Excellent Aikido Demonstration

This is Sensei Joe Thambu from Shudokan Aikido, Melbourne

[@AmazonessWolf]

I want to learn this martial art ever since I did some research on it when I was looking for a fighting style that best suits my personality. I'm not an aggressive person and prefer not to fight. But I love martial arts it's an art. Aikido is designed to defend to read your opponent and counter. It's about the mind and most importantly patience. Most masters have 25 years of training and experience, I never heard about it till I looked it up originally I was going to learn kendo. Plus my fav character in tekken asuka's fighting style is based off aikido so it automatically has a place in my heart.

[@lukeosullivan]

This guy is the nearest thing I have seen to Gozo Shioda since Shioda himself. He is practically a clone, the movement is so eerily similar. And I absolutely promise his power is real. That doesn't mean his ukes aren't co-operating; it would be a lot worse for them if they weren't. It also doesn't mean he'd beat a skilled MMA fighter in a cage match. But woe betide the random person who doesn't know what they're doing who decides to have a go at him in the street, which is probably 98% of human beings.

[@TheLockon00]

That is some absolutely amazing movement from the demonstrator.

[@onedirection3510]

I say this as a huge compliment. I can see the shadow of the late and awesome Gozo Shioda Sensei.

[@mistermindahenziandalasnus3754]

Osu!

[@vidform]

This is as beautiful as ballet. This needs to become a video game.

[@silafuyang8675]

one of the best aikido demos in youtube, better than aikikai

[@intellectracoon]

i think he is using IWAMA style

[@LPBelligerentsGaming]

Wow, that is amazing. He's in complete control.

[@frankware4325]

Aikido is interesting because it looks almost unreal, couple that with the fact that the Internet is full of people who declare anything and everything to be fake and it's not surprising that there are plenty of skeptics here in the comments. My personal experience: I have been learning aikido for 8 years, I am now a brown belt sixth cue. I know from my experience that aikido does work on real life, as I asked my sensei about how effective Aikido would be against a real attack or sequence of attacks and she asked me to attack her and then flattened me. However, I also know that it takes a long time to reach that level; I myself am just starting to be able to use Aikido in real fights. This is probably why there are people who say they have experience of Aikido not working.

[@mcpartridgeboy]

You didnt really try to attack her though, obviiiously.

[@clebersilmar]

I am also AIKIDOCA and i am very proud to write this comment congratulations.

[@aikidoalliance]

It is always so nice to watch Thambu Sensei demonstrate. I personally have him on my list as the top Yoshinkan Aikido teacher within Australia. Also a really nice person as well. All my best regards Araki-Metcalfe Paul Shihan 600-year-old Traditional Japanese sword style Kuroda Han, Yagyu Shinkage-Ryu, Heiho, Aratsu-Kai

[@basdejong9054]

very nice aikido demonstration, more interesting and better than many others on KZbin. I liked the drills in the beginning to train reflexes against chains of punches and stabs/slices with a knife. This stuff should be done more in dojos! Moreover, sensei Thambu moves very well and is athletic! He performs many difficult moves.

[@shawnavalos2125]

4:37 when she tries to collect the alimony payment.

[@mjtonks]

this looks awesome, i dont care if real or fake

[@Defender78]

the guy with the pony tail is throwing true boxing type punches - not the overhand chops normally seen in Aikido demos - and the Aikido works against it. This looks effective!

[@jb0nez123]

Fucking epic. So many garbage demos on KZbin, not this, this is superb.

[@jimmytwohats2538]

BJJ, MMA etc have become sports. Once a martial school becomes a sport they adhere to rules. Aikido is a martial art. There are no competitions or tornaments in an art. And there are no rules dealing with a situation in the street. There is no need to show your "skills"or"street moves" to anyone if you have humility and love. I'd rather surprise a thug with a gentle sankyo or nikyo to give them a chance to walk away than knock their head off and have a death on your hands. I hope no one would want to live with that on their minds. Anyway, Great demonstration. Thambu Sensei is awesome. Raw beauty. Thanks for posting. :)

[@kendalisadouche]

forgottensailor2006 "Half of Aikido's techniques will get you killed in real situations" LOL I'm sorry bro, you clearly don't understand the art you're talking about.

[@forgottensailor2006]

Nick Rasmussen No bro, you don't understand reality bro. I've been doing Aikido longer than you've probably been alive. It has its strengths and weaknesses. It's strengths lie more in character development and samurai style ju-jitsu. Throwing in good standup skills in boxing and kicking help make it a more rounded style to use to off set its setbacks. Looks like the other guy deleted my comment because he knew I was right.

