Mawashi geri, by Kagawa sensei, 8th dan, JKS world technical director. I found this video on the internet. If posting it on TH-cam is in violation with a copyright, tell me and I'll remove this video.
This man appears to have no first clue how difficult it is to do the things he makes look easy. His static active flexibility (holding his leg steady at height) while calmly holding conversation is awesome. DC
he's so casual about it like "ya I've got my leg bent in fifteen diferent directions moving at speeds that could exceed a military aircraft at takeoff but still powerful enough to break every bone in your body even if i choose not to its no big deal"so awesome i love martial arts.
I am age 66. I used to be able to do this 25 years ago. I am determined to get it back. The secret is to kick a bag - not thin air. If I die I will let you know. Oss
You can't get it back. Sad, but true. My legs used to be like whips. I could put them anywhere like lightning just by thinking about it. But, your body changes. Joints change. Muscle elasticity goes. Even HE can't do this anymore. Don't feel bad that you don't get it back.
@@mistadreadman Maybe this is how they were taught in that era? I hadn't seen the knee up to the side technique before watching this either but then I found another one showing Matsui, a Kyokushin Sensei who would be roughly the same age demonstrating Maewashi Geri in the same way. They are both very good kickers so there might be something to it...
Kagawa is AWESOME!!! I had the chance to train with him in 2011 and it's just amazing what he does, he makes everything looks so easy and he isn't even arrogant about his skills and really tries to tell you how it works!
Kagawa Sensei is Shotokan, of the JKS, a Shotokan group that formed following the breakup of the JKA, which happened after the death of Nakayama Sensei, who had been Chief Instructor of the JKA since its founding. The kick is mawashi-geri, or roundhouse kick, performed with incredible control and flexibility.
Bill Wallace has nothing on this guy. Amazing control and flexibility. it would come as a total shock to me to be kicked with that fro. such a close distance
En este mundo que sobrevivimos la mayoria , tan convulsionado , el karate , para quien lo práctica y su alrededor es una bocanada de esperanza , de orden y respeto x la vida y bueno para compartir yo , que lo practique en Bs As añoro las practicas y el compañerismo( un poco de nostalgia) que generosos estos maestros Gracias!
even how Kagawa sensei is standing looks like a fearful techniques. and about Mawashi-geri....missing the words to describe....every detail simply perfect: hip, front leg, timing, position of feet at impact....Oss sensei!
It looks probably less powerful on video than when you got it on your head. I saw Kagawa sensei knock someone with a jodan mawashi geri. He's maybe 172 cm, and the other guy was 190 cm. So, thrust me, it's powerful.
@@rafalongo7 yes. And they aren't the same⚰️that's why one says PIERCING power and one just says power 😂 it's specified for a reason. Do you throw a well balanced knife for throwing as hard as you can for it to stick? No you throw with a little bit of POWER and that's enough FORCE, for it to pierce it's target.
very interesting way of kicking The way he turns and places his knee toward his oponent is interesting . he needs very little space for his round kicks. you need too be flexible in your hips too do this. Excelent technique
Great video. I have been taking Aiki Budokai Ju Jutsu for several years and these are the strikes that we use but do not practice them very often. Very helpful. Thank you.
@pound4pound92 the technique being show is Mawashi Geri Chusoku which is with the ball of the foot, the standard one with the instep is Mawashi Geri Haisoku, it is used for getting the kick round the guard where the instep or shin would just land on the guard. It is the most advanced form of the kick. OSU
This video is excellent. I don't care what your view is on kicking with the shin or the instep or the ball of the foot, fact is this guy uses the ball of his foot and it works for him well. I like to try different approaches to techniques and this is a real eye opener. thanks
very nice. I am an orangebelt (9th kyu) karateka and have recently learned how to do a mawashigeri, although I'm pretty crap at it. I cant wait to be a blackbelt.
