Okinawan Karate: The Art of Grappling with Strikes
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Kata (traditional forms) are just movements of the human body. They are muscle-memory building tools used to get your body coordinated and at the same time learn movements that can be applied in a combative situation. The only difference is what happens afterwards: training to apply it.
We agree that 99.9% of karate schools don't go beyond just learning the forms. But with the right method of practicing and pressure testing the movements, karate can work.
This video provides examples of similar movements found in Okinawan Karate, an art that's hundreds of years old, and compares them with popular grappling arts of today.
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Super tight video. Karate is a complete fighting style and it's hard to get that across when the majority of the time, it is not taught as such. The Karate world needs more teachers like you all.
+Todd Ward You're absolutely correct, thank you for the compliments! We will keep making content and hopefully continue to spread what karate was originally intended to be
Is there any actual 'yellow book' for Okinawan Karate in the U.S. ? like a website that list legitimate Karate schools ?
A karate master must know how to defend or defeat every other fighting system
CAVEAT, It is only complete when the kata is practiced alongside THESE TECHNIQUES. We did a few with my last sensei but the past karate schools ive been in advertise themselves as self defense but really just focus on sport amd not the ones i see here.
Bro idk why people downplay karate
This is the perfect example of grappling in karate that I was looking for, I am a judoka and I don't exactly plan on practicing karate, but finally cobra Kai has put a spotlight on many throws that come from Judo / jiu-jitsu, and how they are often taught in karate is by the exact kata that you are showing. So many people don't even understand that these katas are throws. Thank you for doing this and editing it together perfectly
If you don’t practice them as throws they aren't throws.
One of the reasons I took up Judo after getting my Kyokushin Shodan was because of all the kata movements that we knew were throws but rarely practiced with resisting opponents - I was overjoyed at how easily my Judo classmates avoided, jammed and countered my feeble efforts and used them against me, nothing more satisfying than getting the full confirmation on a theory.
Remember in karate kid 3, Daniel wins off a throw and several times Mr Miyagi utilized throws against opponents in the original films
I believe Johnny even threw the wrestling kid in the fight at the store when they were bullying Miguel
Old Style Ryukyu Karamitii addressed all fighting ranges, in particular in close grappling. Genuine Okinawan Katas contain most of this information. Modern Sport Karate has A different approach and/or intention and unfortunately those not familiar with original Ryukyu "tii", judge Karate by the latter's standards. Many Okinawan masters such as Motobu, encouraged pragmatic fighting strategy thro' personal trial & error, not blind adherence to Tradition. Good job on reminding the MA community of the original Karate combat promise.
thanks!
Question; which form of Karate do you practice here?
Absolutely, you will get out of it, what you put in. Finding A competent and knowledgeable Sensei is A huge factor. You seem to have reached A certain awareness. keep It Up !
SPOT ON sensei! ush
Freaking fantastic.
+Ando Mierzwa As always, thank you!
+karateculture Thank you for validating what I have been teaching for years. Gambatte!!
NewEnglandBudo its rubbish from a practical point of view,moves that exist in kata only may as well not exist. by the way its a stretch of imagination to say the kata techs were intended as the throws you depict,they look nothing like them.
scarred10 they are showing the similarities not saying it only exist in kata
scarred10 As the old Okinawan masters said, movements in kata have more than one meaning. Also many movements are "hidden", that is kata is a map, not a photograph, and using the general principles of body torque, a position can mean a lot of things depending if you project the movement allthe way until the hands,or just to the elbows or the shoulders, and where those are placed at the right point, you hit/push/lock with them. The same principle is when you can make a short punch, a longer punch or the longest one, and making your wrist rotate the fist or not. The movement starts usually in the hips for example, and where it ends depends of your situation and the situation of the oponent.
Also attacks can be defense moves and viceversa.
