Aikido Ukemi: Meeting the Mat
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- Donovan Waite Sensei started practicing Aikido in 1969, at a very young age. As a 14 year old, he received his 1st Degree Black Belt from Ralph Reynolds Sensei who was under the direction of T.K. Chiba Sensei in Birmingham, England. Since then Waite Sensei has spent the last 37 years persuing a deeper understanding of Aikido. Along that path, Waite Sensei has had the opportunity to train under many of Aikido's foremost instructors. In 1984 he apprenticed himself to Yoshimitsu Yamada Sensei, chairman of the United States Aikido Federation and chief instructor of the New York Aikikai. For over ten years he was Uchi Deshi, or live-in student, under Yamada Sensei and he still holds a weekly teaching position at the New York Aikikai. Since 1997 Donovan Waite Sensei has been the chief instructor of Aikido of Center City.
He currently holds the rank of 7th Dan and is a certified Shihan, or Master Instructor, with both the United States Aikido Federation and the Aikido World Headquearters in Tokyo, Japan. Waite Sensei is one of the few, and one of the youngest, Westerners to reach this milestone. He also serves on the USAF Technical Committee. In addition to his duties with the USAF and Aikido of Center City, Waite Sensei extensively travels the world teaching Aikido. He has conducted Aikido seminars in various cities of North, Central, & South America, Europe, Russia, the Middle East, & South East Asia. Waite Sensei is a full-time, professional martial artist who has dedicated his life to the practice and teaching of Aikido.
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Rest in peace sensei Waite, I've learned a lot from you through CZcams! We all love you
Noooo
Don't tell me that 😢😢
I saw a man who was over 300 lbs. And he rolled without a sound. Smoothest thing I ever seen. Most fall and roll like a brick. He rolled like a whisper. Always been my motivation of ground work.
This helped a lot more than some of the other things I'd looked at. I try to practice when I'm not in class, but it's so difficult without somebody there showing you what went wrong. I love this.
very nice explanation in such a controlled and quiet way, that would make a aikido
beginner pupil feel safe and in good hands by the instructor
great instruction ; the details are wonderful. Thank you Waite shihan.
Thank you for this vid! It clarifies things for me a whole lot and helps me see where I was going wrong. You make it look easy.
Thank you so much. Really appreciate such detail and in depth understanding of Ukemi Falls.
The best basic Ukemi video on CZcams I have found so far.
Outstanding! Excellent teaching. Thank you taking the time to post.
This is the best video that really explains the ukemi process from start to finish, great stuff!
Very good way to explain Ukemi, talking and showing at the same time and in the right specific moments in order to imprint the correct movements. A personal way to approach could be to clean your mind, completely from overthinking, then imagine to be a big wheel. Domo arigato, Sensei Donovan.
I've seen this video a lot of times and have learned diferent tips in every play. Thanks Waite Sansei for sharing your knowledge.
The First video where they REALLY tech the knowledge of the Ukemis.
Thanks and hugs from Toledo, Spain.
I love this man's voice! So regal!
Thank you very much. I just started AIKIKAI AKIDO and your video really helps!
Really like this especially how you took time to explain the common mistakes and how to avoid them. This one will go into my study collection.
great input and thanks for putting this together.
Love Aikido!! Thank you...
Awesome! Thank you for such a clear demonstration and description of ukemi :)
Thank you for creating this video. I am just beginning Ki Aikido and I am struggling with ukemi, so I am really grateful for your excellent explanation.
Really well demonstrated and explaned ! GOOD JOB !!!
Em minha opinião, vc é uma das maiores autoridades em ukemi, mestre aprendo com vc todos os dias e me espelho muito em seu trabalho, sou faixa branca há dois anos e não quero mudar por enquanto de faixa pois estou me dedicando muito e aprimorando as técnicas de ukemi e as técnicas básicas, meu sensei fala muito da sua pessoa. Espero quando vir ao Brasil eu possa assistir seu seminário. Vc é o sensei de todos que querem aprender o que é aikido. Um grande abraço
As usual, outstanding clear instruction
Great ukemi explanations. Thanks for posting, this helped a lot!
really smooth ukemi, great description!
martialartsgirl123 .
This is the best ukemi teaching video I have seen. My Sensei teaches ukemi exactly like this. Thank you.
Wow, that was so smooth. Thanks.
Excellent. Very helpful. Also, a delightfully calm and systematic presentation without hocus-pocus or hype. When I relocate to Philly in Feb 2010, I'll look for your dojo.
Big thanks for great explanation!👍☺️
Beautifully and efficiently communicated. Thank you. K
Learning lots from this. I find ukemi quite challenging and am happy to come across mr Waite his teachings.
Clean and simple explanation and execution. Great Vid. Thank you.
Very simple explanation. Very useful video. Thanks to master.
perfectly explained, well demonstrated. Incredible teaching!
Incredible instructor, thank you !
Best ukemi intructional video I ever saw.
Thanks much for posting!
This is excellent! Thank you a lot, I have learned something new.
Very helpful video, thank you so much 😃👏👏👌
Excelllllent job. Great video. Verrrry helpful. Excellent job!!!
Thank you so much for this!
very clear instructions, easy to follow, although I can barely do the roll. I guess it take more practice. great job !!
There no Aikido Yoshinkan in Michigan . Maybe one but far away. I wish more Yoshikan /Yoshinkai Aikido were in Mi
I studied under Takashi Kushida in 1987 and in 2012 just before his passing . He was a great man , I will never forget him ! Takashi Kushida once was ahead of 50 schools in the USA.
