I loved this video! Amazing from start to finish. Karate was always designed to be for civilian self defense and it should be practiced that way. Thank you so much for sharing.
Ah, thank you so much, Jake! So much of karate's origins have been lost, and it's such a shame that the modern concept of karate lacks so much of what makes it truly great. I'm sure we'll catch some flack from some bros who insist on catching bullets, but we had so much to say (and we'll definitely need another video to fit in what we left out) that we felt it was worth letting the video be a bit longer than usual. Always lovely to hear from you 🙇🏻♀️
Whenever boys at my school find out I do karate, they think it's necessary to try and catch me off guard but I always end up blocking their weak punches thanks to what I've learned from sensai Zoë and sensai Ché🤗😂thank you for everything!💖
I know how you feel I have had young blokes (18/19yo) at work try and test me. The difference from school and work is that such actions have repercussions in the workplace i.e. job loss, so using all your skills as a karate-ka to diffuse the situation comes into play.
Ahhhhh, the “ Trinity Slap Game”😂😂😂😂- That had me laughing so hard I had to stop the video;)! Brian is like “ I just can’t WIN! “😁👊🏻Reality can hurt;)! It’s like watching a Master Ken video, except Brian REALLY gets it. I think Brian and Todd would have a lot to commiserate together 😜😉. This video makes some very good points, and I’m grateful for such a direct approach to the subject matter, LOLS aside;). Thank you , all, for what you share, and how you share, and your love and devotion to the art of karate! Take care, be safe, and keep your humor!
One day, Brian and Todd will get their revenge! (And hopefully I'll be there to film it) Thank you for this delightful comment, and please excuse my delayed response - I'm trying to catch up on the comments while I procrastinate about making a video for tomorrow lol 😂
Under high stress, we default to simple techniques, and in most situations, simple is good enough (and good enough is all we need... perfect might happen if we're lucky, but luck is not a good strategy!) Great video!
Well said! It's like that quote from the Greek poet Archilochus: "We don't rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training." Simple and strong will get the job done better than fancy and fragile, every time 👊
True, under pressure even a long time practitioner will only remember 25% of what he's learned. However, that will be enough. The trick is to pressure test various attack scenarios, punches, grabs and holds. Goshinkwai Yawara.
Che (after slapping Brian without warning): "You need to block it" (great great video, I love it, and frankly one of the best self defense videos I ever see. It's great how you explain clearly why something could work or not and why in real life). Poor Brian tho (but what a great place to learn)
Indeed, poor Brian! #prayforBrian Luckily, he's tough and he's getting a world-class karate education by being a deshi every day. But I will pass on the wishes! Thank you for the lovely comment - it was actually one of the most fun videos to put together as a group, and I'm glad it came across as we hoped: useful and practical.
Ah, thank you so much! What a genuinely lovely comment to receive - we really do try our best to advocate for karate's greatness, especially in a world where MMA and Krav Maga are touted as being the only styles that work. It's as practical as you make it! Thank you for watching our videos, Quirin - we appreciate you :)
Ohayo! Yet another 'bottler!' from GRKC crew. When i was 14, one of my dojo mentors gave me a copy of 'The Importance of Living' by Lin, Yutang (highly recommended). Lin defines the Chinese concept of wisdom as 'Funny bone, Back bone, Wish bone'... realism, idealism and humour; take away any one and you lack a viable template for a sane and sustainable way of 'being in the world'. The GRKC ethos and praxis perfectly represents this idea. There's a metaphor implicit in authentic/classical karate's insistence on drilling beginners in stance work... training must be 'grounded' in the reality of violence; built from the ground up, if you will. Something i learned working doors for 15 years is that self-defense is an ANAEROBIC event. Too many 'reality based' McDojo ignore this fact and do zero anaerobic drilling. Ché Sensei nails it... you've gotta be able to hit hard, fast and continuously (i.e. explosively; fajin/hakke)IN AN ANAEROBIC STATE until they stop moving. Goju kata are the perfect training vehicle for this, and this is why its worth studying/drilling the specific breathing rhythms of the various kaishu kata. Thanks, as always, for (yet another) great gift from Senseis Ché n Zoë, and Brian and Claire. Wish you guys had been around in the 70's... would have preempted me wasting much time pursuing folly down too many deadends.
