational and instructional video Sensei, keep em coming, OSSU!!

[@JackieWCox]

Hey bro another great video in your series. Great job as always delivering what works n what doesn't. Keep up the awesome work.

[@torisemega]

really enjoyed the video. Most aikido dojos have become country clubs to gather and to fall-and-roll. Thank you for 1) the courage to doubt what you were doing and 2) find a way to explain the frustation we aikidokas have when training some "weird" technics.

[@steveayton992]

Hi lenny im studying wing chun and ive always loved aikido i will be learning aikido next year this has opened my eyes to it thank you so much

[@rasehum7802]

Love this!! I love your videos and get a lot of inspiration from my aikido from you

[@jabrilpatterson9055]

I'm loving your videos man, would love to learn more about your system

[@jabrilpatterson9055]

Ignite Your Dream Ay, just checked this out and my wife and I are excited about this.

[@voodooking75]

Another great video. Always wanted to learn the tenshin style of Aikido. I practice Tomiki Aikido and Wing Chun. Can’t wait to see what’s next

[@kono205]

i don't remember ever doing this technique but now i don't think i want to ,thank you again

[@travisjohnson7047]

I got to say, I learned something I also haven’t experienced myself, great insights, I have been surprise attacked from the rear outside the Dojo, you are absolutely right, I have yet to see it done by the wrists as you pointed out, as I remember though we did learn from Shihan Reynosa the grab and get to the rear, so I allowed it to remain in my teachings and Test Requirements. But to keep my arms and Ukes grab level, that heel kick to their sac before they slam you on the ground is a great Idea to loosen up the hold to get to the usual way to apply stuff. Love this one, I have to make these changes, now and stop teaching those rear attacks that way, I do get and know the correct application to apply the techniques hard and fast with the continuous movement to keep from being pounded, no worries about the lingo, my fan base is on your ship and learning from you regardless, we don’t use it, but we know where you are coming from and many of us used to be far worse, I am one of those! Looking forward to the next one, you could make many of these, but the way you just eliminated all the Ushiro attacks, I’d say you covered about 20% of Exam requirements, thank you! 😝

[@dailyfilmfix469]

About fucking time someone had the balls to challenge the bullshit in Aikido.

[@jhalverson55405]

Again, my aikido eyes are opened. Thank you.

[@Fong_House]

Many thanks for showing what it really works. Please continue to teach

[@Vengeance888]

This is my major problem right now for me, thank god you’ve addressing this as I am a beginner

[@philipmerrell2699]

Love your show, keep it up!

[@rikai2559]

I'm your new subscriber! 😁

[@mindprep7956]

Found #2 and respect this one too. I appreciate your honesty Lenny....

[@travisjohnson7047]

I also never liked Ikkyo, I felt only if he doesn’t resist me could I effectively execute it, but it was a requirement and like you pointed out, it’s understood to take Ukemi for it, I tried using a deflection which led to an entirely different technique so it turned out becoming a Kote Gaeshi like you did in this video, but you know what When I just popped him as my Uke came in for Kata Tori, there was no need for any technique, I was actually intending to do Nikyo, that hit backed him off and he left his arm partially out so he couldn’t give any resistance at all and I was home free, and nailed it down easily. But it was that offensive Kao Tsuki that made it possible. Great video, so true, Sensei Gerrit helped me realize that, he never made anything easy!

[@claythall5314]

You can use shoulder to twist hand and fingers,in combination with hip twist,from static grab position,which should give pain to wrist joint and fingers from shoulder crank in combo with lower body twist (tenkai)then drop weight into ikkyo,step is not always necessary,eg uke left shoulder grab,cross grab right hand then crank hand and fingers with small shoulder twist,which should give immediate pain to ukes fingers and wrist,through there resistance,almost turns into a nikkyo variation to start. I do totally agree atemi to face is most effective,also as you have said you have to apply technique before uke has grabbed you to be most effective,thanks Lenny for all the hard work you are putting in to making Aikido Effective,and for sharing and putting it out there,i am definitely a fan,and also train aikido,hope you get my message,Jamie Sensei in New Zealand,in 2 weeks for Seminar,will be my second one,all the Best man,you definetly inspire me.

