Hein's Approach to Aikido
Hein's Approach to Aikido
I have spent over 20 years exploring and developing my Aikido. I have competed in BJJ, MMA, HEMA, Sub-Wrestling, and even fought with the Dog Brothers all in an effort to understand the martial art of Aikido. I have combined all of what I know about Aikido into what I call my approach to Aikido.
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Excellent three part presentatin, this FINALLY makes sense ! Thank you ! Bill P.
I’ve done karate 🥋 but swordsmanship ⚔️ is next on my list
Good explanation
Call me ignorant, but I've always considered aikido the ultimate defensive martial arts. I've never understood stood the reasoning of other martial art styles ditching aikido, because it's impractical due to it's not beating the mess out off an disabling them. Now personally i think if aikido had some kinda of pressure point focus to it that it'd destroy most of the other styles imo.
Very nice
“In Aikido we never attack. An attack is proof that one is out of control. Never run away from any kind of challenge, but do not try to suppress or control an opponent unnaturally. Let attackers come any way they like and then blend with them. Never chase after opponents. Redirect each attack and get firmly behind it.” ― Morihei Ueshiba
Interesting how many analogs there are to longsword fighting - distance, position, voiding....
Saying "the weight is magnified" is actually correct in physics if we take the person at the far end of the lever as the frame of reference. The distance he has to lift the weight is compressed, so the two multiplied still results in the same amount of energy needed to lift the weight.
Aikido is pretty cool bc of all the tradition but it doesn’t seem to be very effective even for what you say it’s for (having a conversation and not fighting). Like, Brazilian ju jitsu and some basic conversational skills I think would be more effective
If effective is- grappling someone, you are right, in fact you don't even need any "basic conversation skills." If effective is not getting into a fight, what you actually need is some pretty basic jiujitsu and some very good conversational skills- in fact that is exactly what Aikido is.
I've been practicing Aikido for 6 years and completely agree with this message. One time I was waiting to be served at a bar, and some muscular bully came up to me and ordered me to get out of his way so that he would be served before me. I politely told him no. The guy then wrapped his arms around my legs and tried to lift me up out of the way...but thanks to years of Aikido training I simply relaxed my centre of gravity into the ground by releasing the tension in my body, so the guy could not lift me with his muscular strength. He was utterly perplexed as to how I became an immovable object and did not bother me ever again. Had I not trained in Aikido, I would have been combative, told the guy to f*ck off, gotten injured in a brawl and dragged out of the club by security. So yeah Aikido may not train you to be some insane fighter, but if practiced correctly is a brilliant system for self defence, which includes not fighting in the first place. Aikido alone works beautifully, just not if you try to apply it in the wrong context such as an MMA fight because it is a "self defence" system, which is NOT the same as fighting.
Someone please send this to Steven Seagal 🙏
Sensei, do yiou do seminars? Or, How could I train with you? Also, if I'm an old man with back issues who doesn't take ukemi anymore, would training with you do me any good? Thanks. Been following you for years now.
I do seminars and have a regular school in Fresno California. You can do Aikido at any age! Glad you enjoy my work! Thanks for the comment!
Interesting
Rokas should listen to this. He's a joke: first, it doesn't work. Now it appears that works. Wtf?
Excellent explanation! That said, why would anybody think that they want to be in a fight? The only people that claim that they want to fight or fight back, never have been in a real fight. Besides, in real life it is more useful to train your mindset as much as your physique. And then again: if you are polite, open-minded and assertive, chance is you will never be in a fight or need to fight. But keeping your mindset trained and body flexible is very useful. Because it is way more likely that you will trip and fall at a given time in life, learning how to fall (Ukemi) will be precious, especially when you get older. When I was young I was skeptical about Aikido, having already studied various other martial arts. But I kept practicing Aikido anyway, and now, in my 40s, the things I learned from Aikido are the most useful ones. I work as a dispatcher/planner at a transport company. It is stressful, but through Aikido I learned to keep my head cool and keep overseeing situations. I am flexible, fit and still in good health. There is no downside in beeing in any given situation + keeping your head cool and beeing physically fit.
As usual your approach helps to get a Cristal clear understanding about why we do such weird things in aikido !
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Good explanation of levers and body mechanics, but I did not see much related to internal works here. Using levers is not the same thing as internal martial arts.
