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I started when I first enter university. I was looking for martial arts club at that time. There were various of choices such as Silat, TaeKwonDo, Karate-Do and Capoiera (I'm from Malaysia btw). Then I joined Karate-Do Club, since I'm very interested in Japanese culture. It has been 7 years since then, and I'm still actively trained with the same Instructor, eventhough I've graduated.
Love the series so far! I started doing Matsubayashi Ryu at the start of High School because I moved to a new area. It was something different from Muay Thai and and Escrima. I love all martial arts because it is just fun for me :) recently been exploring bo techniques between Asia and Europe. Pretty fun learning so many similar techniques!
I started in my 30's when my son had just turned 5 years old, he was uncoordinated and timid and my father suggested that karate lessons would be good for him. I loved it from the first class. 25 years later, I still practicing more than ever. There is so much to learn.
I started Kuyokshin Karate when I was 4 - 5 years old, because my brother was training. I had a Japanese Sensei ( RIP), he refused to give a black belt to student's who didn't prove they were mature enough. So the age limit for a black belt ( just for keeping your pants up) was 18 and if you then showed you were mature enough, you were able to graduate. Now 30 years later, missing my Sensei, I have been competing, teaching, training, been crying, but by training other Martial arts, I have been able to improve my Kuyokshin, thanks to my Sensei, who said that we need to expand our horizon and understand different concepts of Martial arts. After over 40 years, I am still a student and can't live without Karate and even when I have been seriously injured, I have always found a way to train Karate! Been to Okinawa many times, always with my White belt and learnt so much from the Sensei's there, but I am a full contact practitioner so I really found myself in heaven in certain Dojos in Okinawa. It's a lifestyle and not a sport from my POV. 🥋 Still a student of the art, even though I have my own Dojo and lots of student's, but I will never forget my Sensei's wisdom and understanding of this fantastic Martial arts. ❤️
I started because of a challenge. I was a competitive weightlifter at a local gym, during the same time a Sensei was teaching Karate in another room - he had to walk by me every evening to the storage room to retrieve his equipment, and each time he would ask me "Are you going to join?" and each time I would answer, "When you can lift my bar - I will join.". My bar, most of the time in that area of the gym was loaded quite heavy for Deadlifts, sometimes exceeding 600lbs. Each evening, the Sensei would walk past and give the bar a pull then chuckle and walk away. This kept going, once or twice a week for the next couple months until one evening, I showed up late and had yet to load my bar! As I was sitting on a bench beside my bar checking my notes I didn't notice the Sensei quickly walk over and pick the empty bar up - he turned and smiled as he put the bar down and stated "I'll see you next Class" ... that was it, I discovered Karate.
His explanation about contrasting a hobby and routine struck a nerve and is absolutely true. Some of us used excuses all the time to explain away ditching practice or abandoning duties one way or another. I don't even remember how I ran into your channel but I'm enjoying the series very much. I've overstretched a pelvic limb at age 23, so kicking at certain angles "pops". As a result I chose to train in Aikido. But as Shinzato sensei said, if he didn't enjoy karate, he wouldn't have practiced it for 50+ years. I never truly enjoyed Aikido tbh, but this series got me thinking. I should probably look into the "popping" issue to make sure it won't cause any long term issues and start training.
I like what he said about how if you only train with one teacher you'll never surpass them. No teacher can make you exactly like himself but if you train under many teachers they'll make up for the deficiencies of the others.
I have always been interested in Martial Arts. I didn't get started until I was in my 30's though when my kids started. They did not continue but I did and have been learning for about 16 years. I really enjoy your series.
To be honest, I'm just self learning karate, and specifically the matsubayashi ryu. My mom did practice karate in her younger days. I had practiced many styles such as aikido, wushu, wing chun, taichi and also dabbled a bit in yagyu shinkage ryu. I felt that in the end, karate suited my body the most, especially the okinawan styles.
My father was a judo champion but he directed me towards karate because I was fighting other children and he noticed I was a really good puncher. So I started learning Shotokan from a book and he thought me the basic techniques from karate and some self defense from old judo. Later I found a Matsubayashi Ryu school and was lucky to train with the national team for almost one year. After that I trained alone for many years and with many pauses because there are no karate schools were I live. I also practiced judo and Aikido for a while but I love all martial arts from Japan and Okinawa and I see them as a whole. I guess for me karate is a way of life because it is a part of me. I will always go back to karate no matter what. This interview helped me a lot because sometimes I stop training and wise and respected masters like Uema Sensei bring balance to my life. Thank you for a great interview!
I started Shotokan Karate like 2 weeks ago for the sole purpose of self defense. I'm from Myanmar (Burma) and since the 1st of February, there was a military coup and since then, the military had killed over 700 unarmed civilians. I've been on the street protesting and wanted to learn martial arts to defend myself. Wanted to learn Taekwondo but due to the current situation, I only found one place nearby that is open for Karate class. That's how my journey begins. Love your videos and your love for Karate as a whole. Greetings from Myanmar.
from the first few words he said is what I love. "i am still learning, I am not sure if I will be any help, but I will try my best". absolute respect and exactly how I teach in my martial arts school. All because of my Goju Ryu back ground
Well, I started karate because at my school there was no taekwondo class. My parents wanted me to learn Taekwondo. Unfortunately, there was only karate classes. So I asked my mum if I could do karate and she said to me "why not try karate", I've done it for 1 and 1/2 year. I just received my blue belt😊
As a fellow shotokan karate practitioner, seeing these styles kinda feels like catching up with your siblings/cousins after a while. Can't wait to see more of shorin ryu! Osu
really very nice and above all interesting and insightful video. Uema Sensei has addressed many points about which many nowadays little or no thought. Very nice example was the story with the Makiwara. Many really train only to be able to maybe break it someday, but are not aware of how dangerous a fist punch can be when trained and that it really is a weapon. My Karate-Journey started when i was 13 and i wanted it to lern for defend myself. Then i paused for 25 years. 6 years ago i just searched for a sports activity for myself and i just searched in the internet for sportclubs in my region. And while this search i remembered my old karate-club and i searched for my "old" senseis. And happily i found one of them who started a own club. No Question that i visited a training-session and until then i started learning karate again. Now i´m 45 years old. So, a long time has passed since my first contact with karate as a kid. For me personally, karate is becoming more and more a self-knowledge about getting to know and feel your own body and how much you actually DON'T know.
After getting out of the military I did some weight lifting mixed with some Kempo and boxing. Fast forward many years after kids, covid restrictions started being lifted, and wanting to get back into shape I started looking for somewhere to take Karate. I wanted somewhere traditional, that had structure, and some discipline. After lots of research and going to some Mcdojos I found a good Shotokan Dojo. Currently learning Heian Sandan. Green Belt test in a few weeks. Wish me luck! Love this video series!