[@kendalisadouche]

You don't understand how to apply the art and adapt, apparently. You perform the technique you're presented with.

[@forgottensailor2006]

Techniques that might look cool in the dojo might not be applicable in real life. It has nothing to do with adapting, you have to know your opponent and environment. If I try to use an Ikkyo on a man who weighs 300lbs and knows basic fighting and that's all I've got (just Aikido), I'm in for a world of hurt unless I can get lucky somehow (which doesn't always win). Not all the way but there are some pretty retarded things taught in Aikido that we try to keep out of the style we teach at the dojo I work for. It's not rocket science or a magic either like some places paint it up to be. It's a great art and I love it but it has to get with the times. You change what sucks and make it work for the present.

[@kendalisadouche]

If all you know is how to do ikkyo and you're up against a 300 lb. guy, yup you're in trouble. you'd only be maybe 5th kyu at that point and don't really know anything.

[@nguyenthanhtung9876]

It's so wonderful... So great!

[@calodin]

Real nice, one of my students just got into uni, she has been training under me in the aikikai style, in her Uni, it's Shudokan under Joe Thambu sensei, and my advice to her is to observe and learn as much from Thambu sensei, although different style, but style is not a barrier to the journey of learning

[@anthonybell9630]

Hilarious 10/10

[@ay6931]

Wow I like this very much! Speed technique distance experience posture all I like! Respect him!

[@julesh8751]

That's not aikikai's aikido but aikido from yoshinkan's school.

[@VK2DMH]

Yoshinkan is one of the two styles the Japanese police are taught. The other is Shodokan (Tomiki Aikido).

[@robjimups]

best aikido demo i have ever seen!!!

[@bkrider19]

One of the best aikido demonstrations on youtube. Most of it is too fast for us to see exactly the technique, but we can get the general idea of the use of uke's movement against himself. The use of the jo to illustrate what you can do with only your arms was especially helpful. About comparison with MMA: remember that part of Aikido's philosophy is to avoid seriously injuring your opponent. Because of that the aikidoist has an extra burden compared to an MMA. But I would say that if you take an MMA and aikidoist of comparable skill levels in a real fight, the MMA would have a hard time even touching the aikidoist, because the latter is not trying to strike or grapple at all but just seeking to move through and be on his way. At least that's what I understand.

[@manafestvision]

Wow! I'm 4 months into training. So grateful for this video

[@BerishaFatian]

3:06 RKO!!!

[@trier4952]

FROM OUTTA NOWHERE!!!

[@wolfdelta5584]

the harmony nof voice! great!!!!!

[@alanfreeman7374]

Agreed, there are TONS of people who dont believe the power or aikido until they are lying on the floor looking straight up

[@swacfan2791]

Alan Freeman was that you in the demonstration? If so very nice.

[@unixtohack]

GREAT, these man know the reason and technique of randori. Try to get harmony with the complete dojo. I send my love to all !!!

[@VodKaVK]

This is brilliant.

[@black5corpion76]

Very nice. .. good demo. .

[@onedirection3510]

At about 1:19, choosing to drop low in the hope the attacker will flow over one's small shape seems a very risky choice. The attacker could catch on last second and plunge the knife into his back. Is this a recommended knife defense from a charging knife wielding opponent? I know it's a demo but that is the implication I get from watching. All in all amazing and adept!

[@laumia6175]

Well seen and well said Eze eze. I totally agree with your saying. This only moment shows it is a movie, fiction, and with a real opponent with a knife, surely you won't try such a move. I also practice aikido and I find such demo maybe impressive for naive people but totally unrealistic and even dangerous because, don't think you practice aikido and you can manage so easily an opponent with a knife...

[@ruialmeida818]

In that technique you don't drop - you enter with your shoulder in the inner side of your opponent's knee... this is in fact a demonstration, but in a real-life application, the technique is designed to break the opponent's leg or dislocate the knee. People tend to state 'this is just a demonstration' as far as the uke goes, but it is also a demonstration for the tori. Several techniques need to be toned down for the uke's safety - Juji garami and shoinage come to mind.

[@Aikidofight]

cooooool

[@tonyrodney9610]

rumor has it that Thambu Sensei and Robert Mustard Sensei are doing a clinic together in Germany...that should be cool.

[@mistermindahenziandalasnus3754]

0:22 1:44 1:54 2:03 2:11 2:25 3:27 4:36 5:59

[@JEchoSC]

I don't know anything about Akido and i know its a demonstration. Can anyone explain at 5:40 how he falls backwards and somehow that force is enough to throw two people? Im pretty sure the big guy would be able to hold that weight himself.

