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I belong to a Yoshinkan Dojo so I will be more than happy to answer your question. Yoshinkan Aikido was founded by Gozo Shioda in 1955. Shioda was a student under the founder of the Art, Morihei Ueshiba. Shioda took Aikido and shortened the techniques to make them more practicle for police, law enforcment, and military in which Shioda taught all of who I just mentioned. Yoshinkan is big on movements and usually use "smaller circles" rather than Aikikai's "Big circles".
Yoshinkan Aikido is still taught to the Tokyo Riot Police today and other security agencies. In Japan, the women officers are required to have a black belt in Aikido, and the men have the option between Judo and Aikido. So it is very well still in use today.
COMBAT AIKIDO is an eclectic self defense system developed by SENSEI JACK MOON. It was derived from a variety of Martial Arts. COMBAT AIKIDO's philosophy emphasizes threat neutralization, simultaneous defensive & offensive maneuvers and endurance. Techniques generally focus on training students in conditions approximating scenarios. COMBAT AIKIDO maneuvers aim to neutralize an attack and facilitate rapid and safe escape. COMBAT AIKIDOutilizes over 50 training drills to increase endurance, to increase awareness, to increase ability to perform under stress and to increase fighting spirit.
SENSEI MOON incorporated principles and techniques from Aikido, Karate, Judo, Jujitsu, Boxing, Ground Fighting, Krav Maga and other lesser known martial arts into this modern self defense system. The system consists of throws, joint locks, pressure points, grappling, strikes, blocks, kicks, defenses against guns, knives, sticks, car jacking and third party defenses. The system is based around 50 classical Aikido techniques with hundreds of applications. The COMBAT AIKIDOASSOCIATION headquarters is located in Rutledge, Georgia.
COMBAT AIKIDO is considered to be a ramped version of Aikido with lots of strikes and kicks. In traditional Aikido you redirect or throw the attacker. This is a good way to start, but it allows the attacker to get back up and try you again. Only this time his anger level has increased drastically. In COMBAT AIKIDO, you not only throw the attacker you immediately go into a finishing technique. This will make the attacker a little more reluctant or unable to try you again.
COMBAT AIKIDO is known for its main principles:
1. Do as much damage in as little time as possible.
2. Change from defending to attacking as quickly as possible.
3. Use items around you as weapons.
4. Be aware of everything that is happening around you.
Aikido is a martial arts form. The word is a MASH-up of the japanese words ai, ki and do. Ai means love, harmony and unit, as in moving as one. Ki means force, power and can be interpreted as life-energy. Do means path or in an easier form, a way of training. Aikido basically means ''The path to harmonic life-energy''
AikiBudo was the second name that the martial art known today as Aikido, had when it was created. The first name was Ueshiba Aikijutsu
1. The meaning of Aikido is Ai = Harmony, Ki = the spirit, or source of energy and Do meaning the way.
An aikidoka is a person who practises the martial art of aikido.
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When was Robert Nadeau - aikidoka - born?
Robert Nadeau - aikidoka - was born in 1937.
Was Steven Segal ever a karate champion?
No, Steven Segal is an Aikidoka and practices and teaches Aikido.
Where is an aikido fight held?
In the mind of the attacker. Aikido ("the way of harmonious energy") is a Martial Art discipline of avoidance and redirection using the opponent's aggression against himself. The aikidoka does not seek to fight, nor beat someone up, but rather to use natural forces, coordinated with the attacker's energy to assist the attacker in defeating himself. Aikido is practiced in a dojo (school), and is taught by a sensei (teacher), and can be used in self defense at any time, in any location. While the mind of the attacker might be focused on a brutal assault or a violent fight, the mind of the Aikidoka remains calm and serene, like still water, yet overwhelms the opponent with a whirlpool of redirection, and a title wave of internal energy. Thus, for the aikidoka, there is no fight - - only a series of ideally timed movements that influence natural forces to avoid a conflict.
Can a beginner learn aikido at Aikido of Phoenix?
Of course a beginner can learn at Aikido of Phoenix. Any beginner can learn at any Dojo. They may have some classes that are for advanced Aikidoka however, you shouldn't have any problems at all fitting in.
How to be rich in aikido?
To become a wealthy aikidoka (aikido practitioner), you would need years of experience, possibly a few dojos, many students, publishing deals, and disregard that many Aikido dojos are configured as non-profits because some philosophical aspects of Aikido are not necessarily compatible with capitalism.
How do you reverse an aikido throw?
In Aikido, or any other grappling arts, there is always a way out or an escape. Your job is to make that chance as small as possible as the one doing the throw. Since there is an estimated 3000 combinations of Aikido Waza, you would have to be more specific as to what your trying to get out of. If you're already being thrown, you're going to get thrown. Usually it's your momentum that is what makes the throw possible. Easiest way to get out of a throw is to not attack.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The answer Aikidoka gives is absolutely correct.However, there is a specific training in Aikido to reserve an action (throws, arm-locks, technics ...). Those are counter-technics and experience is needed to practice those.It is called Kaeshiwaza. There are almost an infinite of possible combinations.
Where are good aikido uchi deshi programs in America?