Nice humbling video, very nice, such wisdom. My Karate days started when I was about 10-11. Shotokan journey was short, starting because of Watching classic 70's TV with Japanese TV production influences, such as Water Margin, Monkey Magic, and later seeing Bruce Lee movies. However my Shotokan days ended after early impatience at wanting to learn faster, kick higher and move free-er so I discovered Taekwondo and I shifted styles. Shoto still plays a part as upper body hand techniques are similar, just kicking more and varied. Well keep up the good work, look forward to the next episodes.
Grandpa taught me how to fight after I came home one day from school with a black eye. After that I couldnt help but notice that it was a form of expression that ended up becoming a part of me.
I started my karate journey through an out reach program at the YMCA. There were members of Shotokan, Kendo, and other self defense schools. That experience led me to fall in love with martial arts and since then I have practiced whenever possible.
No one in my family practiced Karate. I was just vaguely threatened by a Teen Hockey player online. Then I watched "Karate Kid (1985)" and was all like "I don't have to be a master but if I can get to a point where I can defend myself competently I can be happy." Been training for almost 11 years now.
Yusuke! Loved the live session the other day! Really enjoying these videos! I originally started age 6, when I watched the series “mighty morphin power rangers” which was based of the Japanese Super sentai series. When I was 6 years of age, After watching the red ranger, I wanted to train karate and a new Wado-ryu club opened up the road. Eventually The club was dispanded, and I tried other sports, judo, boxing, ect. Years later as an adult at 19 years old, a shorin-ryu club opened up, and immediately enjoyed the adult classes, bunkai and self defense they practiced. What attracted me was the sensei trained under Eishou Nakazato, whom is a nephew and student of Chibana chosin. I eventually got to travel to Okinawa in 2010, and stayed in a hotel near Kokusaidori (international street) in Naha Suprisingly, when a few students and I travelled for training, Nakazato sensei said very similar views “more speedo” he would say, emphasise a whip action, and lots of hip action and breathing. The jissigeki hisatsu was also mentioned when training. Interestingly that, in this interview with Uema sensei , when discussing, what looked like Sanchin Kata, with the tension, we never trained that kata either, which is what Goju ryu practice. Instead we do kihon of Sanchin dachi with tension with mawashi uke or shitatsu-tsuki. Loving the series, hopefully you got yourself a Shureido or Seishin gi whilst at Okinawa! Much love from Perth, Australia
I was 21 in college and my friend who studied Taekwondo when he was younger, saw a flyer posted on campus. He invited me to come to an informational meeting by the organizer, a professor and then 2nd degree black belt. This was early 1977. The professor/instructor was in a suit and talked for 45 minutes about the benefits of Taekwondo… confidence, respect, self esteem, character, self defense, etc. he never demonstrated any technique, however, I thought if this can really happen, then sign me up! So we joined the club and began training. Eventually we got his brother and my best friend to start training. All 4 of us began schools in the 1980’s. I and my best friend still have schools running today. My friend who introduced to that first meeting had to retire due to hip complications, and his big brother sadly passed away 5 years ago. I plan to teach and train until I travel into my next life.
Awesome interview and first introduction to Shorinryu Karate. For me my introduction to Kyokushinkaikan Karate, was a Japanese friend in high school, who showed me the 1996 K-1 World Grand Prix tournament final, where Sensei Andy Hug of Zurich, Switzerland 🇨🇭, became World Champion 🏆that year. He has been Kyokushin Karate's greatest ambassador in Kickboxing and Muay Thai, as well as Kyokushinkaikan Karate tournament rules, competitions. Especially for us Westerners around the world.
My eldest brother was a senior belt in TKD who took me in to start training when I was 12 years old, only to stop due to an injury at school. I returned to the same instructor when I was 15 years old as a means to strengthen my knees having gone through two major reconstructions and to stop being the easy target at high school, being unable to defend myself well due to bad knees. I do like the idea of learning under different teachers and also exchanging ideas with people from different styles. My venture into Tai Chi purely for relaxation helped develop my TKD/FMA and also opened my mind to learning from other styles.
6:08 I've always credited my mother with getting me (and one of my brothers) involved in karate. But I'm sure my father had a part in it. When I 13, my mother asked if I wanted to learn karate. There were two schools in the area, one shotokan and the other tang soo do*. My parents chose the tang soo do classes and I'm glad they did. The instructor was great and was a Chuck Norris black belt. He was taught by some of the best fighters in the organization. He stressed strong basics and kata, alot of fighting and self-defense training and was open minded. If there was a technique we had doubts about we'd examine it and see whether it could be modified or thrown out completely. He encouraged cross training for black belts in other systems. *Before anyone feels like chiming in with the old _"tang soo do's not karate"_ thing, tang soo do's roots comes from shotokan. The real founder, Won Kuk Lee was a student of Gichin & Gigo Funakoshi in the 1930s. My style of tang soo do or American tang soo do is a mixture of the moo duk kwan system that Chuck Norris learned combined with judo and shotokan (Tsutomu Oshima & Hidetaka Nishiyama) and shito-ryu (Fumior Demura) that he trained in, in the mid-1960s.
I was fascinated with martial arts and karate at a younger age, grade school level, but it wasn’t until college that I got a much more serious taste of training and taking many classes with a sensei who really inspired me not only with karate but in life in general. That’s when the real practice began and started to become a life-long commitment.
I started my journey when i was 12 my father use to practice GOJU RYU and it feels as if it was in my blood that i started practicing too inspite of practicing a different style i really enjoy ur videos sensei.. thank you for putting in so much effort to spread the knowledge u have and belated happy birthday sensei 🙂
That was great. & yes I agree about breathing. Been working on that for a while. One of the main reasons why I practice Hangetsu. I tried Karate when I was young but things beyond my control kept getting in my way. I started being constant for the last 8-10 years to help my adopted brother.
I use the same weights and exercises at home. It has great conditioning and benefit to building strong tendons and quick muscle twitch fibres. Looking forward to the next interview.
Hello Sensei, my father as many southamericans played soccer,, and when i was 4 years he wanted me to play soccer or to be a boxer, but near us were only a dojo, since then i love martial arts.
I started Karate after university because of my love for Taekwondo. I thought that the two sports were the same in all aspects but for me, Karate is more challenging and complicated. And that's actually the thrill of it, I think. For now, I am enjoying Karate more than before. Thank you very much for your videos by the way. Me and my companions are learning a lot from them.
My Granparednts and my Parents signed me up to learn Kenpo Karate when I was around 7. Years later we moved and their was no karate school in the area so I learned Aikijujitsu. For work I trained in tactical Krav Maga and and tactical jutjitsu. Now I just try to stay conditioned in my home gym. Thanks for sharing these videos they are enlightning and inspring.
