If you saw Anderson Silva’s last few fights, you undoubtedly got the feeling the guy was just screwing around.  As if to drive that point home, here he is “training” with 7th-degree Aikido black belt Steven Seagal.  Aikido practitioners who’ve successfully transitioned to the world of Mixed Martial Arts include [citation needed].  So, what could a champion with 12 consecutive wins like Anderson Silva learn from a guy who looks like he’d get his ass kicked by any adversary not made of sandwiches?  Judging by the video, eye-gouge submissions and karate chops to the back of the neck.

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But despite teaching techniques that have been illegal in MMA since forever and 1997, respectively, you can tell Steven Seagal an expert because he’s wearing MMA gloves.  What Anderson Silva may not be aware of, however, is that one of the unfortunate side effects of becoming an aikido master is developing a “unique physiological reaction to arousal.”  Which in Seagal’s case means farting the entire score of Hard to Kill on a Vuvuzela.   There’s also the matter of those pesky rape charges, but my travel agent assures me that groping is completely legal in Brazil.  Strangely, the video never shows Seagal’s most important advice: if all else fails, use a bar napkin filled with a pool ball.

God I love that scene.

[props to HammerFisted and WatchKalibRun for the video]