i think that as soon as all those people on here who are so busy passing judgement on someone who actually brought aikido to the masses, while also making some incredibly entertaining movies stop and think, then the better this particular post would be, arent we all so perfect that we can sit in judgement on someone who has actually dedicated his life to perfecting an art form, i would love to see just one of those who has this oh so important opinion say the things that you have on here to mr seagal’s face, and to say that aikido techniques are useless just goes to show how much the person knows about Aikido.
How sad it is to see people who actually think that what is on camera is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and no media company would ever edit the contents…Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-a_-g-6kvk

I always knew Seagal would kick Van Damme’s ass in a fight, now I know what kick he would’ve used.

@ RwilsonR
That’s how it’s supposed to go bro.
@ Shitbag
Tenacious D would not appreciate your blasphemy!

Hopefully Bruce Lee wil use his powers from the afterlife to see to it that Chael Sonnen can come back and bury Silva so both these turds can go away for good.

@ All you Seagal lovers? Are you all fucking insane? He might be good at twisting pinkies and shit but the guy is a solid block of douche. How could you not see this? He takes himself way too seriously, acts like he just got done curing cancer, then hawks his ridiculous sports drink while forcing his maid into being his sex slave.

And to top it all off he claims he invented the front snap kick. AS is only entertaining this dipshit because, being from a third world country, he thinks Seagal is a huge movie star. AS is probably star struck by Eric Roberts, Chris Klein, Shaka Khan. Seagal is a total, total, fucking joke.

He never said he “invented” it. Gees I feel like I’m reading a Yahoo Sports article. Get this shit off of here.

When Segal isn’t teaching Spidey how to kill people and shit, he’s doing some pretty cool beer commercials down here, I’ll see if I can find a link for you and you can all watch those fine acting skills over and over

Steven seagall martial artist, actor, law enforcement agent, coach, teacher, and now comedian. He can do it all. Chuck norris who?

Dey tuk ‘er jerbs!!!

I think we’ll have to on this one, Smitty. But thank you for being a gentleman about your argument. I do get where you’re coming from.

@ shitbag – I’ve said plenty of times here that I like Dana White, and that I think he has done great things for this sport, but do we really need to hail him like that?

NO!!!! Fuck this gentleman shit! SCREAM!!! YELL!!!!! THOSE DAMN IMMAGRINTS!!!!

@Smitty

HAIL SATAN! HEIL SATAN!! ALL HAIL THE DARK LORD SATAN!!! 666

@ RwilsonR
I think we agree to disagree, but I appreciate your point of view.

“Sonnen thought he was invincible. Vitor thought he could fly. They were both wrong.”

@ Clue-by-Four – Exactly!

@ smitty – I’m not judging him on 8 minutes of interviews. I’m judging him on every interview I have ever heard from him, as well as some footage from his shitty knock-off of ‘COPS.’

I used Bruce Lee as an example because I wanted to show how it isn’t just people being disrespectful to traditional martial arts and stars that were famous for practicing those arts, but that it was people being specifically disrespectful to Seagal because of his attitude. Both dedicated their lives to martial arts, but it is the way Seagal comes across that makes him seem like more of a joke than Bruce Lee. He may be the nicest guy in the entire world, but every time I have ever seen a camera put on him he seems like a douche.

Also, the one time I know of that he was challenged on his bragging and bravado, he was supposdly choked unconscious by someone who apparently wasn’t phased by Seagal’s deadly arts. If you want to respect someone who backs up their talk, dedicated their life to martial arts, and was actually involved in helping MMA become MMA, then respect Gene Lebell instead of this asshole.

Maybe Seagal has a lot to offer, but from my exposure to him, it is hard to like the guy. I get what you’re saying about respect, but even when I was younger and loved every Seagal and JCVD movie out there, I still thought he sounded like a douche. You may have some exposure to him that leads you to really like the guy. That’s fine, but I don’t need to meet him or go over to his house for dinner to form an opinion that I don’t particularly like him.

@ Smitty – “Some of you haters are the same dudes 15 years ago, jockin the shit outta Segal when he was in his prime makin movies.”

Yeah, then we learned the fraud of a lot of TMA. Seagal’s biggest problem, and why he deserves all the shit he gets, is that he takes himself so fucking seriously. He also has a mindset that seems to ignore that martial arts have evolved, and that he isn’t the preeminent authority on everything.

