The Secret Steven Seagal always uses before the fight starts

[@markstevens8533]

excellent instruction for the novice - your delivery is so straightforward and unpretentious that even I feel confident about employing the basic techniques, and I'm 76!!

[@mvl71]

Everything considered I think the best move I can make is walking away, or better still completely avoid getting into a situation where a fight is likely to take place. So far that strategy has served me well. Position, position, position. In my case that position is 20 miles away from agressive arseholes.

[@Trey_W]

But if you can’t walk away, chop to the neck, palm strike to the chin and a open hook hand to the throat! ALL DAY!

[@Trey_W]

Oh and don’t forget a middle finger punch to the sternum!

[@barringtonfisher87]

Walking away is definitely best. But sometimes you get that guy who wont let you.

[@lauramakin834]

Of course you're right. However, supposing you have an aggressive family member who you love? Or even two or three family members?

[@themetalicarus0284]

Yeah he does the wing chun 'trapping distance' thing a lot.

[@JasonVoorhees-we3bk]

Nice to see a channel exploring Seagal’s Aikido in an interesting, respectful way. Above the Law, Hard to Kill and Marked for Death we’re definitely the three which showcased it best.

[@QuantumMechanic_88]

seagals "secret' is called Bullshito .

[@OhEarchadha]

great films i used to watch them before i worked that on the doors mind set and all that.

[@neutrino78x]

​@@QuantumMechanic_88 There's no such thing as Bullshido. If YOU are effective then you can make any system work. If YOU are a shitty fighter than yeah, I guess you'd need something braindead like western boxing in order to defend yourself.

[@kyeshinryu]

I had the privilege to train under Sensei Fumio Toyoda and Sensei Elliot Freeman also with Sensei Jeff Mullen aka former Tennessee Athletic Commission Executive Director now assistant executive director for the Nevada Commission I miss those days of training. Not trying to brag just proud and happy to be apart of something great and exciting . I enjoy your channel keep the videos coming.

[@OndrejMatejOMnutritionist]

Roy Waymire thanks a lot !

[@marzipanbugg]

So cool, I’d love some videos from you

[@kendricksmith3207]

Thank You guys. Sun Tzu said that all war is based on deception, and this was a great example of the art of war in practice.

[@OndrejMatejOMnutritionist]

Kendrick Smith thanks

[@jamesnevitt3400]

But these day people wanna sue or call the cops when they are in the wrong. I never let that guy get in my space or hit me first that's just stuppied.

[@andylongmore6697]

When seagal started making movies, I think Nico was the first, the way he did certain movies was really good an effective. Before he was a film star, he was a body guard if I remember correctly, he taught cops in the states and army as martial instructor. This is fact, from magazine interviews at the time 1980s. The guy knows his stuff, can't take it away from him.....but fame goes to people's heads. You guys show the true essence of the art....keep up the good work, total respect

[@ebor8402]

Just because it is in a magazine in the 80's doesnt make it fact.

[@CelticBadBoyPoet7]

He Was Teaching Michael Ovitz That's How he Got His Big Break

[@rickrick5041]

I was in a movie yesterday and used these techniques. Tomorrow I'm going downtown and if I see someone is making a movie I'll try it again.

[@cospittner3526]

For the verbal I’ve heard the phrase, “Who can contend with the man who does not contend”. In other words, if you don’t give anger back, they lose interest in trying to aggrevate you. Good video - thanks for the content.

[@sammoore9120]

The thing Steven Segal always uses before his fights is called a choreographer...

[@richardhack5202]

But his choreography is based on the way he was trained - deceptive stance and talk, then atemi strikes, then aikido throws. This is effective.

[@OndrejMatejOMnutritionist]

Sam Moore not sure if you know but he was a choreographer himself helping actors like Sean Connery during Bond films ...

[@krell2130]

sam, nailed it

[@safdarkh786]

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[@safdarkh786]

And chicken burger!