My father was my first Martial Arts instructor. He trained mainly in Tang soo Do, while in the military, but switched to Shotokan after he got out the service. He trained up to black belt, so my first martial arts training experience was at the age of 10 in Shotokan. I only trained for a year, but didn't pick up Karate again, full time, until I was 16. The style I picked up, and still train in is Shito Ryu.
I started Goju Ryu at age 5 because my dad wanted me to learn. I would go on to learn from a close student of Sensei Richard Kim ( who I now believe to actually be closer to shotokan) and now here I am at 35 and still feeling like a 5 year old excited to learn.
hit the makiwara until you are able to break it.. its the philosophy that te is a fighting art for which you need weapons. where conditioning is a natural component of your training schedule.,, like all weapons , conditioning is ongoing and does not stop. I especially liked the philosophy of using even the block as a weapon of attack.. this is only possible through conditioning. its great to see a young man looking into the past ,, where karate was less a sport and more a fighting form.
I started when I was really young. My grandfather from japan would constantly practice kata and hit the makiwara in the back yard and eventually I started practicing with him starting around age 3.
My dad started with American Kenpo, and I got into TKD because I liked kicks more. After doing TKD for a few years, I go into Judo. I am currently training with my daughter in Ryukyu Hon Kenpo Kobujutsu, an offshoot of Shorin Ryu.
I wanted to do Karate because of super hero shows like Power Rangers (known in Japan as Super Sentai.) Because the American actors knew martial arts, a couple of instructional videos were made by one of the actors teaching American Karate. I then found local teachers that taught Shotokan, Shorin Ryu, Matsubayashi Ryu, and Judo.
When I was a kid in elementary school, I had problems controlling my anger. I'm also a small dude for the US (5'10", 145 lbs), so I could get into fights I wasn't cut out for. I took classes at dojo teaching Okinawan karate for self defense for a couple years, and that really helped me control my emotions as well as be a better fighter. It was so long ago I don't remember the school's name, but I kept practicing at home and with friends after I left. Most of my friends who do unarmed martial arts did Taekwondo, so it's interesting to compare the styles.
My karate Journey actually started in 1952, when I was six. My dad was in the military and we lived just off small Army Post in Pennsylvania. One day I heard a loud noise in the backyard and when I investigated I saw one of the other soldiers breaking boards with a knife hand. I watched him while he worked out did some kata of course I didn't know what it was then) and some other exercises. I was in love from that point on. However, my first real lesson was not until 1966.
Thanks for a great channeI! I stared doing jiu-jutsu in 1995. Two years ago my oldest daughter got a new school teacher who is also a karate sensei. The style is called Kuniba-ha Shito Ryu.
Basically i didn't really like about fighting cause on that time in my mind fight is a violence even i had a bully in school but i didn't care to fight back. But it changed when i fallen in love with girl and came a will to protect her (then i knew it was a stupid) when she got a trouble let say a bully, maybe some guy treat her badly then i show up (yeah then i didn't realise myself then got bitten several times). after all, i started think to train martial art then i found karate in my hometown (i trained as crazy as i can untill i didn't relies girl i like didn't care of me and started a date with other guy) then here i am, a karateka who practice karate based on broken heart issues to enthusiasm of karate and japanese martial arts👊🏻
I know this sounds corny to say but it's the only way to say it; Karate found me! I started in other martial art styles and was very interested in the history of all of them. After learning more about the actual roots of how Karate has come to be, it really fascinated me!
My dad was a practitioner of southern shaolin kung fu and wing chung. He told me to pick a martial art. My first pick when i was 4 years old was Judo but i didn't like it, in the same club next door was the karate dojo, i fell in love inmediatly. Kyudokan Shorin Ryu, that's the style i've learned. From 6 to 14, Kenshukai. From 14 to today (almost 30) Renshukan with former sensei Pedro Fattore (10dan hanshi)
Back then, I trained in Shotokan with two different dojos. It's true that different Senseis have different personalities. At the same time, I also trained in Kyokushin. Now, I stick with Shotokan due to the current situation. I could say that training under different Senseis had enhanced my kihon and katas.
Shorin-ryu is the base style of some of the greatest karateka that have ever been. Notably Joe Lewis, whose name is on my Nidan certificate. I initiated my karate journey on my own. I was in college and had started doing Japanese Jiujitsu and saw other students doing karate and switched to that. I had been practicing JJJ on my knees for a while and felt it was time to stand on my feet, lol
I started because of the karate kid.. I was going through a similar situation to what daneil was, being the new kid, dating a girl who was being chased by most guys and not being liked just becasue I presented the unknown to them. It helped alot in being unable to defend myself and giving me confidence to face the problems instead of running away. As I was quite small in height I found that I was an easy target but when your able to beat down the biggest bully in the yard you all of a sudden seem 6 ft tall.
I started in a sub branch of Shukokai. Then I transcended to Shito Ryu, before finally ended up in Koryu Uchinadi under Hanshi Patrick McCarthy. The term Koryu not in the meaning of classical before 1600 but rather meaning something that comes from a source. Old school or stream
I startet when I was 6 years old^^ my parents wanted me to learn self defence, so they sent me to a local dojo. And well, doing it for 25 years now xD (First shotokan, later I got curious and learned the yoshukai style too^^)
I started karate more than 50 years ago. Initially I went to a club to do weightlifting for strength training, but I found it just too boring for me. Karate was practiced in the same building. I watched a class & started the next session & never stopped. That dojo practiced the Shoto Kan method of kara-te. Over the years my various Sensei stopped teaching, left the country or passed away, but I always found another teacher to learn from. One good thing about Shoto Kan is that it so popular, and there's a good chance you will find someone teaching it. Sometimes people ask me why I started Shoto Kan. It is because that's what was being taught. Later I discovered Goju Kai, Wado Ryu & Shito Ryu and could see that they were excellent karate systems too.
@@KarateDojowaKu in a book by Michael Clarke are the methods that Okinawan used to train with everyday object adapted like the makiagi, the chiishi, nigiri gami and others (and of course the makiwara)
Kohnichi wa sense. I had seen yan tien po in the water margin. A TV series in the late 1970s on BBC 2 it was about the rebels in China. Later there was a TV programme called monkey about a shoulin monk that had a quest to search for Buddha and he had three followers that protected him from thieves and bandits. It was the way they fought that interested me in karate. The style of goju ryu and shoto kan was practiced and I joined with my friends that was in 1982. I'm still practicing today. I've tried various styles and looked at what works including judo kendo and Thai quando muitai. I have walked away from many fights not throwing any punches that's why I like karate
It's really interesting how "styles" were really just regional differences way back when, but because individuals will nautrally have their own perceptions on martial arts, differences will emerge and those differences are what we call "styles". In Fighting Games, this is also the case. For example, in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, the US heavily emphasizes moving around to scare the opponent. In Japan, players would rather pick their spots to counterattack. At the top level, these kinds of trends still emerge, but there is more distinction amongst that group, no singular top player plays the exact same, even though they follow a regional trend (which is what could be called a "style"?) I don't really practice Karate, but watching this channel also helps me draw parallels to the other things I do and that's really cool.