Ah, Sensei Jed! Your knowledge from working doors and being in the arena of violence is worth a thousand videos and books! Are you sure we can't entreat you to start a YT channel of your own? I can't remember where I read it, but there's a saying "nature kills a horse from the ground up", which relates to our stances. Weak stances/basics = a dead student, worst case scenario. We hope to get back to doing 100 Randori this year, and those 100 fights of 1 minute each really test everything from technique to spirit. That ability to keep hitting when the lungs are burning is the ultimate litmus test of one's knowledge and heart. Nothing you learned is wasted, for now you know what doesn't work, which is just as valuable as knowing what does work. Your shared knowledge with us is utterly priceless, and has been one of the great gifts our channel has brought us. That you share it so freely is a wonder to us. PS: I just found a local copy of The Importance of Living, even though it seems to be long out of print. Snapping it up now for our personal and the dojo library :)
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre WOW! 100 Randori! Ol'skool! Amazon Australia has new paperback copies of Importance of Living. Re: YT channel... GRKC has set THAT bar WAY too high;
Love this stuff. I teach pragmatic karate and we need more channels and videos dedicated to it. I often find that sport karate filters out the real self defense based system.
Agreed! Sports karate has had a corrosive effect on real karate - so often dojos feel like they have to offer it just to survive. But it takes away from the heart of what we do! So lovely to hear from someone in our field 👏
Thank you for this video - what an amazing channel! I changed clubs a few weeks ago and my new one places emphasis on self defence techniques. The sensei shows us common situations and defences to try out (and where they fit in the kata if appropriate). He then also gives us time to 'try stuff out' i.e. see if we can find other defences and ways out of the situations. It's a fantastic way of learning
Ah, thank you so much for these very kind words! It sounds like you are in a great club - your Sensei doesn't seem to suffer from the insecurities that so many instructors do. Long may your journey last!
Another great video. Thank you to the whole team. Well done Junior on getting the assistant director gig. I really enjoyed it. It is important to tell your audience that these things have to be practiced over and over to work. I loved Zoë Sensei's analogy that you can't train once for a marathon that you have no set date but one day you'll run that race. Self defence is daily training and finding new and better ways to defend yourself. We are also constantly in a state of awareness. I feel most people who are not South Africans don't really know how we live in fear every day. Violence against woman is way too common to. I do believe with martial arts we can combat violence against woman by teaching our young men how to be calm in themselves, how to see a potential threat against their females in their lives and how to react. Also for our young ladies how to avoid situations and how to protect themselves and leave a situation or even a bad relationship. I do truly believe martial arts helps with building stronger minds .
My biggest frustration with the proliferation of online spaces for martial arts is the idea that it is quick and easy to learn, and to remember under pressure. Trying to condense self-defence into "5 moves every woman must know" is ridiculous - it's more like "200 techniques you need to practice to have a chance". And absolutely, SA girls and women face the risk of violence every day - work, school and home. Which is why its so sad when girls quit martial arts for something like dancing or gymnastics, and I worry about them. So glad you enjoyed the video! Once the mats are back down, we'll do some ground-related stuff as well
Wish everyone made blooper reals. Learned a lot. I know people say you can't learn defence from watching TH-cam. Maybe partly true coz you need a life partner with resistance but most of the time in a class there are so many people and little time dedicated to techniques and you end up learning less. Also you figure out quickly what works and doesn't and you are not limited to one style. Awesome videos
We've learned over the years that it's important not to take ourselves too seriously - there should always be an element of fun in karate (even though the very serious amongst us might be horrified at that!) Besides, blooper reels are so much fun to put together! You're right that we need outside input as well as time in the dojo to work on ideas, and to see what works for us as individuals, because there is no one-size-fits-all technique, no silver bullet that will solve every self-defence situation. There definitely is a place to include Sensei TH-cam in our training, as well as an instructor we can talk to and bounce ideas off of. Thank you so much for the lovely comment, and for taking the time to watch!
Welcome even I've reverted my interest back to Karate and it's funny coz I never had interest in Kata when I was younger but now I see more bunkai and it's interesting 👍 Cheers
That's big praise! This is video 110 (roughly) so it is good that we are still producing good work. This one barely scratched the surface of this topic - once the mats are down, we'll be able to do lots of groundwork goodies again.