@jetset808: he says in the video that you can also use the shin. Obviously it's up to the practitioner to decide, which one is more comfortable for them. When the ball of the foot is used then the roundhouse kick has a bit more a 'thrust' flavour in the end, while the shin is the typically circular motion.
he quite clearly, pulls back his toes at the start and shows the point of the foot he wants to kick with in basics, whilst saying quite clearly 'koshi' (ball of the foot). As he performed quite alot of kicks and didn't hurt his toes once, I think its safe to say he wasn't kicking with his toes. Good training
It's all in the mechanic of the kick. If you emphasize the snapping motion of the knee over the twisting motion of the hip, you can't put enough body weight into the kick and that means your kick doesn't have the power it's supposed to have.
For everyone here, the kick is a goju ryu mawashi geri. You kick with the pad of the foot. For anyone that says this is not powerful, first of all sensei Kagawa didnt move his hips wich means he didnt try to kick hard but instead accurate. If this kick hits you, the power goes into a small area of the head and done properly is fatal. A normal turningkick is not as powerful because of the bigger area impacted and will probally "only" knock your opponent out. //mmacriitic
Kicking w/ shin is more of a power kick - easier to pull off and prone to less injury, but that doesn't necessarily mean better (or worse), just different. Just like there are several ways to do the front and side kick, there are several ways to do a roundhouse. This method is old school, more accurate and focused, hence more advanced. Old school masters worked on hardening the toes so that they could withstand impact like fists. Hence, beginners wouldn't learn this right away.
This guy's belt looks like my teacher's. You have white for the beginner, coloured belts for those working their way up, and then the black belt. But then you get the super experienced ones, whose black belt is so faded and worn, it kind of looks like a white belt.
I'm far to be sure at 100% of what I'm saying, but mawashi geri is a circular kick. So, if you point the knee forward, you decrease the angular velocity of the kick, and he become less powerful. Like only the rotational motion will do impact (because of where the target is), adding translation motion will be wasted energy. But this is a demonstration kick, I don't think at 100% he would perfectly raise is knee on the side like this, because it increase the moment of inertia (so it's more slow).
@torro454 of Tokunaga's mawashi is against boxers (brawlers more specifically) and street fighters. They tend to angle their arms outwards and hold it close to their face. This leaves their midsection wide open from an angle with the left leg (or right leg if the opponent is south paw) Tokunaga mawashi. If executed with speed and precision, it will often be enough to bring someone down if it hits right on the sternum. Power isn't as important here.
This is good for kickboxers too :D I was in a short kickboxing -beginner's class and it was very similar to karate (2 years of YuiShinKai-style, it's a pretty rare style).
remember he is just showing the one singular technique, not the real time application of it. this dropping forward is a great opening for the kicker to keep going with a jab then a gyakuzuki, or jab then sweep and hook. its quicker doing that than taking the time to retract the leg, also if you focus too much on bringing it back in actual aplication, your kick power may suffer because you think too much about bringing it back
I lived in Okinawa for 3 yrs and i have heard so many names for styles and forms can someone tell me the differences in names and techniques. I didn't study Karated b/c I was deployed too much. My biggest regret in being there is to not have learned any martial arts. It is a beautiful thing to learn to master one's body with such precision. More importanly one must master the mind. But that is what I have seen from a few senseis I had the fortune to meet there.
Hai, Masutatsu Oyama developed his own style after learning Shotokan and Goju Ryu styles. Kyokushinkai Kan is likewise a good foundation to build ones own path nothing more and certainly not the best. There is no 'best' in Martial Arts.
@DaBhaalspawn Well... You've sold me on the instep kick. Thanks for your kyokushin insights. I'm gonna work on my splits, and start trying the instep/shin kick in close, but maybe you should try this kick too, if you are ever wearing sneakers. You do get a little ore distance with it. LOL, but I DO like your method of throwing mawashi geri in close. On the street, who would expect that? I think it would be good night time. LOL. Good training. OSU
thanks for the tip! I'll try doing that. Actually, I kind of enjoy "slapping" the target with the top of my foot but yeah, my mawashi geri still needs a lot of work. not to mention my yoko geri, maya geri, etc. lol
@torro454 Tokunaga's mawashi is the one coming at a 45 degree angle to the floor which is the one you will see used in tournaments most often. Full mawashi comes parallel to the floor or slightly downwards to generate as little gravitational resistance as possible. I've seen people use Tokunaga's mawashi as an initiator to follow up with a full (midair) mawashi by using the opponent's belt as a standing point. Very effective but very risky move. But I think the most effective application
Never had the flexibility to kick my mawashi higher then the shoulder. That is awesome! Not everyone his flexible like that even with years of training. You do want you can with the body you have.
