Dead three times

Why is this guy (Neil Blacknell) insists on giving his back to the attacker at 7, 13 and 25 sec. ?

4th dan Aikikai... unbelievable. The stills:

"Traditional Aikido" videos

There are 7 videos in the series:

• Sword techniques part 1
• Sword techniques part 2
• Jo techniques part 1
• Jo techniques part 2
• Body techniques part 1
• Body techniques part 2
• Takemusu Aiki

The playlist URL is here.

What a muppet!

This is from wbdoyle.com:
"Aikido is one of the oldest and most widely-used martial arts forms in the world. It is being taught for centuries as a form of self-defense and protection. It is also a way for people to learn centeredness and balance in their lives."

What causes someone to make categorical statements about something he or she is completely ignorant about?

Here is an extended muppet list: "Aikido is one of the oldest and most widely-used martial arts forms in the world"

Update: the page has changed now to something less outlandish:
"Aikido is the modern Japanese martial art developed between the 1920 to 1960 by Morihei Ueshiba..."

The actual content is not original and is all over the net: "It is the pacifist nature of..."

There are no weapons in Aikido

According to Masatake Fujita there are no weapons in Aikido. Ahem...

Aikido word: Shihan

Shihan: 師範 cosiste of the kanji:

• 師 teacher
• 範 model/example

Aikido word: School 流

Pronounced ryu. Actually means stream or flow.

Also:

古流 Koryu - old school/stream

大東流 Daito ryu