The Way Steven Seagal is disrespecting the martial arts community and specially the Aikidokias.

First and foremost, I would like to make things clear, that I was a fan of Steven Seagal, and still maybe just a tad, but his most recent showings has made clear that he is just one cocky man. Asides from his latest news of riding a tank, yes a tank to a cockfight only to kill most of the chickens.

  This mission was completely pointless, one if not the only reason why cockfighting is illegal is because the cruelty to animals. Now, I love animals, we (Me and my parents and some friends) have two dogs, six sheep and a few chickens. Now, I understand that we eat chicken every time, and you might think why I'm overacting, but Steven Seagal, arrested the guy who held the cockfight and yet, killed more than seventy percent of the chickens that was involved in it. Now, if you were going to kill the chickens you might as well have waited for all the chickens to die then arrest the cockfight.

 Another point I would like to cover is, that Steven Seagal is known for his quick, simple, techniques that include joint locks and counter punching, these are (Most of them are) from a martial art called Aikido. I am studying Aikido currently, and though I only have a few years of experience I do know that Aikido is meant to defend yourself while also not harming your opponent/attacker. It is used as your last hope of defense.

 Now, if you think about it, Steven Seagal maybe representing Aikido techniques very fluently and precisely, he isn't showing what it really is about. Aikido is literally the art of peace. Yet, he continues to show it on his movies otherwise.

 The weird thing about it is, he actually said and accepted that Aikido is the art of peace and harmony on one of his latest series, Lawman that captures his deputy work in Jefferson Parish. (He actually is, a reserve police deputy)

 Now, another point I'd like to bring up is the way he talks, he completely talks about how good of a marksman he is (He really is though.) and other stuff about him and how good he is at it. Now, boasting isn't avoidable we have or will boast about ourselves in some point of something we've done or something we know, but Seagal has done it quite a lot.

 Jackie Chan is a master of his own right, but he doesn't boast, Jean-Claude Van Damme another master, and yet you don't here him boasting. Jason Statham, I still didn't hear any boastful comments coming from him.

  If only, Steven Seagal would stop doing what he does, and realize what Aikido really is. What's it's actuall purpose, maybe, I'd become a fan again, maybe even a bigger fan than I ever was.

Comparing Martial Arts.

          In this blog, I will talk about comparing different martial arts with another and how I think I dislike it. I think it' uneducated to a certain degree. But I will talk about a few martial art disciplines more heavily on the subject.

      I have studied some martial arts for quite a decent time. I've studied Judo, Kendo, some Muay Thai and I'm currently working on my Aikido and some M.M.A.  ( I do not plan on actually making M.M.A as seriously, I've only been in two fights, 1-1-0, I joined for experience and some knowledge. :D) 

  Now, first things first, my thoughts on different martial arts and the debates about them. Now, a simple question about who do you think would win is okay, but if someone insists about a certain martial art triumphing and descriditing the other while at it is just an uneducated, pathetic excuse for a debate. There  is no harm on giving your opinion, but there is actually no better martial arts. It's just comes to the practitioner and the time and the circumstances.

   Now, from all the different discipline I have learned, I notice that the most doubted and discredited martial art is Aikido. Now, I have discussed this with the other blogs I created, so I won't be explaining how effective it is, but will be explaining why it wouldn't work on M.M.A

    Now, some of the keyboard warriors out there say that Aikido is fake and how ineffective it is against mix martial artists. First of all, a true master of the discipline wouldn't even step on the ring with an mix martial artist, not because his intimidated, but because it's prohibited. Aikido, unlike most if not all martial arts, does not have any sparring or competitions. It does not set up tournaments and such. This art is created as a peaceful martial art. And when I say peaceful, I mean very, very peaceful, Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of the art of peace repeats phrases and quotes such regarding about how Aikido is an art to protect the practitioners and the enemy at the same time.

  Now back to the main topic, an Aikido master no matter how good he is will never have good chances against a mix martial artist in an M.M.A bout. First, wrist locks (Which Aikido specializes on) are illegal in an M.M.A bout. MMArtist also move differently from outside/street ways.

 In the streets, as some of you might now don't throw jabs that set up straights, they throw bombs. They throw everything they have without ever worrying if they get gassed or saving up energy for the second round. They don't clinch and lay and pray, once they hold you, they'll keep the pressure push you, and throw relentless shots. They are less worried about being gassed than they are worried about letting you escape.

   Now, an M.M.Artist could do very well against these brawlers, but an Aikido practitioner might do a little better.

 An M.M.Artist is trained to be in competitions, they are trained to stuff take-downs. Avoid punches which are, again, not as aggressive and relentless. And other stuff. While Aikido focuses on street defense. It teaches you how to use your opponents force against them. It also teaches wrist locks to control and attacker.

 Instead of going head on, you simply use an aggressor's own strength and momentum and use it against them. Which is really effective, since a possible aggressor is usually unaware of your abilities.

 Now honestly, I've only used Aikido techniques only a few times, and they didn't work as smooth as you see in demonstrations, but they did their job and kept me from waking up in where I could have been knocked unconscious.

