Most effective wrist lock in aikido

[@vadwanuu7825]

People seem to have a difficult time understanding that the way Aikido is taught and learned is in kata form. Its is not the way it would be employed in a real combat scenario. It is practiced that way in order to learn form and mechanics. O Sensei said that one must master form in order to be free of form.

[@MansMan42069]

One must know the rules to break them

[@linusverclyte4988]

The way one trains is the way one fights. In a fight you don't rise to the level of your expectations, you fall to the level of your training. If the way you train is unrealistic and compliant you will get your ass handed to you.

[@angel-rq4fz]

@ Vad Wannu :You fight the way you train ! If the way of training is NOT realistic then your Fight will suffer and you will pay heavy price .

[@gingercore69]

Yeah, you DO fight the way you train... But practicing drills and excercises, forms, etc... Is useful... You just need to add realistic sparring to that, and you are good to go... For example... Only talking about the main globaly known aikido styles... Yoshinkan, tomiki and hatenkai are pretty good... Yoshinkan has non competitive free spsrring, tomiki has "light contact" sparring and hatenkai is "full contact aikido" with kyokushin type of striking(not at their same level obviously) and this type of aikido in the video, seems to be quite good

[@angel-rq4fz]

Is TENSHIN Aikido ,Steven Seagal Method tough he is not the founder ! Is very practical in real scenario.

[@justinwallace269]

Fucking love this video! Even 5 years later I'm still learning from this. I love the comparisons between traditional, Tenshin, and Combative because it really gives a deeper understanding of the technique and how to adapt it to new situations. I love MMA too, but I honestly laugh at the MMA groupies who don't understand that the attacks featured here are just for training purposes to learn the technique itself - and that it's up to the practitioner to adapt them to new situations, aka: MMA. You can't ask for a better teacher than Lenny Sly because he's thorough as fuck, knows this shit inside and out, and drills this into your mind with repetition. If you're reading this, thank you again for your dedication and passion to the art.

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

That’s an awesome comment thank you for posting!!! Lenny sly

[@justinwallace269]

@@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13 Anytime! Thanks for sharing, sir.

[@jtstar10]

This guy is the real deal! ! ..plus the uke is excellent too. Great video! !

[@ghost_20_lead9]

I've been studying Aikido for a few years, I appreciate your blend of traditional and practical and keeping the 'martial' into the art. Very good videos, keep em coming. Your enthusiasm is awesome and really evident. Gotta love what you do to do it well, and it shows my man.

[@johnmorgan6010]

excellent instruction . too many people always say joint locks dont work. you have just shown that with proper setup they certainly will. great job.

[@peterpuga9177]

These techniques only make akido much more aggressive love these videos.

[@jeffflair]

Lenny great vídeo......love THIS stuff......been a student of self defence for 48 years now....and im still learning.

[@wesleydietrich5022]

Your amazing!! Lenny Sly I have wondered for 30 years!!!!!! As an Aikido "aikikai" style only here in Montreal (Quebec) practitioner ever since "above the law" all of Sensei Take's videos was mystified how to learn Seagals techniques. You have demystified "his how to techniques" for years for me. Im working on my black belt in "aikikai" style but learning all yours in Tenshin style. Im a security agent in Montreal (Quebec) and I've had to use aikikai to take out numerous street people trying to pick a fight with me and I have taken them out, even with aikikai, so its like you have said how you can make it work for you. And for some reason Lenny I've had fast hand deflections, deflecting hands from me and hitting faces at the same time, using techniques from traditional aikikai but I have watched your style and I have extra arsenal in my tool box now because of your "Podcast Steven Seagals TenShin aikido" I was able to find you!!!! Lenny!! Thank-You!! SO MUCH!!! And screw those nay sayers!!! We need more talented teachers like you to keep teaching, your a natural!!!.

[@eliolopez3107]

Great kotogaeshi lesson. You have very good Aikido. Very good.