[@ValeryKurochkin]

Great, please continue to improve aikido and turn it to reality. Big respect for sharing your knowledge and your experience with us. You are helping a lot of guys who spend years in prarticing aikido and are owners of useless skils when it comes to real world. Please prouve us wrong by adjusting our "classic" forms into practical self defence. Respect from Russia.

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

+Valery Kurochkin Will do thank you for commenting

[@astroguy21]

you guys are are few and far between i like your channel because your real don't bull stuff around, i tried aikido when i was a bouncer it didn't well as i though, when i mixed with danzan ryu jujitsu it became a lot more effective see a lot of jujitsu in your forms . really cool keep up good work i love it.

[@bobbyb7892]

Thank you for this video.love it 👍🙏

[@davidnomad9750]

Love this brother, I seriously want to learn.

[@RandAlthor939]

Lenny again totally correct ..many times been in this situation. . Doesn't work a punch in the face does. If the arm is still flailing as has happened maybe twice in 10 years . Then take it . But nearly every grabbing technique in aikido if involves using 2 hands doesn't work .unless you hit them first . I am speaking from first hand experience as a prison officer . Once hit or suitably distracted .I have found that they all work .just not in the sharp crisp beautiful dojo way . Be prepared for them to not play along with your aikido make believe. . Be ready to change quickly. . Tomiki aikido has many flaws especially this modern version of it . But the randori with full resistance. . Has made it possible for me to move counter and not be shaken if my first technique doesn't work. We always kept it real .randori with full strikes elbows , knees etc. We went to the ground practiced sacrifice throws .. the Tomiki we practiced was very different. . But you have got to think outside the box . That's why I love Lennys aikido. Well done sir.

[@christophermulligan1601]

In a world where everyone has guns, nothing works, so it is all conjecture. No mater what you do , enjoy your training and don’ t disrespect what others do. Peace.

[@johnkung7608]

I like this as if you practise Aikido and you want to make it effective you need to think about real atemis/ strikes, distance and resistance.Plus if you get close in then throws , sweeps and then grappling. Keep up the good work regards from London.

[@glennridgewell546]

Iv been hit in the face numerous times reactions differ most the time the natural flinch causes that protection flinch .... I'm orange belt ki aikido koich Tohei .. moves practiced through compliance works but as soon as you use non compliance it's struggle or doesn't work... find what works sensei your on the right path respect to you for your open and wide awake mind thank you for the videos...Glenn in UK

[@cajunmandick2985]

You have hand size like mine, it sure helps.with the aikijutsu that I do and the intimidation factor helps too. Don't let the negative commenters irritate you Sensei, they are jealous!. Keep the vids coming, your helping my training.

[@SuperScott6666]

So right awesome video Lenny thank you so much!!!

[@victormoyano6018]

I love this series. I put up the traditional for a long time, I know exactly what you mean!!! Keep it coming my friend.

[@jclrch]

Here with you since day one love your realistic brand of aikido. Keep delivering them shit flakes.

[@zdfcz]

This is not bullshit. Any technique can be resisted and not allowed to do so. otherwise there would be one technique that everyone would do.

[@walkingzombi33]

Sensei lenny this is true alot of movement in aikido will not work on the streets. We have to modify our method and techniques. Alot aikido we do is "role playing".

[@MrTigre6]

What I don't understand, (and I say this respectfully), is why these guys assume some street fighter is going to start by grabbing your wrist or your shirt??

[@Tentaisei]

I like your videos. Your theories on Aikido are sound. My first Daito ryu teacher got into Daito ryu trying to find "functional Aikido" as he put it. Keep it up, while you are not going to make any friends with these, videos and series like your are important it shakes the tree and makes people think. That's good.