VERY GOOD ROUNDHOUSE KICK THAT BREAKS RIBS. That was how it was taught in Gensei-Ryu Karate from Japan and in all Asia. Simply a very good kick. TKD evolved from karate and taekyon and modern sicience.
@maofas I worked as a bouncer for 18 years and have had a lot of 'fights', the only time I ended up on the ground was when I got hit a bottle on the back of the head. Most street fights I have observed have all been stand up, going to ground being a rarity.
The beauty of this Sensei's kick is that of pure speed. Though a Mua Thai roundhouse kick has more power, his kick is faster. He can throw that at will high or low with blinding speed. Also, a snap round kick like his will still be with him as he ages. It uses less muscles and never extends all the way; therefore, less possibility of injury.
He doesn't use his toes. He kicks with the ball of the foot. More hard and more small than the instep of foot, so the force by surface (I'm not sure how to say that in english) is more high.
I agree 100% with your comments.Many Karateka will be done on the ground.Except like some of the Masters in Japan who has done Judo until the level of Nidan or more.
@WNxWolfinator yeah absolutely, but it depends on what you're trying to do. going by the 'one hit one kill' principle, you use the ball of the foot for breaking power (greater force/area) otherwise if the impact area is large, it'll dissipate the overall force. try breaking more then a couple of boards with a shin instead of the ball of the foot and the difference becomes clear. the effort required to break is less.
Retraction of the leg allows the kicker to end up back in the strong position he was in before kicking, stable and all. Landing forward makes you prone to punches, for you literally "fall" right into them. Since you'd be off balance as well, the enemy could possibly take you down, experienced or not. That is if he's still standing from the kick... Retraction has been proven more applicable to fighting. Simple.
In a grading, demonstration, kicking fresh air or a heavy bag I would always go for exactly as demonstrated here. In training if I am kicking someone's hand or light sparring I try to contact with the top of my foot, just above my toes. That way I am more confident to fire it off without damaging the other person. With a heavy bag I always go for the ball of the foot, I'm less likely to damage myself that way. DC
It's really a shame that the highest rated comments on this video simply note Kagawa Sensei's flexibility. While it's a wonderful attribute to admire, superior flexibility can be attained by many martial artists- and no offense to those who are this flexible- I can't even measure up to this kind of stretching- but seriously, this man's technique, as a whole, is truly impeccable.
Yeah, it is difficult working up that striking surface. I have a fairly strong mawashi geri, but can only safely use about 2/3rds of my strength with the proper surface. I almost always end up painfully jamming a toe before I just switch to using the top of my foot during practice. I think maybe building up to it by stomping on the floor, or just walking around on the ball of your foot might work.
@maofas Not really. What I'm am referring to is the use of Jiu Jutsu as it was practiced by the samurai on the battlefield. Whenever a samurai lost his sword in battle then he would use jiu jutsu to throw his enemy down and even sometimes pull them down from a horse, stab them with their short sword (tanto), take the enemy's sword and fight on. A modern day soldier would pretty much do the same thing if they were in dire straights. That's what jiu jutsu was designed for! Not a competition.
I'm not criticizing the sensei's techniques. Actually, his kick looks very elegant. My point is to compare the mechanism and the power of the techniques between these two systems of Karate. So, guys! Try finding some Kyokushin clips and watch them first before bashing my comments.
That brief moment when you think that the bag is levitating.
THIS is the stuff the MASTERS KNOW. just by adjusting your angle a little bit makes all the difference. THIS is why it's called a martial ART.
This man appears to have no first clue how difficult it is to do the things he makes look easy. His static active flexibility (holding his leg steady at height) while calmly holding conversation is awesome. DC
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he's so casual about it like "ya I've got my leg bent in fifteen diferent directions moving at speeds that could exceed a military aircraft at takeoff but still powerful enough to break every bone in your body even if i choose not to its no big deal"so awesome i love martial arts.