[@koden24]

What I love about your techniques Sly, it’s simple, and very direct. No B.S. No wasted motion. Thank you Sir 🤜🏽

[@howardjohnson94]

hey rogue warrior..you are FANTASTIC…i wish i was taught this years back…I'm from HARLEM and i was lucky to catch your teachings and skill and method on how akido works and to add it to my arsenal.this is stuff that martial art practitioners don't want to show or KNOW & have a hard time to find someone that can teach me this art.before this it was STEVEN SEAGAL films that intrigue me so you are definitely a master of this art..and im in school with your video.KEEP IT COMING!!!RESPECT.

[@lucasspmcg10]

Hey, I've never studied martial arts because I've never had the money but it intrigues me and I've been watching videos on aikido and one said that the reason they project out in original aikido was essentially so less hurt for both participants and that if you execute the techniques properly you'll bore your opponent and they'll have to leave or you can leave with the least conflict. And I afree with both methods yours and traditional. I find it commendable that despite you seem to dislike or see the flaws in traditional aikido you're still willing to teach it. Really good video 😊 thanks

[@rubendez]

Thank you, many people dont realize aikido is a light version of a much more deadly martial art, I think hapkido is closer to the original martial art, but i dont know that much 'bout it, if you could comment...

[@derrikolmstead-karate-fitness]

Awesome video Lenny Sly! After watching you demonstrate this technique, I can clearly see the difference between Traditional Aikido and TenShin Aikido. I wanted to start practicing Aikido in 2006 but I just started practicing Karate then and was training so much I didn’t have time for another martial art. I had no idea until I started watching your videos that Traditional Aikido has no practical applications but TenShin Aikido is all practical applications. I’m glad I know this now and I can incorporate this into my martial arts training. I share this video with my friends from the Karate dojo all the time. Thank you very much!!

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

That’s awesome thank you so much sir!

[@paulcanchola6377]

One of my favorite videos so far. And one of my favorite wrist locks, And I loved the flow from classic Aikido to TenShin, to Combative Concepts. It would be great to see his same format applied to all the core Aikido base techniques!!! 🙌

[@peterarecorejr2900]

Wish I wasn't so old I would love to learn aikido but at 56 think I am past my prime ... Great videos Lenny you definitely now what you are doing ... Awesome stuff

[@realjutsu5648]

Yes.Yes.Yes... For years there have been trolls saying kotegaeshi doesn't work. We train it hard, short and effective. So do the British SAS, French Foreign Legion, Israeli Army and so many more. Makes me laugh - so here is a technique that doesn't work? Practised by some of the worlds elite military forces... Love it.

[@linusverclyte4988]

You're actually comparing your training to that of elite military forces? How do you know those organizations use this wristlock and how do you know how they train it and under which circumstances they actually use it? There's a world of difference between teaching it as an advanced technique only to be used in very specific circumstances and using it as a bread and butter technique the way aikidoka do it. Especially in the retarded way it's usually trained. I'm always weary when something is deemed applicable for civilian self-defense because it's used by the military. As far as I know soldiers rely on weapons to take out enemies not unarmed combat, they almost always have back-up and their fitness-level, physical qualities and mental toughness usually far exceeds that of the average civilian. Because they can get away with something doesn't mean you can. A technique is only as good as the person using it and its succes depends heavily on how the opponent reacts to it. Instead of fantasizing about skills, attributes and training you don't have (SAS, Foreign Legion...) you should ask yourself how you know this will work for you. The point is that you can't really test these techniques under pressure without taking unacceptable risks so you won't know for sure it you can actually do it. Standing locks are very easily negated by moving and using two hands to lock someone leaves you vulnerable. Not to mention the well known fact that fine motor skills degrade under stress. I can see it working when someone is stupid enough to grab your clothing (they've basically given away a weapon and the hand isn't moving) after a strike that half disables them but when fists are flying? It's very difficult to do a standing lock against a striker or a grappler and if you can't do it against a trained person your skills are unreliable and will fall apart the moment you're faced with someone who can actually fight. Don't assume your opponent will be incompetent.

