@@filip1718 Kudo has techniques that are not commonly practised in full-contact Karate and Judo, e.g. headbutt, leg lock. Also, the gi makes possible some techniques that cannot usually be done in no-gi MMA. Kudo is really a different beast altogether.
As someone who trained Uechi, I can tell you that we emphasized hardening our body and learning to breath, move and contract our muscles to absorb damage as much as hardening for attacking, more so even.
@@jean4j_ I never trained Goju Ryu, but it was a style held in high esteem by my old Uechi Ryu Sensei. I would not be able to tell you any specific detail, other than that it should be still a more self defense oriented style as opposed to competition oriented. I think these more traditional karate styles provide a great basis, but if you want to be a more complete striker, at some point one should at least dabble in boxing (for the punches) and Muay Thai (for the knees, elbows and powerkicks).
@@dacedebeer2697 great insight! Thank you! Rather than doing Goju-ryu + boxing/kickboxing. How about doing Kyokushin instead? What's your thoughts about kyokushin Karate?
@@dacedebeer2697 In karate there is knee strike, elbow strike and the power kick roundhouse. But knee and elbow strike are not emphasize not even the finger strike, extended knuckles. perhaps they are emphasize because they are hard and painful to trained.
Kyokushinkaikan Karate derives not only from Goju-Ryu Karate Sensei Yusuke, but also from Shotokan Karate, as Sosai Oyama Masutatsu, our founder had learned both styles, along with Judo, Boxing and Korean Kenpo, as well as Chinese Kenpo. Ashiharakaikan Karate is an offshoot of Kyokushin Karate, then both Seidokaikan Karate, as well as Enshinkaikan Karate, both emanated from Ashiharakaikan Karate. Kyokushin-Kan Karate (極真館 空手) which is under the leadership of Kancho Royama Hatsuo is still 100% Kyokushinkaikan Karate, as is Shin Kyokushinkaikan Karate (新極真会館空手) which in turn is the organisation of Kancho Midori Kenji, once again 100% Kyokushinkaikan Karate. What happened was, that once our Kyokushinkaikan Karate (国際空手道連盟極真会館) 'International Karate Organisation Kyokushinkaikan, Sosai Oyama Masutatsu had passed away, he had not appointed a successor to continue to lead his martial arts organisation. So upon his death many of his senior Shihans (masters) began to feud amongst each other for the power and leadership, of the entire unified, Kyokushinkaikan Karate World organisation at that time. As they could not come to an agreement, many of this Kyokushin Karate masters, decided to form their own organisations, while slightly modifying their Kyokushin Karate organisation's name, so as to differentiate themselves from the other Kyokushin Karate groups. So as you mentioned here in this video, Shin-Kyokushinkaikan Karate and Kyokushin-Kan Karate for example. Kudo Karate is indeed a mixture of Kyokushin Karate and Judo, but so is Enshinkaikan Karate, as both of their founders, had become Judo black belts, prior to both studying Kyokushin Karate. However just to clarify again, Sosai Oyama Masutatsu had studied Chinese Kenpo, Korean Kenpo and boxing in his youth. Upon migrating to Japan, from his native South Korea, he studied Kozen Judo and obtained the rank of 4th dan black belt, then progressed onto Shotokan Karate where he obtained yet again the 4th dan black belt rank. He finally studied Goju-Ryu Karate, where he achieved the rank of 7th dan black belt, which ultimately justifies why he was ranked 10th dan black belt in his own martial arts style of Kyokushinkaikan Karate, which he had established himself. Great video as always by the way Sensei Yusuke, Osu!🇲🇽🇦🇺🥋🤟👍✌🙏
Outside of Japan, Kyokushin Karate has split into numerous variations. e.g. Kyokushindo www.kyokushindo.com/ (founded in 2007 in Germany by splitting from IKO3/Matsushima-ha) Kyokushin Sabakido www.kyokushin-sabakido.com/ Kyokushin Budokai ibk.world/ www.worldkyokushinbudokai.com/ and many more... It's mostly high ranking "branch chiefs" that have been disgruntled by the Japanese management of many styles, and wanting to break free from the dogmas, created their own styles. Interestingly enough, there is enough international spread to have worldwide organizations, even though sometimes there is no representation in western countries.
I agree an the explanation here. Very good. All the different Kyokushin organisations are in basic 100% Kyokushin but there are still little differences inside the organisation’s. So you have to do TAMESHIWARI by one organisation and not by the other. Also you can question the divergence in the ordering about the ranking. I did my 4th Dan exam in 2007, at the at time it was still old school. Nowadays the criteria for examination are very different between the organisations. There are even organisations who claim to have more than 12 Dan decrease. The bottom line is, that it is in basic all the same, only you can not trust the Graduations by a lot off the organisations.
Someone asked Jesse Enkamp what style he uses, he didn’t give a clear answer instead going on about some mountain. You see to me, ‘styles’ are basically like cars, you have ford, Chrysler, BMW, Audi, Toyota, Nissan etc. All of them do the same thing but are from different ideas of how a car should be. So I ‘drive’ Shotokan.
I think he started with the Shindo Jinen Ryu, don't remember where I saw though in the middle of his hundreds of posts and videos. But now he definitely practices whatever he likes from each style.
@@m.a.k.8618 He mentioned in one of his Okinawa travel episodes that his parents' teacher was Motokatsu Inoue, the Grandmaster of the Yui Shin Kai style, which is partially based on Shindo Jinen Ryu.
Nice to see the origins of the Full-Contact Karate family. Personally, I think Shotokan deserves some credit for their founding as much as Goju-ryu, since Masutatsu Oyama trained in both before he founded Kyokushin, at least to my knowledge.
Nice work. Thank you. Kyokushin is a mix of both Shotokan and Goju. Oyama Masutatsu trained his early years (until yondan) under Funakoshi Gichin and Gigo. The kyu grade kata of Kyokushin are mostly Shotokan kata.
did not implement Shotokan that much onto Kyokushin cause he didn't even like the style it had too many problems to be effective as he followed Musashi Miyamoto's teachings and by his teachings Shotokan is shit
Isshin Ryu! Awesome to see it in your list. Some more cross influence info for your list is Isshin Ryu's founder, Shimabuku Tatsuo, learned from not just Goju Ryu's Chojun Miyagi and Shorin Ryu's Chotoku Kyan (I think Kyan learned from both Shuri-te and Tomari-te instructors), but also Motobu Choki for a time.
