Motobu Choki - Everybody's favourite (unknown) Karate master
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- I can hardly believe this is only the first video I'm making about Motobu Choki, the most well-known, unknown Karate master!
This video is only a superficial look into the life of this, otherwise colourful character, and more will be made, I promise!
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Thank you Iain Abernethy, Jesse Enkamp, Patrick McCarthy, Andreas Quast and Jos Robert for all the inspiration and for making sure my feet stay firmly on the ground!
Tim san... interesting and provocative as always :-) Have you had the chance to read my compilation [research, newspaper articles, interviews, and translations of his work] published unde the name, "Karate, My Art," www.amazon.com/gp/product/1723105600/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3 There's reliable information there, which can help dispell some of Motobu myths mentioned here in your presentation.
Thank you for those words! I was aiming for a little provocation (I feel that sentiment suits Mister Motobu quite well). I have had “Karate, my art” for about three years now, and it is exactly how you describe it, I am planning to make a video to clear up some of the questions posed in this one. Btw, I read the book in a few hours, while waiting for surgery, so I might need to reread it 😁
My Dude, excellent info
Something interesting is that he always said Hit first Hit hard, I love it❤ thanks Tim.
You’re welcome 😄
Nice video. It's a shame there isn't more information on Motobu, a totally underrated character in the Martial arts world
You have a point, but stay tuned (yeah, I can’t believe I said that either)... I’m planning on doing more about him! Thanks for your comment 🙇♂️
Dude, Bad Ass
He really was! 😁
Gostei 👍
aaaah...yes! My favourite master Choki Motobu!!! His knowledge in fighting was an inspiration for O Sensei Nagamine to create his Yakusoku kumite.
I believe his influence is very visible throughout most karate styles 👍
Funakoshi used to call him the illiterate...
I didn’t want to name the “opponents”... but yeah, no love lost between these two 😅
What katas does he know
I would recommend buying Motobu's book "Karate My Art", here's a link: amzn.to/3ASLAuR (great material, I read it all in one sitting)
I have ordered the book recently still waiting but you've mentioned he studied other katas too?
Studying history we came to know that the most skilled was Motobu, but he was unpresentable to Hondo (mainland Japan) and to the royal family visiting Okinawa.
His way to practice was too weird, go to the red light district looking for a ''lady'', get drunk and have a rumble... 😂😂😂
Funakoshi was, using David Bowie's words, the best selling show. Nevermind if he wasn't one the best teacher in Okinawa, he was expendables. He was for the island's government the right man in the right time. And looking at how story went... they were right.
Motobu tried to teach his tode in Hondo but he had no luck, due his problems with language (still not able to speak a fluent japanese) and his way to teach too ''male'', few technical lessons (kihon and kata) and a lot of practical lessons (hard kumite), so too many students quit and he was forced to came back in Okinawa.
Yeah, that fits with what I learned... appearance was (is) everything to mainland Japan... but this is not so unusual, humans are visually oriented and superficial... that is why i titled my video about Funakoshi as “the greatest marketeer in Karate history”...
What a badass!