[@maximilianraley2457]

Love me the Aikidoflow intro music. Always so relaxing

[@Trey_W]

That beat is dope tho

[@waynekishna2060]

I must say ever since I came across aikidoflow I finally realize something there's something realistic about your techniques not only will it work if applied properly is that you guys are doing same thing that Steven Senegal did and we weren't paying attention too back in the days so keep it up guys

[@phx4closureman]

2:46 "Out for Justice", pool room/bar fight scene ("has anyone seen Richie?") 😲😲😲😲 3:53 "Above the Law"

[@richardsager7144]

You guys have taught me so much thanks for the knowledge Richard

[@MangoPlayzMinecraftandmore]

thanks so much, yesterday i stopped my bullies :) your channel is amazing

[@MangoPlayzMinecraftandmore]

Gerard O'Brian 🙏

[@OndrejMatejOMnutritionist]

Mango Ree well done, And thank you !

[@MangoPlayzMinecraftandmore]

OMnutritionist 🙂

[@Ullmans9]

yea everyone knows this shit doesnt work if you really wanna learn to defend yourself train bjj and mma

[@samuraiisalmighty4917]

Ullmans9 ur so funny bruv only good people have good taste we cant force everyone to take ur generic racist words

[@gcdhvf4896]

The reaction time is key plus the element of surprise but yes, a calm focused voice can deceive the opponent too

[@venomlee7088]

I know before every fight scene he grabs 4 cheeseburgers and eats them all in under 30 seconds

[@bluecarbie]

body position before, including hands at the ready, all great info b4 hand.

[@richardhack5202]

Deception is the key. As Miyamoto Mushashi said, "Do not have a depressed spirit. Do not have an elevated spirit. Do not let the opponent see your spirit." The other thing I notice about Seagal's choreography is that he always beats down the opponent's hands and arms before striking them - and only then does he do some fancy aikido move. In other words, atemi - strikes - are the primary element in his aikido - which is how it's taught in Japan, but not so much in the US, probably due to avoidance of lawsuits in the US which would be unthinkable in Japan. This is why aikido can be effective in a street fight - provided it is trained in that manner and trained against a variety of martial arts and street fight styles.

[@alexanderbalekjian1603]

You're mostly correct. I'd like to add a few words though. Aikido is taught the same way wherever you find it (Aikikai Aikido at least). In Aikikai we "don't have" a lot of striking but our teachers show us the open areas on the opponent so we can always have at the back of our head that there are plenty of areas to hit the attacker while executing a certain technique. What is not often taught is how to start doing a technique in a street fight scenario. But after practising Aikido for at least a few years you'll understand that without hitting the opponent, almost none of the techniques actually work. It's common logic in my opinion. So if you want to be a "complete" martial artist you should practise a lot of different fighting styles, because arts like Aikido are not that modern and weren't originally designed for street fighting.

[@OndrejMatejOMnutritionist]

Richard Hack cool !

[@ohiograssman1564]

It is truly appalling to me how much atemi is ignored.

[@dannycalugar]

In other words, atemi - strikes - are the primary element in his aikido - which is how it's taught in Japan, but not so much in the US??>....I still have to see a strike from many aikido videos teaching me on youtube?...maybe in Japan only! Domo arigato!

[@andrewa.mcnamee8530]

Alexander, if not for street-fighting, what WERE they developed for? And what do you mean by "they", since it seemed to be just Aikido being discussed here?

[@ultralordd7625]

I remember the scene with the big dude, the other guys were chill after they witnessed that.

[@OndrejMatejOMnutritionist]

Ultra D 👍🏻

[@DavidMontgomery1]

I was living in Santa Barbara in ‘87-88 when Seagal first broke big. He lived there and had a private dojo where he claimed to train Hollywood stars. He was married to Kelly LeBrock who was so gorgeous and sexy and then he had the #1 action film - he was a huge star basically overnight. And his backstory and his persona were all bullshit. He walked around with bodyguards whom he claimed he needed because of all the wet work he’d done for the CIA. Shit like that. But people loved it! Including me, man. I was 18, 19 and thought he was a bad ass. Loved those first 4 films of his, whatever it was. Especially when he had a real director like Andy Davis. Good old times, man.

