Some small snippets of Aikido videos I made

[Elie]

http://www3.sympatico.ca/ezakaria/Aikido.wmv

http://www.shindokanbooks.com/video/inoue_kancho_demo.mpg

http://www.aikido.ca/burnaby/images/RobMust.wmv

The first video is my instructor "Kimeda Sensei"
The second is the Top instructor in Japan "Inoue Sensei"
The third "Mustand Sensei"

I did not produce the third video.

More to come, hope you enjoy!



Regards,
Elie

[Jammrock]

Interesting. It looks like Aikido was specifically designed to counter karate.

[Elie]

It was designed to encounter anything really, we defend against various attacks like side or front strikes, punches kicks, hand grasps etc.

Cheers,
Elie

[UtwigMU]

Looks very good. We have a weekly free self defence course at karate club (besides karate) and the sensei is karate, jujitsu master/black belt and some throws, locks and levers look similar to stuff in videos.

[William]

The story goes (and I don't vouch for its turth) that the founder was very proficient in Jujitsu & sword work, but found himself getting to old to perform some of the more vigorous techniques, so he modified them into ones that utilised minimal movement and use of the attackers energy. Compared to some other martial arts I've seen, there is very little movement in Aikido.

Edit: Typo