We in Taekwondo suffer from a glorious lack of understanding about what we're really doing in our forms. Sames goes for those in MMA, and those in other sport-martial-arts-who-have-forms-but-have-no-clue-why. And same goes for those who complain about what we do in Aikido. Yes, I study Taekwondo (35 years) and Aikido (7 years). So I hear the complaints all the time.
Nothing would make me happier than to see more of this kind of video. There is no other way to argue with the modern martial artists who sneer at the practice of forms, and then go out and do these very techniques on the mat. Or those who complain that we have no self-defense, yet it sits under their very nose. Or that sport techniques cannot be applied to self-defense, or that self-defense techniques cannot apply to sport.
This video settle the score, no matter who makes the argument. It bridges all styles, and does so without putting anyone down. Everyone comes out a winner. Well done!
+Possum Thank you for the great comment, we have also received negative feedback from practitioners of other styles for not representing the entire demographic of traditional martial arts. However, we truly believe that all arts gravitate towards the same discoveries when survival and efficiency becomes the greatest aim. Therefore, we greatly respect authentic taekwondo and aikido and hope our karate video can act as an ambassador for all traditional styles and bring validation to the study of forms and their use in self-defense. Thank you!
Very cool. Back in the day (late 80s, early 90s), a former friend of mine used to insist there was no grappling or throws in Shotokan. He was the kind of guy that, after taking a couple years of it in college, was now an expert in all things Okinawan karate. The arguments I had with him over this.... jebus. He refused to even visit the dojo, which happened to be the world headquarters for Funakoshi Shotokan in Milpitas, CA -- which I was super fortunate to train under Sensei Kenneth Funakoshi and Sensei Lafferty. If only I had this video back in the day to shut him the fk up, would have saved me from some balding and gray hairs for sure. **sigh**
I love this video (and Okinawan Karate: The Original MMA). Really outstanding comparative videos which not only highlight the movements, but more importantly educate people on what bunkai is and it's usefulness. For this, I applaud you. Well done! OSU!
+The Martial Way thank you! and great channel as well, it has some amazing resources for kyokushin. Osu!
Y’all better re open yalls dojo 😭 I been wanting to train with y’all since I first saw y’all on Instagram
You're more than welcome. It must have taken some time to get all the clips, and put them together. Thank you for all you efforts to show some great karate.
This is absolutely brilliant. Having been a black belt in Japanese karate and now a blue belt in Judo, I can absolutely see the kata moves and their equivalent judo moves. A shame Japanese karate has completely lost that knowledge.
Japanese karate is a descendent of French shoe fighting (savate), same thing that's taught everywhere else. you're talking about Okinawa karate.
Well done. I have often thought that some of the more obscure movements in the kata are more realistically interpreted as grappling moves rather than blocks or strikes.
Great work gentlemen. Its great to see someone showing the true meaning of kata as it was originally designed.
+Paul Dervan Great to hear that, we appreciate the compliments, we'll keep the content coming!
...and the message at the end. FANTASTIC
Karate has It all from striking, grappling,e.t.c...Its all in the katas but too many are too blind to capture It. From a Kyokushin practitioner, this video makes me proud of my decision in taking Karate...Salute..Osu!!
I wouldn't say blind so much as they just are not aware of the concepts. Japanese approach to martial arts places a lot emphasis on precision and knowledge of technique....the "what is it" and the "how to do it" aspects of martial arts. The Okinawan approach, particularly before it migrated to Japan, placed big emphasis on application and function of technique, the "when, where and why do you use it" approach. Both approach are necessary, IMHO, in order for one to become a well-rounded practitioner of any art.
Rohan Davey Hey very good explanation. The Japanesse aproach would be like lab study, and the Okinawan the field research. Both complementary perhaps. The okinawan style to me has a feeling of "the possibilities are huge, the practice will not be short, because reality is complex and contexts are hundreds". It's fascinating and sometimes overwhelming. I just know these styles from a short time ago and I'm fascinated.
it's a great video that's shows REAL Karate is effective, a mixed martial art and, EPIC
+Easyandy100
It is if you go by strict definitions. Okinawans took chinese kung fu and mixed it with their own folk wrestling and weapon combat. So it literally came from a mixture of martial arts.
