Aikido vs Wrestling • How This Wrestler Made Aikido Much Better

As a lifelong Aikidoka after trying out Wrestling I realized that many of the answers I was looking for in Aikido were actually found in Wrestling. With the help of Oliver Enkamp a professional MMA fighter and coach I took a look at why wrestling is the missing link to aikido.

00:00 An unexpected discovery
01:18 A game-changer for aikido
02:41 Aikido Ikkyo made functional
03:16 Rickson Gracie and Connection
03:52 Testing out wrestling principles in Aikido techniques
04:36 Chaining techniques - the missing link to Aikido
05:12 Making Aikido work with the action-reaction principle
05:47 Making non-violence work
06:22 Closing the distance the right way
07:21 Aikido grabbing vs wrestling grabbing

If you want to see my whole exchange with Oliver, watch it here:    • Is Wrestling The Missing Link to Aiki...  
To learn more about Oliver Enkamp and his pro MMA career check out his social media here: www.oliverenkamp.com
@oliverenkamp on Instagram and www.facebook.com/oliverenkampMMA for Facebook

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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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