I guarantee you that most of the people on here that are shitting on Seagal right now also have respect and love for Bruce Lee. That isn’t just becuase Bruce Lee is dead, but because he had a humble and respectful attitude, and he likely would be pleased by the evolution of martial arts. Seagal is a relic who has always had too big of an ego. That is why he got embarrassed by Gene Lebell.

Nobody has a problem believing Al Gore invented the internet, but when Segal invents something, God forbid…

If do right, no can defense!

@ Lutador Vomitando
First of all, I wasn’t talking about Seagal kicking your ass, I was talking about Shitbags comment about wanting to fight him.
Second of all, you must be an expert on judging the character of people, to be able to not have EVER been in the same “CITY” as Seagal, and come to the conclusion that he is an arrogant asshole.
Third of all, I won’t be like you and say anything to put you down, cause for all I know, you could be a helluva guy, but I will say you sure “SOUND” like an idiot.

Why do you people hesitate to believe that Steven Seagal is not thousands of years old? Think about it. Why should he have ever been famous? I have always been certain that he is of the alien race that originally inhabited this planet. His being alien does not however give him an edge in acting ability, fashion or weight control.

So who’s ready for Seagal vs Herschel Walker?

@ RwilsonR
I beg to differ bro. No one “here” knows if Seagal is humble OR respectful. That’s MY point, they know nothing about the man. They’re just passing judgement on him because of 8 minutes of his life (the two videos). You really think him making those statements is reason enough to “shit on him”. The man has dedicated his ENTIRE life to martial arts JUST LIKE Bruce Lee did. I’m not sayin he’s better or worse than Bruce Lee, but I KNOW as a true fan of the arts and MMA that he deserves more respect than what some of these bozos are giving him.

Also, Bruce Lee was considered by his some of his peers, enemies, some friends as one of the most disrespectful martial artists ever because of his theroies and philosophical views. The martial art he created went against everything that thousands of years of martial arts had laid as a foundation for the arts. Alot of people “THOUGHT” that some of stuff he said sounded crazy too.

I’ve been trying to sell my Seagal VHS collection on Craigslist…. I still have it if anyone is interested. It has almost all of his early movies starting at Above the Law and ending at Fire Down Below. It’s the perfect collection for the Seagal superfan who likes his movies on old-school VHS. Hit me up if you’re interested.

Damn Karen Bryant! That woman is so fucking hot!

I’d actually pay money to watch porn starring this milf/cougar/hottie.

Don’t tell me I’m the only one using KB as fap material?

@ Rwilson – dead-on!

@ Smitty – Seagal is an arrogant asshole. Just because he might be able to kick my ass doesn’t mean I need to respect him. The only thing about him I respect is that he married that chick from ‘Weird Science.’ The only thing I respect about her is that she divorced him while he still had some money to take.

To me there’s no doubt Steven Seagal is a master of his craft. As far as this subject goes, I don’t think he’s ever been a great public speaker. He’s asked a question and he answers it as best he can at the time. We and the media then get to look at his statements and go through them with a fine tooth comb, and put our context around it.

I think with guys like Seagal, he really shouldn’t answer questions. He should have a PR guy that reads him the questions, and then helps him prepare a response. I think his thoughts are probably clearer then the words that come out.

I’m not a AS fan, and Vitor is my all time favorite fighter. Probably based on his early years then the past 5-6. But, it was still hard to watch him get KTFO with that kick no matter where Silva learned it.

I also think it would be a better fight to see Jones vs. Silva then GSP vs. Silva. GSP’s chance of beating Silva is absed on getting him to the ground and laying on him. Jones (I think) would go more toe to toe with him. I do feel Jones needs more fights before fighting Silva. But maybe in 18 months????

I just think it was stupid for anyone to think Jesus vs. Seagal would’ve gone the other way, Jesus is a total wuss. Look, GSP just needs to get Chuck Norris to teach him that kick he used to knock down he Berlin Wall (that was him right?), then we got ourselves a matchup.
I just love the fact that all these fight fans are now taking a new, sctrutinizing look at all Seagal’s old movies.
PS. Seagal “can’t keep track of of space and time that well” because Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked into oblivion.

I still think Silva was just doing a tribute to the Superbowl and that is why attempted to punt Vitor’s head out of bounds.

I was going to smash some idiot in the face with a cueball wrapped in a bar towel, but I didn’t want to write Steven Seagal a royalty check afterwards.

Charlie Murphy invented this and called it the falcon kick when he used it on Rick James.

Steven Segal would fight MMA, but he couldn’t live with all of the fatherless families he would leave in his wake.

