Rokas Leonavicius's guest appearances

Rokas Leonavicius

The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

The Embodiment Podcast

Mind Your Movements

Julian Walker

Rosi Sexton

Roy Dean

Rodney King

Paul Chek

Steven Kotler

Steve Haines

Charles Eisenstein

Diana Winston

Susan Kaiser Greenland

Tami Simon

Daniele Bolelli

Ken Wilber

David Ley

Niraj Naik

OwlTail

Martial artist and YouTube star Rokas joins me to discuss the search for truth, realism, denial, aikido, MMA, testing what you’re doing, reinventing oneself, and using clothes for reinvent oneself. A lively real one with an old friend. https://www.youtube.com/user/AikidoSiauliai

Martial artist and YouTube star Rokas joins me to discuss the search for truth, realism, denial, aikido, MMA, testing what you’re doing, reinventing oneself, and using clothes for reinvent oneself. A lively real one with an old friend. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/AikidoSiauliai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/AikidoSiauliai</a>

268. Martial arts journey - with Rokas Leonavicius

I was joined by Rokas Leonavicius aka the Aikido guy. Who runs the martial arts journey channel on YouTube. We talked about his journey through martial arts as well as his future projects. This was a very fun talk.  You can find him below:  https://www.youtube.com/user/AikidoSi... https://www.instagram.com/rokasleolt/

I was joined by Rokas Leonavicius aka the Aikido guy. Who runs the martial arts journey channel on YouTube. We talked about his journey through martial arts as well as his future projects. This was a very fun talk. You can find him below: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/AikidoSiauliai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/AikidoSi...</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=z4kjGvd9Z036DmzydWR-BPwyT6R8MTU4MjYzNDg4N0AxNTgyNTQ4NDg3&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Frokasleolt%2F&amp;event=video_description&amp;v=blIlfjC-S04" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/rokasleolt/</a>

Mind Your Movements Podcast #24 Rokas Leonavicius

I really enjoyed this conversation with Rokas Leonavicius, the European Aikido instructor who became famous on Youtube trying to make his aikido functional against resisting opponents.  Find out about his journey into Aikido, BJJ, Aikido and Boxing in this fascinating episode. 02:05 - Rokas's background in Aikido 04:21 - Wrestling in Eastern Europe 05:43 - What attracted him to Aikido? 14:20 - How long should you train before Aikido is applicable? 20:20 - Testing Aikido on Youtube 23:55 - The Aikido vs MMA video 26:23 - Functionalizing Aikido 38:18 - How did Aikido take off? 40:59 - Real life consequences of the Aikido vs MMA video 48:43 - Elements of Aikido that carry over into other arts 61:53 - Where can we find Rokas?   Check out Rokas's Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazByhbmztoIg6ZKeI25PGw   and his website at http://rokasleo.com

I really enjoyed this conversation with Rokas Leonavicius, the European Aikido instructor who became famous on Youtube trying to make his aikido functional against resisting opponents.  Find out about his journey into Aikido, BJJ, Aikido and Boxing in this fascinating episode. 02:05 - Rokas's background in Aikido 04:21 - Wrestling in Eastern Europe 05:43 - What attracted him to Aikido? 14:20 - How long should you train before Aikido is applicable? 20:20 - Testing Aikido on Youtube 23:55 - The Aikido vs MMA video 26:23 - Functionalizing Aikido 38:18 - How did Aikido take off? 40:59 - Real life consequences of the Aikido vs MMA video 48:43 - Elements of Aikido that carry over into other arts 61:53 - Where can we find Rokas?   Check out Rokas's Youtube channel at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazByhbmztoIg6ZKeI25PGw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCazByhbmztoIg6ZKeI25PGw</a>   and his website at <a href="http://rokasleo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://rokasleo.com</a>

144 - The Battle to Make Aikido Functional with Rokas Leonavicius