[@MexicanMartialArts]

1:30 🔥

[@MangoPlayzMinecraftandmore]

Voto Studios yh

[@TheRubypokespe]

Is this part of the Mexican Aikido curriculum?

[@2175Wook]

Where in England this youtube clip done? In the movies Seagal always used to anticipate their movement and pushed them into something when they tried to attack.

[@cornellwaters9089]

I'm glad you guys are in the U.K. if you were in the U.S. someone would have called the cops.

[@christopherjamesjames1682]

Excellent disabling .asu is a big lump and a handful. I should imagine that Andrea is a force to be recorded with as well

[@scooterwilson1776]

I wish Aikidoflow would put out more content.

[@OndrejMatejOMnutritionist]

Scooter Wilson 👍🏻

[@marktheunitedstatescitezen185]

It’s confidence , and to have the opponent come in at you like a training session and you have to ask you’re self how many times has Steven worked out each move ! And even when you watch it closely a lot of the moves are the same

[@simonm9346]

when capable appear incapable - Sun Tzu

[@JoseGarcia-dw9tt]

Not a secret anymore. I seen his movies, I already feel like a master.

[@williamkeck7378]

I like these videos. Thank you, and keep them coming.

[@colin1930]

He knows what to say because it's written in the script

[@MoveConsistently]

How can I learn aikido by myself?

[@veganwolf3268]

Your style of Aikido reminds me of Steven Segal--very fast, fluid and street-fight ready.

[@FreeSalesTips]

Their school of martial arts is interested in street self-defense, aikido is the basis for that way of self-defense. You should check out their other videos, they're filled with philosophy about how aikido can be used within the context of defending on the streets.

[@OndrejMatejOMnutritionist]

Vegan Wolf great !

[@moubear32]

These comments are the only non b.s. comments I've seen so far. Everyone else is just trying to bash Segal or this video and they have never been in a fight especially the ones saying " we've never seen him in a fight " we haven't seen them either. I do practice it but never use it because I make friends with everyone. People need to understand that unlike movies, when you do take someone down it's not as easy as walking away after that. People have guns, or their families come after you, that's real life. In the movies, you beat up the bad guy it's over. So trying to de-escalate is the way to go.

[@zomb452]

moubear32 so have you ever taken someone down before? Not someone from your dojo or an untrained drunkard? I don’t think you have (or even have the skills to do so) I say this from first hand sparring experience, I’ve taken many people down that are trained in many different styles and I kind of know how it works and I can tell you almost every aikido takedown is utterly useless in a real fight (besides a few of the throws ripped directly from judo and even those are iffy if you’ve never done them on a resisting training partner) just take some wrestling, jiu jitsu and kickboxing/muay Thai if you actually want to be able to defend yourself against a real attacker don’t be fooled by clowns that tell you you will be able to strike someone 3 times before they even retract their punch (which almost all aikidokas don’t do, they just leave it hanging there while they LET their partner do their incredibly unrealistic attacks) just thought I’d let you know for your own safety, don’t trust movie stars to teach you self defense..

[@veerlaff5528]

@@moubear32 we don’t know enough about seagal to form conclusions. He could be legit we don’t know. And many actors are douches..

[@mackensonreginaldmichel399]

I really like your style, I look forward to being like you guys. How can I learn it please???

[@OndrejMatejOMnutritionist]

Mackenson Reginald MICHEL come down to our dojo ..

[@alexanderbalekjian1603]

Train Aikido and work out often. Also find other martial arts that interest you. If I'm not mistaken Ondrej used to practice or still practices Wing Chun

[@ilyashamid7427]

Dont mess with steven seagal. He can be very dangerous if someone steals his donut.

[@slipperyjohnson7016]

Yeah I always win in my movies too!

[@Illbebacc]

😆😂

[@garymcgrogan4934]

Distance from the uke = muy ai! (I hope that is the right spelling). Muy Ai & angle of attack more of less determines which aikido move is the most appropriate.