T.V started my Karate journey. First I was into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, then came power rangers, and finially into movies Bruce lee, Chuck Norris, Jean Claude Van Dame and Jackie Chan. I wanted to learn from those influences and it stuck with me all my life.
I started at six years old (at 1996) because I liked : Jean Cloude Van damme, tokusatsu changeman, Flashman, Jaspion, Jiban, Ninja Jiraiya and Street Fighter anime
I started when i was 14, from a certain bald man in baki. I was really into fighting animes, mangas, movies, and more. And I've always absorbed techniques very quickly. I haven't gotten a taste of a real dojo due to there being none near where i lived. Only taekwondo, i did tkd when i was little around 6-7 until i was yellow belt. And then i grew out of it, i never stopped loving martial arts though. I decided to take it seriously at around 16, got lazy and only trained twice a week And began again at 18 now. Since my brain is more developed and i have more focus than a child, I'm planning to do this my whole life and find an actual dojo. After practicing for 4 years by myself and reading many old training manuals of okinawan training i became kinda ripped. I've basically made my own style that mixes boxing and karate. Obviously my form was terrible at first, but i kept watching and watching senseis perform kata, watching zoom lessons, and i just started to refine them myself. I'm hoping i can find a full contact style near me.
My understanding was, and I mean, "was", that Matsubayashi Ryu was one of the various versions of Shorin Ryu: Matsubayashi, Kobayashi, Shobayashi, Matsumura Seito, etc.
This is my style of Karate. My teacher is a 3rd dan and he has incorporated boxing and Muay thai to the training regimen. Fun fact: Shorin-ryu is the first style of karate that set foot in my country, the Philippines.
Actually there are a lot of Shorin Ryu schools, and all of these have differences: Shidokan, Shudokan, Shinshukan and some others. In Argentina Shoei Miyazato introduced Shorin Ryu and now is one of the larger Karate schools here.
After me and my siblings learned to swim, our parents allowed us to choose any sport we wanted. But we were all “forced” to choose a.martial art. They thought it was important that we learned some form of self defense. All my siblings chose Judo. I went with kyokushinkai karate
My karate journey started in the martial arts boom during the 70's. Unfortunately it was basically a knockoff of American Kenpo but it was a very bad knockoff! Over the years I've trained at many schools both karate and kung fu but I finally settled on Shotokan.
I always was interested in Goju-ryu because this style suits me... the worse. LOL Then I've got a chance to train under Bob Honiball whose sensei was Miyazato Ei'ichi of Jundokan and his sensei was _the_ Miyagi Chojun who created his Goju-ryu from Nahate under Higashionna Kanryo. Which makes me just a forth generation in direct lineage of Goju-ryu so what do I know.
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I started when I first enter university. I was looking for martial arts club at that time. There were various of choices such as Silat, TaeKwonDo, Karate-Do and Capoiera (I'm from Malaysia btw). Then I joined Karate-Do Club, since I'm very interested in Japanese culture. It has been 7 years since then, and I'm still actively trained with the same Instructor, eventhough I've graduated.
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I started doing Matsubayashi Ryu at the start of High School because I moved to a new area. It was something different from Muay Thai and and Escrima. I love all martial arts because it is just fun for me :) recently been exploring bo techniques between Asia and Europe. Pretty fun learning so many similar techniques!
I started in my 30's when my son had just turned 5 years old, he was uncoordinated and timid and my father suggested that karate lessons would be good for him. I loved it from the first class. 25 years later, I still practicing more than ever. There is so much to learn.
I did it out of my own choice, not parents or friends. I liked it in tv and movies and wanted to be as good as them
I started Kuyokshin Karate when I was 4 - 5 years old, because my brother was training. I had a Japanese Sensei ( RIP), he refused to give a black belt to student's who didn't prove they were mature enough. So the age limit for a black belt ( just for keeping your pants up) was 18 and if you then showed you were mature enough, you were able to graduate. Now 30 years later, missing my Sensei, I have been competing, teaching, training, been crying, but by training other Martial arts, I have been able to improve my Kuyokshin, thanks to my Sensei, who said that we need to expand our horizon and understand different concepts of Martial arts. After over 40 years, I am still a student and can't live without Karate and even when I have been seriously injured, I have always found a way to train Karate! Been to Okinawa many times, always with my White belt and learnt so much from the Sensei's there, but I am a full contact practitioner so I really found myself in heaven in certain Dojos in Okinawa. It's a lifestyle and not a sport from my POV. 🥋 Still a student of the art, even though I have my own Dojo and lots of student's, but I will never forget my Sensei's wisdom and understanding of this fantastic Martial arts. ❤️
I started because of a challenge. I was a competitive weightlifter at a local gym, during the same time a Sensei was teaching Karate in another room - he had to walk by me every evening to the storage room to retrieve his equipment, and each time he would ask me "Are you going to join?" and each time I would answer, "When you can lift my bar - I will join.".
My bar, most of the time in that area of the gym was loaded quite heavy for Deadlifts, sometimes exceeding 600lbs. Each evening, the Sensei would walk past and give the bar a pull then chuckle and walk away. This kept going, once or twice a week for the next couple months until one evening, I showed up late and had yet to load my bar!
As I was sitting on a bench beside my bar checking my notes I didn't notice the Sensei quickly walk over and pick the empty bar up - he turned and smiled as he put the bar down and stated "I'll see you next Class" ... that was it, I discovered Karate.
Haha wow! What a great story!
That was sly :)
That's a great story! With a Sensei like that I feel like you must have had a great teacher.
His explanation about contrasting a hobby and routine struck a nerve and is absolutely true. Some of us used excuses all the time to explain away ditching practice or abandoning duties one way or another. I don't even remember how I ran into your channel but I'm enjoying the series very much. I've overstretched a pelvic limb at age 23, so kicking at certain angles "pops". As a result I chose to train in Aikido. But as Shinzato sensei said, if he didn't enjoy karate, he wouldn't have practiced it for 50+ years. I never truly enjoyed Aikido tbh, but this series got me thinking. I should probably look into the "popping" issue to make sure it won't cause any long term issues and start training.