And to keep the chain going, Tatsuos brother Eizo is O-Sensei of Shobayashi-ryu - my style. Sadly OSensei is no longer with us but if anyone wants to look up Bill Hayes, Tony D’Angelo in Chicago, and Mike Pannulla (West Chester, PA, USA) this is our lineage 🙏
@Jaykob Seiler , Some are not too far removed; for I know that at least 2 students of the Okinawan, Gichin Funakoshi, came to the U.S.A. to teach their versions* of Shotokan: Oshima & Nakiyama/Nashiyama (spelling? please pardon my failing memory). Tadashi Yamashita, now 79 years old & living in California, moved to Okinawa when he was 8 years old, started his study of martial arts at 11 years old, & then brought his version of Shorin-Ryu to the U.S.A. when he was in his twenties; therefore, many in the U.S.A. have had the chance to be fairly close, lineage-wise, to Okinawan instructors without having to go overseas. * = Instructors don't always teach the same things in the exact same way throughout their years of teaching; & not all students are equal in their observations, perceptions, knowledge, & skills; plus not all students who become teachers have the same teaching styles or capacities to convey their knowledge; so, variations naturally exist within many so-called 'styles' of karate (& the idea/concept of karate 'styles' is a fairly modern invention, per Jesse Enkamp's research).
I would say the influence of Chinese martial arts on karate is a LOT more than is usually acknowledged. In fact the PRIMARY technical foundation of all karate is Chinese martial arts.
As a Uechi Ryu student, I knew about Kanbun Uechi's travels in China but I was surprised to learn that Uechi Ryu is MOSTLY Chinese martial arts. We get beat down by our instructors when they are testing our Sanchin stance ( the Sanchin Kata was depicted in the Uechi Ryu footage) and must beat each other's arms , stomachs, chest and legs during conditioning. We also do the finger tip pushups for conditioning. All this hard stuff seemed barbaric compared to what I previously thought about Kung Fu. Kung Fu seems more elegant than Karate so I did not suspect that it to would include this type of conditioning and would be more focused on ridiculous levels of skill. Then again, the style is half soft so I guess Chinese martial arts must be the source of the circular blocks and circular hand motions in Uechi Ryu. Maybe I should have studied Kung Fu.
How about Chito-ryu (founded by Chitose Tsuyoshi)? I did a style called Ryusei-ryu, which was a branch of Chito-ryu that was founded by Chitose Tsuyoshi's son-in-law. What software did you use to make your chart? I would like to use it for presentations. Are you at Keio University karate club? I taught at Keio (SFC) for 10 years. :)
My experiences in just Karate styles as far as Japanese systems go were; Wadõ Ryū, Ryukyu Kempõ/Kobudõ (but the Dojo was called Shudokan). But I have also studied American Kenpõ Karate, as well as both Taekwondõ and Tang Soo Dõ (both which had a heavy Shotokan Karate base); and even Kajūkenbõ (in which the Ka stands for Korean Karate aka Tang Soo Dõ).
Kojo-ryu is one of the oldest family style of Karate in Okinawa and should be listed together with Uechi-ryu and Ryuei-ryu because it is also imported directly from China.It would be great if you can make a video on more obscure and rare styles like Kojo-ryu,Kishimoto-Di etc.
This was very informative. So many different styles. Enshin Karate was one you missed. I believe it was derived from Ashihara because it's also has a strong emphasis on Sabaki.
Matsubayashi ryu although mainly shuri te also has roots in tomari te , many of the advanced Kata are tomari te our second kata fukugata ni is Gojo ryu kata there first kata but has been altered to fit our style more linear movement . Both Master Matsumora and Master Matsumara one from shur ti te and the other tomori te.
As a long time Marshal Artist, I highly respect all types of Marshal Arts,because all of them staring with respect Dicipline Stamina and Self defense. It doesn't matter what kind of Marshal Art's you are exercising or training, but they have same philosophy.
Hello o/ Karate Do Shotokai here : I am really fond of your opened mind about martial art. The style changes the stance into fudo dashi instead of zenkutsu dashi and focused on Irimi principle. Trivialy I'd say it's Aikido with strikes instead of throws and locks. We are based in France, the masters organize seminaries 3 times a year and if you're willing to contact them to join, or even for a private class with some of them I'll be glad to help you.
I loved Wado Ryu so much. There was a subtle beauty to its way of blending Karate and Jiu-Jitsu that was hard to grasp initially. We would use strikes like bone locks and turn blocks into grabs. Once I started American Kenpo, I saw a lot of parallels. No technique, no matter how seemingly basic, was ever just one thing. Every block was a strike. Every strike was a grab. Every movement was used to manipulate and control the opponent’s body.
Was a little surprised that I did not see Okinawa Kenpo in this list. I know some people believe that it is not a style at all, but has a founder (Nakamura) who actually is known for bringing bogu gear into karate for full contact sparring, and a specific list of both open hand kata and kubudo. Was still very happy to learn about all the other styles.
Without a doubt, one of the best Karate history videos on TH-cam that takes the time to connect all the different lineages and styles of Karate. Excellent work and thank you!
You forgot about matsumura seito shorin ryu which does not come from itosu but from matsumura. Other than that, very well explained for new karate practicioners
Great straight forward video that can be easily used in explaining the history & family tree if Karate. I’m in the other Shotokan styles line: SKIF but I’ve also been studying Osaka, Enoeda & Shiina when they were younger for research.
thank you sensei. i am a student of a korean style and am very interested in learning more about our roots. would have loved it even more if you explained around what year these spreads happened and the styles evolved . thank you so much. greetings from vienna
What's your style? I might be able to help. The five kwans that were combined to create tang soo do are came from shotokan. The eight of the nine kwans that were combined to create taekwondo all came from shotokan. The only kwan not from shotokan is kang duk won, which came from shudokan.
I wonder what the chart would look like if it included non Japanese/ Okinawan and non karate styles as well. I've practised Tang Soo Do for most of my life and know that the style also took a lot of influence from northern Chinese Kungfu. The Hyungs (Korean word for Kata) are also pretty much the same as you see in Shotokan and older Okinawan texts. Just goes to show that punches, kicks, throws and locks can only be done in so many ways.
Kon´nishi ha. I saw my first video of you today, and this is the 2nd. Great videos, great english. Domo arigatō gozaimashita. Greetings from Germany. Dewa mata, Kara Bonsai. PS: awesome Dojo! PPS: Just have seen an interview on you with Team Ki, thats a green wall shot - the dojo background :) - but still awesome.
