You are one of the few Aikidoka whom I look at and say "He knows how to make it work."

Very True! Use what works,and use what works best for you.When you're adequately SELECTIVE, there is a tendency to be more highly EFFECTIVE! Love you Azu.

The best Aikido guys have huge hands. It's the truth!

That was a great display of practical aikido, awesome video guy's. keep up the great content! sincerely Lenny Sly

@Aikidoflow

7 жыл бұрын

thanks Lenny...Great to see 'Finally' we get to see more videos from your channel

@zachhelsel97

7 жыл бұрын

Aikidoflow love your channel bro i was in a street fight with a guy waaay taller than me and i used what you said and it worked thank you :)

I've always thought Aikido was an effective martial art. Like any art form, use common sense and the one that works best for you. I love you guys energy!

Your amazing bro...i love the combat aikido style you work with...dojo training is great but I totally agree in a street situation not terribly practical...i wish more sensi would teach both types...the traditional form then teach a practical form...your brilliant man...wish I had the opportunity to train with you ...i love aikido always have...keep up the awesome work and videos....one love

Seriously I'm glad I'm subscribed to this channel very awesome. We're worlds apart but I'm glad I'm able to learn your guys views in aikido

@juiceslinger

7 жыл бұрын

blindjustice316 I too live on Pluto.

@azuspointofview5110

7 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it.

Damn you, Azu! Your enthusiasm always gets me psyched to train. And your freestyle skills are improving. :)

@azuspointofview5110

7 жыл бұрын

Lol. I've been taking lessons from JZ himself.

Sankyo is one effective technique. You can also throw someone from sankyo in such a manner that it might be fatal to the attacker.

I love these guys. I can watch these videos all day. as a person in law enforcement these techniques really help me at wrk

@azuspointofview5110

7 жыл бұрын

Glad we can help.

I just love that guy, his demeanour, how he talks. I could watch his videos all day long, so soothing.

You lads are amazing!

You have great mentality along with your fighting skill.

very cool I'm a bouncer and thankfully its a local place but I've used most of what you showed I'm older these kids have no respect its the new faces that cause trouble ty so much.

You guys are awesome, thank you so much👍

On a technical level, and in terms of "libraries of techniques", Aikido got the old school Jujutsu techniques that were practical in terms of retention of freedom and unarmed self defense suitable for being ready (not locked down fighting) for dealing multiple opponents, while Judo and BJJ got the sport-effective and one-on-one oriented techniques, like sacrifice throws and groundwork which are dangerous when you don't know for sure how many opponents you are dealing with. This is the correct way, on a technical level, to understand Aikido. Not dismissing it because it tends not to be very MMA-effective... but to understand that MMA is only one part of martial arts, or even that techniques can be effective in more ways than just as they are in the ring.

@hmq2007

7 жыл бұрын

Great comment. Could not agree more. This is spot on.

@KenpoKid77

7 жыл бұрын

Spot-on analysis, sir. Every martial art focuses on certain aspects of fighting. There is no such thing as a perfect martial art, because there is no such thing as a perfect person. Every person has strengths and weaknesses, and thus each fighting system man creates will have strengths and weaknesses. Victory goes to the one who has trained and prepared enough to find and exploit his/her opponent's weaknesses.

@haffoc

6 жыл бұрын

Judo has a lot of the stuff people associate with aikido. It's just not practiced as much these days as it used to be except in certain kata.

@UnexpectedWonder

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Very well said.

@UnexpectedWonder

6 жыл бұрын

+Rohan Davey Truth.

Love the way you teach. It s really fun

Aikido is the best self defense techniques

Sankyo is always coming out with our every randori :D love this!

I've never done Aikido but it looks like so much fun

I just love your tips ❤😍

Excellent.

thank you so much for the video aikido is great for the close combat

Thanks, Azu. Useful stuff.

Good job guys.

I find the mixture of afro/cuban music and oriental stuff, extremely inspiring !! x)

Great moves

The second one works really well

You guys make the best videos!

I will learn it. Thanks.