I'm just very glad that you're enjoying these videos! Those 2 phrases got me thinking as well
I like what he said about how if you only train with one teacher you'll never surpass them. No teacher can make you exactly like himself but if you train under many teachers they'll make up for the deficiencies of the others.
That phrase got me thinking too
I have always been interested in Martial Arts. I didn't get started until I was in my 30's though when my kids started. They did not continue but I did and have been learning for about 16 years. I really enjoy your series.
Thanks!
great sir oss
To be honest, I'm just self learning karate, and specifically the matsubayashi ryu. My mom did practice karate in her younger days. I had practiced many styles such as aikido, wushu, wing chun, taichi and also dabbled a bit in yagyu shinkage ryu. I felt that in the end, karate suited my body the most, especially the okinawan styles.
I see! Great experience you have!
My father was a judo champion but he directed me towards karate because I was fighting other children and he noticed I was a really good puncher. So I started learning Shotokan from a book and he thought me the basic techniques from karate and some self defense from old judo. Later I found a Matsubayashi Ryu school and was lucky to train with the national team for almost one year. After that I trained alone for many years and with many pauses because there are no karate schools were I live. I also practiced judo and Aikido for a while but I love all martial arts from Japan and Okinawa and I see them as a whole. I guess for me karate is a way of life because it is a part of me. I will always go back to karate no matter what. This interview helped me a lot because sometimes I stop training and wise and respected masters like Uema Sensei bring balance to my life. Thank you for a great interview!
Let's train together through this channel!
Uema Sensei's explanation of how karate becomes part of your daily life is very profound. Much appreciated.
I started Shotokan Karate like 2 weeks ago for the sole purpose of self defense. I'm from Myanmar (Burma) and since the 1st of February, there was a military coup and since then, the military had killed over 700 unarmed civilians. I've been on the street protesting and wanted to learn martial arts to defend myself. Wanted to learn Taekwondo but due to the current situation, I only found one place nearby that is open for Karate class. That's how my journey begins. Love your videos and your love for Karate as a whole. Greetings from Myanmar.
I’m aware of the things happening in your country. I hope your people can retrieve back the rights to have a normal life again.
@@KarateDojowaKu Thank you so much. Means a lot coming from you, Sensei.
from the first few words he said is what I love. "i am still learning, I am not sure if I will be any help, but I will try my best". absolute respect and exactly how I teach in my martial arts school. All because of my Goju Ryu back ground
Well, I started karate because at my school there was no taekwondo class. My parents wanted me to learn Taekwondo. Unfortunately, there was only karate classes. So I asked my mum if I could do karate and she said to me "why not try karate", I've done it for 1 and 1/2 year. I just received my blue belt😊
Nice! I'm glad you found my channel!
@@KarateDojowaKu I've subscribed since Paolo's university video. I never missed a video🙂
@@neezamdaud4029 It's good that you heard karate calling you! Keep training!
@@michaelgabriel5786 Thank you, it was a good call indeed
As a fellow shotokan karate practitioner, seeing these styles kinda feels like catching up with your siblings/cousins after a while. Can't wait to see more of shorin ryu! Osu
Haha ver ytrue!
Love hearing japanese, what a beautiful language, thanks for taking the time to do the subtitles
Haha yes, the subtitles took forever, but I knew people like you would enjoy it!
really very nice and above all interesting and insightful video. Uema Sensei has addressed many points about which many nowadays little or no thought. Very nice example was the story with the Makiwara. Many really train only to be able to maybe break it someday, but are not aware of how dangerous a fist punch can be when trained and that it really is a weapon.
My Karate-Journey started when i was 13 and i wanted it to lern for defend myself. Then i paused for 25 years. 6 years ago i just searched for a sports activity for myself and i just searched in the internet for sportclubs in my region. And while this search i remembered my old karate-club and i searched for my "old" senseis. And happily i found one of them who started a own club. No Question that i visited a training-session and until then i started learning karate again. Now i´m 45 years old. So, a long time has passed since my first contact with karate as a kid.
For me personally, karate is becoming more and more a self-knowledge about getting to know and feel your own body and how much you actually DON'T know.
Nice to hear your thoughts too!
I started my karate journey when my Dad started to teach me at home. My grandfather taught him shoin-ryu that he passed down to me and my brothers.
My grandfather taught me when I was young before he died, I'm glad others had a nice karate bond with their family :) goju-ryu family here
Wow great environment
Nice!
I started karate at age 13 after I've seen it on TV.
I had the honor to train with Uema Sensei in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
And I will go back in 2022.
Wow so many times!
great okinawa series. Great interviews with the Okinawa masters i learn alot
thanks!
I'm loving each and every episode of this series.
This master has reminded me of my own master, he has a similar way to express things.
Nice!
After getting out of the military I did some weight lifting mixed with some Kempo and boxing. Fast forward many years after kids, covid restrictions started being lifted, and wanting to get back into shape I started looking for somewhere to take Karate. I wanted somewhere traditional, that had structure, and some discipline. After lots of research and going to some Mcdojos I found a good Shotokan Dojo. Currently learning Heian Sandan. Green Belt test in a few weeks. Wish me luck! Love this video series!
Good luck to you!!! Let me know how it went!
Hitting the Like button even before the intro started. Beautifully done! Can't wait for the next episode to come out.
Yay, thank you!
Nice humbling video, very nice, such wisdom. My Karate days started when I was about 10-11. Shotokan journey was short, starting because of Watching classic 70's TV with Japanese TV production influences, such as Water Margin, Monkey Magic, and later seeing Bruce Lee movies. However my Shotokan days ended after early impatience at wanting to learn faster, kick higher and move free-er so I discovered Taekwondo and I shifted styles. Shoto still plays a part as upper body hand techniques are similar, just kicking more and varied. Well keep up the good work, look forward to the next episodes.
Great to hear your story! Thanks!
How amazing interview! I really like it. I'm from Brazil and I practice Shorin Ryu. It's phenomenal to learn about the roots of Te in Okinawa.
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for making these videos. It is awesome to hear from these gentlemen.
Glad you like them!
Grandpa taught me how to fight after I came home one day from school with a black eye.
After that I couldnt help but notice that it was a form of expression that ended up becoming a part of me.
Nice!
@@KarateDojowaKu
Thanks.
I started my karate journey through an out reach program at the YMCA. There were members of Shotokan, Kendo, and other self defense schools. That experience led me to fall in love with martial arts and since then I have practiced whenever possible.
Wow! I didn't know YMCA had an martial art class!
@@KarateDojowaKu this was back in the mid 1980's. Not sure if the YMCA still has classes anymore, but they were alot of fun back then.
No one in my family practiced Karate. I was just vaguely threatened by a Teen Hockey player online. Then I watched "Karate Kid (1985)" and was all like "I don't have to be a master but if I can get to a point where I can defend myself competently I can be happy."