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I agree. A lot of TMA started off as mixed martial arts...combining, what at the time, the masters thought was the best from the different martial arts they had trained.
I only mean it in the strictest form of the words "mixed martial arts". Today, MMA is almost more of a competition format, of which the competitors are best served by a mixing of different base styles (wrestling, boxing, kickboxing, bjj, mt, etc). And it's kind of evolved into its own thing.
It's also true that a lot of these traditional martial had as purpose to be used on the battlefield (or self defense in the case of Okinawan Karate). In that scenario, going to the ground is not a viable option.
Hence the lack of ground work in traditional martial arts.
That's at least one of the possible reason.
Jean-Loïc De Jaeger its more likely that grappling against a knife is very unwise. however you need to be prepared and a lack of newaza is not preparation
the folk wrestling of okinawa was brought by chinese traders. weapon combat was teached by chinese admirals.
I used to know some if these katas that were demonstrated, but never knew the full meaning behind them.
Incredible to see it's applications shown so clearly!
Wish I could train with someone where I live in Central WA!
0:31 That's "Monk Dries a Corpse" or a "double punch" in Hung gar Tiger-Crane.
I'm an Aikidoka....I've been doing Aikido for a long time now. 2 years ago I crossed into shotokan and I can see that there are throws and locks in the katas that are very identical to the Aikido ones.
I'm glad that you've added some Aikido clips in this video because quite alot of Karate takedowns, locks and arm bars are identical in Aikido.
We're cut from the same cloth, everything at a higher level gravitates towards the same conclusions of body mechanics and efficient movement. Thanks for the comment!
Karate Culture Indeed...only difference we Aikidokas are internal. The study of the concept Aiki is a long hard road to grasp but it is well worth it as you learn to let go and go with the flow.
MrMattias87 It's good to see that. I practice karate and I wanted to do Aikido for years or find the way in which karate can be applied in the same way. Thanks to all the masters, information and videos that these years are showing "the secrets" now I know my idea was not wrong and I start to understand what I only imagined.
All music is music after all.
All food is food after all.
All martial arts are martial arts after all.
I do both judo and karate. It's always seemed to me that many of the stranger movements that people struggle and fail to interpret as blocks and strikes (like the first two sequences in shotokan's bassai dai) are more reasonably interpreted as grappling techniques. The guys here do a good job of showing how that might be done.
The founder of my karate style, Shindo Jinen Ryu karate, was a friend of Ueshiba and looked up to him. One of our katas was developed specifically for his approval.
A diffrent style, I'm coming from a shotokan background, but this was just super impressive. Thanks a lot!!!
i love this video thank you for posting. it shows how modern martial art styles are just labels stuck to one complete form.
that's a good way to put it! All traditional styles we very well rounded and had all aspects of combat, it's only been lost through commercialization and times of peace
I want to thank you guys for sharing this. Too many people are "Partial Artists" they have no desire to investigate their own arts. i tell people all of the time that there is nothing new under the sun
While I think the video is excelkent, I think grappling needs to be practiced against a fully resistant opponent as well. While there is no sustitute for drilling, there is also no substitute for learning how to set a throw up, for learning timing, countering, what to do when you miss, etc.
bwelc00 completely agreed! Knowing Kata or forms doesn’t magically teach you the nuances in executing the technique correctly. This video just shows that those movements have practical meaning, people still need to train comprehensively to make them work
That is why Jigoro Kano implementing Randori in Judo, he knows all those techniques he learn from Jujutsu wont work if no resistant...
it's true. but kata is similar to shadow wrestling in the sense that you're going through a full range of motion. I had no idea that I spent my entire childhood learning grappling techniques, now I understand why certain wrestling moves come so easy to me. Also, kata is way less hard on the body compared to a live wrestling session where most technique should be executed.
