The GRAB ATTACKS in aikido, by Stefan Stenudd

[@michealgarcia2170]

I take aikido too. I'm glad to see the strikes in this video so I know when to strike.

[@sylarsurfer5645]

I have always seen defense techiques. I enjoied to see these attack techniques, it looks like Aikido could be more useful than I thought.

[@StefanStenudd]

Yes, without learning how to attack it is difficult to learn and improve the defense techniques. A two-sided ladder, so to speak.

[@sylarsurfer5645]

I agree with you.

[@jayzmenon]

this was a really interesting take, thank you for this sensei. Not something we do traditionally but our sensei DB Rai has a background in Karate and still teaches Karate as well so incorporating self defence in our aikido is something we practise. This was really useful. thank you sensei.

[@StefanStenudd]

Jay Menon, I think it is beneficial to one's aikido development to also try the perspectives and insights of other martial arts. You are lucky to have a teacher familiar with both aikido and karatedo.

[@Merlinobritannico]

I discovered just recently your channel but I firmly believe that your videos are some of the best aikido videos on web for precision, easy teaching and deep understanding of the technics...I wish to reach your level one day

[@AdSesamecom]

Hey, Stefan! Now you're talking! Nice and understandable techniques with defenses that make sense. Thanks a lot!

[@StefanStenudd]

Thank you, AdSesame.com!

[@Ash-ro7gi]

Excellent, I have never seen these type of techniques applied like this before, I can see definite uses for self defence. Really enjoyed watching this high level Aikido Thank you.

[@StefanStenudd]

Thank you, Ash. You're right, there are certainly some self defense applications also to kogeki.

[@Ash-ro7gi]

May I kindly ask Shihan Stefan Sensei, I have have been to a number of Aikikai Aikido clubs and I have not seen these techniques, or your previous excellent videos parrying kicks, Atemi etc. my question is why?

[@StefanStenudd]

Ash, I really have no idea. Some Aikikai dojos sure do include therse things, but probably far from all. Maybe it's about backgrounds. I started to practice aikido in a budo club, where there was karatedo, judo, and so on. Us young club members (it was back in the early 1970's) practiced with each other, exchanging experiences. Since then, I have nothing but respect for other martial arts, and for how skilled attacks can be. Also, I studied for Nishio sensei, who had a background in karatedo, judo and more. He was tremendously skilled at atemi and a broader budo understanding. Nowadays, I do aikido at the big Enighet club, which has a number of other martial arts. So, I feel right at home :) I don't think it makes sense to isolate aikido and ignore what is learned from other martial arts.

[@Ash-ro7gi]

Spot on reply. Thank you ever so much Sensei. You have a very healthy outlook and respect for other arts, which comes through in my opinion one of the best Aikido I have seen. Wish I lived in Sweden! Malmo looks an absolutely beautiful place.

[@engvallfam]

Ash come visit

[@KEMCINNIS]

As no one wears jackets in Florida I never thought of many of these! I also appreciated the use of morote dori attack as a control attack and we'll play with this in our law enforcement private classes!

[@StefanStenudd]

Keith, please let me know how morote dori plays out. Interesting about the lack of jackets. I tell my students not to trust that there is some clothing to hold on to - on either uke or tori. If there is, that's fine, but better be prepared for when there isn't. And as we have all experienced in keiko, people can get mighty slippery when wet :)

[@sylarsurfer5645]

You can grab their nipples.

[@anthonyspinellijr8198]

I am intrigued by that one hand hand throw you do in this video. I have never seen that demonstrated anywhere. I would love to see an instructional video on how to do that one handed hand throw technique, since I do not have a personal instructor who can teach me. Until I saw this video I did not know such a throw existed in Aikido. It is fascinating.