Nice video, I did 6 years Shotokan and reached Shodan, then moved city and started Shin Kyokushin from white belt and am now Green belt (4th kyu). The 5 Pinan / Heian kata were common to both styles but with some variation. Zenkutsu dachi and Kiba dachi and 4 blocks (gedan barai, jodan age uke, uchi uke, soto uke) were the same, but Kokutsu dachi and shuto uke is quite different. Sparring / kumite is very different! Osu!
Shin Kyokushin is more a Kyokushin organization formed by Kenji Midori. Not a hybrid style of Kyokushin. Same with Kyokushin Kan which was formed by Hatsuo Royama.
@@KarateDojowaKu Sosai Mas Oyama, the founder of Kyokushin Karate passed away back in 1994. After that and even during his latter years, there has been a SPLIT between his high ranking members. International Karate Organzation (IKO) is the main body that supports and promote Kyokushin so there is IKO-1 (ICHIGEKI) formed by Kancho Shokei Matsui, IKO-2 (SHIN KYOKUSHIN) formed by Midori, IKO-3 formed by Matsushima and so on. Just like any martial arts organization, there is POLITICS involved.
indeed. I train in Shinkyokushin, it just means "new kyokushin". when Oyama died, the style branched out into different lines (this always happens when a founder of an art dies), so now there's a bunch of kyokushin lines which are almost identical save for a few small differences.
It says “Ryuei-ryu has not mixed with local, but pure Kung-fu” while showing Kiyuna performing Kururunfa, taught in Gojuryu Hence I thing it s fair to say Ryueiryu is also part of Naha-te influenced by China roots.
Much respect, sensei, but I think you really under-represented Goju Ryu. I'm no expert, but I wouldn't say that Goju was developed in mainland Japan. My understanding of the history places it pretty solidly on Okinawa. And there are many schools of Goju-ryu that exist in Okinawa today that don't fall under Goju-Kai. Onegai shimasu.
Hello, Thanks for the video. I would like this work to be continued with a demonstration of the differences between vintage and modern forms of shuri-te, naha-te and tomari-te. I would also like to show the benefits that we could obtain from learning other styles, whether modern or vintage shuri-te, naha-te and tomari-te. Examples: 1 high vs low position, 2 rooting vs mobility, 3 linearity vs circularity, 4 percussion vs control/projection... etc with a special mention for tai sabaki for which I cannot find a contrary but which is not used in the same way in the different styles. If you could continue in this direction I would be very grateful. As you asked, I would like to tell you that as a descendant of kyukushinkai we can subjoin three styles: Shidokan, shindokai and shin ai do. Good continuation.
OK, I mean no disrespect. However, you said the ones that are in reddish orange are the ones found it in Okinawa. However you have Goju Ryu in yellow. Chojun Miyagi founded Goju Ryu in Okinawa and it should be reddish orange! Miyagi learned Naha te from Higaonna! Also this video was very helpful because I wish to learn more about Okinawa and the birth of Karate!
The shotokan Dojo got Split in some differents groups: the shotokai (with shigeru Egami), the Jka with (Nakayama) and the shotokan karate of América with tsutomu Oshima, latter Assai sensei would create also his líne of karate bettween shotokai and JKA(André bertel have very good videos of it ;))
I study Isshin-Shorinji Ryu; emphasizes utilizing body mechanics and technique to substantiate punching and kicking power. We also study groundwork, break locks, and weapons training.
My teacher's teacher had a black belt in Kyokushin from Mas Oyama. He met a Korean man who did a style called Kang Duk Won. He liked that style more than Kyokushin because it suited his small slender build and his emphasis on speed. So that is what my teacher taught me, a combination of the two. To that he added some Kenpo. As you mentioned in the beginning, many of us have learned different styles and blended them into our individual evolving style. It's like our country, the USA, a blend of many people from many places. If you walk down a busy street in the US, you will see people from all over the world. Not nearly so much in Japan, I imagine.
Chito-ryu karate and from it Yoshukai karate . I studied U.S. Yoshukai karate back in 1987 here in Alabama where Yuki Koda set up his Honbu Dojo in Montgomery Alabama the state capital but U.S. Yoshukai has dojo’s in several U.S. States I might add that the Grandmaster and founder was Mamoru (Katsou ) Yamamoto who would come to Alabama once a year for black belt tests as far as I can remember ! It’s a great style and retained all of the Kata of Chito-ryu but had some variation in the kobudo added as well as the katana techniques and Kata coming from Niten - ichi ryu
Great research, thank you for that! Shukokai karate was missing. It has roots in Shito-Ryu, developed by Chojiro Tani and Kimura Shigeru. Shukokai is one of the most hard-hitting Karate styles I believe.
You could also add Tang Soo Do into the mix - essentially Korean Karate. The creator of the style KJN Hwang Kee was heavily influenced by the teachings of Gichin Funakoshi.
I am 3rd dan in Tang Soo Do. It is essentially Shotokan. I have been doing recent research on the origins of this art. I was told one thing in my early training. However, after viewing videos from Jesse Enkamp and others, a see another history. Shotokan came to Korea about 1944. About 6 different students started their own schools in Korea from the Shotokan. Hence the birthplace of Taekwondo and Tang Soo Do. There is a post above from Charles Wang that posted this doc. I'm only halfway through reading it, but it is thorough and well-documented. docs.google.com/document/d/1AvufpBYb2CHG-g3-HR-Amzjx3uFeBDpKXtjREgs_CT4/
@@spidermoon3574 Tang Soo Doo is an offshoot of Karate, the founder learned from Okinawan Karate, Shotokan and others to create that style. It is a striking art along with some grappling for self defense.
I was tought Wado Ryu karate here in a small rural Scottish community. My friends father Sensei J Hyslop was responsible for our learning. Budo Khan was also tought though this was miles away.
I'll be honest when i saw you made a 10 minute video on this topic i scoffed at first. Though i was pleasantly surprised fairly quickly through the video. Also gained some clarification on my style i studdied Shōrin-ryū. Critical block really makes sense reflecting back on things. We used to put ALOT of emphasis on the micro movements in our blocks. A block was meant to be thought of as a strike as well. Also my Sensei used to always say that the secret techniques were in the basic movements, being the small detailed micro movements.
Wado Ryu might have just as much influence from Motobu Ryu as it does from Shotokan or old Jujitsu. Wado took Motobu's Naihanchi, and Otsuka's famous Kihon Kumite was heavily influenced by Motobu's 2-person sets.
