Twenty years of Aikido sparring

I began training full time in Aikido in 1998, testing for and passing my black belt examination in 2001- I spent the next 20 years trying to figure out how I could actually use the techniques of Aikido if anyone attacked me. For two decades I've tested many different ideas and I'm now sharing them all with the youtube community.
This is the first video in a series explaining my journey. This video talks about my early attempts to learn how to do live training and actually make Aikido "work". There will be at least two more video's in this series- so stay tuned!
If you are interested in the work I'm doing- you can check out my patreon page / christopherhein