[@StefanStenudd]

Anthony, I guess you mean the throw from aihanmi katatedori at 1:01. It is a kokyunage. It starts by bringing the partner forward and then spinning him around in in a circular move, while stepping in beside him. It needs to be done with acceleration. You also find it on my kokyunage video, where I do it against a shomenuchi attack. Here is that video, linked to start at that moment: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i37Ni4yojL2AmZY

[@anthonyspinellijr8198]

@@StefanStenudd Thank you for the earnest reply I am studying the sequence now and taking notes, and practicing it on my practice mannequin.

[@jetpackpony]

Stefan: Aikido is a Peaceful Martial Art Also Stefan: GRAB ATTACKS 😄

[@mandy6163]

Nicely done!

[@noelabingham6282]

Thank you, very clear movements. Could you please demonstrate the difference between a Shomen uchi and a menuchi attack, thank you.

[@StefanStenudd]

@@noelabingham6282 to my understanding, they should be the same - or menuchi can be any strike to the head, mainly shomen or yokomen. I don't use the term, but my guess would be that it's mostly used as synonymous to shomen. I could be wrong...

[@noelabingham6282]

@StefanStenudd ,thank you, for your rapid response I was trying to explain to students, the difference but we got lost lol. have heard menuchi described as similar to a strike to the face and a shomen uchi as a strike to the top of the head. Noela

[@StefanStenudd]

@noelabingham6282 well, a straight strike to the face would be jodan tsuki. In katadori menuchi the shomen uchi is used, in my experience. Budo terminology is not an exact science :)

[@Samuraidoferro]

exelente sensei!

[@suryavinod6651]

Everyone my black belt test is in 4 hours online......... Plz pray 4 me

[@six7595]

Do you have a video of your atemi waza?

[@JesseKozlowski]

Nice !

[@stuartpaul9211]

I've seen this stuff work done by bouncers tying drunks up with their own clothing to stop them been able too strike and keeping them off balance as they are ejected from premises.

[@Zanshin64]

Nice Video! I like it and Sub Save. 🥋🙋‍♂️✌️👍

[@osmicyanudd433]

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[@redddrago5198]

*PREDICTABO*

[@Jujigarami70]

Too much move.

[@StefanStenudd]

Jujigarami70 - when, where, why?

[@TravisWilliams_]

Yeah....sorry this wont work and this guy has no clue how to throw a punch.

[@StefanStenudd]

Says what guy?

[@TravisWilliams_]

Stefan Stenudd any guy with legitimate combat training. Go head to head against someone, that’s not a student or an aikido practitioner. Spar with a boxer, wrestler, Muay Thai, Judo or any other practitioner. Aikido doesn’t cut it.

[@StefanStenudd]

No, not any guy. You. I presume you've done "legitimate combat training," although you show nothing on your KZbin channel. Through the years, though, I have received a lot of positive response from boxers, wrestlers, Muay Thai practitioners, and judoka, among others. Also, my impression is that the more advanced they are, the more respect they show other martial arts. Me too, I find that my admiration for other martial arts grows the more I learn about them.

[@TravisWilliams_]

Stefan Stenudd I respect anyone who is dedicated to the discipline required for a martial art but at the same time I’m a realist. In a real lift situation you’re not going to be able to grab an opponents wrist with ease nor likely drop them from one punch to the torso. Your opponent will not cooperate as they do here.

[@StefanStenudd]

Travis Williams, thank you for explaining. I agree that grabbing someone's wrist is not always easy and one punch to the torso is not sure to knock that person out. There is no sure thing in the martial arts. Grabs are still used a lot, as are punches to the torso. Some of them have been known to work. In this video, my main purpose is really to show aikido students that a grab attack doesn't end with the grab, but can be followed-up by the attacker. Also, grabs can in themselves be quite effective defenses - well, some grabs more than others.

[@MrShal7]

shihan its a joke

[@StefanStenudd]

Does that mean you are laughing?

[@StefanStenudd]

David Cope is trolling my channel. He has no videos of his own on his channel, but if you are curious - here is a video where he is doing bokuto exercises with the head teacher of his dojo: facebook.com/Aikido.Reichstett/videos/1754134211303231/