Is this Aikido?
 

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1e9_1354027157

I saw this video on reddit and I was wondering what you guys thought. I'm not very advanced, but I totally saw some aikido, maybe not techniques but definitely some applied principles. Not sure what happened on the last throw, but I like how friendly "nage" is at the end; patting uke on the back and telling him to walk away.

Your thoughts?

Re: Is this Aikido?
 

Looks like brawling to me. Okay, he did a bit of a tenkan and a throw thing there, but that doesn't necessarily mean he has done aikido.

Re: Is this Aikido?
 

Looks like the guy in the right did pretty well, hard to call it aikido or not, but he didn't push his advantages, controlled the ma-ai and timing pretty well, and he let the other guy out of the fight quickly. AIkido, maybe, win, yah.

Re: Is this Aikido?
 

He grabbed an off-balanced, lunging kid with no skills by the shirt and slung him to the ground. Is that all it takes to be considered aikido these days?

Re: Is this Aikido?
 

No... You must ALSO be wearing a hakama... ;) :D

Re: Is this Aikido?
 

lol it's the little details!

Re: Is this Aikido?
 

Well, because of the gripping used in the throws, if you want to assign a formal label, maybe you could go with sumi-otoshi, as done in judo.



Mert

Re: Is this Aikido?
 

Nope. Not aikido. Just a couple of kids beating on one another and a couple of things that coincidentally vaguely resemble elements found in aikido technique, or for that matter ju Jitsu or any number of other arts.

Re: Is this Aikido?
 

Was it done with loving intent based on the loving protection of all things?

Re: Is this Aikido?
 

Then again . . . . . (see the opening takedown): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkSMRX_CuX4

Mert