coso55 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

: )

sysoplinux (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This video is awesome, thank you very much for posting it, I really appreciate it.

Natachkiii (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

that man is kickass

coso55 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

: )

mskilj (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I love Osensei's smooth style. It's so relaxed and confident. Thanks for the post

johnty505 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You have wrongly presumed me to know little about akido. ive done it for a while (i quit because it was making me worse at fighting) and im gennerally very competent at analyzing fighting systems. akido is too unagressive and concentrates on pacifying or restraining your opponent - not destroying him. i dont think its very usefull, ive never seen an actual fight with akido being the victor. im judging akido, and im saying its not too clever, i think its shit. sorry youve wasted years on it :(

lusigirl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You cant judge something you don understand at all and you know nothing about from watching some old youtube video. I am doing aikido and when I was 13 I knocked down my 50 year old 185cm tall dad, I can assure you, that it works. And of course you dont see "any force whatsoever" because the whole point of aikido is using the force of your enemy against him.You can knock down somebody with your little finger - FACT!So next time b4 u gonna judge something and say its shit,learn about it first!

MaistrePathelin (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It might seem harmless here, but try and fall that hard on the street, surely you'll be stunned for some time. Still, I prefer good ol' karate :-)

theostreinu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

johnty505 it's best if u read O'Senseis book ... and if u g to 1 course of Aikido.

sanji181 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

In response to johnty505: I've taken Aikido for over 3 years now and I have to say our training is not as fluffy as you see here with Morihei Ueshiba. Aikido is definitely works best when the defender receives a committed attack which allows you to use less of your own force to throw or pin the attacker, but I have to agree that in this video his disciples certainly look like they are just falling down.