Kyokushin -KAN run by Kancho Hatsuo Royama places emphasis on the BUDO aspect more than anything, but also incorporates Taikken training as well as Kobudo. If you would like to discuss this more, please reach out to me at your convenience. I have really been enjoying your videos, thank you .
I watch your videos and Jessie Encamp. I love the historical and contextual details. I would love it, if possible, if you were able to do a video on the influences on Korean martial arts from Japan and Okinawan influences. Tang Soo Do seems very similar to Shotokan and I have heard it referred to as "sister arts". I can't find much on the history of Korean Martial Arts here like I do with the amazing work you do for the Japanese styles. Thanks for everything!
Thank you for the video! Since you mentioned JKA for Shotokan, I believe that one thing to include is Wado-Kai for Wado-Ryu too, as they are both independent organisations now
Good evening my friend I do wanna share with you that kanbun uechi only brought back 3 katas from China. Kanei uechi developed 3 bridging katas to the pangainoon system in okinawa.Great video my friend.
Great video. You are so right about founding masters having training in different branches. Funakoshi had influences from Shuri, Naha and Tomari. I really enjoy your videos. Even more than Jessie-san. OSU.
I understand that you can't be comprehensive in this universe of Karate, but I think your explanation of the Naha branch is rather light. Goju kai is off Course mainland developed but Goju Ryu is mainly developed on Okinawa at least the roots of Goju Ryu and the founder Chojun Miyagi. Most Goju Ryu styles are still Okinawa based. And you probably know that most of the masters in Okinawa at sometime went to China and studied att different schools in mainly Fujiyan or Southern China.
Yusuke, maybe someone else wrote this allready, but "K1" is NOT a Karate Style, but was a Kickboxing-Organisation, which developed a specific ruleset allowing "Full Contact"-Karateka, Muay Thai Fighters, but also many other Kickboxers to compete. Of course there is a connection to Kyokushin and Seidokaikan and also the "Japanese/Dutch Kickboxing", but it became its own thing and in Kickboxing the use of "Dutch style"/"Japanese style"/"K-1" is more or less a thing to set it apart from "American style Kickboxing" and also Muay Thai, because of different rulesets. (for example "K-1 rules" allowed knee strikes and low kicks, which were not allowed in the "American Kickboxing", but does not allow elbow strikes like in Muay Thai).
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@@NOTMYSCENE hello!
gosoku ryu perhaps?
so technically uechi ryu is not karate but Kung fu.
I'm so glad that Kudo got mentioned. I practise Kudo with a small community here in this part of the world.
Glad you liked it!
Then why are you happy? I would never say to people that. Joku is a good idea
kyokushin karate + judo hmmm it sound very efective 😉
@@filip1718 Kudo has techniques that are not commonly practised in full-contact Karate and Judo, e.g. headbutt, leg lock. Also, the gi makes possible some techniques that cannot usually be done in no-gi MMA. Kudo is really a different beast altogether.
@@ThomasToPC also boxing right?
As someone who trained Uechi, I can tell you that we emphasized hardening our body and learning to breath, move and contract our muscles to absorb damage as much as hardening for attacking, more so even.
Thanks for sharing your insight!
How would you compare Uechi-Ryu to Goju-ryu?
Body conditioning is equally practiced in Goju-ryu?
@@jean4j_ I never trained Goju Ryu, but it was a style held in high esteem by my old Uechi Ryu Sensei. I would not be able to tell you any specific detail, other than that it should be still a more self defense oriented style as opposed to competition oriented. I think these more traditional karate styles provide a great basis, but if you want to be a more complete striker, at some point one should at least dabble in boxing (for the punches) and Muay Thai (for the knees, elbows and powerkicks).
@@dacedebeer2697 great insight!
Thank you!
Rather than doing Goju-ryu + boxing/kickboxing. How about doing Kyokushin instead?
What's your thoughts about kyokushin Karate?
@@dacedebeer2697 In karate there is knee strike, elbow strike and the power kick roundhouse. But knee and elbow strike are not emphasize not even the finger strike, extended knuckles. perhaps they are emphasize because they are hard and painful to trained.
That's awesome that you and Jesse Enkamp can bring all these knowledge about Karate. It's not a thing people usually learn at the dojo. Oss!
Kyokushinkaikan Karate derives not only from Goju-Ryu Karate Sensei Yusuke, but also from Shotokan Karate, as Sosai Oyama Masutatsu, our founder had learned both styles, along with Judo, Boxing and Korean Kenpo, as well as Chinese Kenpo.
Ashiharakaikan Karate is an offshoot of Kyokushin Karate, then both Seidokaikan Karate, as well as Enshinkaikan Karate, both emanated from Ashiharakaikan Karate.
Kyokushin-Kan Karate (極真館 空手) which is under the leadership of Kancho Royama Hatsuo is still 100% Kyokushinkaikan Karate, as is Shin Kyokushinkaikan Karate (新極真会館空手) which in turn is the organisation of Kancho Midori Kenji, once again 100% Kyokushinkaikan Karate.
What happened was, that once our Kyokushinkaikan Karate (国際空手道連盟極真会館) 'International Karate Organisation Kyokushinkaikan, Sosai Oyama Masutatsu had passed away, he had not appointed a successor to continue to lead his martial arts organisation. So upon his death many of his senior Shihans (masters) began to feud amongst each other for the power and leadership, of the entire unified, Kyokushinkaikan Karate World organisation at that time. As they could not come to an agreement, many of this Kyokushin Karate masters, decided to form their own organisations, while slightly modifying their Kyokushin Karate organisation's name, so as to differentiate themselves from the other Kyokushin Karate groups. So as you mentioned here in this video, Shin-Kyokushinkaikan Karate and Kyokushin-Kan Karate for example. Kudo Karate is indeed a mixture of Kyokushin Karate and Judo, but so is Enshinkaikan Karate, as both of their founders, had become Judo black belts, prior to both studying Kyokushin Karate. However just to clarify again, Sosai Oyama Masutatsu had studied Chinese Kenpo, Korean Kenpo and boxing in his youth. Upon migrating to Japan, from his native South Korea, he studied Kozen Judo and obtained the rank of 4th dan black belt, then progressed onto Shotokan Karate where he obtained yet again the 4th dan black belt rank. He finally studied Goju-Ryu Karate, where he achieved the rank of 7th dan black belt, which ultimately justifies why he was ranked 10th dan black belt in his own martial arts style of Kyokushinkaikan Karate, which he had established himself.