[@alphonsofrett2757]

I love the video I just have one question. what about a light tap to the chin to distract the go for the ikkajo?? Because I would target the chin with an elbow or a slap

[@Popcorn_Assassin]

You are completly right. If the attacker is not disruputed or surpriced first, you will be disrupted or surpriced instead. All my Ikkios use to suck because of resistance and position issues. I made it work for me with a small sidestep. (This works also when pushed up against a wall). So he grabs with his right and I grab his right wrist with my left hand and I lift it a little and push it towards my self (Meaning his grabbing right hand is weakened and it cant escape and I can control his body). Make the sidestep so your right shoulder are in a strait line with his head and punch it strait aswell (On the nose fx). Instantly after your punch you grab his grabbing right hand with your right hand and turn it using your chest as resting point. From here you know the rest.. Grab his upper forarm close to his elbowjoint and pull towards your own lower left ribs. From there turn your body 180 around his arm and pin him flat on the ground or smash him in or up against the wall. Hope this make sense :P. Ty Lenny.

[@123ronchamp]

Yes!!!!!!! Brother now we are talking real fighting to a point,,but not street fighting. In a real street fighting or robbery no one is going to grab you a wild punch or a boxers punch is coming and it just happens,I have been in a few fights and it’s never ever has it been fair or straight up and down fight. Real karate fighting it has to be full hitting on any part of the body and people must be able to get hit in the face with a punch or kick ,in a street fight there are no rules everything goes, that rock,that stick,that bottle and you get hit with no hesitation from the other guy and they ‘re more than one attacker. So I agree with you this is awesome you are doing people a justice from these candy ass karate schools that get people killed,kata and techniques are for a good workout and that’s it no one is going to throw a straight punch or let you know that punch is coming. I tell my students to find a boxing club to join and combine the two find a wrestling club and learn to combine all three and become a street fighter and not a karate fighter, because bad guys or that other fighter just might know what you know,it only takes one punch to take you out. Brother you have evolved from your earlier tapes now you understand the survival of the street fight,I love this keep going and growing. Oh and get some street guys and pay them to fight your students and see what happens. Take care can’t wait to see more.

[@rikai2559]

wolf Wolfeee Agree. 👊

[@tristan-valiant-thor]

love these videos

[@GregoryPage-tx6fq]

I thought the video was very interesting and informative. I enjoyed this video very much.

[@blacksabbath56]

The truth is that it doesn't matter what technique it is, if there is resistance things get much more complicated, of course there are techniques that are better than others, but with true resistance everything changes, and not only for aikido for any other martial art..., I miss your videos Lenny, I hope you come back with more videos soon

[@orion00472]

You said in the video that there were other tenshin stuff that works with that technique could you make a video highlighting that and as always ty for the awesome content

[@shobukan5555]

Keep up the great work Len!

[@jamescarter4005]

Hello again Pastor Sly, great stuff as usual! The only way I even attempt Ikkyo is to go the Nikyo route first. Getting them closer to the ground. With lots of atemi in the process. As long as they have that balance, it will be a hard struggle as you know. One must tenderize the meat before you cook it! Otherwise its just too tough!

[@thomasginter2827]

I have been training in aikido for 4 years but my sensei never teaches how to apply these techniques realistically. I question if my sensei even knows. That's why I switched martial arts. Rogue warriors perspective is a interesting new perspective.

[@sizigi13]

These vids are very informative

[@bikall1]

That's why we in aikibudo / aikijiujitsu train to roll uke's hand back off your arm into a wristlock and into his own face. It rotates his body so his "hitting" shoulder rotates away preventing a strike.

[@dannydortch5196]

This video reminds me of Bruce Lee's phylosophy of keep what works and throw out what doesn't. Spot on Sly Sensei. Looking forward to meeting and Training with you in VA Beach in June

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

+Danny Dortch Thannk you. Your gonna be there? That's great I look forward to meeting you too dan. Lenny~

[@dannydortch5196]

THE ROGUE WARRIORS - Where Warriors are FORGED Yes sir I will be there if the good Lord willing and the creek don't rise.

[@mikegreenskywalker]

Thank you for this video. Whats your opinion about kata dori nikkyo ?

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

+Mike Green The same thing, it's impossible to apply the nikyo even if the initial beginning of the technique worked. We'll be doing a video here in the near future on nikyo.

[@JosephVice]

Awesome video

[@kravenofspider]

Any thoughts on using waki-gatame in the beginning of the attack? Then chain to something else if there is resistance?

