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.