Great video as always by the way Sensei Yusuke, Osu!🇲🇽🇦🇺🥋🤟👍✌🙏
Yes, I am aware of that fact, but like I said, it's a simplified version right now :)
@@KarateDojowaKu all good I understand now, at least other people who do not know so, might become also aware.😊✌👍🤟
Outside of Japan, Kyokushin Karate has split into numerous variations.
e.g. Kyokushindo www.kyokushindo.com/ (founded in 2007 in Germany by splitting from IKO3/Matsushima-ha)
Kyokushin Sabakido www.kyokushin-sabakido.com/
Kyokushin Budokai ibk.world/
www.worldkyokushinbudokai.com/
and many more...
It's mostly high ranking "branch chiefs" that have been disgruntled by the Japanese management of many styles, and wanting to break free from the dogmas, created their own styles. Interestingly enough, there is enough international spread to have worldwide organizations, even though sometimes there is no representation in western countries.
I agree an the explanation here. Very good. All the different Kyokushin organisations are in basic 100% Kyokushin but there are still little differences inside the organisation’s. So you have to do TAMESHIWARI by one organisation and not by the other. Also you can question the divergence in the ordering about the ranking. I did my 4th Dan exam in 2007, at the at time it was still old school. Nowadays the criteria for examination are very different between the organisations. There are even organisations who claim to have more than 12 Dan decrease. The bottom line is, that it is in basic all the same, only you can not trust the Graduations by a lot off the organisations.
Out of curiosity what the heck is korean kenpo
I’m Itosu Ryu, this is the first time I’ve heard someone from outside the style talk about it.
You guys are like grandfathers to all Shito-Ryu I guess
I was about to comment that, greetings from Venezuelan Itosu-Ryu Community :D
Yeah something like that haha
@@HakenV hellooooo Venezuela!
I'd love to add judo to my shotokan😅
Someone asked Jesse Enkamp what style he uses, he didn’t give a clear answer instead going on about some mountain. You see to me, ‘styles’ are basically like cars, you have ford, Chrysler, BMW, Audi, Toyota, Nissan etc. All of them do the same thing but are from different ideas of how a car should be.
So I ‘drive’ Shotokan.
haha nice! Jesse practices multiple, I think.
@@KarateDojowaKu I want to learn Mishima style Karate.
I think he started with the Shindo Jinen Ryu, don't remember where I saw though in the middle of his hundreds of posts and videos.
But now he definitely practices whatever he likes from each style.
@@m.a.k.8618 He mentioned in one of his Okinawa travel episodes that his parents' teacher was Motokatsu Inoue, the Grandmaster of the Yui Shin Kai style, which is partially based on Shindo Jinen Ryu.
@@Brainwashed101 thanks, you've got a great memory to be able to remember that.
Nice to see the origins of the Full-Contact Karate family.
Personally, I think Shotokan deserves some credit for their founding as much as Goju-ryu, since Masutatsu Oyama trained in both before he founded Kyokushin, at least to my knowledge.
Good point!
Isshin-ryu here. Old school, straight forward, very little flash.
I love it..
Evolve
@@DONTHATETHEPLAYA321 explain
i feel honored and proud to be a Kyokushin Karate practitioner, great video, Osu
Nice work. Thank you.
Kyokushin is a mix of both Shotokan and Goju. Oyama Masutatsu trained his early years (until yondan) under Funakoshi Gichin and Gigo. The kyu grade kata of Kyokushin are mostly Shotokan kata.
But not as Shotokan does them ;)
did not implement Shotokan that much onto Kyokushin cause he didn't even like the style it had too many problems to be effective as he followed Musashi Miyamoto's teachings and by his teachings Shotokan is shit
in my town we had wado ryu , i miss those days
Great video! I was surprised to see so many styles!
Haha nice! Glad you learn something new!
Isshin Ryu! Awesome to see it in your list. Some more cross influence info for your list is Isshin Ryu's founder, Shimabuku Tatsuo, learned from not just Goju Ryu's Chojun Miyagi and Shorin Ryu's Chotoku Kyan (I think Kyan learned from both Shuri-te and Tomari-te instructors), but also Motobu Choki for a time.
Kyan Chotoku had a huge influence on the particular kata that Shimabuku Sensei included in Isshinryu.
And to keep the chain going, Tatsuos brother Eizo is O-Sensei of Shobayashi-ryu - my style. Sadly OSensei is no longer with us but if anyone wants to look up Bill Hayes, Tony D’Angelo in Chicago, and Mike Pannulla (West Chester, PA, USA) this is our lineage 🙏
I wonder where "Enkamp-Ryu" would fall in that chart. lol
What about Dan-ryu Kenpo(The art of one dojo) and Seth-ryu Martial arts(sensei seth) and Ken-ryu Tigerjitsu(master ken)
sorry. i meant "Ameri-dote Tigerjitsu" my bad
@Jaykob Seiler ,
Some are not too far removed; for I know that at least 2 students of the Okinawan, Gichin Funakoshi, came to the U.S.A. to teach their versions* of Shotokan: Oshima & Nakiyama/Nashiyama (spelling? please pardon my failing memory).
Tadashi Yamashita, now 79 years old & living in California, moved to Okinawa when he was 8 years old, started his study of martial arts at 11 years old, & then brought his version of Shorin-Ryu to the U.S.A. when he was in his twenties; therefore, many in the U.S.A. have had the chance to be fairly close, lineage-wise, to Okinawan instructors without having to go overseas.
* = Instructors don't always teach the same things in the exact same way throughout their years of teaching; & not all students are equal in their observations, perceptions, knowledge, & skills; plus not all students who become teachers have the same teaching styles or capacities to convey their knowledge; so, variations naturally exist within many so-called 'styles' of karate (& the idea/concept of karate 'styles' is a fairly modern invention, per Jesse Enkamp's research).
@@michaeltaylor8501 that would be Nishiyama..Nakayama was head instructor of the JKA.
@Guido Ramackers Thank you for the correction/clarification.
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Finally there is the one one who can explain all of this
As a kung-fu practitioner I am happy to see how kungfu also had influence Japanese martial arts as well
Oh yeah super heavy
I would say the influence of Chinese martial arts on karate is a LOT more than is usually acknowledged. In fact the PRIMARY technical foundation of all karate is Chinese martial arts.