Been training for almost 11 years now.
Nice!
Super awesome to have a history of karate in this episode and then moving on to learning the Shorin-ryu way
Thanks!
Yusuke! Loved the live session the other day! Really enjoying these videos!
I originally started age 6, when I watched the series “mighty morphin power rangers” which was based of the Japanese Super sentai series.
When I was 6 years of age, After watching the red ranger, I wanted to train karate and a new Wado-ryu club opened up the road. Eventually The club was dispanded, and I tried other sports, judo, boxing, ect.
Years later as an adult at 19 years old, a shorin-ryu club opened up, and immediately enjoyed the adult classes, bunkai and self defense they practiced. What attracted me was the sensei trained under Eishou Nakazato, whom is a nephew and student of Chibana chosin. I eventually got to travel to Okinawa in 2010, and stayed in a hotel near Kokusaidori (international street) in Naha
Suprisingly, when a few students and I travelled for training, Nakazato sensei said very similar views “more speedo” he would say, emphasise a whip action, and lots of hip action and breathing. The jissigeki hisatsu was also mentioned when training.
Interestingly that, in this interview with Uema sensei , when discussing, what looked like Sanchin Kata, with the tension, we never trained that kata either, which is what Goju ryu practice. Instead we do kihon of Sanchin dachi with tension with mawashi uke or shitatsu-tsuki.
Loving the series, hopefully you got yourself a Shureido or Seishin gi whilst at Okinawa! Much love from Perth, Australia
Hi David! Thanks so much for sharing your story! I didn't get those dogi in okinawa :(
A very informative AND moving interview. Thank you very much for those videos Yusuke! Can’t wait for the next one! 🥋👊
My pleasure!
You are an amazing young youtube video creator! I am really enjoying your videos so far.
Glad you like them!
I was 21 in college and my friend who studied Taekwondo when he was younger, saw a flyer posted on campus. He invited me to come to an informational meeting by the organizer, a professor and then 2nd degree black belt. This was early 1977. The professor/instructor was in a suit and talked for 45 minutes about the benefits of Taekwondo… confidence, respect, self esteem, character, self defense, etc. he never demonstrated any technique, however, I thought if this can really happen, then sign me up! So we joined the club and began training. Eventually we got his brother and my best friend to start training. All 4 of us began schools in the 1980’s. I and my best friend still have schools running today. My friend who introduced to that first meeting had to retire due to hip complications, and his big brother sadly passed away 5 years ago. I plan to teach and train until I travel into my next life.
Awesome interview and first introduction to Shorinryu Karate. For me my introduction to Kyokushinkaikan Karate, was a Japanese friend in high school, who showed me the 1996 K-1 World Grand Prix tournament final, where Sensei Andy Hug of Zurich, Switzerland 🇨🇭, became World Champion 🏆that year. He has been Kyokushin Karate's greatest ambassador in Kickboxing and Muay Thai, as well as Kyokushinkaikan Karate tournament rules, competitions. Especially for us Westerners around the world.
My eldest brother was a senior belt in TKD who took me in to start training when I was 12 years old, only to stop due to an injury at school. I returned to the same instructor when I was 15 years old as a means to strengthen my knees having gone through two major reconstructions and to stop being the easy target at high school, being unable to defend myself well due to bad knees.
I do like the idea of learning under different teachers and also exchanging ideas with people from different styles. My venture into Tai Chi purely for relaxation helped develop my TKD/FMA and also opened my mind to learning from other styles.
Nice!
I really really like the karate okinawa style because it's the art of self defense with all of parts of the body!
I agree!
I would love for you to do a video with sensei Rick Hotton. Imo he is a gem of a teacher.
Interesting idea!
Well done on another great interview. I look forward to seeing the next and appreciating the Shorin ryu of Uema Sensei a little more.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was a good one. Really interesting. Good history lesson and I like his way of thinking.
Thanks !
6:08 I've always credited my mother with getting me (and one of my brothers) involved in karate. But I'm sure my father had a part in it. When I 13, my mother asked if I wanted to learn karate. There were two schools in the area, one shotokan and the other tang soo do*. My parents chose the tang soo do classes and I'm glad they did. The instructor was great and was a Chuck Norris black belt. He was taught by some of the best fighters in the organization. He stressed strong basics and kata, alot of fighting and self-defense training and was open minded. If there was a technique we had doubts about we'd examine it and see whether it could be modified or thrown out completely. He encouraged cross training for black belts in other systems.
*Before anyone feels like chiming in with the old _"tang soo do's not karate"_ thing, tang soo do's roots comes from shotokan. The real founder, Won Kuk Lee was a student of Gichin & Gigo Funakoshi in the 1930s. My style of tang soo do or American tang soo do is a mixture of the moo duk kwan system that Chuck Norris learned combined with judo and shotokan (Tsutomu Oshima & Hidetaka Nishiyama) and shito-ryu (Fumior Demura) that he trained in, in the mid-1960s.
You surely have great parents!
I was fascinated with martial arts and karate at a younger age, grade school level, but it wasn’t until college that I got a much more serious taste of training and taking many classes with a sensei who really inspired me not only with karate but in life in general. That’s when the real practice began and started to become a life-long commitment.
I started my journey when i was 12 my father use to practice GOJU RYU and it feels as if it was in my blood that i started practicing too inspite of practicing a different style i really enjoy ur videos sensei.. thank you for putting in so much effort to spread the knowledge u have and belated happy birthday sensei 🙂
haha thanks!
That was great. & yes I agree about breathing. Been working on that for a while. One of the main reasons why I practice Hangetsu.
I tried Karate when I was young but things beyond my control kept getting in my way. I started being constant for the last 8-10 years to help my adopted brother.
Thanks for sharing!!
@@KarateDojowaKu You’re welcome. It has been a adventure for me
I use the same weights and exercises at home.
It has great conditioning and benefit to building strong tendons and quick muscle twitch fibres.
Looking forward to the next interview.
Nice one! Thanks!
Hello Sensei, my father as many southamericans played soccer,, and when i was 4 years he wanted me to play soccer or to be a boxer, but near us were only a dojo, since then i love martial arts.
Lovely!
This is an amazing series. Really enjoying it. Thank you for bringing us along on this journey!
I started Karate after university because of my love for Taekwondo. I thought that the two sports were the same in all aspects but for me, Karate is more challenging and complicated. And that's actually the thrill of it, I think. For now, I am enjoying Karate more than before. Thank you very much for your videos by the way. Me and my companions are learning a lot from them.
No problem!