 The moves didn't make my aggressors flip, but I did manage to disrupt their balance and get them in their knees Which, after a few seconds, they tried to stand up, but that's when strikes came to play. While he tried to come up, I hit him a couple of times than some, actual good citizens came to break us up, now, I must be honest, I did feel anger, but I just did what I had to do and defend, I didn't call him out or something that would add more fuel to the fire. While he did the exact opposite. I was mad, but I didn't make the problem bigger.

   Now, see, in M.M.A, it's basically a competition. And despite some beliefs of others, it's not the real street fight. It doesn't prepare you to what might happen to an actual fight. Though it may give some advantages like seeing a punch a lot better. But it still doesn't change the fact that it does not prepare you for a possible street fight.

  Again, street fights don't throw jabs, they throw relentless haymakers. While Aikido focuses on avoiding and defending against those attacks.

 Now I hope I have convinced some of you now to see the better side of some debates and martial arts, as well as the ability to see the difference between Aikido and street fights/brawls and M.M.A and competitions.

What's with the Steven Seagal haters?

Steven Seagal

 From time to time, I've seen people criticize Steven Seagal. Whether from Youtube videos, or from articles or blogs. Aside from being 6"4, Steven Seagal is a legit black belt in Kendo (Sword fighting) Judo, Karate and a 7th Dan black belt in Aikido. (Two of which belts were awarded for making the martial art famous in his movies, or so I've heard) Though, I may admit, I am one of Steven Seagal's fans, that wont stop me from acknowledging that he isn't the most humble actor I've seen, though he isn't the most arrogant either. Until this very day, I have yet to find out why they hate him so much.

   Aside from making fat jokes (Whatever happened to size didn't matter, or does that only account for little kids?) he is also criticized by his martial arts "Aikido" and how ineffective it is. My first blog, I've done/created was about Aikido, explaining why the attackers always flip. You can check it out. Back to the topic, once again, they have failed to do research on the matter. Aikido has been used to train agents from the UNDSS or the United Nations Department of Safety and Security and in some police force.

Now, I can sit here, in my computer and type in how effective Aikido is, or you can do research on it by yourself. Now, if  Aikido can work in law enforcement with only basic techniques such as disarming a weapon, or simply bringing down a criminal, how can it not possibly work with a master of Aikido having 7 degree black belts? And if you didn't know, Anderson Silva (UFC Middleweight Champion) And Lyotto Machida (Former light heavyweight champion) called and asked Steven Seagal to teach them a few tricks. Now some of you might say it was for publicity or other stuff, but, whether true or not, they kept an open mind. And if some of the techniques being applied to Anderson Silva hurt him, than why wouldn't it hurt to an average human adult?

Now. I might already have gave you something to think about, but I still have one more point to make. Even if Steven Seagal didn't know Aikido, or Judo, or Kendo, or Karate..his still 6"4ft His still a man to be reckoned with. With or without knowledge on martial arts.

70's to early 2000 music.

     With only one blog up, I'm going to tribute this blog to the music that was once before making sense.
I myself don't hate the music being made today, but I don't listen to them regularly. I, am quite sensitive to the lyrics being used in certain songs, and remember the old days, where Air Supply was still a hit, together with the Survivors, Bryan Adams, and Michael Jackson (R.I.P) You could call me a balladeer, I hardly listen to any rock songs. I listen to pop occasionally, but I pick the ones that lyrics can either be understood, or not talk about sex and money.


    Love songs were a hit in the 70's, and listening to them wasn't hard. Aside from the lyrics that were soulful and beautiful, the tune and melody where addictive. I can name a few songs now that have the same or similar tunes but different lyrics. I'd give credit to Bruno Mars, (Which I don't really like) for producing love songs again. Such as "Grenade" and "Just The Way You Are." 
  
      Most artists nowadays use such offensive or aggressive lyrics, while some just say words that don't make sense. Lady Gaga's "Alejandro" and "Bad Romance" May make sense if you listen to them, but the video is just plain creepy. Bruno Mar's "Grenade" May had good lyrics, but the video doesn't support that, at the end of the music video, the scene is cut just before a train hits him. Signifying suicide.

    Now, I have made a decision to myself, and a realization that the new music today can simply not compete on what the 70's, 80's and 90's had to offer. In my honest opinion, the incredibly high pitched Russell Hitchcock (Lead singer of the Air Supply, along with Russell Graham) and the soulful voice of Bryan Adam remains champion when pitted up against the likes of Katy Perry and the hit Justin Beiber.

Aikido: What's With The Flips?

And Uke flipping after

 I've seen a lot of people criticize Aikido and claiming it as ineffective and unrealistic. This comment just shows how the ignorance of some people of the martial art they are criticizing too. Aside from the so called ineffective moves being performed, they also dislike the idea of the uke (The attacker) flipping after the defender performs a certain technique. They claim that in a real life situations, the attacker would never flip like that. Well, this is one of the more educated points these Aikido haters came up with. The whole point of the uke flipping over is to avoid any injuries. The point of Aikido is to defend yourself only when necessary and to also avoid hurting your attacker. Sure in real life they wouldn't flip, but their natural instinct would be to follow wherever their wrist or fingers are bent to. The flip is just taught to let the practitioners go with the momentum. The natural instincts of someone's hand being bend in the wrong direction would be to follow where the hand is being bent to lessen the pain. With the pain being lessened by leaning back to where your hand is being bent to works, than a flip would certainly do a better one.