@@BudoTraining yup
As a Uechi Ryu student, I knew about Kanbun Uechi's travels in China but I was surprised to learn that Uechi Ryu is MOSTLY Chinese martial arts. We get beat down by our instructors when they are testing our Sanchin stance ( the Sanchin Kata was depicted in the Uechi Ryu footage) and must beat each other's arms , stomachs, chest and legs during conditioning. We also do the finger tip pushups for conditioning. All this hard stuff seemed barbaric compared to what I previously thought about Kung Fu. Kung Fu seems more elegant than Karate so I did not suspect that it to would include this type of conditioning and would be more focused on ridiculous levels of skill. Then again, the style is half soft so I guess Chinese martial arts must be the source of the circular blocks and circular hand motions in Uechi Ryu. Maybe I should have studied Kung Fu.
This is an awesome video! I'm a Goju Ryu ( IOGKF and Meibukan) practitioner myself. I always enjoy your videos.
Glad you enjoy it!
How about Chito-ryu (founded by Chitose Tsuyoshi)? I did a style called Ryusei-ryu, which was a branch of Chito-ryu that was founded by Chitose Tsuyoshi's son-in-law. What software did you use to make your chart? I would like to use it for presentations. Are you at Keio University karate club? I taught at Keio (SFC) for 10 years. :)
Felt nice hearing someone mention shorin ryu
I like that you use the late great Master Kanazawa in the Shotokan demo
Great video - Thanks for a nice succinct overview of karate styles!
Glad it was helpful!
My experiences in just Karate styles as far as Japanese systems go were; Wadõ Ryū, Ryukyu Kempõ/Kobudõ (but the Dojo was called Shudokan). But I have also studied American Kenpõ Karate, as well as both Taekwondõ and Tang Soo Dõ (both which had a heavy Shotokan Karate base); and even Kajūkenbõ (in which the Ka stands for Korean Karate aka Tang Soo Dõ).
You are an amazing man. Thank you for your youtube channel. Amazing library for karate fighters
Wow amazing video, I practise karate Shotokai. Thanks for sharing.
No problem!
Kojo-ryu is one of the oldest family style of Karate in Okinawa and should be listed together with Uechi-ryu and Ryuei-ryu because it is also imported directly from China.It would be great if you can make a video on more obscure and rare styles like Kojo-ryu,Kishimoto-Di etc.
Wow. Can you explain that? I never heard of kojo ryu.
@@SamperorI'm pretty sure he meant Goju Ryu
This was very informative. So many different styles. Enshin Karate was one you missed. I believe it was derived from Ashihara because it's also has a strong emphasis on Sabaki.
This is like "Crash Course: Karate". Awesome layout, so easy to understand, but also really delving into those specifics that we're here for.
I studied Shotokan for many years and had the pleasure of training under Master Kanazawa on a number of occasions..
good for you
Matsubayashi ryu although mainly shuri te also has roots in tomari te , many of the advanced Kata are tomari te our second kata fukugata ni is Gojo ryu kata there first kata but has been altered to fit our style more linear movement . Both Master Matsumora and Master Matsumara one from shur ti te and the other tomori te.
Thank you, Sensei. Very informative and easy to follow. I study Matsubayashi Ryu and Shito Ryu.
Excellent!
Would love to see a video on the fallout of the JKA and some of the major branches that broke off I.e ASAI, ISKF, etc.
As a long time Marshal Artist, I highly respect all types of Marshal Arts,because all of them staring with respect Dicipline Stamina and Self defense. It doesn't matter what kind of Marshal Art's you are exercising or training, but they have same philosophy.
You mean martial arts. Not marshal
Hello o/
Karate Do Shotokai here :
I am really fond of your opened mind about martial art. The style changes the stance into fudo dashi instead of zenkutsu dashi and focused on Irimi principle. Trivialy I'd say it's Aikido with strikes instead of throws and locks.
We are based in France, the masters organize seminaries 3 times a year and if you're willing to contact them to join, or even for a private class with some of them I'll be glad to help you.
I loved Wado Ryu so much. There was a subtle beauty to its way of blending Karate and Jiu-Jitsu that was hard to grasp initially. We would use strikes like bone locks and turn blocks into grabs.
Once I started American Kenpo, I saw a lot of parallels. No technique, no matter how seemingly basic, was ever just one thing. Every block was a strike. Every strike was a grab. Every movement was used to manipulate and control the opponent’s body.
this was excellent. very informative.
Was a little surprised that I did not see Okinawa Kenpo in this list. I know some people believe that it is not a style at all, but has a founder (Nakamura) who actually is known for bringing bogu gear into karate for full contact sparring, and a specific list of both open hand kata and kubudo. Was still very happy to learn about all the other styles.
He mentions @2:43 "Motobu Kenpo"
Great video sensei, very detailed. I started karate (Wado ryu) now (at age 27) and it's wonderful.
Without a doubt, one of the best Karate history videos on TH-cam that takes the time to connect all the different lineages and styles of Karate. Excellent work and thank you!
Uechi Ryu toe conditioning is something else!
All Okinawans Styles practice Toe conditioning for their kicks, not just Uechiryu.
Great explanation, I practiced GojuRyu in my youth and was an incredible technique, thanks and congrats for this video.
You forgot about matsumura seito shorin ryu which does not come from itosu but from matsumura. Other than that, very well explained for new karate practicioners
Also Matsubayashi and Shobayashi Shorin-ryu that came from from Tomari-te via Kyan, etc., rather than Itosu.
Hello Sensei ! Thank you for all your work.
Shotokai here !
Hello there!
Great straight forward video that can be easily used in explaining the history & family tree if Karate.
I’m in the other Shotokan styles line: SKIF but I’ve also been studying Osaka, Enoeda & Shiina when they were younger for research.
Was happy to see Isshinryu mentioned. My personal favorite style.
thank you sensei. i am a student of a korean style and am very interested in learning more about our roots. would have loved it even more if you explained around what year these spreads happened and the styles evolved . thank you so much. greetings from vienna
Great idea! Thanks!
What's your style? I might be able to help. The five kwans that were combined to create tang soo do are came from shotokan. The eight of the nine kwans that were combined to create taekwondo all came from shotokan. The only kwan not from shotokan is kang duk won, which came from shudokan.
Very informative video. good stuff
Glad you liked it!
As a practitioner of Isshin Ryu, thank you for getting the general historical concepts.
