The Truth About Judo and Aikido • Ft. Chadi

I've met with @Chadi to discuss becoming disillusioned by Aikido, transitioning to Judo from other martial arts, the pros and cons of Judo and Aikido and more.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:47 Chadi’s martial arts journey
00:06:51 Similarities with Rokas’ journey
00:09:59 Bad Practitioner or bad martial art?
00:14:16 Pressure testing in training
00:17:14 What Aikido really is?
00:22:38 The flaws of Aikido's founder
00:29:00 What you should do before Aikido
00:32:48 Rokas’ experience of Judo
00:37:23 Tradition and culture in Judo
00:45:47 Pressure testing in traditional martial arts
00:56:07 Defining traditional martial art
01:03:26 Passing on tradition
01:06:49 "Art" in martial arts
01:12:18 Why impractical martial arts exist
01:21:18 Knowing the limitations of your martial art
01:25:58 Arguing in Martial arts

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Welcome to the Martial Arts Journey YouTube channel!

My name is Rokas. I'm a Lithuanian guy who trained Aikido for 14 years, 7 of them running a professional Aikido Dojo until eventually I realized that Aikido does not live up to what it promises.

Lead by this realization I decided to make a daring step to close my Aikido Dojo and move to Portland, Oregon for six months to start training MMA at the famous Straight Blast Gym Headquarters under head coach Matt Thornton.

After six months intensive training I had my first amateur MMA fight after which I moved back to Lithuania. During all of this time I am documenting my experience through my YouTube channel called "Martial Arts Journey".

Now I am slowly setting up plans to continue training MMA under quality guidance and getting ready for my next MMA fight as I further document and share my journey and discoveries.

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