Carlos! We are always so happy to hear from you! This video took a lot of editing and judicious selection to pull off (we originally had 80 minutes of content!) but I am happy with how it turned out. We will definitely touch on this topic again, as we have barely scratched the surface of this very wide, very complicated topic. The important thing is that you enjoyed it, and that is enough for us 🙌
ok... a lot to say about this video... 1. WOW! great information and presentation, this will def be recommended as watch material for everyone i know 2. amazing presentation on cons and pros of different techniques 3. love how you tried to show that what is usually presented 'in main stream' is not how it really works outside the dojo 4. i loved the onscreen comments! those are very important 5. i feel a bit sorry for Brian tbh, he did got a good beating there XD
What a wonderful comment to recieve 🥺🥺🥺 Brian joked that his beard absorbed the blows 🤭 but he's fine, it always looks worse than it is. He is well fed and trains hard, and we are lucky to have him as a deshi 🙏
This is the correct interpretation of Krav Maga principles - keep attacking until the threat is gone. I was in the IDF during the 1st Intifada, trained true KM at Wingate with the commando units. Most commercial KM is not real KM. KM is based on the most effective techniques or movements from many martial arts. I've also practiced/taught Goju Ryu, etc. since 1970 and when understood, all of the same principles and techniques are there in the kata. Any technique involving more than 2 steps is not KM, nor is it Goju Ryu/SD. Well done.
Thank you for the wonderful videos. They are very informative and dovetail greatly into my training and help me immensely. Your teaching styles are awesome Thanks again
Ah, thank you so much, Jon! We really are so happy to hear our videos are useful and accessible, and to know that what we have to share is enjoyed by others continues to be the great reward of what we do. Long may your training journey continue!
The first time I've missed deadline in many, many months! We originally filmed just under 90 minutes of content for this (extended version for members going out soon!) Plus the sheer amount of footage required hours to render and export. My poor little laptop is having a break now. Thank you for your patience for this upload - we hope you will enjoy it 🙇🏻♀️
I have to say, this is probably the most practical Karate demonstration I have seen in a long time, perhaps ever. It really strips out the budo bullshit and actually applies principles and concepts which I would guess 80-95% of most budo oriented schools fail to actually do. Karate was always primarily a self defense system, but it has been very watered down over the years. The only real statement that I disagree with is that you cannot teach self defense in a short period of time (in this case 6 weeks). While it is not ideal to teach a self defense course in that amount of time, it is certainly achievable to teach a student enough self defense to get them by for probably the majority of situations. It primarily depends on the amount of hours, not the length of time; If I only have a person for 1-2 hours a week, then that statement would be correct. I would not be able to teach an acceptable level of self defense in 6-12 hours. However, If I were to have the student for ~30 hours, then yes, I could teach you enough of the basics to give a good fundamental basis for very basic self defense. Obviously maintaining your skill set is a must and you won't retain the information very long with about 30 hours of practice, but yes, you can certainly teach enough of the basics within that time. William Fairbairn successfully achieved this during WWII while teaching allied troops close quarter combatives. His time in was approximately 30 hours and it was very noticeable throughout the military how effective it was, especially when they primarily looked at the spies they taught this course to. It should be noted that self defense is much more than just combatives, such as situational awareness; however, when most people talk about self defense, that is often what they are referring to, just the combatives part.
These comments are the ones we live for - they give us such valuable insight, and add to our knowledge. When we started the channel, we had no idea that our comments section was going to turn into such a treasure trove of info. I will definitely look up William Fairbairn and see what I can take into my own study and teaching practice. Thank you so much for the kind words and helpful info! We hope to see you in our comments section again soon!
very good applications. I must admit that I don`t practice Goju- Ryu but Matsubayashi-Ryu, but I love this honorable ryuha. The first movement from Saifa always intriguied me: Now I have a good, practical bunkai for this. Thank you, Sensei 🙇🏽♂🙇🏽♂ 15:22 - 15:25.
Hello sensei , can you make video about takedowns in Goju - ryu style please? I'm practising Meibukan Goju-ryu style. I sent you greetings from Czech republic. May the karate spirit and strenght be with you. Thank you for your great videos about kata and bunkai. I'm very grateful to you
Greetings from South Africa, Robert! We have scattered all the throws across our bunkai videos, but we have yet to do one dedicated to the throws in Goju Ryu kata - we will put it on our filming schedule! Thank you for the very kind words, we appreciate them! May your karate journey continue to be long, rewarding and inspiring 🙇
He may take a few bumps here and there, but spending months and months learning from Ché is indeed a first class karate education. I was lucky to do the same for 3 years myself - I learned more with Ché in 3 years than I did in the 10 years prior to that. It's nice to see that someone sees that Brian is lucky, and not being punished. Luckily, Brian enjoys his deshi-ship very much and will likely stick it out for long enough to get a solid education.