Amazing video, i know someone who does judo and is constantly bragging about how karate has "no throws" and is therefore not as good as judo, not saying that judo is bad as it is not the martial art that matters rather the martial artist, but this just made me smile at the fact that other people can see the links between different martial arts:-)
+George Brews Exactly! We're glad to find more and more people with the similar mindset as us as we release more videos. We're all the same, it's just how you choose to train. Thank you for the comment!
I’m probably biased as I train in Wado Ryu which has its origins in Shindo Yoshin Ryu JJ but I’d never want to train a form of combat that is bereft of grappling or striking. The issue I have with BJJ or Judo is that it’s teaches close combat take downs locks and submissions but doesn’t prepare a person for striking. I moved to Wado from Goju because I find it more of a complete style that focused on interacting with other students rather than kata.
David Coscina I trained karate for years and now train BJJ and MMA. My striking is still very much karate, but I love the close range grappling aspect as well. It's all great stuff to know.
@@soundtreks I learn Tae Kwon Do and Silat, but also perform Judo very well. Judo also learn how to punch and kick but not that much. I usually using my TKD or Silat to open my opponent defense then the Judo throw will be execute. One clean throw mostly enough in street fight on asphalt or concrete. No need a KO Punch which can cause brain damage or something.
Long story short, when the rest of the world wanted to learn Karate (particularly main land japan) they only wanted the "Asian boxing" part and didn't want to bother with the rest of it
It would be awesome if you guys provided the names of all the techniques used. That way, people can know exactly what to look for when studying kata further.
I'm currently training shorin-ryu, and the kind of bunkai you're showing in the video is totally one of my karate objectives! Thank you for inspiring us!
Yes! Fantastic!! Where's this video been all my life?!!!
These moves makes sense and I'm actually surprised that yamazuki can be a grabbing technique too. If I can do request, I want to see you teach these techniques. Because I'm rather tired at karate being used just as entertainment, where kata is just for beauty, and kumite is just about points. I'm also in a quest of searching the old budo way of karate and this video is such an inspiration, thank you very much
glad you enjoyed the video! Definitely, it feels like kata applications work best within the clinch so all these applications start coming out and look more like grappling, thanks!
This is beautiful. Correct technique _is_ martial art, regardless of any 'style' or 'school'...
Correct kata is correct technique.
Nice compilation.
I do Goju. One day I was in a discussion with a Shotokan practitioner and when I mentioned that throws show up early on in the Shotokan / Shorin kata, he asked me "where?" (a bit snarkily too), as he didn't believe me. So I showed him out of the opening moves of Heian Nidan. His jaw must have bounced off the floor twice. Then I told him I knew a Shorin Ryu Sensei that taught this.
Oh well . . .
This channel is simply brilliant.
I don't do karate but I definitely think it's a great martial art. If you go to a GOOD karate school you will get taught throws and joint locks. Even Tae Kwon Do is good if you go to the right school as sparring can go heavy!
thanks! Thanks for having an open mind!
Karate Culture all martial arts have their good and bad points. I do Japanese Ju Jitsu and the striking and footwork is more similar to karate as opposed to Kickboxing. When I used to kickbox I've sparred with some TKD practitioners too and they have good kicks; heck I sparred a Goju Practitioner once and even though he was used to karate Kumite as opposed to Kickboxing, he still kicked very hard and he even threw me in clinch!
I dont know if my comment will have any impact whatsoever at any level but just like I read on other comments I just wanted to thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video.
Sometimes there are bits of information that we randomly find and that echoes with us and suddenly it causes a ripple effect that shapes decisions we take later on in life... and for me this might be of them so thanks man XD sometimes the messages we put out there reach others in amazing and peculiar ways
Thanks for the thoughtful message Elias! We really appreciate the comment and it really means alot to know that we're helping people on their martial path. Keep it up and hopefully we can train together one day!
Learning the actual application of Kata was one of my favourite parts of learning Karate, I wish I could still do it!