[@christianboddum8783]

Maai

[@garymcgrogan4934]

@@christianboddum8783 Thanx!

[@kipkerry9596]

The only dangerous thing of Seagal is his cholesterol level!

[@kipkerry9596]

@CC sorry it looks not impressive wat he is doing and he is an actor fighting in front of cameras, I never saw hem in a real fight. Funny was where he was in Paris teaching in pink socks, not really impressive. He is slow and big that’s al.

[@mrkumaran]

The one fighting technique that can destroy Steven Seagal is Jean Claude Van Damme

[@dondeka2086]

More like literally everyone in the hollywood business

[@JoseGarcia-dw9tt]

Let’s call this channel, Steven aikido flow

[@hotrodray6802]

love your shoulder horns

[@ORLANDOBUSA]

wow awsome bro , keep it up, your great!

[@ricsandman3732]

Great eye sir.an if some people want to know if Steven is a fighter then just try to punch him..then your get your answer!! He's gonna win

[@alexanderbalekjian1603]

77K subs! Oh my God it's been a while since I have watched one of your videos. Glad to see you're doing well

[@OndrejMatejOMnutritionist]

Alexander Balekjian 😊 yes we are back

[@fernando717]

I'm going to tell you straight off, from someone who used to box for many years, those punches are not that hurtful. Everyone has different punching power. I can take some of those pitty patty punches and come back with your with a left hook.

[@kauriwilson4876]

It is best to use kickboxing as part of an essential element into whatever martial arts you're practicing or training in.

[@fernando717]

@Gilbert Diaz Knock you out, dude. Easy.

[@fernando717]

@@kauriwilson4876 I think that is the best form of self-defense, in my opinion.

[@kauriwilson4876]

@@fernando717 okay

[@JohmathanBSwift]

Good stuff .Keep um coming

[@OndrejMatejOMnutritionist]

Johmathan .B. Swift 👍🏻

[@RhenoRose]

Movement with repositioning and keep talking to lose others attention in finding the gap to attack in the movies happens a lot. The most challenging scene is to watch Mr.Mike Tyson vs Segal, it shows something there.thks

[@paulk5311]

you did not mention how he cannot kick higher than the knee. i think that is important if you are trying to defend yourself against mr no kick. you would think a big tall guy of 6' 4'' could kick pretty high but he actually does not seem able to do so.

[@billp.7208]

I'd like to see a Steven Segal fanboy aikido dork actually get in a fight.

[@grnhrntskato]

Steven Seagal was and is a legitimate martial artist without question. However, is this video an analysis of is actual martial art training or as it is depicted on screen? That is two very different things.

[@TIMTRABANT]

The secret Steven uses is a lot of stunt doubles

[@ljt47exploring64]

Yup you can tell the stunt doubles thay haven't got painted on hair that looks like it's been done buy bob ross

[@MrPirreE]

Using proper maai (distance and timing) is fundamental to all aikido even if your name isent Seagal and the dojo isent Paramount pocture or what ever.

[@D.Lee.W]

But how do us amateurs become as quick? You guys make the moves look easy, because you are so damn fast

[@mattgoodmangoodmanlawnmowi2454]

At 12 I found a library book that described hand speed training prior to martial arts training. Methods used historically in the arts. Today I am way older and have always had very fast hands, even among practitioners. Started training my son Matt’s hand speed with a nerf basketball before he was two. Twenty some years later he is one of the fastest on a basketball court. Was doing dream shake at 15.

[@christianboddum8783]

Steven Seagal has talked about an offensive use of Aikido, at the highest level. Normally Aikido is trained and practiced defensively, and it is at the core of Aikido. You have to take control of the situation, and I guess at a high level you surprise opponents by being pro-active so to speak. Now Steven has trained with some of the older Aikido people, and probably knows a lot about the older hard style that the students of O'sensei had to experience. He has been public about that some of the older instructors that had to travel outside Japan, were specially trained and knew a lot of "dirty" techniques in order to persuade other martial artist that were sceptical and challenged them, so they could handle these situations. Also if you study Budo seriously, you also study strategy, and I see a lot of that at play in his movies. Yes they are movies, but it still comes across as a part of his Aikido. FWIW

[@BronxLockPicker60Rodriguez]

Andre you are the best!