My Granparednts and my Parents signed me up to learn Kenpo Karate when I was around 7. Years later we moved and their was no karate school in the area so I learned Aikijujitsu. For work I trained in tactical Krav Maga and and tactical jutjitsu. Now I just try to stay conditioned in my home gym. Thanks for sharing these videos they are enlightning and inspring.
I've practiced Shorin Ryu for 14 years. For me, the most complete style.
Very interesting one!
My father was my first Martial Arts instructor. He trained mainly in Tang soo Do, while in the military, but switched to Shotokan after he got out the service. He trained up to black belt, so my first martial arts training experience was at the age of 10 in Shotokan. I only trained for a year, but didn't pick up Karate again, full time, until I was 16. The style I picked up, and still train in is Shito Ryu.
What a great father you have
Tae kwon Do and To San Do, came from Tang So Do,
cant wait for the next episode fascinating series
Thanks!
I started Goju Ryu at age 5 because my dad wanted me to learn. I would go on to learn from a close student of Sensei Richard Kim ( who I now believe to actually be closer to shotokan) and now here I am at 35 and still feeling like a 5 year old excited to learn.
Nice! Great to hear your story!
hit the makiwara until you are able to break it.. its the philosophy that te is a fighting art for which you need weapons. where conditioning is a natural component of your training schedule.,, like all weapons , conditioning is ongoing and does not stop. I especially liked the philosophy of using even the block as a weapon of attack.. this is only possible through conditioning. its great to see a young man looking into the past ,, where karate was less a sport and more a fighting form.
Thanks for your insight!
I started when I was really young. My grandfather from japan would constantly practice kata and hit the makiwara in the back yard and eventually I started practicing with him starting around age 3.
Wow!
My dad started with American Kenpo, and I got into TKD because I liked kicks more. After doing TKD for a few years, I go into Judo. I am currently training with my daughter in Ryukyu Hon Kenpo Kobujutsu, an offshoot of Shorin Ryu.
I like the interview episodes! i like their mindset.
Thanks!
I wanted to do Karate because of super hero shows like Power Rangers (known in Japan as Super Sentai.) Because the American actors knew martial arts, a couple of instructional videos were made by one of the actors teaching American Karate. I then found local teachers that taught Shotokan, Shorin Ryu, Matsubayashi Ryu, and Judo.
Oh wow! Interesting!
Excellent interview!
Thanks!
When I was a kid in elementary school, I had problems controlling my anger. I'm also a small dude for the US (5'10", 145 lbs), so I could get into fights I wasn't cut out for.
I took classes at dojo teaching Okinawan karate for self defense for a couple years, and that really helped me control my emotions as well as be a better fighter. It was so long ago I don't remember the school's name, but I kept practicing at home and with friends after I left. Most of my friends who do unarmed martial arts did Taekwondo, so it's interesting to compare the styles.
Thanks so much for sharing your story!
My karate Journey actually started in 1952, when I was six. My dad was in the military and we lived just off small Army Post in Pennsylvania. One day I heard a loud noise in the backyard and when I investigated I saw one of the other soldiers breaking boards with a knife hand. I watched him while he worked out did some kata of course I didn't know what it was then) and some other exercises. I was in love from that point on. However, my first real lesson was not until 1966.
Started as a teenager. Saw some guys in Gis going to an old Catholic church to practice Karate. My mother allowed me to join and the rest is history.
Oh wow! Interesting combination
Thanks for a great channeI!
I stared doing jiu-jutsu in 1995. Two years ago my oldest daughter got a new school teacher who is also a karate sensei. The style is called Kuniba-ha Shito Ryu.
Nice to see :) old & young.
Yes, thanks
Basically i didn't really like about fighting cause on that time in my mind fight is a violence even i had a bully in school but i didn't care to fight back. But it changed when i fallen in love with girl and came a will to protect her (then i knew it was a stupid) when she got a trouble let say a bully, maybe some guy treat her badly then i show up (yeah then i didn't realise myself then got bitten several times). after all, i started think to train martial art then i found karate in my hometown (i trained as crazy as i can untill i didn't relies girl i like didn't care of me and started a date with other guy) then here i am, a karateka who practice karate based on broken heart issues to enthusiasm of karate and japanese martial arts👊🏻
Love your motivation!
I know this sounds corny to say but it's the only way to say it; Karate found me! I started in other martial art styles and was very interested in the history of all of them. After learning more about the actual roots of how Karate has come to be, it really fascinated me!
My dad was a practitioner of southern shaolin kung fu and wing chung. He told me to pick a martial art. My first pick when i was 4 years old was Judo but i didn't like it, in the same club next door was the karate dojo, i fell in love inmediatly. Kyudokan Shorin Ryu, that's the style i've learned. From 6 to 14, Kenshukai. From 14 to today (almost 30) Renshukan with former sensei Pedro Fattore (10dan hanshi)
I found out about Karate through a friend of mine who practiced at the gym. To stretch a bit, I also started Taekwondo thanks to my dad.
Nice!
Back then, I trained in Shotokan with two different dojos. It's true that different Senseis have different personalities. At the same time, I also trained in Kyokushin. Now, I stick with Shotokan due to the current situation. I could say that training under different Senseis had enhanced my kihon and katas.
Nice experience you have!
Shorin-ryu is the base style of some of the greatest karateka that have ever been. Notably Joe Lewis, whose name is on my Nidan certificate. I initiated my karate journey on my own. I was in college and had started doing Japanese Jiujitsu and saw other students doing karate and switched to that. I had been practicing JJJ on my knees for a while and felt it was time to stand on my feet, lol
haha! It's great you have a very wide experience.
@@KarateDojowaKu The same way you look at other styles to see what you can learn, I was the same. :-)
I like that, comparing training to your routines like brushing your teeth.
Exactly!
I spent 5 years learning Shorin Ryu I learned under sense Michael Knox in Chicago. I wish there was somewhere in my region to continue training.
I started because of the karate kid.. I was going through a similar situation to what daneil was, being the new kid, dating a girl who was being chased by most guys and not being liked just becasue I presented the unknown to them. It helped alot in being unable to defend myself and giving me confidence to face the problems instead of running away. As I was quite small in height I found that I was an easy target but when your able to beat down the biggest bully in the yard you all of a sudden seem 6 ft tall.
I like to copy "older" people than myself. Their knowledge, skill and experience are amazing.