[@ebor8402]

Who told you the SAS learn this?

[@jacobharris954]

@@ebor8402 they all learn wrist locks and aikido has been taught to different military groups for Decades

[@abdellahbarrous8516]

I really like your way of teaching aikido. You open a hole world of possibilities. Nearly all dojos teaches aikido in a boring and unpractical way, where you are never shown how to mix technics in a real combat. It's like if we were teached guitar chords but never how to put it in a song :-D

[@thedukeofcalifornia129]

Many Thanks to Chris taking all the hits as "OpFor" demonstrations for attacks. Shared videos all the time to many of the veterans here in Long Beach.

[@ivargas220iv]

I really wish I was closer to this gym. I have no pro training and never cared but this makes me want to learn more. thanks to you brother I know now that these are the techniques I want to learn more of. I can see myself as a student of aikido it's evolution. keep up the videos brother they are helpful and definitely educational. thank you

[@Lordvoivod]

Awesome stuff, I love how you flow from one technique into another and that's exactly what I like about aikido. As soon as you get a feeling for the techniques and get a bit of feel for this, you start appreciating how dynamic the style truelly is.

[@taekwondomaster4609]

That was an excellent demonstration Sensei. I will definitely use those techniques when I train. Many blessings to you from Seaside, California.

[@kendricksmith3207]

Thank You Brother Sly for those powerful applications and variations of kotegaeshi. I wanted to hone my technique, and this is exactly what I was looking for.

[@williambarnes3054]

Option 2 for me. Works well as self-defence for a 55 years young student of Aikido dancer and salesman that does not have the physical power of a athlete who studies the Marshall Arts or Marshall Artist or like you, someone who is both. Very Impressive.

[@rbaraka1]

Great video! I've practiced various forms of martial arts and aikido never seems to get the respect it deserves. The effectiveness of small joint locks is unquestionable, especially in a street scenario where people usually end up fighting and grabbing each other in close quarters combat.

[@jerrymaraccini2485]

Aikido like anything else is only as good as the person who is doing it.This guy is a great teacher and he shows that he is very skilled.Love your videos.Thanks.

[@ronswafford2546]

wicked, brutal and love how you explain traditional and then contemporary interpretation!

[@jerryrodriguez7377]

Thanks lenny sly for bringing aikido back in a positive effective way excellent martial art for personal self defense 🙏🙏🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@jerryrodriguez7377]

Thank you for linking love Steven seagal & above the law + the beautiful art of aikido 🙏🙌🏻💖

[@lucamalatesta4585]

Hi. You upload this video two years ago, i discover it now. So much material to work, but easy to understand for the several information and drills, sure hard to do but thanks to your explanation not so much. Thankyou so much. always the best cyber Sensei.

[@catmandu8813]

Your the best out there for the advancement and conservation of aikido. Honestly man I love combative concepts. Albeit, we throw peace out the window, when we apply aikido, with combative intent, I think these are necessary changes that need to be made. I love this channel. Whatever video you guys put out, I'll watch fifteen times in a row. Lol

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

+George Shearer That's an awesome comment, thank you for posting George. Lenny~

[@Blvck_Circles]

I've just started learning aikido and have been watching and learning lots from KZbin, really enjoying your videos for the real world applications. I also train in Krav Maga and I feel like your combative concepts shares similarities with Krav. Especially the added aggression that you bring to aikido and the fact that you have devised this to be used in realistic situations. Thanks!

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

your welcome brother

[@Mounier777]

im from augusta georgia.....love your stuff man...me and my wife look at your videos late night eating popcorn.....my wife is really digging the combatives and have learned alot from your stuff....keep up with the videos guys

[@manualxp9119]

I like the way you teach

[@SuperScott6666]

I love Rogue Warriors!!! I Study and teach Aikido and Kotegaeshi is my go to move thanks for this. :)

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

Thank you! Kotegaeshi done right is a very effective wrist application.

[@FoneArc]

Love it! This is Aikido for the modern era. Other schools are too stuck on tradition.