[@truthabouttheworld3186]

I see it's hard even for a fan to say Steven Seagal with a straight face.

[@mohammedanwer4450]

Great techniques

[@OndrejMatejOMnutritionist]

mohammed Anwer thanks

[@meditationgardenofpeace6233]

I see your vertical fist position as opposed to the horizontal one most Westerners use, and you"re throwing punches from your center of mass instead of from the shoulder (did I spot a flash of bong sau, too?). It's clear to me that you've studied other disciplines besides aikido.

[@jesuss5801]

“ it’s a bag of tricks “. ( hercules from DBZ)

[@MMZS528]

What fight???? Weve never aeen him fight.

[@robbietheking69]

good insight

[@dunningkruger3774]

George Foreman officially challenged Seagull to a no holds barred fight. Seagull's response? SILENCE. When asked why he challenged Seagall....George said "to shut him up". WELLLLL STEVEN??? WE'RE WAITING....

[@poisonfan1979]

hey guys I love ur videos keep it up

[@redbunnytail9528]

It's kinda cool when people learn from movies and find actual function in a cool scene for real life. It's not only possible, movies rub off on anyone who is REALLY into them. You know? Not people who give like 5 or 6 or 7 stars for every action movie they see, as this 'critic' movie goer, but like people who actually REALLY get into movies. So. This European dude kinda embarrassed me because he's really big into Seagal, and I've kinda been in denial about how much I loved his movies, before. Even Siskel and Ebert liked 'Above the Law' when it came out in like 1988. It's been too easy to do the 'pile on' thing with Seagal, since though. So. This is a cool clip. It shows that a skilled fighter knows of 'safe zones' before and perhaps during a fight, although the best 'safe zone' is being where trouble makers are not.

[@barryweaver8833]

Wow very cool and nicely done! You guys are the real deal because you have the guts to give credit someone else. I am a Steven Seagal fan for life! Also very observant, I think Bruce Lee quoted something about being observant. Thanks!

[@varunpanday2494]

My question is once the punch is thrown you have to be very good at telegraphing other wise u eat a punch. So how do u deal with this otherwise u cannot use your aikido?

[@barryweaver8833]

@@varunpanday2494 Seagal uses his own techniques although he incorporates Aikido, Jujitsu and others... We've all ate some punches.... I don't know if you were talking to me or not, but oh well - there! What you gonna do, hit me lol.

[@OndrejMatejOMnutritionist]

Barry Weaver thank you

[@DCFixxer]

"He's a policeman, whatever that is." Hahahahahahahahaha!

[@jonc2430]

How do you know if an Aikido teacher is legit besides basic research? Like is there a black belt level they should be at?

[@phillipconner1213]

The scene you described was from above the law

[@terrysperman304]

When you strike someone and it catches them off guard, you have a way higher probability of knocking them out. So deception can be very dangerous! Bruce Lee would feign attacks a lot to expose your guard and hit you with a strike you don't see coming. I tried it, I threw a jab to see their guard and he threw both arms up to block his face. So, on the next strike I threw the same jab while simultaneously drawing back a haymaker and his diaphragm was wide open. I hit him in the stomach and he went down to the ground and that was with 15 oz gloves.

[@ptong226]

Steven Seagal is the only guy who can take down Thanos✊

[@OndrejMatejOMnutritionist]

ptong226 🤣🤣🤣🤣I thought it was Chuck Norris

[@jonc2430]

That would be one hell of a team in their prime🔥

[@mattevans923]

Steven Seagal was bad ass back in the day, and yes he is a legit Aikidoka, but he has an ego the size of Jupiter and one day challenged the wrong guy to "put me in any hold and I'll get out of it" Well that guy was Gene Lebell and after applying some sort of choke hold Seagal went limp while spluttering and left a long trail of poop to the lavatory :0 :0 :0

[@poulmuket4647]

only you and ur dog witnessed that fight..