[@frenzi333]

another great video.what i learn in my dojo that you must do nikyo from kata dori and than turn it to ikyo.other else it dosnt work. thank you and keep uploading videos

[@argo60]

Awesome sauce dude. What an insightful vid. I would love it if you could do some of the ineffectiveness of some types of aikikai koshinage and the variants (though I feel anyone doing ukemi for you will probably not walk away from the vid if you do choose to do it ;) )

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

+Jason Heliopoulos Thank you. Yes I will eventually get to that.

[@idannaor9839]

Hi Lenny, first of all love your videos, they are great! Second, I think this series is very important and raises a lot of unanswered questions to the surface. Especially from Aikido pratitioners. In my Aikido training, I always look for the "real side" of the techniques and try to compare them to a real life situation. This video was excellent and I understand completely what you said and demonstrated. The only thing I was missing and wanted to see by the end of the video is how ikkyo can really works (if any...). I know that there are many "problematic" techniques in Aikido that simply don't work in real life. So I guess my question is, how can we truly benefit from the "problematic" technique in a way that can help us achieve success in reality? Hope I explained myself correctly lol. Thanks again Sensei for all the wonderful videos that you create and have a good week. Idan from Israel

[@unbroken1570]

This was awesome!

[@manncavemoment]

Keep it going love em

[@MarkEvieLeo]

Lenny I sent you guys a email, but I was wondering if you guys will ever do a video where working with larger guys and application of techniques that maybe do or do not work. I enjoy the videos you put out and are extremely informative.

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

+Mark C You sent us an email? Where did you sent it to? Most of my guy's are relatively big in size and I mean height, the average is 6 foot, where as I'm only 5'9". I'm mentoring rod at the moment and developing his Ukemi. Also my film schedule doesn't coincide with most of my other students schedules.

[@MarkEvieLeo]

I think the email was was in you website, it may not have gone through on my end. I had a daito ruy instructor here in ga. He's back in Florida now but was under a guy named John Denora that passed several years ago. I ran into this alot as I used to be 240 lbs and 6 ft. I always had alot of trouble applying techniques with bodybuilder type, I know atemi is important but it always frustrated me with some techniques I just couldn't make work. Thats probably on me not the technique. Anyways I will keep watching as I always do. There is no one to train with in Georgia that I know of anymore so I stick to katana and bokken work that I can do by myself. Please keep doing your stuff. You're very good at instructions with videos. Maybe I can move to you guys one day. 🤔

[@brandonratzlaff65]

I have really enjoyed these 2 videos. I don't study Aikido, I'm a Krav Mega, BJJ, Muay Thai guy, but I respect all arts as long as they're effective. However, I have more respect for a sensei or sifu or instructor who is intellectually honest enough to question his training and embellish or improve upon his chosen discipline. Where would Jiu Jitsu be without the Gracies? It would still just be an Olympic sport. Keep up the good work. We have to get away from this intellectual inbreeding that only serves to create an echo chamber that reinforces losing tactics.

[@traenolin2556]

Great stuff. The only thing I would say about the Yokomenuchi attack is meant to represent a haymaker, or a beer bottle or something like that. The open hand is to protect Uke. If Uke has a tight fist it is a more dangerous for him.

[@aikidomark1]

I may be out of place but "20 YEARS as a Bouncer/security".It's a whole differant expieriance in real wold situation's versus doing Aikido in DoJo.I personaly do not question the effectiveness of Sensei Lenny's style or technic

[@bartbronson787]

Very well done. In my style of Hsing-I and Ba Gua "defanging the snake" ranging from extreme impairment to total destruction of the limbs-arms and legs-(essentially a tactical concept to apply) always comes before entering to attack main targets. You must remove an opponents weapons if the eyes (sight) (breath interruption) throat solar plexus and/or balance are not available immediately. Even in Chinese Chin Na, you're told right from the beginning (if you have a good combat instructor) that any and all Chin Na locks are "gifts", not easily given by the opponent and therefore you should not expect that your locking technique in and of itself will be effective. All Judo techniques should also include some form of debilitating atemi-before-the throw.