I am age 66. I used to be able to do this 25 years ago. I am determined to get it back. The secret is to kick a bag - not thin air. If I die I will let you know. Oss
Good luck, oss
ooS hit?!
Are you still around
Well, RIP.
You can't get it back. Sad, but true. My legs used to be like whips. I could put them anywhere like lightning just by thinking about it. But, your body changes. Joints change. Muscle elasticity goes. Even HE can't do this anymore. Don't feel bad that you don't get it back.
I find it impressive how he can strech his legs,open that angle,so much and so fast,so he can pull off a kick like that in such a short space and time
opening the hip and bringing the knee high instantly gives you better kicking potential
Yes. But in Shotokan they don't open the hips. Taekwondo relies heavily on opening the hips, not Shotokan.
@@mistadreadman not true
@@mistadreadman Maybe this is how they were taught in that era? I hadn't seen the knee up to the side technique before watching this either but then I found another one showing Matsui, a Kyokushin Sensei who would be roughly the same age demonstrating Maewashi Geri in the same way. They are both very good kickers so there might be something to it...
@@mistadreadman That's Sensei Kagawa of the Japan Karate Association, Shotokan.
Kagawa is AWESOME!!! I had the chance to train with him in 2011 and it's just amazing what he does, he makes everything looks so easy and he isn't even arrogant about his skills and really tries to tell you how it works!
0:47 magic
tadaaa jajaaaaaaa
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Haha yes
AWESOME! Thank you for allowing us to watch this segment of the DVD. It sure makes me want to go out and buy it.
i like the way the sensei needs virtually no space to deliver a perfect kick...
i had the oppertunity to attain a siminar from him.
He's in his mid 60's now but he is still able to stretch his legs vertically next to him!
Kagawa Sensei is Shotokan, of the JKS, a Shotokan group that formed following the breakup of the JKA, which happened after the death of Nakayama Sensei, who had been Chief Instructor of the JKA since its founding. The kick is mawashi-geri, or roundhouse kick, performed with incredible control and flexibility.
I got to learn under sensei Nishiyama. So many legends from that Era!
Bill Wallace has nothing on this guy. Amazing control and flexibility. it would come as a total shock to me to be kicked with that fro. such a close distance
En este mundo que sobrevivimos la mayoria , tan convulsionado , el karate , para quien lo práctica y su alrededor es una bocanada de esperanza , de orden y respeto x la vida y bueno para compartir yo , que lo practique en Bs As añoro las practicas y el compañerismo( un poco de nostalgia) que generosos estos maestros Gracias!
very interesting technique of traditional mawashi geri.
Also showing short distance variations.
Excellent!
Thanks for uploading
even how Kagawa sensei is standing looks like a fearful techniques. and about Mawashi-geri....missing the words to describe....every detail simply perfect: hip, front leg, timing, position of feet at impact....Oss sensei!
This guy is incredible.
It looks probably less powerful on video than when you got it on your head. I saw Kagawa sensei knock someone with a jodan mawashi geri. He's maybe 172 cm, and the other guy was 190 cm. So, thrust me, it's powerful.
It's more about the piercing power and impact than actual force and strength put into it so yes you are correct
@@GinGouki When did he speak of force and strength?
@@rafalongo7 "looks less powerful on video" power meaning strength, which when directed = force. I agreed with what he said regardless, in my own way.
@@GinGouki "piercing power" like "powerful" also implies strength and force
@@rafalongo7 yes. And they aren't the same⚰️that's why one says PIERCING power and one just says power 😂 it's specified for a reason. Do you throw a well balanced knife for throwing as hard as you can for it to stick? No you throw with a little bit of POWER and that's enough FORCE, for it to pierce it's target.
very interesting way of kicking The way he turns and places his knee toward his oponent is interesting . he needs very little space for his round kicks. you need too be flexible in your hips too do this. Excelent technique
even at close rang i never knew that kick could be dont like that AWSOME!!!!!
Very nice, Kagawa Sensei has amazing technique and power...