Awesome video. The problem remains that nobody will practice these in an alive fashion and as such will have no takedowns or takedown defence.
agreed 100%, that's why we have our patreon and dojo to practice it in an alive fashion
great! this is exactly what i wanted to show to some of my friends that i am teaching. always practice the kata
+Kshitij Chillal Sweet! We're glad to give you something to share with your friends, thanks for the compliment!
Awesome content as always. I really appreciate the time and commitment you all have to producing stellar content. :)
+Aaron Travis Thank you! We don't monetize our videos and both have full time jobs outside of training, so this channel is purely a labor of love. We appreciate your constant support since the beginning!
I like this vid. It portrays proper martial arts. So many people do not understand why they perform the moves in kata. Excellent thank you.
Glad you like the video man.
I like the title. I think my favourite definition of karate is "a heightened system of grabbing and striking" (or similar) from the book Hidden Karate
Why don't we see more Okinawan styles going on the mat and practicing these moves? I'm just curious.
traditional methods of training lost over time and deemed unnecessary since the majority of sport karate nowadays is point sparring
That's sad. I mean, I would join a traditional style in a heartbeat if only I could find an instructor that would train hard and not be afraid to explore the depth of the style and real application and sparring like this.
Your 2 videos about old school karate are all time best reference video. I've used many times as a reference about revolution of martial arts and fix the misunderstanding about mma. Best of the best
How come the Japanese and Okinawans don't do this then?
As a person that done Shotokan as a child and now Judo much later as a adult I see connections.
This video is excellent
One of the best karate videos I've ever seen. Thanks.
+Andy Allwood That's very humbling to hear, thank you!
i was little bit being lazy in karate,then i watched this video!
thanks for the motivation.
Awesome! Glad we helped motivate you!
A lot of the stuff here is very useful and applicable even for mma for example, most karate senseis really disregard the grappling and takedown and takedown defense aspect of karate, to the point they turn it to a merely striking art, when it can be both or at least incorporate some grappling
This is as good a grappling training as swinging a cane in your garage is training for fishing.
Also, each Karate dojo has its own bunkai, so it seems they just adapt it to make kata more real, but in fact nobody knows what each movement stood for originaly.
I train in judo and I didn't know karate also got grappling too. anyway it's good to see karate have the grappling element too because knowing how to grapple is essential other than knowing how to strike
karate has his grappling from kung fu. judo has his grappling from kung fu, too
I love your videos, guys! I love it how you show movement applications.
thank you!
Very Nice! It shows how the correct bunkai (interpretation) of kata reveals so many techniques in them. That is why the statement that it to a decade for a person to master a kata. You can see why that is true in order to get the total benefit from it. Thanks for showing!
+Fishing With Son of a Hillbilly Definitely agreed, only after the kata is engrained into your muscle memory can you start understanding it
I love this.. I was cut off from my Shorinkan Sensei.. and where I am there is a lacking of in depth instruction for a lifer like myself. This helps fill so many holes. Keep up the good work guys. Osu!
+brooks walls So glad we can help, if you have an specific questions, feel free to contact us we would love to help out however we can!
+karateculture Much thanks. I do have Aikido, BJJ and Judo that helps fill the gaps but not like this. Where I can say.. this.. is this to my students. In another life I would have started in Shorinkan but alas most of my Karate is in an American version of Shorin-Ryu.. I sought out Shorinkan thru Scott Hayes over 10 years ago and learned a lot but only so much can be done with 500 miles between you. So, I thank you for the vids.. I apply anything I can. Osu!
this is the best interpretation of kata ever!
Hey! Thank you!