Their experience is amazing :)
I started in a sub branch of Shukokai. Then I transcended to Shito Ryu, before finally ended up in Koryu Uchinadi under Hanshi Patrick McCarthy. The term Koryu not in the meaning of classical before 1600 but rather meaning something that comes from a source. Old school or stream
I startet when I was 6 years old^^ my parents wanted me to learn self defence, so they sent me to a local dojo. And well, doing it for 25 years now xD (First shotokan, later I got curious and learned the yoshukai style too^^)
I started karate more than 50 years ago. Initially I went to a club to do weightlifting for strength training, but I found it just too boring for me. Karate was practiced in the same building. I watched a class & started the next session & never stopped. That dojo practiced the Shoto Kan method of kara-te. Over the years my various Sensei stopped teaching, left the country or passed away, but I always found another teacher to learn from. One good thing about Shoto Kan is that it so popular, and there's a good chance you will find someone teaching it. Sometimes people ask me why I started Shoto Kan. It is because that's what was being taught. Later I discovered Goju Kai, Wado Ryu & Shito Ryu and could see that they were excellent karate systems too.
They're just a different approach, and I respect all of them
@@KarateDojowaKu Excellent!
I learnt Tae Kwon Do with is like your shotokan style, we do more twisting hips for power like shuri te instructor you had on ealier
Hope you research on higa minoru's sensei shorin ryu (kyudokan), he has a lot of ancient shuri te knowledge
Thanks for your recommendation!
Finally a video about hojo undo!😁
What's hojo undo?
@@KarateDojowaKu in a book by Michael Clarke are the methods that Okinawan used to train with everyday object adapted like the makiagi, the chiishi, nigiri gami and others (and of course the makiwara)
Kohnichi wa sense. I had seen yan tien po in the water margin. A TV series in the late 1970s on BBC 2 it was about the rebels in China. Later there was a TV programme called monkey about a shoulin monk that had a quest to search for Buddha and he had three followers that protected him from thieves and bandits. It was the way they fought that interested me in karate. The style of goju ryu and shoto kan was practiced and I joined with my friends that was in 1982. I'm still practicing today. I've tried various styles and looked at what works including judo kendo and Thai quando muitai. I have walked away from many fights not throwing any punches that's why I like karate
It's really interesting how "styles" were really just regional differences way back when, but because individuals will nautrally have their own perceptions on martial arts, differences will emerge and those differences are what we call "styles".
In Fighting Games, this is also the case. For example, in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, the US heavily emphasizes moving around to scare the opponent. In Japan, players would rather pick their spots to counterattack. At the top level, these kinds of trends still emerge, but there is more distinction amongst that group, no singular top player plays the exact same, even though they follow a regional trend (which is what could be called a "style"?)
I don't really practice Karate, but watching this channel also helps me draw parallels to the other things I do and that's really cool.
Wow! Unique point of view you have!
@@KarateDojowaKu Thank you! I really enjoy this series, the interviews are so interesting!
When will you upload the taekwon-do kick lesson? These are nice too, but I was waiting for that one for awhile!
Please wait for that one!
@@KarateDojowaKu I do, I like your videos!
T.V started my Karate journey. First I was into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, then came power rangers, and finially into movies Bruce lee, Chuck Norris, Jean Claude Van Dame and Jackie Chan. I wanted to learn from those influences and it stuck with me all my life.
Ohhh nice!
I started at six years old (at 1996) because I liked : Jean Cloude Van damme, tokusatsu changeman, Flashman, Jaspion, Jiban, Ninja Jiraiya and Street Fighter anime
Nice!
Very interesting :)
Thanks!
I started when i was 14, from a certain bald man in baki. I was really into fighting animes, mangas, movies, and more. And I've always absorbed techniques very quickly. I haven't gotten a taste of a real dojo due to there being none near where i lived. Only taekwondo, i did tkd when i was little around 6-7 until i was yellow belt. And then i grew out of it, i never stopped loving martial arts though. I decided to take it seriously at around 16, got lazy and only trained twice a week And began again at 18 now. Since my brain is more developed and i have more focus than a child, I'm planning to do this my whole life and find an actual dojo. After practicing for 4 years by myself and reading many old training manuals of okinawan training i became kinda ripped. I've basically made my own style that mixes boxing and karate. Obviously my form was terrible at first, but i kept watching and watching senseis perform kata, watching zoom lessons, and i just started to refine them myself. I'm hoping i can find a full contact style near me.
Matsubashi ryu is shorin ryu but influence of tomari te but which style of shorin ryu is this
It's all explained in the video!
@@KarateDojowaKu oookk
Was that sensei blind or just shy?
This is a great video, anything I may say it was said in the other comments below.
Thank you for sharing.
Please do a video with kyokushin.
Will look into that!
I started it at school when I was 10 years old, in the year of 1998.
Nice school you had!
@@KarateDojowaKu In Brazil most schools have Karate and Judo as an option, along with the option of others disciplines or sports.
My understanding was, and I mean, "was", that Matsubayashi Ryu was one of the various versions of Shorin Ryu: Matsubayashi, Kobayashi, Shobayashi, Matsumura Seito, etc.
Your understanding is correct.
Right, they're just read the same
There is no such thing as style in real combat
- Grandmaster Wang Xiangzhai
I see
This is my style of Karate. My teacher is a 3rd dan and he has incorporated boxing and Muay thai to the training regimen.
Fun fact: Shorin-ryu is the first style of karate that set foot in my country, the Philippines.
Oh wow! Interesting!
I used to train shotokan with Sensei Kase, Nishiyama concept, until I witness Sensei Uema concept. I have decided Shubukan will be my lifetime.
Nice!
Actually there are a lot of Shorin Ryu schools, and all of these have differences: Shidokan, Shudokan, Shinshukan and some others. In Argentina Shoei Miyazato introduced Shorin Ryu and now is one of the larger Karate schools here.
After me and my siblings learned to swim, our parents allowed us to choose any sport we wanted. But we were all “forced” to choose a.martial art. They thought it was important that we learned some form of self defense. All my siblings chose Judo. I went with kyokushinkai karate
I see! I guess the fact that you are watching and commenting on this video tells me that you've enjoyed it so far :)
Shotokan ❣️
Never heard of that style!
@@KarateDojowaKu now😃
My karate journey started in the martial arts boom during the 70's. Unfortunately it was basically a knockoff of American Kenpo but it was a very bad knockoff! Over the years I've trained at many schools both karate and kung fu but I finally settled on Shotokan.
I always was interested in Goju-ryu because this style suits me... the worse. LOL Then I've got a chance to train under Bob Honiball whose sensei was Miyazato Ei'ichi of Jundokan and his sensei was _the_ Miyagi Chojun who created his Goju-ryu from Nahate under Higashionna Kanryo. Which makes me just a forth generation in direct lineage of Goju-ryu so what do I know.
That's good for you!
@@KarateDojowaKu : been lucky. Thank you! :)
what style is he doing shidokan or kyudokan? thank you
The style is Shorin Ryu, the organization is Shudokan
So what style of shorin ryu was he
1:10 Still a student? He is 9th Dan! What a humble man!
I know right?