Uchi-deshi programs usually do not exist in the United States. Depending on the state that you live in, there are rules that buisness have to follow, and people can not live at the buisness because it is not a residence. However, there are some people that come from Japan that visit the Dojo, and the Dojo will just secretly let them sleep in the dojo, take a shower, and all that sort of thing. The more common things today that I have seen is you provide assistance to the dojo in which you can study the art free of cost. Maybe you have duties that you do for the Sensei, you clean the dojo, maybe wash everyone's keikogi's ? There are a list of tasks that you may do however the traditional Uchi-deshi as it is in Japan really does not exist here in the US. At the end of the day, the Aikidoka goes home and comes back the next day.
What is the difference between iaido and kendo?
Japanese Jiujitsu is Aikido's Ancestor. Other styles of Jiujitsu are different, however the Japanese style which is the original style is a root of Aikido. Aikido was created so that you would not destroy your attacker, however jiujitsu is used in combat. The Samurai used techniques that look like Aikido, however it is just a form of Jiujitsu. What Morihei Ueshiba (the founder of Aikido) did was take techniques that he learned from Daito Ryu Jiujitsu and shortened them creating "Aikido". Aikido often talks about protecting your attacker. Ultimately you have the option to protect or destroy once you know techniques, it is up to the Aikidoka.
Are ther any offensive moves in ki aikido?
This is a good question. Controversial because it depends on the Aikidoka. It does not matter if it is Ki Aikido, Aikikai, Yoshinkan and so forth. Aikido is Aikido. We all learn the same techniques, they may vary just slightly, but its still Aiki. For your question, I think I will let you answer it for yourself. Im going to talk about a few things here for you to visualize. Ikkyo or Ikkajo Omote or Ichi from Shomen strike. You don't let Uke hit you, and the technique will not work if Uke fully develops his technique, you have to meet Uke at least half way to preform the technique. You almost have to move at the exact same time as your attacker. Thus people ask, who is attacking who ? As for Jiyuwaza or Randori as some schools do. Lets break this down. Lets just say that you are familiar with wrist grabs and chest grabs. whats the difference? Think about it. The only difference is if you let them actually grab you. So I treat the attack as the same. It does not matter if they are trying to grab your wrist or your chest, You can treat the attack as the same. Shomen and Yokomen are very similar as well. The angle is slightly different however you can almost treat them as exactly the same. So realize that there is a difference, if you just stand there and you let Uke fully develop a wrist grab, now its a full on wrist grab and you can no longer treat it as a chest grab. You are limiting yourself as to what you can do. You need to control the attack. That's the bottom line. You asked just a simple question however the answer is not a yes or no. Timing in Aikido is important, I meet the attacker, I don't let him meet me. I am defending myself because you want to cause a conflict, but I will attack in the sense that I am defending myself. I wont just stand there and let you grab me. Hope this helps. There is also "atemi", a strike used by the defender (nage or tori) to distract uke in order to perform or complete a throw. I think that a defender using atemi would be considered to be attacking uke.
How effective is Aikido?
This question can be interpreted in different ways.As a fighting tool.Speaking in strictly technical terms, it is very effective at stopping all brainless charging. If a man or woman just charges at them brainlessly, the proverbial "bull rush" tackle attempt, an expert Aikidoka will send them flying. Nine times out of 10 I can almost guarantee it. The majority of street encounters always involve agression by untrained martial artists, so in that respect Aikido can be effective, since most violent assaults involve some sort of bullrushing. The consistent thing about primitive minded criminal assailants, is that they always move forward brainlessly, and Aikido works from there. To a certain extent so does Judo.However because the martial art is so leverage and physics reliant, it is extremely difficult to perfect, to use it effectively you are looking at a solid decade of training. Not only that, but Aikido's arsenal is extensive; see, practice in Aikido requires that you be a good attacker, or most of the trips and throws just won't work. The momemtum of an opponent, is what many Aikido throws use, and without that momentum that aggressive action the move just will not work. That means that in Aikido training, you learn all sorts of attacks derived from various Japanese martial arts; you even learn "football" style rushing which Aikido borrows from Sumo.As a life tool.Because of Aikidos focus on harmony with your attacker, it makes it very hard to learn and use effectively, as mentioned above, with a large amount of training involved.But the benefit of this is that Aikido experts practice a harmony within, as well as with their opponents. You learn to avoid confrontation without having 'lost' to your opponent. While mastering a very effective fighting martial art, such as those use in MMA, teaches you how to hurt an opponent, it doesn't necessarily translate into a more fullfiled life, because the need to fight and prove yourself over others is maintained.In Aikido you don't need to assert victory over an opponent, but harmonise with them.In theory.
What is a Tae Kwon Do instructor called?
Taekwondo practitioners are sometimes called taekwondoka, but this is not Korean. It is a an attempt to use the Japanese model for judo practitioners who are called judoka = 유도가. Taekwondo practitioners might ought to be called taekwondoga, 태권도가 , but this is not a common usage. The suffixe -ka or -ga refer to a martial artist, as taekwondo is more popular as a sport than an art a more approprite term maybe taekwondo seon-soo (선수 ). Taekwondo practitioners are most commonly referred to as taekwondoins (태권도인), pronounced "taekwondoeen," and sometimes romanized that way and many other ways. It literally means taekwondo person.
Can you see ki energy?
not with your eyes - you sense it outside of your normal senses - i dont know what ki energy is but when i sense it, it is like a an energy "field" - the best way to put it is i dont feel it but just "sense" it - some people comment about "seeing" an aura but wither that is ki energy or not i dont know but its possible that their mind is interpretting what they sense in a visual way so that what they "see" is not really there optically but their mind telling them to see what they sense