@MrAtteTanskanen It isn't just his flexibility, it is his leg control and balance which are really impressive. That guy is a master.
Parabenizo o mestre Kagawa por esta grande ajuda que nos dá para aperfeiçoarmos nossas técnicas.
Great technique. The classic mawashi geri something I struggled with all my life.
Great video. I have been taking Aiki Budokai Ju Jutsu for several years and these are the strikes that we use but do not practice them very often. Very helpful. Thank you.
You're right, Kagawa sensei knows his stuff more than 99,99% of the people on youtube.
A most excellent video. Thank you for posting this gem.
Best Mawashi Geri I ever seen
The perfect Mawashi geri!
Thanks for sharing.
tengo 50 años y lo practico desde los 15 todo un modo de vida oss.
oss sensei
felicitaciones,estos videos de sensei kagawa deberian estar en todos los dojos de shotokan del mundo,saludos desde argentina,ooosss
Kagawa Sensei in all videos is technically one, if not the best i've ever seen.
@pound4pound92 the technique being show is Mawashi Geri Chusoku which is with the ball of the foot, the standard one with the instep is Mawashi Geri Haisoku, it is used for getting the kick round the guard where the instep or shin would just land on the guard. It is the most advanced form of the kick. OSU
This video is excellent. I don't care what your view is on kicking with the shin or the instep or the ball of the foot, fact is this guy uses the ball of his foot and it works for him well. I like to try different approaches to techniques and this is a real eye opener. thanks
When you thought you mastered the basic thennyou see this and realized you havent even reached the begining
very nice. I am an orangebelt (9th kyu) karateka and have recently learned how to do a mawashigeri, although I'm pretty crap at it.
I cant wait to be a blackbelt.
thanks for this great posting, what fantastic control,,,awesome osu
@jetset808: he says in the video that you can also use the shin. Obviously it's up to the practitioner to decide, which one is more comfortable for them. When the ball of the foot is used then the roundhouse kick has a bit more a 'thrust' flavour in the end, while the shin is the typically circular motion.
Just reminds me how inflexible I am. That's why I find this kick so tough.
Karatê é lindo
he quite clearly, pulls back his toes at the start and shows the point of the foot he wants to kick with in basics, whilst saying quite clearly 'koshi' (ball of the foot).
As he performed quite alot of kicks and didn't hurt his toes once, I think its safe to say he wasn't kicking with his toes.
Good training
It's all in the mechanic of the kick. If you emphasize the snapping motion of the knee over the twisting motion of the hip, you can't put enough body weight into the kick and that means your kick doesn't have the power it's supposed to have.
For everyone here, the kick is a goju ryu mawashi geri. You kick with the pad of the foot.
For anyone that says this is not powerful, first of all sensei Kagawa didnt move his hips wich means he didnt try to kick hard but instead accurate.
If this kick hits you, the power goes into a small area of the head and done properly is fatal. A normal turningkick is not as powerful because of the bigger area impacted and will probally "only" knock your opponent out.
//mmacriitic
Ouss! KAGAWA Shihan. O namae wa kanegane ukagatte imasita. O shihan gokufukuo oinori itashimasu !
Kicking w/ shin is more of a power kick - easier to pull off and prone to less injury, but that doesn't necessarily mean better (or worse), just different. Just like there are several ways to do the front and side kick, there are several ways to do a roundhouse. This method is old school, more accurate and focused, hence more advanced. Old school masters worked on hardening the toes so that they could withstand impact like fists. Hence, beginners wouldn't learn this right away.
damn every karate video on youtube is full of elite super saiyan fighters who know everything about hand to hand combat
Not bad, is he ??
Absolutely fantastic !
I'd give anything to be able to kick like that !
This guy's belt looks like my teacher's. You have white for the beginner, coloured belts for those working their way up, and then the black belt. But then you get the super experienced ones, whose black belt is so faded and worn, it kind of looks like a white belt.
Sensei Kagawa is great. I trained with him last oktober and Will train with him again this summer.
The perfect kick of samurai
Perfect technique! One can see how solid are those kicks.