[@CraigAB69]

Again, I'm not from Aikido, but I do appreciate your straight up, no BS approach to techniques and Martial Arts in general. To play devils advocate, if you say there is no benefit to the technique of showing foot work, postures, atemi or locks, why does it exist? Just for demo purposes?

[@pandabearlp]

Aikido is said to have over 10,000 techniques. How is that possible? Easy. Ikkyo applied exactly the same from the left -hand grab and the right-hand grab is not considered the same technique. It is considered 2 separate techniques. Also, Ikkyo applied from katadori is a separate technique then ikkyo applied from munetsuki (straight punch). So we have one application (Ikkyo) ... 2 sides (left and right) ....and 2 different attacks (katadori and munetsuki) which equal 4 separate techniques. Catch my drift here? I believe the founder wanted his applications to work from any attack. Hence, why Ikkyo works for other applications, but not from Katadori. In theory, katadori Ikkyo looks viable, but it was probably never battle hardened. I hope this helps :)

[@johnhastwell6286]

Lenny, great videos, really appreciate the effort you put into them. One request..... When demonstrating hand deflections, by necessity they have to be very fast and that makes it difficult to follow exactly the motions you are doing while under combat conditions. It would be great if you could film certain aspects of the video in slow motion. Thanks again.... JohnH

[@PaulArchety]

Great video! I really respect and appreciate your work, man! I have a sincere question: Don't you think that after Atemi, ikkyo would be useful at least to pin the asshole and avoid him try to come back? I mean... sometimes in the heat of the moment a puch might cause some damage and distraction, but not always it'll stop the guy.

[@snakeking992000]

Another informative video, thank you. I find that the approach that you have taken in this video (and for that matter, Aikido generally) very similar to what we would learn in Jeet Kune Do -- direct, simple, fast and effective. I don't like the criticisms that you get. Seems that keyboard experts know nothing. I think that many of them arise out of two misunderstandings (at least two, LOL) that I see in many people. One is that they fail to distinguish training, sport fighting, and self-defence, having little or no experience in any of these. Second, they do not understand that techniques have a proper time, place, and context for their applications. I follow your videos because I always wondered in what ways to properly apply Aikido in self-defence.

[@nahrubish]

thank Lenny. there a video about a student being bullied in the train. he deflect it while the bully trying to get his shoulder and drop down. it is not ikkyo though. i agree with you about this ikkyo problem since ikkyo is trying to lift an elbow. it is impossible. bent elbow is very strong. even untrained people will naturally stiffened the elbow if somebody suddenly grabs it. it is a general rule in fighting to keep elbow low or at least alive not being in straightened and controlled

[@fabreddos]

you are a good Master , although you teach aikido , you show the fault in this martial arts without hide information to the students and the people , it's difficult to find honest teacher in this world but excelent job!!!!

[@aleksandardrenjanin8703]

God bless leny. Hope i will find shidoshi like you in my parts ... util then, same old sh... ☺

[@jacobleslie8056]

Have you tried this where Uke isn't just being a heavy weight on one arm? Do you get the same result when Uke is trying to grab and hit you or grab and push you?

[@MrCABman1972]

I agree that Kata dori Ikkyo doesn't work unless the opponent move their head after the strike, which mean they are of balance and already raised their shoulder and put themselves into the lock halfway. That is the assumption in Iwama style Aikido. ´ If the strike is successful or the opponent is not off balance after the strike you do another technique. I don't think this situation would occur very often in reality, but the technique in itself are useful to train if you understand the assumption that is needed to perform it.

[@alphonsofrett2757]

An adjustment to my first question After the should grab is there enough time to strike the face with the opposite elbow is what I should have asked. Because I keep thinking what about elbow strikes.

[@pandabearlp]

When katadori ikkyo is done, there is no grab. It is intercepted before the grab happens. Remember, don't get punched, kicked, grabbed, or taken to the ground....unless it's on your own terms. So let's assume you wanted to be grabbed or were not receptive and it happened by surprise. I don't think an elbow is viable due to distance and resistance. When grabbed, the attacker can push you out if you try to irimi...and likewise, he can pull you in...if you step out. Can an elbow be landed? Sure, but you have to create a perfect storm for it to happen (during a katadori grab). If the uke grabs your left shoulder...a right elbow will be hard because it can be blocked by his free hand. It would certainly be most probable if you tenkan to the outside to create a bend in the ukes wrist...bending the wrist reduces his resistance ability. From there you can probably land a left elbow. hope this helps. I say abandon the ikkyo and just kiriage/suriage into iriminage ;)

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

+Alphonso Frett I all honesty no. If you're grabbed expect to be hit with the attackers free hand almost simultaneously.

