Like Taido?

[Nathan Teodoro]

If you've never seen it, check out some Taido. My Aikido instructor was a Taido Ni-dan, and was very good. Via fightclub.team.pro. Enjoy.

[John W. Zimmer]

Hi Nathan,

I am totally unfamiliar with this as if I understand this - it is sparring with Aikido? It looks cool but as I said - I thought one did not spar in Aikido.

Please enlighten me as I understand more about karate type martial arts.

Thanks,

John

[Nathan Teodoro]

As far as I know, it's an eclectic form of Karate, with an emphasis on spinning, rolling, and even somersaulting types of techniques, along with more traditional moves. It's fascinating to watch. I'd never seen where they wore the hakama, but this video does highlight what they actually do in sparring. Similar to Olympic TKD with Karate, Aikido, and even capoiera mixed in. It blew me away when my Aikido/Karate instructor did a cartwheel, roundoff, and pushed off one opponent to kick another. His Aikido was more aggressive, too.

[Richard Kimura]

From Wikipedia.
Taido ( 躰道 / taidō ) is a Japanese martial art created in 1965 by Seiken Shukumine (1925 - 2001). The word taidō means "way of the body." Taido has its roots in traditional Okinawan Karate. Feeling that the martial arts, particularly karate, were not adapting to meet the needs of a changing world, Shukumine first developed a style of karate called Genseiryu around 1950.
It appears to be fairly large organization in Japan.
It has some interesting concepts.
* Sen - Vertical spinning movement
* Un - Ascending and descending wave-like movement
* Hen - Falling movement characterized by changing the body's axis
* Nen - Horizontal spinning movement
* Ten - Rolling and tumbling movement
These movements are combined with punches, kicks, and other techniques. The last category, Ten, includes acrobatic movements, for instance back-flips, which makes Taido spectacular to watch. Taido has a special kind of foot-work, which is called unsoku, as well as non-stepping (acrobatic) locomotion, called unshin
Aloha
Richard

[Nathan Teodoro]

Thanks Richard

Richard Kimura said:

From Wikipedia.
Taido ( 躰道 / taidō ) is a Japanese martial art created in 1965 by Seiken Shukumine (1925 - 2001). The word taidō means "way of the body." Taido has its roots in traditional Okinawan Karate. Feeling that the martial arts, particularly karate, were not adapting to meet the needs of a changing world, Shukumine first developed a style of karate called Genseiryu around 1950.
It appears to be fairly large organization in Japan.
It has some interesting concepts.
* Sen - Vertical spinning movement
* Un - Ascending and descending wave-like movement
* Hen - Falling movement characterized by changing the body's axis
* Nen - Horizontal spinning movement
* Ten - Rolling and tumbling movement
These movements are combined with punches, kicks, and other techniques. The last category, Ten, includes acrobatic movements, for instance back-flips, which makes Taido spectacular to watch. Taido has a special kind of foot-work, which is called unsoku, as well as non-stepping (acrobatic) locomotion, called unshin
Aloha
Richard

[Andy Fossett]

Hey guys. Taido is my main thing... Actually, I wrote the Wikipedia entry quoted above, so I won't repeat myself.

Taido is based on moving the body in 3-space. In some ways, it's very efficient - defending and attacking at the same time. In some ways, it's kind of silly - doing a large movement when a more subtle one may suffice. But the major idea is to develop creativity and adaptability in movement, and by extension in thought and in real life.

Of course, I'm in love with Taido, though I wouldn't say it's the best way to become a fighter.

If you want to learn more, check out Taido/Blog.

[BlackBeltat50 (aka BBat50)]

I think this is fascinating. I like it when people can admit that their form of martial art is in some ways, "kind of silly". In fact, most martial arts are full of some pretty silly things which we either overlook or like.