[@bryanst.martin7134]

Typically he poses with one hand atop the other around his navel region, studies his opponent to determine hand preference to set his own stance for best probable defense. Always remains in motion if even subtle. Like a Cobra with a Ferret. Remaining calm throughout the engagement is one of his greatest strengths to me. Me, I'm more like the Hulk. "You don't want to know me when I'm angry".

[@SoldierDrew]

Tate Tzuki vertical fist punch is part of traditional Okinawan kara te. And he incorporated it into his Tenshin gakuen bugei jujutsu kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6u6iKVnot6aoqssi=fwYWA69FfGox7W24

[@alexscott730]

I can tell just by your stiff movments that you trained in Yoshinkan aikido....

[@josephripepjnr3317]

Quick feet quick legs great power

[@kungfujoe2136]

wing chung?

[@russiandrivers9986]

Another option would be to explain to your opponent that they are being unreasonable

[@vocalshogun4662]

Isn't that the guy from NPR?

[@westrig180]

ha ha ha good one !

[@jeanfourcade]

What's the point of this tutorial? Making us believe that a life-threatening confrontation has anything to do with a comedy/fantasy script?

[@russelldavis8415]

SS is a big guy, met him years ago, gave him a quick intro to kali/hu bud, Aikido is not easy and to be honest not very effective, unless you can blend it with other stuff, there is no real pressure testing to evaluate YOUR ability/skill level, this has to be done via sparring with a Person using Thai skills, judo/bjj, kali (with a knife) pretty soon you wake up and smell the coffee.

[@glove8888]

A fight and acting are 2 different things.

[@ZalMoxis]

Seagal's head never moves even under intense duress.... however his movies aside from the excellent fight scenes he always wins... they're also class comedies without actually meaning to be...

[@luvyesmusic]

No secret at all. The director usually shouts "Action!".

[@user-wq5kv2hu2s]

You can't take a controlled movie scene serious when it comes to someone attacking you in real life.....It's near impossible to stay super calm like Steven Seagal doe's in a pretend movie scenario....

[@wayneporter2037]

I just want people to leave me alone. Is that too much to frig'n ask? - I mean Srsly..

[@aacc282]

"Run like a little girl"- running technique

[@ljt47exploring64]

Runs like my cat when hes on heat

[@jeaniewolfe6693]

The biggest secret Segal uses is double checking the other guy doesn't know basic striking skills...

[@hiyorisarugaki1830]

"I don't know if you know, But I'm a bouncer". He didn't say it 😂

[@onetimething8277]

hahaha

[@alexanderbalekjian1603]

xD

[@ibramguirguis]

Distances and positions foot work is all about the mma, But the first move you made was wing chung :)

[@bradholmes1832]

Thank you, Good practical techniques! Brad Holmes Tai Chi Gold Coast and B Rad Designs

[@hungram5170]

There's something to be said about writing out your video before hand.. Good pointers though.

[@leaslangen28]

Steven seagal is👍

[@Menyhard]

His history is in question though lol

[@phoenixrisin2269]

It’s called mi and centerline

[@pauloftarsus8145]

Interesting.

[@ginogiammarco2597]

Let a guy run at him with punches? Down he goes!

[@barringtonfisher87]

You're talking about this like it actually happened. That was in movies. All scripted, just like his demonstrations where he flaps his arms around & they run around him. Then he guides them over with a wrist lock.

[@sonofisrael5204]

One real cool thing I loved about watching Steven Seagal he never put his hands up but he's still always got the jump on his opponent and as you said made it look so cool😎👍

[@QuantumMechanic_88]

The secret seagal uses is called Bullshito .

[@mahmoudmecelti9958]

give us real street fight with 4 men armed and control them in less of 20 seconds break with hands k.o punch and real move . street is a war with no rules not a dojo we need survive and we can do it . let's start bro .blood action .

[@The31st]

Bruh those are films not documentaries