[@jomess7879]

he seemed to have knocked the stuffing out of one of the guys there at the end

[@Yoshinkanboy]

Glad you like it! check out if Sensei Joe Thambu has any dojos in your country! -)

[@alexismartinus1131]

Yoshinkanboy, don't waste your time arguing with the kind of people who can't respect other martial arts, because they don't know. They won't hear and certainly won't believe whatever you said. They just want attention and recognition.

[@fabioarrua]

I do have a lot of respect for martial arts. Can somebody explain to me the need of throwing themselves around? I would like to think that in order to complete the move ( hence , the demonstration ) without injuring the partner, the partner has to perform a controlled fall. Not letting go the kimono /arm with that kind of motion would surely result in a joint and ligament injury if not performing a controlled fall . Please enlighten me !!

[@debitibus]

One of the first things you learn in Aikido is to fall. They fall because they are trained to, and because they are smart. If you don't kneel in a kneeling movement, or fall in a falling movement, you can break a bone. That's because aikido does not uses strenght. It uses our arcticulations. Twist ir right and you can put someone in his knees with one single finger. And it is not a hiperbolis. My teacher did it to me in my first class.

[@VK2DMH]

Some of these throws are capable of creating multiple fractures unless the Uke (attacker) jumps into the throw.

[@tobiasck7147]

everything seems Unreal

[@DrNietsoj]

There are many fake or self proclaimed aikido "masters" out there. Judging an entire martial art based on bogus examples is a bit strong. This guy obviously has some skills. Try to touch him in a street fight, and he'd break your arm (or worse). It takes years of practice to understand the mechanics of aikido. I'm 1kyu and I am only scratching the surface.

+DrNietsoj "and he'd break your arm (or worse)", he wouldn't, and that's the point ;)

[@drachentoddy]

+Matías Guzmán Naranjo You my friend, unterstand what Aikido really means.

[@TheGreenPolishMonkey]

2kyu here :-)

[@c.s.7749]

3: 06 impressive technique !

[@LostWonderer]

As with most Aikido throws force is not important. He moves such that the attackers lose their balance and simply fall. They then do breakfalls, so they don't land on their faces. It's basically the same effect seen in most of the techniques shown in this video, though this particular application with two attackers simultaneously is very advanced and technically difficult.

[@hiranom20]

Black ppl have a way of adding flair to EVERYTHING! 😂✊

[@giulianomarchi2536]

Le tecniche di Aikido come difesa personale non male, però O Sensei creò l'Aikido non per difendersi.

[@dodykurniawan8568]

👏👍👍

[@VodKaVK]

However, I hate yelling ukes...

[@greecostyler]

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[@juanbriceno2949]

REWOW

[@tobiasck7147]

bei 2:40 hat der Trainer den riesen ran gezogen und der ist hinterher gesprungen absichtlich

[@ToniMattTony]

All these Aikido demonstrations? I wonder why do they only fight each other ? I know why. They All suck the movements dont work and they fool all the people with these carni shows

[@badfish2184]

almost like wwef

[@christophertelesford7579]

Great moves but In a real fight guys don't flip over that easy

[@JooKen]

Usually not as they are not prepared to defend themselves from these techniques - resulting in bruises, broken wrists, fractured skulls :P

[@frank0478]

actually, you should try and take his moves and see if you'll flip over that easy. good luck!

[@afiqsince86]

true. and that would hurt them even more. thats the point.

[@laumia6175]

In a real fight, actually and above all, people not always throw themselves as shown in most of the aikido démonstrations...

[@frank0478]

Lau Mia sure, and end up with dislocated wrist, elbow and arm. That's the whole point of flipping - to avoid those injuries

[@sherman4970]

Wtf with the knife shit??

[@susymendoza316]

to show real life situations

[@H4I2I2EE]

Tai sabaki

[@Yoshinkanboy]

you are braind washed. well-established bjj schools have deep respect for Aikido. Its a shame you wouldnt know why.

[@MelpyMelperson]

Wow. I wish I could make a man 10 times my weight flip over like that just by holding a stick. Lmao can somebody link me to a real fight?

[@yolodaswagg]

This guy is not from this earth.

[@ToniMattTony]

BJJ BJJ BJJ BJ BJJ BJJ = black skirts laying in the ground...........

[@laumia6175]

Maybe impressive for non martial viewers but totally unrealistic.From 1'42 to 3'16, what is shown is funny but what does it demonstrate?? That maybe aikido is effective against morons who attack without any martial technic and throw themselves into the "master". But , dont be overconfident and don't try this with someone you don't know in the street for example...

[@sherman4970]

Absolute load of bullshit!!! Knife crap not even Aikido. Problem with today's art,,they make shit up to look good... AND DONT!!!!!