Where AIKIDO BEGINS (And Why You Can't Always Show Mercy..)

[@frankmoschetto673]

Thank you Encel Sensei, many people studying Aikido don't know to much or not at all about it's roots. I never studied Honbu Aikido, I stared with a spin-off named Nihon Goshin Aikido, my school decided to go to Aikijujutsu as they were more than halfway there already, we had to learn all about the roots of the style. Incidentally, Morihei Ueshiba the Founder of Aikido studied under Sokaku Takeda in the Founder of Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu, in a Dojo known as the "Hell Dojo", where many practitioners were taken out on stretchers, most returned after a suitable time.

[@itzatwister]

Do you train with that intensity?

[@nikosskeptikos6295]

Marcus makes a very good point about not being able to have an "Aiki mind" unless you already have the skills and understanding to choose to be martial. A failure of the art is the pretense of so many that cooperative training, never tested, is somehow still "martial".

[@TrueFork]

It depends on how you define "cooperative", as Marcus says in the beginning, you choose the technique that the attacker offers you. There is no point in forcing a technique that the opponent resists when you could switch to a different technique instead. So when you want to practice a particular technique, the partner needs to be cooperative in the sense of creating the condition wherein that technique makes sense.

[@CarlaCasteneda]

excellent tuition as always

[@RetrogasmicPodcast]

Good topic often overlooked, hopefully helps other arts see the roots of the training methodology

[@ddturnerphd]

Thanks for sharing

[@AIKIDOSILVERDALE]

@@ddturnerphd you are welcome as always!

[@mraffabilityGB]

With Aikido people need to use their imagination to see the possibilities of techniques. Glad to see others pushing back against it being labelled as a non martial art or the art of falling over gracefully.

[@CarlaCasteneda]

Agree, but the instructors also need to take responsibility and explain to student the underlying principle thatnthe techniques is teaching, oitherwise you just get Aikikai style cooperative kata with zero functionality!

[@AlphonsoFrett-xz6pi]

Thanks😊

[@AIKIDOSILVERDALE]

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[@regmullett4899]

✌🏼✌🏼👊🏼👊🏼

[@itzatwister]

Do you find it easier to throw a yudansha or a beginner and why?

[@AIKIDOSILVERDALE]

Great question! Personally I relish training with "new" people most because they are much more likely to repsond like the "man in the street" whereas an experienced student can either be too complaint (they should know better!) or be a bit awkward if they are 'testing you" a bit 9usually seniors from other dojos!) TBH it shouldnt matter if your technique is decent, and in the latter situation, if they are pursposefully blocking what they know is coiming, change technique and pout them on their @ss lol.