[@brenb2842]

The best thing about this guy ((is the open bracket techniques that he teaches!! 👍

[@Chainedbrit]

absolute legend of a sensei clearly explained and effectiveness in R.L scenarios not like many martial arts that fail in R.L situations keep it up more please!

[@arturoprado6698]

You see, that is what I'm talking about. Showing how it will work in real life situations. Awesome video.

[@raulluzardo2278]

Great Sensei I always knew from the beginning, that Aikido is the way of flowing with no form and you can show this beautifully. And the applications are awesome. Thank you Sensei and you have taught me a lot. Go ROGUE WARRIORS.

[@btdt47]

Very fast and effective and well illustrated

[@jm1182]

I broke a sweat halfway through the last video. Thanks for the great vids and use of Japanese vocab . I've been enjoying dojo flashbacks from many years ago for an hour now.

[@peterbrowne1331]

I haven't found an Aikido video that I haven't liked so far. There are many out there, but you can always learn something new if you keep an open mind. Perhaps someone demonstrates a technique you already know but in a way that you haven't seen it before. Thank you.

[@zenwalker9010]

Thank you for the video. I'll definitely consider these techniques.

[@teodorstefanov984]

The truth about aikido is that some random people see the most traditional way in aikido and what they see is attacks that are aikido traditional not for street and they start saying "aikido don't work" "bullshido" and more but aikido has a lot of techniques that can apply in traditional aikido fight and that can apply outside of the dojo (street&others) and because it's not easy to become that guy who can't be beaten up in , in aikido. So someone must show the internet the real street apply for aikido, which is for street fight, which will show brutally, which will save your life, which will show the "internet fighters" the combat aikido!!! And that guy is Lenny and his crew!!! Much love!!!

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

Thank you for your great comment, I truly appreciate it.

[@billmart6334]

Excellent dialectic, excellent explanation and excellent demonstration, I like it a lot.

[@shobukan5555]

So hilarious the first 3 min a rant about Final Cut Pro! Lenny's rage is the best

[@jeffward4511]

I have got into you vids just in the past few weeks and love what you have to say it is real and useable.

[@Timbo868]

Excellent video Lenny!! Keep up the good work!!

[@benitomaldonado7080]

Excellent Sly . Former aikido/ jujitsu practitioner. I enjoy your concepts and wish I could practice this . But sadly my age (67) and wear and tear on body has taken its toll . I will continue being a subscriber and enjoy the videos . God bless you . Osu !

[@sportsboy5570]

Great video, this is what Aikido so badly needs - evolution, a critical eye analyzing the techniques, and application to realistic combat type situations. This is how other martial arts such as Escrima/ Arnis and Krav Maga are going from strength to strength, and Aikido is getting left behind. Less tree hugging, more aggression = useful. Tree hugging and going with techniques = vicious beating at best.

[@gingercore69]

Love the video! For the question "why would you want to proyect away?" my answer would be "maybe you are just looking for a chance to run away, ans therefore want to create as much distance between them and you before you go for the run" or even better "maybe you want to proyect them into something or someone that is in the direction of the proyection" But i agree that straight down is much more useful... Like... Almost any other situation, straight down is better, gived you more control on the oponent...

[@leemason666]

Great video Lenny. My Sensei taught me this last night so your video has been really educational. Keep up the great work. Many thanks

[@jerryrodriguez7377]

Aikido is a excellent martial art for self defense lenny sly expresses with love positivity blessings love aikido 🙏🙏🙏🙏🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@philipmerrell2699]

Thank you

[@throatchop101]

I got it nto Aikido for the same reason you did. I left, because it wasn't THIS! This is MARTIAL arts! Keep doing what you are doing! You need to find a producer and pick up the torch that Seagal dropped. You have a screen presents. THANK YOU!!

[@thedukeofcalifornia129]

Sir, Like the wrist lock, to the elbow lock, to shoulder lock; to the throw. The stance could also be easily said "the tripod" position with hands on your knees.

