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.