I trained under one of Segals senior students, and can verify that not only is he still a very dangerous man, but that he couldn’t give 3 shits about what any of you idiots have to say, about anything he has to say. Look where we’re at (in the comment sections online, talkin shit), and look where he’s at. Some of you haters are the same dudes 15 years ago, jockin the shit outta Segal when he was in his prime makin movies. Some of you are from this new generation where nothing is known and or taught about respect. And some of you are just shit talkin, big mouths, that would get your ass handed to you if Segal decided to take you up on your offer to a fight.

Anybody ever play UFC 2009 Undisputed?
Anybody ever pick Anderson Silva?
Anderson throws a very similar kick in the video game compared to the one Vitor got hit by….very similar.

@ stewiegriffin – See Daniel LaRusso vs. Johnny Lawrence for further confirmation that this kick was indeed used to knock people out prior to this fight.

hXXp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54ZcFpInoO4

He could, however mean that he invented that very specific style of that kick. There may have been subtle variations that the casual observer doesn’t appreciate.

@ Mike Russell – Yeah, I catched that and he also says before it again about learning it, perfecting it and making it something of his own. Which, of course is maybe little too much depening what he really means with that, but he doesnt say he created it from scratch.

 @Hail…I guess you missed the part where he said, "it’s just something that I created that’s a little bit different that I thought Anderson could learn well."

Cocaine is a hulleva drug

Ok, I’ve been wanting to fight Steve Segal for a LONG time! I even made a thread about it on another shitty mma site:

hxxp://www.cameldog.net/stoned-wasted/16999-i-want-beat-shit-out-steven-seagal.html

@Hail

Steven, is that you?

At what point does he say he created the kick itself? He says that he ‘perfected’ it and developed his own version based on what he was taught. If he’s lying about teaching Anderson Silva it; it’s only a matter of time before Silva says something. Give respect.

Bullshit! That kick was nothing more than a modified crane kick that was invented, perfected, and passed down through the generations by the masters of Miyagi-do karate in Okinawa centuries ago.

@GILL-uh-TEEN – Say that to all the karate masters, boxers, fencing guys, fucking pool players who practice few things over and over, for decades. It takes detication to do something well. And mister Seagal has practiced martial arts all of his life, so what sense does it make to learn a kick, train it for 5 years and then think that you have gotten it down, when you actually CAN make it better and better.

In case that kick didn’t work, I wonder if Seagal taught Anderson the ‘lay there unconscious and shit your pants’ defense that he used against Gene LeBell.

I’m a total keyboard warrior, but what they hell could you be doing for 30 something years perfecting 1 kick?

He could have been totally cool and modest by saying: “I’m glad Anderson had success in the fight and I’m grateful he attributed his victory to something I showed him.”

Whatever A. Silva is #1 p4p.

Although he may sound senial. I believe what he was trying to say is the technique of knocking someone out with that kick is what he perfected and taught anderson. We’ve seen tons of people do the front kick but they’ve mostly been a push kick to the face or body not a up kick to the chin. In addition the fake low and go high helped anderson execute it to a knockout. I’m a big anderson fan but i’m also a big vitor fan and it was sad to see him go down like that.

What he meant to say was that his stunt double taught Anderson that kick. They would have to bring in a crane to get that fat lying bastard’s leg that high.

Nowhere in the fist video does he say he invented the kick. He says (as again in the sedond video) that he LEARNED it in Japan over 35 years ago. And then has tried to perfect it etc.

You even have written it in the text belov the video

“I learned that kick 40 years ago or 30 years….35…I don’t know — a long, long time ago and I worked for the last 35 years or so to perfect it.”

Get your facts straight

“I dont really keep track of time and space too well.” =Awsome!

How can you all doubt him? He is the greatest martial artist in the shitstory of the world!

Haters…. sheeesh!

Maybe he invented the fake body front kick and flick it up into a head front kick… has anyone actually tried to understand it from his perspective, instead of jumping aboard the hate-tain? I’m not saying he isn’t an idiot but he could very well mean something more nuanced than a simple front kick. Maybe a unique variant of it.

Wow. Steven Seagal is the greatest Martial Artist Ever. To bad he is over a thousand years old seeing how he invented the front kick hundreds of years ago. If he were a few centuries younger maybe then he would participate in the wonderful sport of UFC.

Karate Champ taught me the front kick.

Half Point!

Mr. Seagull has practiced that move on his female “assistants” for years.