[@sketchybuilder]

42 years of Aikido with most of it teaching and I have to agree to - lets pick a number - 95% of what Sly sensei is saying. Any difference would simply be personal interpretation. I have never met him, but have come to a similar conclusion. That 5% difference may also be that, Aikido can other than self defense - or self protection. Regardless...nice development and explaining of technique.

[@bryanhoyle18]

Grade A vid my man!👍

[@pjo1964]

Steve Segal is gonna be pissed !!! lol

[@raybernard3144]

How do i get my picture to show on my comments? This? Is for anyone that sees. And like always video was awesome lenny

[@gmcenroe]

On so many aikido demo's the student seems to do a dance around the sensei cooperating on the technique. I like to see what doesn't work when you get resistance such as in this video, not some coreographed technique.

[@mrbuttion]

Would you be willing to do a version of this against the sword or jo? -Alex.

[@RHOOWL]

100%. I've been on an aikido break for a few years and been doing bjj. I've tried this against bjj judo cross trained guys and it doesn't work. They just look at you with the wtf are you doing look. I did find a spot where elbow control to a messy sort of ikkyo does work, but it's from the ground stopping a cross side transition.

[@minecraftotalwar]

Sensei could you take a look at "systema" and say your thoughts please. People say it has some influence from aikido

[@Derrick1951]

Len, Atemi Atemi atemi , don't let anyone grab you. I agree with you 110 percent. Also the atemi punch(uraken) should never been seen. .

[@jamesadamik2710]

Love the video Lenny. Again there is only one small thing i don't agree on, and that is with the atemi. As a bouncer i cant begin to tell you how many times i have seen or experienced someone doing a one hand lapel grab and then punching almost immediately after. What i see though, is the death grip they get. you will see a guy getting punched in the face and whipped around everywere and still for some reason they just wont let go. lol stupid as hell but it is what it is. You can even see it in early gracie fights people would get a death grip of the gi, and punch, and punch, and punch. The gracies had all sort of different approaches to technique, but even when they precursor their technique with a strike to the face it didn't really break the grip on the gracies gi. But agree 100% there are better techniques that can be done in that situation. I think it does a bit of disservice to teach that as long as you can sucker punch someone in the face they will immediately let go, but everything else you said was spot on. On the flip side of that atemi, the eye poke does seem to make people let go and grab their eye, different reflexsive action i gues. All in all, another great video!!i cant wait to see what you cover next. Do you plan on making these weekly videos? bi weekly? monthly? just curious if this series has a "PLAN"

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

+James Adamik James thank you for commenting. I too was a bouncer for a long time and i too have seen what you said being grabbed and punched and being whipped around at the same time. I didn't want to go into that too much in the video because that would've taken more time to explain that and demonstrate that. So I did the minimum. Although I have experienced it for myself both on the receiving end and the giving end. The difference between the two is when I was dishing it out they never had time to punch me and.... When I have been grabbed I struck them immediately because if I didn't I knew what i was in store for and wanted no part of that. Although when I was on the receiving end of it the punch to the face has yet to fail me and the response I got was exactly what I showed in the video and I've fall prey to this several times. You have to strike fast and strike hard and having the mindset of survival goes a long way. As for the new series, my plan is to do a new video on this topic once a week.

[@jamesadamik2710]

I completely understand needing to limit video content. man if every video contained all the "what if" scenario they would be a weekend seminar length each lol Well i look forward to next weeks video, do we have spoilers for what technique is going to be reviewed? :)

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

+James Adamik Yeah if could one of any of the 10,000 aikido techniques out there lol. No..... We have a list and we determine which one is next the day of filming.

[@bouamahichem6267]

Should we change by using force to techniques in Aikido?

