15Jul/10Off
Kick Defenses: Intermediate Aikido Techniques : Pressure Point Strike: Aikido Roundhouse Kick Defense
Striking an opponent's pressure point can quickly immobilize them. Learn how to strike an opponent's pressure point when defending against a roundhouse kick in this free Aikido video featuring a 4th degree black belt.
August 30th, 2009 - 23:56
It looks ineffective, but if you catch the knee their kick is effectively cancelled.
September 20th, 2009 - 14:35
lol
October 11th, 2009 - 12:45
this might be effective in a brawl…. being prepared was always a teaching of martial arts….. bruce lee once said that a good martial artist is a guy who takes a fight not in a tensed manner but seriously, readily, effectively, and properly….. R.I.P. LEE JUN FAN….. your little dragon spirit lives in us!!!
October 19th, 2009 - 00:19
this guy moves like shit.
October 27th, 2009 - 01:41
Problem….pressure points should never be relied on and effect most but not all people…there is no follow up.that is a biig mistake..that does work for the kick but wheres the sweep or strike after??it is completely necessary…in no way do i mean to disrespect aikido…but for real cmon
November 6th, 2009 - 08:36
no pressure points work on everybody. and we all have the same pressure points on our body therefore it is a reliable way of attack.and that is why he said he wasnt going to do it to the other leg so he didnt drop him on the ground
November 16th, 2009 - 06:33
no really they dont…they are people who are NOT bothered by them..i know 4 people personally that just straight up dont feel them…try it yourself you will find someone]..or google it
November 16th, 2009 - 06:36
and dont get me wrong i respect the arts..it just fact…certain people dont feel them at all…im one of them..clavicle….the filtrum under the nose…..the one hes using in the video…i know because ive had them beaten bad..i studied a lot of arts..it just isnt safe to teach pressure point fighting…its best to rely on something everyone can do effectively
November 24th, 2009 - 16:30
I actually agree with you. Its so hard to strike a small pressure point in the heat of a fight. Its better to attack bigger targets that are easier to hit like the solar plexus, the nose, the ears, the biceps, the ribs, the knee etc..
November 29th, 2009 - 14:44
Who selects the ‘experts’ in the village. I ain’t going to live there if these guys are teaching… Sorry but true.
December 4th, 2009 - 00:12
kewl
February 14th, 2010 - 07:02
This video should be entitled, how to successfully take a shin to the face.
February 24th, 2010 - 21:11
@RebelWrestler45
Thats true
March 27th, 2010 - 18:57
why cant you just trip the guy? If you have one of his legs, can you just knock the other one out from under him?
April 6th, 2010 - 01:17
@hencrazy The knee is fragile. Striking it is almost guaranteed injury. This video is of an ‘Aikido’ technique, therefore the focus of this technique is the immobilization of the opponent while causing no damage to it’s body.
April 10th, 2010 - 11:44
tried the arm thing on myself actually hurts pretty bad
April 15th, 2010 - 23:29
Catching the kick like that is a sure way to cause serious bodily harm, too yourself.
April 25th, 2010 - 02:13
@Davidol aikido practices to take down and cause injury to limbs. and they train and do that by catching the kick.
April 25th, 2010 - 02:13
@shaolinsnarf You’re right, My Sensei always teaches that a person cannot rely on pressure points to help win a fight. Just because, as you said, some people can’t even feel them! It’s something good to know, but do not rely on it to save your life…
April 25th, 2010 - 02:14
@hencrazy you can. but thats not what they are teaching in this video.
April 28th, 2010 - 19:21
@fireflyrad Let’s not go into what aikido “practices”. What I commented on was that letting BOTH hands down for a catch like that is not a good idea. A feint or a kick to the head will, well, get you fucked up.
May 1st, 2010 - 07:21
not adivisable!!!!!!!!
May 18th, 2010 - 20:48
That is not an advisable way to ‘catch’ a roundhouse kick.
June 26th, 2010 - 13:24
I see… so to stop a mawashi geri chudan-yodan??? (in this case performed at the wrong height!!!!!! in which you have the least probability to cause damage) you must let it hit u hard…
maybe the work around pressure points is fine (I do not really know much about it, but it seems to deal around the same place we try to hit sometimes with mawashi gedan) but you should annalyse better the way u deal with what is actually the most critical part of receiving a kick.
hope it helps
June 29th, 2010 - 14:00
in aikido you should not want to receive a kick, nor even block it with your hands, especially those upper kick footballing your head. the primary aim is to pass the attack, then help an attacker to fall or at least move by. this principle was not shown here