I trained 78-82 (3-6 days/wk) in JKA Los Angeles (Nishiyama, Smith, Yabe, Fields). It was hard core. I wonder if there is any places that train like that now. Inadvertent broken bones, lost teeth, black eyes were everyday occurrences in kumite for 3rd kyu and above. I often lost 5 lbs in a class. It was one of the highlights of my life.
It's hard to explain how rigorous shotokan classes were. Nishiyama must have been amazing. I trained on the East Coast at Okazaki's dojo. I never saw him do one technique in 3 years until out of the blue he did an oizuki. We were all in shock. Later my friends came together and we were all "did you see it? how did he do that". He created a vortex of air behind him and covered double the distance in half the time of a normal JKA champion karateka. It was insane. I'd been asking all my senseis how good he was cause his nephew was 2nd in kata at the World Shoto Cup and he was world class and taught by training right in front of me so I had a view of him all the time - the answer was always "you cannot understand how good he is - there are no words to explain".
I think since I am the only one commenting on your remark I am the only one who got the reference. It's not an insult, it's the line from Bruce Lee's movie... Enter the Dragon. Funny
Thenk you so much to evryone for this fantastic tribute
素晴らしい演技ですね、お互いに稽古に精進していきましょう👌
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I trained 78-82 (3-6 days/wk) in JKA Los Angeles (Nishiyama, Smith, Yabe, Fields). It was hard core. I wonder if there is any places that train like that now. Inadvertent broken bones, lost teeth, black eyes were everyday occurrences in kumite for 3rd kyu and above. I often lost 5 lbs in a class. It was one of the highlights of my life.
It's hard to explain how rigorous shotokan classes were. Nishiyama must have been amazing. I trained on the East Coast at Okazaki's dojo. I never saw him do one technique in 3 years until out of the blue he did an oizuki. We were all in shock. Later my friends came together and we were all "did you see it? how did he do that". He created a vortex of air behind him and covered double the distance in half the time of a normal JKA champion karateka. It was insane.
I'd been asking all my senseis how good he was cause his nephew was 2nd in kata at the World Shoto Cup and he was world class and taught by training right in front of me so I had a view of him all the time - the answer was always "you cannot understand how good he is - there are no words to explain".
@@techsamurai11 Okazaki was James Fields Sensei.
@ I know Sensei Fields. He had a dojo close to the Museum area. He had the famous fight with Tanaka sensei, right?
Can someone write down the order of the senseis doing the katas.
1) Imura Takenori: jitte
2) Yoshiharu Osaka: sochin
3) Mikio Yahara: unsu
Oss
Good fully technically skilled
Real Karate, oss.
Yahara is amazing. But Osaka was the best.
(Osaka) the best kata that is ...
heute haben wir nur hüpfende Hasen beim Kumite.
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That funny. Today many are looking for points only.
O'hara has discraced us 😂
I think since I am the only one commenting on your remark I am the only one who got the reference. It's not an insult, it's the line from Bruce Lee's movie... Enter the Dragon. Funny
@@FrankieCampbell-y6c thank you for enjoying my little joke.
The katas were lovely...but the O'hara kumite still needs to lighten up!
Arbitro centrale kumite: Sensei Asai. Oss
There is no comparison between Osaka and others