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

+bouama hichem Use whatever gets the job done

[@kangasify]

But that means you need to train for a situation and thats why i dont believe in technic.

[@bouamahichem6267]

good

[@themetalicarus0284]

You need to let Rod do a lesson , he always gets the shit kicked out of him on every video! lol

[@gregoryw.1160]

Let me start by saying that ALL of my commentary towards you has been respectful, still is, and except for encouraging you to "catch flies with honey" I've mostly agreed with you! I’ve even applied suriage as taught by you and Calderon-sensei online to shomentsuki attacks in a dojo within the past year when other stuff didn’t work, and watched uke fly! So I hope that you will believe me when I tell you that I once attacked Kevin Choate-sensei katadori, resisted his ikkyo, and almost went flying to the ground! From memory he gently went around my strength with a gentler wrap around my arm with his hands, maybe softened his legs a bit, and the next thing I knew he’d almost driven my forehead into the mat! I remember being grateful later that I hadn’t resisted him while he was demonstrating technique in front of everybody or he probably WOULD have put me through the floor! As I’ve said already I admire the bujutsu style of your technique and the gist of what you’ve said in the past (not that you care, but I do!). I’ve wondered why so many dojos don’t teach Koshinage and Jujinage (how can you have a martial art without a hip throw?), why some skip Iriminage and Kokyunage in basics classes, why so many instructors never EVER grab-attack strongly when it’s what O-Sensei (according to Saito and Saotome shihandai) always insisted on, etc. I think that your frustration has paralleled my curiosity and many who are senior to me have also had those thoughts from time to time. HOWEVER, now I have to wonder: Are you saying Aiki (or what some call Musubi or Kokyu) is bullshit too? Are you saying that what George Ledyard provides in this video as a rudimentary example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIeVf4R8o8ynaac Or what Dan Harden does here in a more advanced example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5DZeqKlg82VeNU Or what Hiroshi Ikeda-shihan is probably doing here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZvXf5-OYraMntk …is all garbage? Which ones are and which ones aren’t? Because even implying that Kevin got on the mat and did ANY play acting with ANY technique, is kind of bewildering to me. But with an attack and technique that I’ve felt work personally from the man to the point that it made me recommit to my training for a time… Well, I am very interested in your response! Kevin studied under Saotome, who studied under Yamaguchi and O-Sensei. Reynosa studied under several including Seagal, who studied under MANY shihandai including Koichi Tohei, who studied under O-Sensei. Do you believe in ki-extension like Seagal does? Do you believe that he really could not not lift Koichi Tohei, or do you suspect that to be fake? God’s honest truth: Until today, it never occurred to me to even ask…

[@TheMoodyedge]

Who needs a fucking tv with this stuff.......bring it \m/

[@AstrotominChina]

The Aiki Bunny ...ahahahh...nice...

[@timevans4976]

I.had to do this for 4th kyu in suwari waza never liked it because of using both hands and how vulnerable I was.now here’s the question if katatori ikkyo is ineffective what about on your 1st kyu. Or shodan test katatori menuchi shoulder grab overhead shomenuchi strike that seems no good as well.

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

+Tim Evans Lol that's a whole another video bro

[@lionsden4563]

Now we are talking.

[@daswordofgork9823]

Great video as always Lenny. I want to ask you and I hope I am not being a grammar nazi about this but isn’t the way that you teach your Aikido, Aikijutsu (or Aikijujitsu: since no one tells me the difference) due to how you are showing the practicality of the techniques rather than using only “flowing” techniques? Again not being a prick or a grammar nazi here, just wondering.

[@bouamahichem6267]

Your certification in KZbin

[@Ejaazi]

I agree with you 100%, but are you saying that ikkyo should be abandoned completely? Are you saying it has no value for training whatsoever?

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

+The Drop Squad by Ejaazi I'm saying the Kata dori Ikkyo technique is pointless and why bother training it, it clearly has zero effectiveness.

[@Ejaazi]

Got it! Looking forward to more videos. I hope to be able to come and train with you one day.

[@MrShal7]

works for me in the bar in work in

[@bouamahichem6267]

oss