Self-defence is really misunderstood, especially in karate that is taught today. We're told to get away, walk away if we can, and one old-school karate guy who never really fought anyone (he was a lower school teacher who wrote great books) said 'there's no first strike in karate"....which is utter rubbish because one gives up the massive tactical advantage of a pre-emptive strike by allowing the antagonist to act first then try to react to defend one-self, and the chances of that working as planned is so far lower - couple that with the idea of pulling your punches - the average karate student is set up to fail in a self-defence scenario from the beginning. But as the great street fighter Geoff Thompson explained in his great non-fiction novel "Watch My Back", one must think defensively but act offensively, the state of mind, the psychology of setting up before a conflict begins, is paramount to victory (everything Sun Tzu, and Musashi said) and you put up a "fence", if the antagonist breaches the fence twice, you should initiate the attack. That works for two men arguing.....but I always taught my daughter that she should react if the guy walks within 4m of her and show no signs of side-stepping or adverting his gaze - and get ready to use her training (her BJJ newaza and muy Thai boxing gloved strikes are less than useful btw, in self defense we use the sharp end first, ie,our fingers). By the time the person is within 2 ft and is reaching out to grab you, if by that point you've not already mentally and physically gotten ready to attack him then you've failed 50% of the encounter. Also taught her to put aside her BJJ training for a minute, the best way is to grab the fingers and dislocate them immediately (Higaonna style) unfortunately she does that really well, and taught her to suddenly go for the Adam's apple which to my dismay she did, very proficiently on me which incapacitated me for a few minutes in the middle of breakfast one day, and to head-butt which she does if I try to hug her at her school... fortunately since I wear glasses, the poke in the eye was never attempted..but so I know these things work on her unsuspecting father anyway, whenever there's an element of surprise involved. She also used to do a very good kin-geri at 6 years old, but since her Muy Thai she seems to have forgotten as I haven't been on the receiving end of that for many years. To my point, small things like leaning to not telegraph your intentions with your eyes and body language really matters, the element of surprise really helps, hesitation is the enemy. The ability to act in a coherently destructive manner but in an instinctively manner is crucial. At the end of the day, self defense begins with our state of mind, followed by our physical state, and techniques. I believe in Karate it's called Shingitai. As I watched Sensei Che and Zoe's video I could not help but agree and approve greatly with their approach to teaching self-defence - techniques were fast, simple, attacks were targeted at eyes and other weak spots taking into account the chaos of conflict and capitalising on surprise. This is certainly a good video to start with on the topic of self-defence.
As always one of the most informative and beneficial comments!! Thanks Sensei!! I agree with everything you just mentioned and so much more, guess it’s our upbringing in Goju. Have a fantastic weekend Che
It made me giggle mightily to read of your daughter's skills and counter-attacks - one day, it would be an honour to meet this young warrior queen! We have barely scratched the surface on this topic - we originally recorded more than 80 minutes of content (much of which was scrapped because it just wasn't good enough to make it to YT) and we didn't get to defence on the ground, knives, etc etc. Once the mats are down, more will be added to this topic for sure! One of the great difficulties is unteaching girls and women the idea of niceness - to not make eye contact, to not speak up. Even the apologising when they land a good hit in the dojo kills me a bit every time. I am glad that your daughter is unapologetic in her strength. It will take her a very long way. Hopefully, she only ever needs to flex her strength to get ahead, and never to save her life, but at least her foundation is already strong. And mostly, I just wanted to get the point across that the idea of self-defence is a lifelong study. It is unethical to tell people they can learn it in 6 classes. No one can learn anything meaningful in 6 classes, let alone the dozens of techniques that can answer all the questions a fight presents. Anyway, enough rambling from my side - as always, each of your comments is a jewel in our comments section :) - Zoë
I'm following your videos with great interest! Thank for your teaching and your professionality. It was cool to see that you like Bud Spencer and Terence Hill🙂
Since Ché has mentioned Bud Spencer, I think I will try find those old movies and watch them so that I can get more of his references. Those spaghetti Westerns were a staple of South African TV in the 80s (what very little was allowed to be broadcast with the censorship of those times) so they must have been great fun to watch. So glad you are enjoying our videos - we enjoy reading your comments 🙇
Tasers, pepper spray and other 'self defence' items are banned in the UK, as are knives and guns (though that doesn't stop the bad guys from carrying them). As alluded to at the beginning, even self defence can get one into trouble with the law if deemed to be unreasonable force. The law can sometimes weigh more heavily on the victim should they inflict serious injury on an attacker. But as said better to disable an attacker and get away and think about repercussions later than to become seriously injured or worse.