This is more like a, "if people are doing this, it's leverage, not something else" kind of thing.
@@ChuShinTani thanks, then I am with you. Good walkthrough.
Dear Mister Hein, Your explanations, which I appreciaete, as to the deceptions of internal power masters. But, but as an Aikido practitioner, why don´t you deal with speak a analyze Aikido? For example the late Mr. Koichi Tohei ś masters feets: such as - making heavier by concentraiting on the lowest dantien - the unmovable arm by conentrating on its lower line and leaving Chi flow via a wirsts with fingers wide open, etc. Those are strictl&y Aikido related and wildly seen on the viedeos o f that admirable master of Aikido. May he an the Osensei rest in Peace. Paul,68
Those are also variations on these ideas. I could make a video specifically going through those demonstrations, but the explanations would basically be the same. I thought these particular demonstrations were more interesting at the time I recorded this.
Beautiful explanation of the philosophy behind it.
I love the way you break this down and introduce the context. I'm going for my 5th kyu grading today, and I will definitely be holding this in my mind.
Hi, what music did you use for this video? It sounds really good! Thank you
Kevin Macleod is the artist, he makes royalty free music.
@@ChuShinTani Thank you, but do you have the specific song title please? I’ve been checking out his website and KZread profile but I can’t find it.
@@cobrabbel I made that video about 17 years ago, so I might be wrong, but I believe it's called "chill vibes". That might be wrong.
@@ChuShinTani Thank you very much; you’ve been really helpful. The song is called « Backed vibes »: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYlpw9x-otuWlLA.html 🙏 🙏 🙏
This is excellent
Great video,again .
Glad you enjoyed it
Ah, so that’s why Aikido is useless in a fight! Its for conversation!
Almost- you're half way there. Nearly every Aikido teacher ever has said that Aikido is not for fighting - but no one listens, they believe it is for fighting, then when they don't learn to fight with Aikido they say it's "useless". It's not "useless". It is very useful in learning to get along. Understanding that Aikido's "use" is learning not to fight is a pretty big brain concept- most people don't make it there.
That explains a whole, while lot. Excellent👊
Glad it was helpful!
My bad, I was being a dick making assumptions, Ill check the stuff out.
Awesome 👍🥋
This is how tiers should be done. Not Ramsey Dewey rating every single martial art acting like he knows everything about every martial art. Someone who is WELL versed in the martial arts breaking down moves.
This ok if you live where it is lawfull to carry weopons, try this in Britain it would end in a prosecution, over here we have to practice with attacks from weopons, though brilliant explanation.
Hi Cristopher, where is your Dojo ? I like very much the way you teach. I apologies for my bad Inglish , I speak French and Spanish . You are a very good Aikido's teacher . I love it . I can see Aikido with a new angle . Keep going like that . Thank you for all yours vidéos .
Im in California. Glad you enjoy my work!
In a real knife fight you don't charge like that, even if you have a knife, unless you're crazy, stupid or suicidal.
Yeah, why would a crazy, stupid or suicidal person ever attack with a knife. Usually only calm, intelligent, people with a high regard for their own safety, will attack with a knife. Good point.
Leverage is discussing the properties of a piece of iron. Internal power is discussing the properties of that piece of iron after it has become magnetized. You can't debunk magnetism by playing with an unmagnetized lump of metal and a piece of wood.
I feel it's more like- there are some people showing leverage, saying it's magnetism. I'm trying to give a better explanation of leverage- so that people can see that what is being called magnetism is actually just leverage.
Sure… but you’re brushing over the skill involved. You chat about leverage for ages and then say, “now I line up that lever and I can push easily with my whole body.” Well yeah… you’re aligned and skilled in pushing with your whole body. But that’s the thing that takes practice. Having taught many people internal power generation from a TCM stand point, it’s this alignment that takes them ages to grab and what “standing on a mountain” for a king time (figuratively) achieves. Most beginners try to push with their arm muscles and dont find the correct alignment with their target. Finding your own alignment and then tying it to the thing you’re trying to push is essentially the ‘secret’ behind internal power. And then, the thing that takes a long time, is being able to achieve that alignment of yourself and to your target in a fraction of a second and deploy it under stress.
I agree with your comment. This is simple "how it works" and not a "how to get better" video.