[@amarartemis]

This is so good and so funny! Your perspective in opposition to my peace & harmony background made me laugh because at the same time your performance of the different styles is really good! I hope I can stop commenting now, just really appreciate your videos.

[@aureooniwaban5184]

Hello man, I found you recently and I enjoy very much you're content. As Fellow Aiki practicioner, looking closely of what you say, I THINK exacly the same of you. The TRUE Aikido need to be more realistic, more simple, and adapt to the times we are in. I practice an style named YOSEIKAN, and like TENSHIN AIKIDO, work on 3 basic conceps: Simplicity, velocity and efectivety, sure this is why I can't stop looking you're videos XD. KEEP THE GOOD WORK!! If some day I can accomplish beeing an instructor in my style, my objective is teaching like you and my Sensei, you two think much alike. Kotegaeshi is one of my seven tecniques, I learned a lot hearing you out.

[@clantonaw]

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a far cry from what it was when Royce first showed the world how effective it was a few decades ago. It has been developed, improved and polished by guys like Eddie Bravo, John Danaher and Marcelo Garcia. The Gracies don't claim to own the rights to Brazilian Jiu jitsu nor do they condemn other contemporary pioneers that have sharpened Brazilian Jiu Jitsu into what it is today. The Aikikai is filled with intelligent Dan level Aikidoka that could easily be the next contemporary pioneers that help bring Aikido into the 21st century. Unfortuantely, organizations and their politics keep Aikido a "hermit state" that refuses to budge from tradition and those same Dans refuse to have an independent voice out of fear of being excommunicated from the Aikikai.......Imagine what Aikido could be if it had the same platform and open mindedness that BJJ has. Thanks for doing what you do Sly Sensei..........Aikido Sudent, California

[@princepatrick4697]

I love your videos keep up the great work I hope to move to Chicago someday a study under you.

[@michaelnowak3570]

Happy Thanksgiving, Thank you so much for the video. I very much appreciate it. I live in Arizona and know of no body else that can show this.

[@shiggmeister]

Outstanding!!!! Love the Thin Blue Line brother!!

[@greggriffiths9053]

Great video I'm telling other people to check out your classes thanks.

[@safdarkh786]

This is great technique, easily misunderstood. Thanks for clearing the air for us sensei ! 🙏❤ Happy New year

[@charlesclements4350]

I am having difficulty understanding that part where you walk backwards or spinning backwards that is done after the deflection and before the throw. It seems to be in most all of the moves. What does that do and why is it so necessary? Does it have to be there or can the throw be done without it?

[@davidarce4601]

Question, how about a video on footwork and and technique. Love you instructions and your bad ass techniques.

[@rikunevalainen8154]

I hope "Rokas" have seen this....

[@premier69]

Thank You! Lenny

[@josephfantasma4657]

You speak the truth

[@wtpyos]

Thanks for making this video. Learn a lot.

[@jhalverson55405]

Great instruction. Love to learn. Keep up the good work.

[@SfrankkI72]

Your videos are great. I've studied several martial arts, but I appreciate the practice of Aikido. Being able to learn and not cause each other major damage is why it is my favorite. I may have missed it, but have you done a video covering take down defense and initial grappling clinch. I think this is important and I'd like to see your take on those situations. I myself have had mixed results.

[@Devildoc512]

I wish I can attend your school! I will do the online course 💪🏽

[@PhoebusG]

Thanks for the hard work you put into keeping us alive and fixing aikido. Much love from Greece, why not drop by and drop some hints on our army? We may need it haha.

[@Dio-nm9wv]

great video bro and great techniques. awesome

[@VgniK88]

Good vid bro I’ve always wondered how seagal does this move

[@michaelnowak3570]

I appreciate your showing how this works. I'm a very rank amateur but I want to learn. Forget Final Cut it is way to much program for what you are doing. IMovie should do everything you need.