Finally someone talks a little about Itosu-Ryu, one of the most orthodox Karatedo styles in world
And my style ❤️
my style too♥️
I'm glad shorin ryu got mentioned especially since it's one of the first modern styles and gave inspiration to the new ones
From shotokan came tang soo do/ korean karate (won kuk lee) and taekwon-do/ chang hon style (choi hong hi), both is pupil of gichin funakoshi
I do Enshin Karate who’s founder was Kancho Joko Ninomiya. He studied Ashihara Karate and evolved it to include Judo calling it Enshin Karate
I wonder what the chart would look like if it included non Japanese/ Okinawan and non karate styles as well. I've practised Tang Soo Do for most of my life and know that the style also took a lot of influence from northern Chinese Kungfu. The Hyungs (Korean word for Kata) are also pretty much the same as you see in Shotokan and older Okinawan texts. Just goes to show that punches, kicks, throws and locks can only be done in so many ways.
That would be extremely interesting!
Tang Soo do is also my style it would be cool to see how the Koreans and Japanese martial artist ended up together. One tree many branches
Tang Soo Do is basically Shotokan
Wow! This is pure gold! Amazing job, dude.
Thank you for sharing all this knowledge. I'm a beginner, so many things to learn...gambarou!
Jesse Enkamp has pretty much drilled into all our brains that Okinawa is the birth place of Karate
Thank you, I always found this confusing. Your graphic and and explanation were simple and understandable.
Fantastic. Thank you. Still deciding :)
Kon´nishi ha.
I saw my first video of you today, and this is the 2nd. Great videos, great english.
Domo arigatō gozaimashita.
Greetings from Germany.
Dewa mata,
Kara Bonsai.
PS: awesome Dojo!
PPS: Just have seen an interview on you with Team Ki, thats a green wall shot - the dojo background :) - but still awesome.
Hoping for a second video of this
This is fantastic, thank you.
Very in depth explanation 👍
Thanks
Nice video, I did 6 years Shotokan and reached Shodan, then moved city and started Shin Kyokushin from white belt and am now Green belt (4th kyu). The 5 Pinan / Heian kata were common to both styles but with some variation. Zenkutsu dachi and Kiba dachi and 4 blocks (gedan barai, jodan age uke, uchi uke, soto uke) were the same, but Kokutsu dachi and shuto uke is quite different. Sparring / kumite is very different! Osu!
That is awesome!
Nice and informative :)
Ive trained a few years in Shorin-/Shito Ryu, but thats 25 years ago now. Currently doing Yamaue AikiJutsu (for 12 years) :)
everyone practise karate on his way..what matters is efficiency and respect for all practisers
Shin Kyokushin is more a Kyokushin organization formed by Kenji Midori. Not a hybrid style of Kyokushin. Same with Kyokushin Kan which was formed by Hatsuo Royama.
I see!
@@KarateDojowaKu Sosai Mas Oyama, the founder of Kyokushin Karate passed away back in 1994. After that and even during his latter years, there has been a SPLIT between his high ranking members.
International Karate Organzation (IKO) is the main body that supports and promote Kyokushin so there is IKO-1 (ICHIGEKI) formed by Kancho Shokei Matsui, IKO-2 (SHIN KYOKUSHIN) formed by Midori, IKO-3 formed by Matsushima and so on.
Just like any martial arts organization, there is POLITICS involved.
indeed. I train in Shinkyokushin, it just means "new kyokushin". when Oyama died, the style branched out into different lines (this always happens when a founder of an art dies), so now there's a bunch of kyokushin lines which are almost identical save for a few small differences.
Wow amazing video, I practice Tenshinkan Karate. Thanks for sharing.
It says “Ryuei-ryu has not mixed with local, but pure Kung-fu” while showing Kiyuna performing Kururunfa, taught in Gojuryu
Hence I thing it s fair to say Ryueiryu is also part of Naha-te influenced by China roots.
Much respect, sensei, but I think you really under-represented Goju Ryu. I'm no expert, but I wouldn't say that Goju was developed in mainland Japan. My understanding of the history places it pretty solidly on Okinawa. And there are many schools of Goju-ryu that exist in Okinawa today that don't fall under Goju-Kai.
Onegai shimasu.
Hello, Thanks for the video.
I would like this work to be continued with a demonstration of the differences between vintage and modern forms of shuri-te, naha-te and tomari-te. I would also like to show the benefits that we could obtain from learning other styles, whether modern or vintage shuri-te, naha-te and tomari-te. Examples: 1 high vs low position, 2 rooting vs mobility, 3 linearity vs circularity, 4 percussion vs control/projection... etc with a special mention for tai sabaki for which I cannot find a contrary but which is not used in the same way in the different styles.
If you could continue in this direction I would be very grateful.
As you asked, I would like to tell you that as a descendant of kyukushinkai we can subjoin three styles: Shidokan, shindokai and shin ai do.
Good continuation.
OK, I mean no disrespect. However, you said the ones that are in reddish orange are the ones found it in Okinawa. However you have Goju Ryu in yellow. Chojun Miyagi founded Goju Ryu in Okinawa and it should be reddish orange! Miyagi learned Naha te from Higaonna! Also this video was very helpful because I wish to learn more about Okinawa and the birth of Karate!
Very informative. Thank you.
Very well explained, thank you.
Thanks!
Hi, I really enjoyed the video, it was very enlightening and would like to know more about other shotokan styles.
The shotokan Dojo got Split in some differents groups: the shotokai (with shigeru Egami), the Jka with (Nakayama) and the shotokan karate of América with tsutomu Oshima, latter Assai sensei would create also his líne of karate bettween shotokai and JKA(André bertel have very good videos of it ;))
Noted!
Thanks for the information!
I study Isshin-Shorinji Ryu; emphasizes utilizing body mechanics and technique to substantiate punching and kicking power. We also study groundwork, break locks, and weapons training.
My teacher's teacher had a black belt in Kyokushin from Mas Oyama. He met a Korean man who did a style called Kang Duk Won. He liked that style more than Kyokushin because it suited his small slender build and his emphasis on speed. So that is what my teacher taught me, a combination of the two. To that he added some Kenpo. As you mentioned in the beginning, many of us have learned different styles and blended them into our individual evolving style. It's like our country, the USA, a blend of many people from many places. If you walk down a busy street in the US, you will see people from all over the world. Not nearly so much in Japan, I imagine.
I see! Thanks so much for the insight!
Chito-ryu karate and from it Yoshukai karate . I studied U.S. Yoshukai karate back in 1987 here in Alabama where Yuki Koda set up his Honbu Dojo in Montgomery Alabama the state capital but U.S. Yoshukai has dojo’s in several U.S. States I might add that the Grandmaster and founder was Mamoru (Katsou ) Yamamoto who would come to Alabama once a year for black belt tests as far as I can remember ! It’s a great style and retained all of the Kata of Chito-ryu but had some variation in the kobudo added as well as the katana techniques and Kata coming from Niten - ichi ryu
Very good video. I love kyokushin but i like to learn much of other styles that you that you show us in the lineage. Thanks
My pleasure!