I'm far to be sure at 100% of what I'm saying, but mawashi geri is a circular kick. So, if you point the knee forward, you decrease the angular velocity of the kick, and he become less powerful. Like only the rotational motion will do impact (because of where the target is), adding translation motion will be wasted energy. But this is a demonstration kick, I don't think at 100% he would perfectly raise is knee on the side like this, because it increase the moment of inertia (so it's more slow).
@torro454 of Tokunaga's mawashi is against boxers (brawlers more specifically) and street fighters. They tend to angle their arms outwards and hold it close to their face. This leaves their midsection wide open from an angle with the left leg (or right leg if the opponent is south paw) Tokunaga mawashi. If executed with speed and precision, it will often be enough to bring someone down if it hits right on the sternum. Power isn't as important here.
Old worn black belts look the best
Awesome kick, nicely done!
This is good for kickboxers too :D I was in a short kickboxing -beginner's class and it was very similar to karate (2 years of YuiShinKai-style, it's a pretty rare style).
Kick boxing=Karate+Muai Tai+ Box 👍
remember he is just showing the one singular technique, not the real time application of it. this dropping forward is a great opening for the kicker to keep going with a jab then a gyakuzuki, or jab then sweep and hook. its quicker doing that than taking the time to retract the leg, also if you focus too much on bringing it back in actual aplication, your kick power may suffer because you think too much about bringing it back
Wow . His Flexability is truly amazing
Unique skills .Kagawa sensei shows that he is worthy of his title!!! Ossssu!!!!
Asombrosa la faciidad y elasticidad para ese mawasi, sobre todo a la distancia en que lo ejecuta. OS
I lived in Okinawa for 3 yrs and i have heard so many names for styles and forms can someone tell me the differences in names and techniques. I didn't study Karated b/c I was deployed too much. My biggest regret in being there is to not have learned any martial arts. It is a beautiful thing to learn to master one's body with such precision. More importanly one must master the mind. But that is what I have seen from a few senseis I had the fortune to meet there.
Hai, Masutatsu Oyama developed his own style after learning Shotokan and Goju Ryu styles. Kyokushinkai Kan is likewise a good foundation to build ones own path nothing more and certainly not the best. There is no 'best' in Martial Arts.
@DaBhaalspawn Well... You've sold me on the instep kick. Thanks for your kyokushin insights. I'm gonna work on my splits, and start trying the instep/shin kick in close, but maybe you should try this kick too, if you are ever wearing sneakers. You do get a little ore distance with it. LOL, but I DO like your method of throwing mawashi geri in close. On the street, who would expect that? I think it would be good night time. LOL. Good training. OSU
thanks for the tip! I'll try doing that. Actually, I kind of enjoy "slapping" the target with the top of my foot but yeah, my mawashi geri still needs a lot of work. not to mention my yoko geri, maya geri, etc. lol
Now that's the perfect Mawashi geri.
Thanks for sharing this exceptional bit of video.
Osu!
@torro454 Tokunaga's mawashi is the one coming at a 45 degree angle to the floor which is the one you will see used in tournaments most often. Full mawashi comes parallel to the floor or slightly downwards to generate as little gravitational resistance as possible. I've seen people use Tokunaga's mawashi as an initiator to follow up with a full (midair) mawashi by using the opponent's belt as a standing point. Very effective but very risky move. But I think the most effective application
Never had the flexibility to kick my mawashi higher then the shoulder. That is awesome! Not everyone his flexible like that even with years of training. You do want you can with the body you have.
i can get a maximum of about an inch over my head this guy is amazing!
Kyokushin uses low round kick like Muay Thai and Kyokushin's round kick tends to emphasize the twisting motion of the hip
@Matamune87 im pretty sure hes just showing you the technique and position for the leg and foot. Hes not worry about guard at the moment.
Genial! no hago Karate, pero me gusta desde hace décadas y estos videos son excelentes!!
my sensei also.and because of this I had long time joint problems.very few sensei are so fit like kagawa!