OMG ..great video... My nipples got really excited.. Im glad folks are not giving up on traditional martial arts
Si la verdad es que los Katas del Karate tienen muchísimas técnicas. El problema, como lo veo yo que soy practicante de Shotokan, es que esas técnicas nunca las practicamos en el Dojo, y si lo hacemos es por una o dos semanas. Hoy en día se entrena mucho para los torneos, lo cual solo se entrena el 1% de lo que para mi son el arsenal de técnicas del Karate. Sólo lo más efectivo para la competencia y lo permitido, claro esta. Por eso escucho hablar a más de un ex-practicante y que hoy practica otra disciplina o deportes de contacto (MMA, Kick Boxing, etc), que lo catalogan como inefectivo o irreal. Siendo que muchas de esas técnicas son usadas en las disciplinas y deportes que hoy ellos practican.
Pero bueno, Karate es algo que lo llevo dentro mio. Lo practique desde los seis años. He practicado otras artes marcialesy de hecho ahora estoy viendo el Kick Boxing, y no puedo o me cuesta adaptarme a esos estilos. Siempre lo comparo con Karate y sale ganando este último. Esta es mi humilde opinión.
OSS!!.
Karate inventors were true masters of war
Shotokan guy here, Good stuff! Thanks for the video.
Awesome! Love shotokan, thanks for the comment!
i love okinawan karate do.....
us too!
Definitively one of the best Karate videos I have
seen, and I've seen a lot. Great job! (Ni Dan Okinawa Karate)
+Tim S Thank you for the kind words, we're happy to receive such positive responses from everyone. We'll keep the content coming!
as a karateka you guys are awsome. Uso
Osu! thank you so much @karateculture for sharing some knowledge of the practical applications of kata.
thank you for the comment!
I like how you tied shuai jiao into this 🙌🏼
Jeet Kune Do is not the father of MMA; Traditional Martial Arts started the idea.
Tell that to the 18+ styles developed by the Shaolin Monastery.
It's not 18 forms, its 18 styles with a number of forms each. The imitative styles like tiger and crane, the 7 star style, the eight immortals, or "drunken" styles, are all examples of the many Shaolin styles. They all have different movements, and have different, and in some cases, incompatible approaches to combat. The long fist styles and there straight blows for instance, don't mesh well with the up close tiger style, and its sweeping palm strikes. And on the subject of combining styles, Hung gar is a marriage between the tiger and crane imitation styles.
Masters within the Shaolin monetarist are capable of performing multiple styles of kung fu, and employ elements of each that they know when they spar. That's a mixing of martial arts.
I think OP meant in general traditional martial arts is a mixture of strikes and grappling which people find today as MMA since there are many MAs that are either/or and not both.
Some traditional martial arts are more or less complete and definitely we have got rid off many aspect of those martial arts to make them more accessible, more sport oriented and getting rid of the physical preparation which is 80% of what makes you a good fighter.
But still, none of those ancient martial arts can be as complete as MMA or JKD, they still were stuck in their own style.
But sure Jon Miller, ancient Karate has nothing to do with the modern Karate that we're practicing nowdays.
I like the Pinan Yondan bunkai @1:06, especially the Shuai Jiao equivalent. Very refreshing to see
Awesome, awesome stuff. A model for how Karate should be trained!
thank you!
Kudos for including footage from all those different disciplines. What would make it even more powerful is if you'd find examples from MMA as well
Kudo is just old karate.
Thank you so much for sharing this video! I am so impressed by how these kata can be applied in a practical way. I will add this kata to my training menu.
+Jin Watanabe Glad we could help! If you have an questions, feel free to send us a message or email!
Years practicing karate and I was NEVER showed any of these in my classes! At least, not like that.
Keep up with the good work!
Oss!
It's a similar problem like with languages. Everybody speeks different languages. But the goal is the same: You wan't to communicate with your surroundings.
Great way to put it, people are so quick to highlight the differences in things but fail to embrace the similarities
That's an excellent visual explanation of the katas!!
Although that first move, the one with the two hands going up, is one that I have seen and done forever, when look at this, I am thrilled to know what that move actually is. It’s a terrible thing to try and teach someone and tell them to do it because I said so, or for your next belt.