Shito ryu also has influences from naha te. Kanryo higaonna taught mabuni naha te kata. Circular blocks and movements
Thank you!
There's loads missing from this.
The Ryu Ryu Kyo / Kanryo lineage is everything.
Great research, thank you for that! Shukokai karate was missing. It has roots in Shito-Ryu, developed by Chojiro Tani and Kimura Shigeru. Shukokai is one of the most hard-hitting Karate styles I believe.
I ve done shotokan for decades now, and I see so many similar concepts in shukokai!!! Shukokai looks awesome and very effective and technical!!!
You could also add Tang Soo Do into the mix - essentially Korean Karate. The creator of the style KJN Hwang Kee was heavily influenced by the teachings of Gichin Funakoshi.
I considered that as a different martial art, so I have excluded it, but yeah it's an option!
That's the style Kreese taught at cobra-kai on karate kid.
I've read about it. It seems to be as karate, as karate is in the US.
@@spidermoon3574IF YOU COMPARE MOVEMENTS, COMBINATIONS AND KATAS ..... EVEN THE NAMES, IT SEEMS IS A PURE SHOTOKAN COPY
I am 3rd dan in Tang Soo Do. It is essentially Shotokan. I have been doing recent research on the origins of this art. I was told one thing in my early training. However, after viewing videos from Jesse Enkamp and others, a see another history. Shotokan came to Korea about 1944. About 6 different students started their own schools in Korea from the Shotokan. Hence the birthplace of Taekwondo and Tang Soo Do. There is a post above from Charles Wang that posted this doc. I'm only halfway through reading it, but it is thorough and well-documented. docs.google.com/document/d/1AvufpBYb2CHG-g3-HR-Amzjx3uFeBDpKXtjREgs_CT4/
@@spidermoon3574 Tang Soo Doo is an offshoot of Karate, the founder learned from Okinawan Karate, Shotokan and others to create that style. It is a striking art along with some grappling for self defense.
I was tought Wado Ryu karate here in a small rural Scottish community. My friends father Sensei J Hyslop was responsible for our learning. Budo Khan was also tought though this was miles away.
I'll be honest when i saw you made a 10 minute video on this topic i scoffed at first. Though i was pleasantly surprised fairly quickly through the video. Also gained some clarification on my style i studdied Shōrin-ryū. Critical block really makes sense reflecting back on things. We used to put ALOT of emphasis on the micro movements in our blocks. A block was meant to be thought of as a strike as well. Also my Sensei used to always say that the secret techniques were in the basic movements, being the small detailed micro movements.
Wado Ryu might have just as much influence from Motobu Ryu as it does from Shotokan or old Jujitsu. Wado took Motobu's Naihanchi, and Otsuka's famous Kihon Kumite was heavily influenced by Motobu's 2-person sets.
That’s such a clean way to present your ideas. May I know which application you used to make that tree map? I want to use it in my presentation
Thanks! I used mindmeister
Kyokushin -KAN run by Kancho Hatsuo Royama places emphasis on the BUDO aspect more than anything, but also incorporates Taikken training as well as Kobudo. If you would like to discuss this more, please reach out to me at your convenience. I have really been enjoying your videos, thank you .
Thanks for your insight!
Very informative, I enjoyed learning this! Any chance I could download the karate family tree chart you have presented?
Due to copyright issues, in currently keeping it closed! Sorry :(
I watch your videos and Jessie Encamp. I love the historical and contextual details.
I would love it, if possible, if you were able to do a video on the influences on Korean martial arts from Japan and Okinawan influences.
Tang Soo Do seems very similar to Shotokan and I have heard it referred to as "sister arts".
I can't find much on the history of Korean Martial Arts here like I do with the amazing work you do for the Japanese styles.
Thanks for everything!
Thank you for the video! Since you mentioned JKA for Shotokan, I believe that one thing to include is Wado-Kai for Wado-Ryu too, as they are both independent organisations now
It's very strange to see Kyokushin not under Shotokan.
Good evening my friend I do wanna share with you that kanbun uechi only brought back 3 katas from China. Kanei uechi developed 3 bridging katas to the pangainoon system in okinawa.Great video my friend.
Love this!
Thanks!
Hey Yusuke! I'm a little late on this one but good job on this video! It was very informative, keep up your
awesome work!
Thanks, will do!
Love your videos!
Thank you very much Sensei for this video will be a part of Karate history....
This video is a rare in the World....
This took a long time to make...Glad you liked it! Please share!~
@@KarateDojowaKu I will share this video to all Karate ka which I know sensei....
@@KarateDojowaKu i saw 3 Te, but no KaraTe
Great video. You are so right about founding masters having training in different branches. Funakoshi had influences from Shuri, Naha and Tomari. I really enjoy your videos. Even more than Jessie-san. OSU.
I have practiced shotokan for a very long time 22 years or so. Started in the JKA. Then with the ISKF after the split. Now I am with the IKD.
I see! Thanks for watching me videos!
@@theshotokanchronicles whats the difference?
That was a excellent review
I understand that you can't be comprehensive in this universe of Karate, but I think your explanation of the Naha branch is rather light. Goju kai is off Course mainland developed but Goju Ryu is mainly developed on Okinawa at least the roots of Goju Ryu and the founder Chojun Miyagi. Most Goju Ryu styles are still Okinawa based. And you probably know that most of the masters in Okinawa at sometime went to China and studied att different schools in mainly Fujiyan or Southern China.
Thanks!
You should cover Korean Karate forms. Also could you explain more about the many forms of Kenpo/Kempo.
A style found in Canada called Kanreikai which is a mix of goju-ryu and kyukushin World Karate Kanreikai
Yusuke, maybe someone else wrote this allready, but "K1" is NOT a Karate Style, but was a Kickboxing-Organisation, which developed a specific ruleset allowing "Full Contact"-Karateka, Muay Thai Fighters, but also many other Kickboxers to compete.
Of course there is a connection to Kyokushin and Seidokaikan and also the "Japanese/Dutch Kickboxing", but it became its own thing and in Kickboxing the use of "Dutch style"/"Japanese style"/"K-1" is more or less a thing to set it apart from "American style Kickboxing" and also Muay Thai, because of different rulesets. (for example "K-1 rules" allowed knee strikes and low kicks, which were not allowed in the "American Kickboxing", but does not allow elbow strikes like in Muay Thai).