Recent content by Ryan of Yamaguchi

As a whole, Aikido would not be effective in a "sport fighting" match. However, some of the concepts like kuzushi and irimi would be a benefit to any cage/ring/mma fighter.

We all know that Norris has jumped the shark. He's become an old right wing nutbag. Speakman? Didn't he get fat? Hard to criticize someone when you can't see your own penis without a mirror. However, Bas could have beaten Seagal half to death now or in his prime.

Seagal is ranked in the Aikikai and his Aikido is pretty pure Aikikai so the quote is fairly hypocritical considering the stance you take in the rest of your post. The Aikikai is more concerned with self-promotion and preservation/perpetuation of their organization than imbuing actual martial...

You are in France and you are associating yourself with Seagal? This makes no sense considering their are more talented Shihan who live in France and are under the Aikikai umbrella as well?

Donald, I completely understand them not allowing small joint manipulation. It's a sport, and as such it has to have rules to make it competitive and less "brutal". The reason they instituted weight classes and so many rules is because MMA was essentially banned because of the brutality. They...

I agree that Seagal needs to lose some weight, but I could honestly care less if he does another movie. I've watched his recent movies, but I never find myself going back and watching them over and over like his earlier films. Obviously putting out DTV movies keeps his bank account healthy so...

I think one of the more interesting parts is at the 4:00 minute mark. It's dark so I can't see well but it looks like he takes Silva down with kotegaeshi. One of the big criticisms I hear about the Aiki arts is that the techniques can't be performed if a person doesn't throw a "zombie" bunch and...

I looked around and didn't see this posted yet so I figured I'd throw it up here. It's video of Segal showing some Aikido to Anderson Silva (UFC) in preparation for his fight with Chael Sonen (MMA). I found it particularly interesting as I train in Hakko-Ryu Aikijujutsu (Daito-Ryu derivative)...

I'm going with two: 6'4'' and Aikido.

It's far from over. From the first post I gather this Kayden must have signed an employment contract with an arbitration stipulation (like you would find in any credit card contract). All this means is instead of the case being sent before a standard jury/judge it will be heard by a panel of...

All the blind adoration is kind of disturbing. Seagal is far from the greatest man on the planet. He's supremely egotistical, a serial cheater, and there have been rumors of his sexually inappropriateness for years. However, the fact that this most recent case is being handled not criminally...

Did the Prosecutor's Office (or DA) even hear about these accusations before she decided to sue? If not, it's obviously an attempt to extort money out of Mr. Seagal. I've never thought that he was the greatest person on earth, but drugging and sexually assaulting a young woman doesn't sound at...

I came across the pictures while reading the Tenshin blog at http://www.tenshindojous.com/ Seagal and Fujitani's son Kentaro is now instructing at the US dojo.

http://sun.ap.teacup.com/tenshindojo/img/1244383351.jpg Another...

http://sun.ap.teacup.com/tenshindojo/img/1245831823.jpg An oldie...