Very well done guys. I hope to post a few similar videos. Way to open people's eyes about how motion can be dynamically applied in ways beyond striking. You might consider showing a few kicking throws with emphasis on the returning leg's application. Thanks!
sure that's a great suggestion, thanks!
Another excellent video, much appreciated! One of the central elements I take from your videos is to look at principles of movement and how they can be applied in a physical confrontation.
+temenos58 That's exactly what we want to portray. Teach a man a technique and he'll have to memorize it, teach him a concept and he'll be able to create his own techniques
Excellent video. You've just got yourself another subscriber.
Anf Trew thanks! Have fun going through our playlist haha and if you have any requests we'll be down to help!
karate could be one of the most complete fighting systems however, most don't teach the grapling and alot those who teach it, just leave it on the theorical field, witch means that even you see the grapling being teached, you won't see they doing wrestling or grapling or Rolling (whatever you wanna call it) rounds, without those rounds it still won't work under pression, you have test your stuff
love the use of shuai chiao clips. great stuff!
+Tom Marker Thanks! It's a style not many know about so we're glad to give them some exposure as well!
Thank you for saying the name.
Asian traditional martial art is for war. before firearms exist, ancient law enforcer and soldiers rely on martial art alone. I'm from Indonesia and a silat practitioner. this video shows me the beauty art of traditional karate. I fall in love with it.
thank you, we appreciate the kind words from other styles!
Karate Culture this style looks little bit like kyokushin, forgive me for my unlimited knowledge about karate. karate looks a little bit similar with bugis silat. a silat from a sulawesi Indonesia.
very good video...you have the same interpretation of my group... it's amazing other people have our mind...our thinking!!! cheers from Karate Forte, Brazil!!!
+Paulo Roberto Andrade Duarte Great to hear other people are out there on the same path! Hope to train with you and your group one day, take care!
+karateculture site brothers, our doors are always open...and I will hope, someday (who knows???), we can visit you all!!!
I practice kata every week. I'll return to everyday. I understand the relationship it builds in my spirit, as well, as my mind & my body. オッス！！
+falcon12 Great post!
wow awesome references i can use some of them for my students
That's great! Glad you found the video useful!
Awesome display of skills.
Really good video! Very CLEAR!
Great video. I had no idea Karate had this amount of grappling it.
Naihanchi nidan was the one I recognized first, im 15 and got my yellow belt about a few months ago. I remember my sensei showing us the grapple that was in that kata. Kobuyashi branch, Yamashita Karate. Okinawan Shorin-Ryu is one of the best martial arts out there and I live studying it, how long have you guys been training in it to where it becomes muscle memory?
Amazing video, I love seeing applications of kata
This is how fluid Karate is. Basically, it is just human-style present to various fighting styles around the world but systematized.
awesome and superb in the same time!
ANOTHER GREAT VID!!!
I tool the liberty to load this on my LINKIN page to share with my network.....I hope t=you guys don't mind. I think it's great how you show what kata is and can be!!
MUCH RESPECT!!
+MechanicalMartialArtist No problem! The more we can expose people to this open-minded approach to karate, the more beneficial it'll be for the art. Thanks!
Your channel is brilliant! Thanks for the amazing content!
Nice one guys, nailed it again!
+nic1rippa Thanks for the support!
Absolute terrific video
2:10 in china it called shuai jiao
nice video i practice shorin ryu judo and bjj but i hope you change the view of karate of the public really do you guys
greetings from mexico
+joshua salazar That's a great combination and it really shows your open mind! Hope to train with you one day, take care1
For all those time training, I thought it’s all about striking but now I can understand more
Same lol
In my best east end accent that was Beautiful!!
0:25 in shotokan this is heian sandan, didn't knew this bunkai, very good
Bro this is amazing
This video is poetry!
Now this was complete karate ❤
I really love your movies/clips ! Can I share your clips/movies?Keep on telling the world what real karate is
Spot on!
Just Fantastic work !
+Freddy Laseure Thanks!