[@TheElliottXD]

So I have one question about the demonstration. When delivering the punch, Chris follows through with his back leg, bringing it to the front. From a boxing/brawling standpoint, this isn't really done very much. Could you show the technique with his back foot not moving?

[@CodaCombatives]

Wow love the video, the transition are seamless, very tight!

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

+CODA JuJitsu/ Buot Balintawak Eskrima Thank you!!

[@johnflock7233]

How do you not mess up your tendons a ligaments in your limb joints practicing this? Do they somehow adapt?

[@leecoen2577]

OK, now I gotta watch this over and over...the smooth transition of the deflection shown when a strike is thrown is outstanding..excellent source of skill and knowledge. you make it look effortless..great job...fucking bringing it!!! awesome...

[@jakovzord]

Good video, I quite liked the pin transitions, a few comments: "Why throw them away from you?" Remember that one of Aikido's specialities is dealing with multiple attackers, projecting an attacker into a second oncoming attacker for example can be useful, it's good to know and it has its place. But I do agree that extending the arm so far out to apply the technique is silly. Also I have a problem with the term "traditional Aikido", Aikido is modern to begin with. Those passive techniques are just coming mainly from Hombu style, which is how they usually do it. With the knee to the head during the lock, when you say it's definitely not in "traditional" Aikido, if by traditional you mean Hombu then that's true, but if you mean styles other than Ten Shin, actually there certainly are Aikido styles that do this as a type of atemi.

[@darkthunderplotts]

Love the vids I hope you can do weekend seminars one day

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

I am currently available to do seminars. In fact I'm doing a seminar in Pennsylvania in April and one in Virginia beach in June.

[@darkthunderplotts]

THE ROGUE WARRIORS - Where Warriors are FORGED Someday soon I'll have to visit I'm in Michigan

[@bujin5455]

I think yokomen lends itself better to shihonage than it does to kotegaeshi, either way ("traditional" or with the more direct transition shown) you have to transition to the back side of the wrist with kotegaeshi, but shihonage you never have to let go, and talking about burying someone, shiho is straight up brutal. Though I agree, if you're going to use kotegaeshi, it's best to get to it.

[@timmyabu-jaber8835]

Very nice tip I like it, am timmy by the way. Can I ask a question plz, have u ever been in a situation to defend ur self on the street on do stand up for someone that couldn't defend him self , can flash back in ur memory and show us what u did . If possible if not or didnt happen that okay. Thanks any way very good information u r putting here God bless have a nice day .

[@dolape7002]

great as usual !! thanks for share

[@maceyrickard6836]

Wooh great demo I once bottled a sankyo and ended up throwing shieonage but you seem to of gone alot further

[@jasonstickle7904]

I really like your defection technique

[@chriswilcox8977]

Thoroughly enjoying your videos, the way you apply kote geishi is as we do (Motoha Yoshin Ryu JuJutsu, though you'll not see this in videos in here), however we don't have the grips on the wrist and hand as you appear to. The added benefit of this way as in your video is how it reduces or removes the ability for the attacker to pull their arm back and continue trying for strikes or stabs, so it combines kuzishi with lots of control 🙂

[@tomjackson2565]

Thank you very much...

[@fatmirkabashi3371]

Thank you Lenny. Bravooooo

[@davidtartaglia7690]

Excellent vids of combat aiki.

[@christopheripacs9557]

Absoloutely Beautiful technique,

[@thedukeofcalifornia129]

Rukidori Awesome! Thanks again

[@LuisFVega13]

Awesome video

[@wesleydietrich5022]

I always share your videos with another aikikai friend.

[@baadbwoy4381]

Great video showing a good useable breakdown of the technique. Have subscribed and will check the other videos. Thanks

[@SvenStadt]

Is that kind of like: "Not enough money to pay the bills this month, honey; we may have to sell one of the cowski's"

[@SLYSCOMBATIVECONCEPTS13]

Lmfao that’s hilarious It’s actually spelled Kao Tsuki

[@philipmerrell2699]

Thank you for a great show

[@erwinnunez2908]

Good work