Does josh ever speak?
Oh boy does he!
Where is the next video? 😅
Some Aikido dojos are strong on joint locks and throws. It's probably important to fit Aikido into everything you know, rather than relying on it's merits alone. O sensei did.
U can fight in UFC and proof that bullshido aka aikido is really works
Didn't watch the video, did you?
Loving this explanation. After studying various arts Aiki-Do is like the icing on the cake. Aikido is a great art once you understand its concepts to cross train in👑💯🔥😎👑👍🏼
bjj sucks for self defence, 1 on 1 is in the dojo only! nice demo
Aikido is the most powerful of martial arts - Hideo Maruyama
How did you become an uchi deshi? Were you working on top of training full time? Where did you live?
My teacher offered an uchi deshi program to me. I did it two different times, the first time I saved up and didn't have to work. The second time I had to work while I was uchi deshi, I just worked when there were no classes. I lived in the Dojo.
Здорово! Спасибо
I’ve been reading your articles and am working through this series. I really appreciate the thoughtful content you’ve shared. You’ve clearly thought deeply about aikido. Many thanks.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks!
Thanks!
You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful!
This is the problem w aikido...it’s not his fault . Two sets of grabs.... hilarious
Excellent explanation and presentation
Glad you liked it
I did Aikido 30 plus years ago it was fun at the time because we study with all blackbelts, it was fun at the ending of the class after two weeks the blackbelts would surround one person in a circle then one by one would come in with a attack, we have to use what we remembered in class to subdue the blackbelt, we'd have fun and laugh everyone took turns doing this for 30 minutes. There was only 7 to 9 people in class too. The classes weren't that expensive either which was cool, like 10 dollars every week, you came in greeted the sensei he'd just use the money for his phone at the dojo, we were doing this at a high school basement that the wrestlers use, I remember knee walking (Shikko) across the floor after we warmed up our wrists and sometimes we'd do techniques from the (Seiza) sitting positions too, after 6 months our instructor taught some techniques from (Jo) 4ft staff, mostly like a form kata, it was relaxing and laid back atmosphere Tue/Thur nights, did that for a few years then went onto other forms of martial arts 2yrs kickboxing, 15yrs instructing olympic TKD, 2yrs BJJ and MMA. Great times Great memories. Videos are very informative and insightful, and yeah no one is catching a jab or a knife for that matter. LOL :) Run baby Run! lol
Your partner lets you grab the knife hand. Then you proceed to test who is stronger. When he breaks free he doesn't charge in stabbing but politely waits. And you call this randori (group attack). It's truly awful and it is not Aikido.
Randori (乱取り) doesn't mean "Group attack" it literally translates to "chaotic taker"- Which is exactly what this is- one person chaotically attempting to take the knife. I would think that someone named "Aikido Education" would know such a thing. Perhaps you should educate yourself a little more.
In Aikido, Randori means group attack. Old kanji get used in new ways. Calling this Randori is misleading. Just as Hamni means flexible stance rather than all directions stance. That's not really important. What is important is people pushing the idea of struggle in Aikido that undermines everything about Aikido. @@ChuShinTani
There is a lot going on here in your comment. "Old Kanji"- are old and traditional. You are making an argument here that I am somehow undermining the traditional nature of the martial art by using the word "randori" incorrectly. So which is it- do you want a new understanding or a traditional one. Because you seem to be saying that I'm misrepresenting Aikido by using the word randori in a traditional way. Further Hanmi (半身) means neither "flexible stance" or "all directions stance" it translates as "half body". I believe you are trying to reference "roppo " (六法) which means "6 way" which refers to a position where one can move all six directions or "all directions" which would be a position that is "flexible". Again, do you want to use a new way of talking about Aikido or a traditional one? Because here you are ignoring the traditional translation of hanmi and wanting to make hanmi mean roppo. If you are in favor of new ideas and Aikido, why do you say my work is misleading because it doesn't stick to traditional usage of words? If you favor traditional ideas, why are you using new definitions of traditional words? It's all a bit confusing. Further- have you looked at any of my other work? I think you will find that I am very in favor of the idea of Aikido not being about struggle but instead being about harmony- I talk about this idea daily. This is but one practice we do as martial artists, not the whole of our practice.