VERY GOOD ROUNDHOUSE KICK THAT BREAKS RIBS. That was how it was taught in Gensei-Ryu Karate from Japan and in all Asia. Simply a very good kick. TKD evolved from karate and taekyon and modern sicience.
depends. trainers 'no', boots or shoes 'yes'. but some shoes feel better to kick in than others, also depending on the stretch of the trousers.
Best technik,old school..
@maofas I worked as a bouncer for 18 years and have had a lot of 'fights', the only time I ended up on the ground was when I got hit a bottle on the back of the head. Most street fights I have observed have all been stand up, going to ground being a rarity.
The beauty of this Sensei's kick is that of pure speed. Though a Mua Thai roundhouse kick has more power, his kick is faster. He can throw that at will high or low with blinding speed. Also, a snap round kick like his will still be with him as he ages. It uses less muscles and never extends all the way; therefore, less possibility of injury.
He doesn't use his toes. He kicks with the ball of the foot. More hard and more small than the instep of foot, so the force by surface (I'm not sure how to say that in english) is more high.
I need to know how to train for those types of kicks... do i have train my hamstrings for it?
Mawashi geri é um tipo de chute da arte marcial karatê(karatedõ)o chute é muito bem usado nos katas e kirrons.
Beautifully done!
I agree 100% with your comments.Many Karateka will be done on the ground.Except like some of the Masters in Japan who has done Judo until the level of Nidan or more.
@WNxWolfinator yeah absolutely, but it depends on what you're trying to do. going by the 'one hit one kill' principle, you use the ball of the foot for breaking power (greater force/area) otherwise if the impact area is large, it'll dissipate the overall force. try breaking more then a couple of boards with a shin instead of the ball of the foot and the difference becomes clear. the effort required to break is less.
Retraction of the leg allows the kicker to end up back in the strong position he was in before kicking, stable and all. Landing forward makes you prone to punches, for you literally "fall" right into them. Since you'd be off balance as well, the enemy could possibly take you down, experienced or not. That is if he's still standing from the kick...
Retraction has been proven more applicable to fighting. Simple.
he is simplyyyy great
Very good videos. Does anyone have the translation?
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In a grading, demonstration, kicking fresh air or a heavy bag I would always go for exactly as demonstrated here. In training if I am kicking someone's hand or light sparring I try to contact with the top of my foot, just above my toes. That way I am more confident to fire it off without damaging the other person. With a heavy bag I always go for the ball of the foot, I'm less likely to damage myself that way. DC
A great vid from a real JKA master!
The proper karate kick.....that's how it's done correctly......
@JosephVanbelleghem Not fast I hope? Still I'm intrigue by this idea. What products did you use and where can I check them out?
It's really a shame that the highest rated comments on this video simply note Kagawa Sensei's flexibility. While it's a wonderful attribute to admire, superior flexibility can be attained by many martial artists- and no offense to those who are this flexible- I can't even measure up to this kind of stretching- but seriously, this man's technique, as a whole, is truly impeccable.
Yeah, it is difficult working up that striking surface. I have a fairly strong mawashi geri, but can only safely use about 2/3rds of my strength with the proper surface. I almost always end up painfully jamming a toe before I just switch to using the top of my foot during practice.
I think maybe building up to it by stomping on the floor, or just walking around on the ball of your foot might work.
@maofas Not really. What I'm am referring to is the use of Jiu Jutsu as it was practiced by the samurai on the battlefield. Whenever a samurai lost his sword in battle then he would use jiu jutsu to throw his enemy down and even sometimes pull them down from a horse, stab them with their short sword (tanto), take the enemy's sword and fight on. A modern day soldier would pretty much do the same thing if they were in dire straights. That's what jiu jutsu was designed for! Not a competition.
The "koshi" is the ball of the foot. Traditionally though, some people train with the toes too so you can add extra pressure.
@Yamtendo nice one !
I'm not criticizing the sensei's techniques. Actually, his kick looks very elegant. My point is to compare the mechanism and the power of the techniques between these two systems of Karate. So, guys! Try finding some Kyokushin clips and watch them first before bashing my comments.
interesting that he uses his toes in his kick
Actually it is called sashi mawashi
it would be very nice if so could upload a version with english undertitle!! (: