Steven Seagal Aikido
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Glad you liked it Jenna. 
Personally, I like Seagal and his movies. I remember one of my old teachers. He told me about his first movie, Above The Law. He was like, "Man, you gotta see his movie. Its great!!!" Until then, I had never heard of Steven Seagal. So, off to the video store I go, rent the movie, and was pretty impressed.
I have a documentary on him...shows some of his training, interviews with his students, seminar instruction, etc. Good stuff.
Personally, I like Seagal and his movies. I remember one of my old teachers. He told me about his first movie, Above The Law. He was like, "Man, you gotta see his movie. Its great!!!" Until then, I had never heard of Steven Seagal. So, off to the video store I go, rent the movie, and was pretty impressed. I have a documentary on him...shows some of his training, interviews with his students, seminar instruction, etc. Good stuff.
Same here! I appreciate that he like many others has his detractors for their various reasons. Personally, I would be lying if I said Seagal had not influenced the practice of my Aikido in one way or another [not least my inability to actGlad you liked it Jenna.
I have a documentary on him...shows some of his training, interviews with his students, seminar instruction, etc. Good stuff.
]. Jenna x
Bruno@MT
Senior Master
Steven is great. I loved his initial movies, and it is clear that he has quite some skill. Too bad that in his later movies, he tried his hand at acting instead of just kicking *** 
And when he went 'Chinese', his movies went down the drain entirely.
I never got why he quit training though. He went from lean and mean to fat and pudgy.
And when he went 'Chinese', his movies went down the drain entirely.
I never got why he quit training though. He went from lean and mean to fat and pudgy.
With some people, money in the pocket, adds to this. I loved and watched all his movies. Acting was bad, but, his fight scenes were very cool.Steven is great. I loved his initial movies, and it is clear that he has quite some skill. Too bad that in his later movies, he tried his hand at acting instead of just kicking ***
And when he went 'Chinese', his movies went down the drain entirely.
I never got why he quit training though. He went from lean and mean to fat and pudgy.
What makes you thjink he "quit training?"
As far as I know, Seagal Sensei still trains-it's just that he's 58 years old, and very, very, very fond of pasta....:lol:
Tanaka
Purple Belt
Hes still going.Steven is great. I loved his initial movies, and it is clear that he has quite some skill. Too bad that in his later movies, he tried his hand at acting instead of just kicking ***
And when he went 'Chinese', his movies went down the drain entirely.
I never got why he quit training though. He went from lean and mean to fat and pudgy.
He was just training Anderson Silva recently.
Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
interesting clip, i'd never seen that before.
The fact that his uke looks like he's only half Steven's size makes it look a bit funny, but I think Steven is something like 6'6"? I suppose that uke is probably pretty close to my size then...
The fact that his uke looks like he's only half Steven's size makes it look a bit funny, but I think Steven is something like 6'6"? I suppose that uke is probably pretty close to my size then...
mt1
White Belt
:angel: Sensei Steven Seagal is alright
Am continuing to enjoy his current dtv career
He appears to branch out in various martial arts aside from aikido?
Would love to see Seagal expand his talents in radio and in compact disc book formats too? Say in a radio mystery theater program?
Am continuing to enjoy his current dtv career
He appears to branch out in various martial arts aside from aikido?
Would love to see Seagal expand his talents in radio and in compact disc book formats too? Say in a radio mystery theater program?
Steven Seagal's uke in this clip is Haruo Matsuoka.. Matsuoka Sensei is very active in teaching Aikido:
http://www.doshinokai.com/Aikido_Doshinokai-About_Matsuoka_Sensei.html
http://www.doshinokai.com/Aikido_Doshinokai-About_Matsuoka_Sensei.html
Acting aside, he's not a bad musician and i certainly wouldn't turn down an opportunity to train with him!
I could think of at least a half dozen others I would rather train with, Matsuoka would defninately be one. But S.Endo, S. Yamaguchi (Yes I know he has passed on but still would have been interesting) G. Shioda, R. Shirata, C. Tissier. M. Saito, Nidai and Sandai Doshu, that's just off the top. Seagal is good, but I would prefer less baggage from my instructors.
