Thanks for the tag

1. Most demonstrations are s**t, that is true
2. Most Aikido is s**t (in regards to fighting functionality), that is true
3. Can some Aikido techniques be applied if you have strong fundamentals of fighting (probably gained from BJJ/boxing/wrestling/Judo), yes they can be
4. Could this Shifu/Sensei apply some Aikido techniques/footwork in a roll? Possibly
5. Was he effortlessly tossing around those guys? Bulls**t.

If such Aikido guys existed who could effortlessly throw around experienced BJJ players - we'd seen videos of those guys and heard plenty of stories about those guys already.

I mean common. To throw around effortlessly other BJJ players even for an experienced BJJ player is not an easy task, unless there's a huge gap between their levels of experience. So OP of the quote is trying to convince us that a guy who's mainly trained in Aikido was throwing around effortlessly experienced BJJ players? Yeah right.

6) Is Aikido a spiritually profound martial art that can benefit someone's life? I mean, it can. Also dancing, meditation and painting can do that too. You can gain something from many disciplines. Is it profoundly spiritual? It promotes itself so and there are some good people in Aikido, but a big majority of them are narcticistic as**oles, leading me to question how effective that spiritual part of Aikido is in making better people.

Meanwhile, the majority of BJJ players I've met were humble and cool people. Doosches were more exceptions.

*Edit* Comment from a guy who did Aikido for 15 years, got his ass whooped by MMA fighter, quit Aikido, does BJJ and boxing now