His son teaches Yoshokai Aikido in Ann Arbor. I gave Aikido my heart and trained 150% each time I came to the dojo .
He got mad at me and charges at me like he was going to attack me . later at closing time I brought it up to him and he threaten to break my knee if I came back to class.
It hurt me to the core because I love Aikido and couldn't go back. It took me many many months to get over not having Aikido in my life. I looked for a school to continue
training but none were the same . There is to this story , I didn't feel ( wasn't ) wanted even giving my 150%
The history of Aikido is love and harmony but this was harmony .
Great video, explaining in detail all you need to learn this without wasting time...
And he is also instrukting in such a good way, that you will understand very easy why it is good for your body to do the ukemi in the way he is instructing. And then he seems to be very good himself at what he is doing.
Didático, mesmo sem entender o idioma, mas conhecendo os fundamentos do AIKIDO, compreendi o que ele ensinou, muito bom.
Didactic, even without understanding the language, but knowing the fundamentals of Aikido, I understood what he taught, very good.
Great basic and very useful!
respect, peace & love
Thanks for this.
Nice clear instruction. Easy to follow. I think this will help anyone no matter how new to Aikido.
Thank you.
Thanks for this great video!
Great vids from Donovan! thanks!
Thank you for your kindness! I understand!
thanks!
NICE TUTORIAL , THANK YOU SENSEI WAITE
An excellent roll tutorial, thanks for making this.
excellent detailed instruction
very thanks for sharing Master
Thank you Sensei!!
Very well done. Great job of verbal explanation fallowed by the physical example.
Thanks from Mexico and congratulations for your very good explanation!
We don´t roll at exactly the same kind, but your videos are very helpfull to learn sticking on the mat with every part of the body. So it´s possible to control the rolling speed and to control the movement at all. Nice teaching video.
Thank you Sensei. I have gone back to aikido after a long pause and having a hard time with rolls.
Excellent video, what a lot of viewers are overlooking is that this is a focus on the basic mechanics....once learned you up the anti...I have informed people in my local horse riding community to take note and that they do have an Aikido dojo in their area....Many thanx...Al
Excelent demonstration. A must see for all beginners..
thank you very well explained
Thank you for sharing your instruction on ukemi :-)
Great tutorial video! It gave me another way of explanation how to fall and I'll try it when working with children! Thank you!!!
Thank you very much for this!
Waite Sensei, Great Video!!
Thank You. I keep collapsing my lead arm.
Fantastic, I have just started judo lessons, this will help me improving my falling techniques. Domo arigato gozaimasu :)
you are greatest master thanks for your lesson
Excellent teacher!
SOLID technique. Arigato gozaimasu.
One of the best video explanation I've ever seen on ukemi. I wish I had it earlier...:D
Awesome presentation! Have a good seminar in Athens tomorow....
Excellent, this helped me a lot.
my reverse ukemi is thanks to this gentleman. I watched the video on loop for 15 mins before my jiu-jitsu class. My first attempt was almost perfect and I have never even felt a sting from a reverse ukemi since.
Thank you Sensei for such a easy to understand video un ukemi.
I hope you will be happy in this and the nexts lives 🍀🙏
Thank you, sensei :)
This is a beautiful and brilliant video of Ukemi. I have a lot of trouble with the falling aspects of my game in bjj and really don't like the feel of the rolls (They kind of freak me out) This is the best instruction I've seen on Ukemi to date. Well done!
Very helpful easy to understand and nice and slow throughout the emonstration
cheers
@threat645 purpose: when you are getting thrown, it's a way to protect yourself. If the technique translate into a hyper extension on your elbow and doing this can prevent it from being snapped, do it.
The technique looks quite easy, I'll certainly put it to the test! Thanks!
Love this.
a wonderful video...it's easy to undersatand
Perfect training.
:) beautiful and elegant, smooth feeling together (both), ... she is doin' a very quiet roll, and i am almost able to feel while youre rollin' and explaining :D thx
she??!
+Doug Moses You did see the female? She is in the video for several minutes. Apparently you didn't watch it all.
Just great and very good explaining the teqn. I`ve been practice Aikido for only 6 mnt now, and falling forw/backw, and rolling backwards is NOT easy.. This video certanly helps a LOT.. Thanks
Excellent vid!5 stars
Very good basics and equally well and patiently explained. Domo Arigato- Sunil
Great tutorial ❤
thank you sensei, now i know how to practice with falling down!!
great explanation
Très bonne vidéo. Thank you very much.
that's awsome demo
Thank You!
OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! I finally after 5 months of doing Aikido was able to do a forward roll without any pain in my shoulder arm and actually do it in a straight line! IN MY BEDROOM! I'm soooo stoked! Now I'm gonna show my sensei that I can do it now that I'm 7th Kyu and then maybe he will pick me to throw around. SOOOO EXCITED! I was positioning the hands incorrectly. Thank you so much!. I was sooo frustrated!!!!!!!!!!!!!
とてもわかりやすいです。ありがとうございます！ Donovan sensei's teaching is very helpful, thank you!! from Japan.
Learning to fall in this way isn't just useful in aikido class. I tripped over a curb one day and instinctively went into a roll. I was over and up before I'd even realized I'd done anything. This was a real life situation, outside of a fight, obviously, but as an older person, I saved myself a world of hurt by knowing how to roll properly.
Thanks!
thank you.