Well spoken wisdom from a master"

Why does this channel only have 43k subscribers this is one of the Best self-defense channel on KZread....

Dude, I so wish I lived close enough to go to your dojo.

Superb video guys. I'm new to aikido and been training for only 5 weeks but feel like I'm learning a lot already. Thank you for bringing this to us. 👍

@MelancholicFools

Жыл бұрын

How long did you do it before you quit

@michaelstimpfl9814

Жыл бұрын

Do you still practice aikido?

Great video

Trained Yoshinkan Aikido for about 10 years. Nidan, graded in Japan by Shioda Kancho. You do good, realistic techniques. Only thing I would say is your Tenchi Nage looks more like an Irimi Nage to my eyes. And the Hije Shimi really looks more like a conventional hammerlock. Each to his own, not criticizing, just interesting choice of terminology.

Thanks for making these videos. Kadena de mano and a bit of Jeet Kune Do have been my go-to for close in fighting (and Jits for going to ground... which I really don't care for), but I can see where some of these techniques are very useful. Some of these are similar to and flow well with Kadena, like sankyo and iriminage. We also trained a figure-4 lock and takedown which has proven quite effective. I can see where adding a bit of Aikido could be useful.

Great martial arts moves Sensei!

Well said brother

I studied Aikido first, then Jits, then later Krav briefly. Jits was my fave but the injuries are frequent. The "artsy-ness" of Aikido seems to give it a bad rep when it comes to reality pummelling and brawling, etc, but many of the moves can be quite devastating; especially in a the situations you present. As far as being "squared off" against a very strong boxer/kickboxer, well that's another thing, but how often is that the case? The Jits guys - respect to them - always use the cage as the benchmark but it would seem a lot of bouncers/security use variants of Judo and Aikido throws and locks effectively. I like the plain, street/reality style Aikido you present in these vids. Thanks. Subscribed; and now wanting to take up Aikido again with a fresh perspective.

@UnexpectedWonder

6 жыл бұрын

Very well said, sir.

@whoozl3540

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, there is Aiki-jujutsu (or Aikijutsu), which as the name implies is a more aggressive or fight-oriented variation of Aikido and certainly way less "artsy", which is quite an accurate description of how Aikikai Aikido is practised in many schools today. This went so far, that e.g. Sensei Tohei Koichi came up with his 'Ki-Aikido' (Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido), which focuses very much on the flow of Ki right from the beginning, putting this style of Aikido quite far away from being a MA suitable for self defense. IMHO one needs to practice the techniques first before one may think of the Ki flowing through the body. But back to Aikijutsu. This goes back to a school called Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu, a traditional MA related to Jiu Jitsu, which was publicly teached under the name of Daito-ryu as of the end of the 19th century by Takeda Sokaku. One of his most prominent students was Ueshiba Morihei, who later developed the Aikido, as we know. The second son of Takeda Sokaku, Takeda Tokimune founded the Daito-ryu Aikibudo Main Dojo in the early 1950s in Abashiri on Hokkaido. Tokimunes student Kondo Katsuyuki today teaches Daito-ryu in Tokyo. Modern Japanese Jujutsu and Aikido both originated in Aiki-jujutsu, which emphasizes "an early neutralization of an attack". Today Aikijutsu and Daito-ryu is practiced only by a rather small community, so teachers and schools are not easy to find, unfortunately.

great way to use sankyo, thanks!

Very Nice Azu....Tahnk you The Brazil is AIkido Also!! #AikidoSulFluminense

Your videos are awesome. Lots of people like to talk smack about ALL of aikido. They should watch your videos.

Thanks for this vid. Aikido isn’t my main martial art but I wanted to learn techniques that would be really good for me

Super techniques 👍

Thank you

Nice rap at the end! ;) Love your vids. They are so full of passion and inspiring. Keep on going mates.

Muito legal os vídeos

Nice.

I was saw an akido master being shot at by someone who he was threatening, the akido master then stopped the bullets in mid air using the power of seagal. Chilling

like the look of that Akido. Well presented. Does it take years to get affective? I've done traditional jujitsu.

