Aikido master

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[–]NastyWetSmear 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

These videos always crack me up, but the part that always makes me wonder if the logistics... Do you think the dude pretending to be thrown around the place is:

1) A paid actor. Just some dude from Craig'slist who gets $50 a session to come in and flop around?
2) A genuine cultist who has been so conditioned that he actually thinks the master is throwing him?
3) A fellow conspirator who is getting a cut of the school's money to act like he can't defend himself against the old man's slight wrist turn?
4) Someone who knows the old man is senile and retarded and just plays along because it's funny as fuck?

[–]ID10T 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's usually #2.

[–]Tom_BombadilBombadildo 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yep

You can find these jokers getting their asses handed to them by actual fighters.

[–]iDontShift 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

a literally circle jerk until a real fight comes along

then they run away and never talk of it again and continue

[–]NastyWetSmear 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That baffles me... Because they must be feeling that nothing is happening, but they still groan and flip over? I'd love to see a study on them to find out what parts of their brains are lighting up when an 80 year old cripple is gently raising his hand and they suddenly have the urge to do a backflip.

[–]Tom_BombadilBombadildo 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Fake reiki master bullshit.

[–]CheeseWizard 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Looks legit

[–]hfxB0oyA 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The actual Aikido guys admit that it's more of an art form than a combat. I did a bit of it back in the day. I'd compare it more to coordinated dance than ass-kickery. Even still, we didn't engage in anything that low effort.

[–]Tom_BombadilBombadildo 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Aikido uses an opponents inertia/monument against them. Pull their push and set them off balance.

Judo is using your body inertia/momentum as leverage against your opponent.
Step in and rotate under the opponent and set them off-balance for a throw.

I know someone who took judo from the same master that taught aikido.

Every semester the master (8th Dan taekwondo, 5th dan aikido, 4th dan judo) would let the two classes duke it out competition style. He was a personal body guard for the Korean president in the 80's.

The judo students always wrecked the aikido students. If you control your momentum and inertia, then your opponent cannot.

Plus the judo is also about choking out the opponent. It's practical.

[–]hfxB0oyA 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yep, that's pretty much it. Aikido was originally developed to disarm an opponent who was attacking you with a Katana. Outside of this very specific and outdated use case, it's not going to be of much help in a combat situation.

[–]CheeseWizard 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I don't know what you're talking about, not specific at all, people attack me with Katanas aaaaaall the time, gets tiring even, super useful techniques

[–]hfxB0oyA 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Especially at comic cons.

[–]jjj49er🧠 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is the first time I've seen someone other than Steven Seagul do that.

[–]Tom_BombadilBombadildo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep. It's theater.