Makes me wish you was in the United States. I'm a fan of your work brother

Awesome video Azu! Do you like to hook the chin upwards in that Tenchi Nage? I find that helps send em backwards. I like that you add that block/strike combo too!

@azuspointofview5110

7 жыл бұрын

Kwinten Kemp It's always a good idea to lift the chin up in this technique but when I have used it in a heated moment, I tend to forget and just power my way through. Still works great though.

People say aikido doesnt work but i believe it takes great training cause its not an easy style and not many know how to teach it

I combine taekwondo with boxing for punches and kicks. Judo, a buddy, taught me the basic overhead throw, which is the only move from Judo i like, but I'll see if i lean more, and now this will definitely help

The move at 2:44 is the move that I've always been infatuated with. Steven Seagal used it A LOT in his movies.

Wow I love Aikido martial arts, the best self-defense against Enemies

@cartman1311

3 жыл бұрын

Bruhh

@SINdaBlock411

5 ай бұрын

@@cartman1311 don't even try bringing up blowjobshitsu

well i love you azu and i really like your enthusiasm and your videos. i have something to say though about then chi nagen (sorry, i don't know how to write it). first af all i don't know either if yours is aikikai and not takemusu aikido like mine or if yours is a sort of fighting aikido, but i learnt "ten chi nagen" in a so different way. i knew that you should have gone on the other side of the opponent keeping a low hand while the other around his neck (just like you did) indeed ten chi nagen means projection/fall ( does projection exist in english language?) of the earth (either ten or chi) and the sky (either ten or chi) so that one hand points the sky and the other the earth. let me you guys know if you you've learnt it different. hi from italy

Cool guy I like ur videos 👍👍

Ground and pound works good too.......

these dudes are good on camera.

@Aikidoflow

7 жыл бұрын

thanks

Always like a teacher with enthusiasm, though it's hard to actually pull of joint locks in sparring, though i guess this techniques are more suited for bouncers since most of the people you'd get in a brawl with are drunk. Still it's nice knowing this.

Aikido Self Defense against Abusers too that helps

I wanna hug Azu so much!

For me ikkyo is one of the best techniques

" Mr. Azu Very Positive Pearson .. In the Teacheing that fattory its Important ". .. So' Nice ... ☺😊😀/👍✌👌👏👋

Hard but beautiful!! Sharing inspiration from my channel: how to use the bulb as a ball

i dislocated my bros arm doing the first one so....GREAT JOB ON THE VID.

@Metalcorefreak

5 жыл бұрын

Chicken Ramen I knew President Obama was a badass before, but damn.

Alot of the moves demostrated are shown in slow motion, however most attacks I've experienced have been fast and furious. Could you guys do some future defensive moves in real time speed. Some people move very quickly and no matter how practiced you are, they still hit you. Anyway I love what you do keep up the good work. Take care, stay true to you.

@francescodauria2884

9 ай бұрын

E ma si muove anche velocemente con i riflessi allenati anche l aikidoka ok questo è vero aikido derivato dal daito ryu aikijujitsu un arte marziale letale che spezza le ossa se ti prende

Azu, love your videos! I'm not trying to be a know-it-all, but your "tenshinage" was really an "iriminage". Tenshinage is something totally different. Also, with sankyo, you need to control your attackers fingers so he can't make a fist and drive down. That's his way out, drive down and come up with the elbow to your jaw. If you use your other hand to draw the open fingers back toward his wrist, when he tries to drive down he hits another lock. At the very least, when you put the sankyo on with your left hand, separate out his little finger to add control. Keep it up! I love this stuff!!

@azuspointofview5110

7 жыл бұрын

Wow. Thanks for that. This is why we make these videos. We can learn so much from you the viewers too.

@MatthewMiddletonTV

7 жыл бұрын

I noticed the iriminage thing too. That being said, I think iriminage is an awesome technique - definitely seems like it would be practical from a variety of attacks.

@iatsd

7 жыл бұрын

MrPlayfulOtter No. Just no. :-) fingers in sankyo is a mistake. every joint you add adds flex. that allow uke movement, and the whole point is to deny them choices for movement. sankyo works against the wrist only. you're not bending the hand back (which is the only time adding the fingers in would have an effect). as for driving the hand down for the classic counter, it only works if they're on balance, which means you've got it wrong from the start: you must always have their balance.

@MatthewMiddletonTV

7 жыл бұрын

While the wrist is where the torque happens, that's not where you grab for sankyo. Fingers can work, although from what I've seen, it only seems to work with people who have small fingers or joint pain in their fingers. From having struggled with the technique for a while now, it seems like grabbing uke's hand, with your middle finger at their knuckles, works with most (though not all) people. In other words, Azu's got the grip in the right spot.

@MrPlayfulOtter

7 жыл бұрын

I agree sankyo is on the wrist, I didn't say bend the hand back - you need to keep the fingers straightend, so if uke tries to drive down, HE will bend his hand back. There's nothing wrong with setting up multiple locks. As for balance, yes, you always control their balance, but I disagree that the counter can't work if they are off balance, the counter works - that is why it's a classic, and I wouldn't give someone the opportunity to bust my jaw, there are a lot of things in motion during a real fight.

If someone did a high right hand jab or cross & you did a high right hand forearm block then go around their back (blind side & pull them back & down from their shoulders, would that be a good technique?

When applied right you can be the best

That's pretty cool how you show. Aikido he actually he's pretty sweet

His better than self defence boi

Hmm, you forgot Kote Gaeshi. Against a straight punch against the abdomen, there's nothing better than a nice Kote-Gaeshi.

For the shimmy, is this a collar bone break?

👊👊

I would love to be trained by you

u have to be fast strong and precise as hell. aikido is a philosophical system. this is all. do not believe it will save your life. combat techniques are a bunch of ideas "that" could be used in controlled conditions. only if your life really depend on this.. today.. a real street situation i recomend to look for help . the power comes from the arms of a strong man..

The movements remind me of Bagua

Azu: Your Hiji Shime at 3:32 is more like a Kaiten Nage frozen halfway through the rotation.

@TimelessBelgium

2 жыл бұрын

I would call this Ude Garami, anyway no matter the name :)

@simonedwards5437

2 жыл бұрын

@@TimelessBelgium Definitely ude garami

So, where do you go from here? What are your future plans?

"...or I could just hold him here, and say let's go [for a walk]" LMAO that right there is why I've been practicing Aikido for 10 years! You can force people to do what you want XD

I wonder how most of these throw techniques work against a boxer with his guard up, chin down and keeping his arms tight (no large frame movements)

@GreenLifeOmaha_GLO

4 жыл бұрын

If aikido worked against real attackers we would've seen a vid by now.

What if the person is double jointed?

dive in the ring sir and see how you go

Be carefull Uke could block your tenshi nage with his left arm😀 Would you please make a video with contested techniques by Uke ? Thx

@azuspointofview5110

7 жыл бұрын

We have just made one. Should be on the channel in a few weeks.

@julestube3799

7 жыл бұрын

Azu's Point Of View great ! thanks 😀

Yes practise, pracrise. I am writing from hospital.

In the ancient art of aikido one must first learn to hold his arm out in a vulnerable position so the enemy (sensei) can grab it and use it against him

I still don't get why Azu hasn't got a record deal with those rapping skills.

how many times did he say "here"?

1:46 i'm no expert but what if you're double jointed in the shoulders?

If you guys are trying to break anything just use aikido

Oh dear

This the guy from "whose line is it anyway?"

Hey but.... how defence a longer guy from you

Aikido can really work and adapt if most schools just changed their ways and actually does sparring like in taekwondo or bjj most of the aikidoka ive seen are all skinny as a bamboo even if they know how to apply this i doubt they can actually hold them long. By incorporating excersise and training would martial arts really work.

Azu has a GREAT camera presence...and effective techniques.

Bro is gun from lookism fr

i just subcribe your youtube chanel