Absolutely! We had some of our German viewers also tell us that things like nunchaku are banned, but in SA we can walk around with everything except automatic weapons (and all handguns must be concealed). I think it really helps women to have pepper spray (the streamed kind with the dye especially) but on its own it's not enough, really. Thank you so much for sharing your insight - we love to hear from our viewers in other countries, and the insights they have to offer 🙏🏻
We haven't done a video on it, but we will definitely add it to our shooting schedule! It's very hard to defend against a knife, but it can be done. So glad you found this video helpful! We try hard to only put our best work online 🙇🏻♀️
Good video overall, I agree in most of the teaching involved specially because some techniques are actually the real best technique in that scenario. However I have to disagree on two scenarios that where taught in a highlight. 1) I'm glad the male blackbelt was fast to acknowledge and point out that the grappling community had far more and better insights on defense against chokes like Rear Nacked Choke and still provided some good insight himself, but there was one big bad advice given by the female black belt and that was "BITE THE ARM". Weather it is under or over the clothing I think anyone that has grappled before not even for too long can say that it would not work at all, specially if it is over the clothing. Someone trying to apply that choke in real life with real intent will apply all possible force over your open mouth and let me tell you the pain is excruciating for you and you will end up being asfixiated, with a broken jaw, or both.. maybe worse. DO NOT TRY THAT. 2) Gun defense. This video is making the big, common and absurd mistake that gun defense is about "beating the bullet speed". Gun defense is actually very real but goes way more in depth than just applying a "flashy technique", for the technique to work the technique has to be trained in multiple realistic scenarios and under real stress, and not just that but you have to know exactly when and what specific technique to use given the variables and how to strategically and safely close distance in case you dont have it. Also and more importantly you have to be able to either eliminate the mind connection of the agressor from the trigger finger or wait for a moment where that happens on it's own given the situation to be able to execute at proper time. I guess some degree of psicology, acting and negotiation skills is incorporated as well. Better said SURPRISE, SPEED & VIOLENCE OF ACTION (how they teach in the military, of course that comes after proper training). To reinforce this, they wouldn't teach weapon retention to law enforcement and military personnel if weapon disarms where ineffective or unreal. And to highlight, the martial arts training given to the military is just the little bit that they will be able to use for specific known possible situations, in contrast civilians do not know what they could encounter and that is why they must train for these scenarios as well. The best and most logical option is always to give up and surrender whatever material goods you are being asked for, but it is a whole different story when either you somehow know that wont be enough to stop them from shooting or what is being ask for is actually for kidnapping you or your loved ones, or anything that includes great bodily harm or death of others. Most of these encounters happens on an up close and personal space where you are able to execute a disarming technique specially if you are the TRAINED victim that happens to be held as a hostage for example. It has been recorded multiple times where active shooters have been disarmed sometimes by people with no training at all, imagine if people actually had the training under their sleeve.🤯 That is my insight. Nothing we train will ever go to perfection when we mostly need it, but we surely train to be closer to it... Gun/weapons defense is not the exception.
Hi Energizer, Thank you so much for taking the time to write such long and thoughtful feedback - it really is appreciated and gives us much food for thought. There's always more to discuss and cover, and we're hoping to do some collab work with grappling friends sometime this year - the tough part is getting everyone on the same schedule! Everyone should try learn something, and even if that gives them a bit more confidence, it reduces their risk and that is always a win. The hard part is to keep practising, and that there are no short or easy answers, and that consistent training will always be what matters. Thank you for watching to the end, and for taking the time to engage with our work :)
I was training for the first time with a new instructor and he had me kneel in front of another student within striking distance and block his slaps and pokes. For about a minute the dude was piecing me up 98% of the time . When we got done he asked me what was going wrong . I said something like "I'm not reacting fast enough". He said "What's going on is you were dumb enough to get into striking range and try to block things. Anybody gets that close you need to move or hit them first, nobody is that fast!" . Drills like that are still great though , and yes, I can't get away with them with most my students either, ha ha.. That's for the hardcore, closed door classes .
Haha, I love that idea! Would only be able to do it with senior students (and/or ones with a sense of humour) but sometimes we do have to strike first, strike hard etc ;) thank you for this genuinely excellent comment, it made me lol 😂 Best, Zoë
Very good practical and quick is necessary -realistic use of bunkai . Lain aberthney is the master of bunkai for practical use . The British urban ciombatives lee Morrison takes it the extreme
I really wish there were more adult classes especially in today’s society martial arts helps me to be calm and have self awareness and self control as well as self respect and respect for others I feel if more adults were taking karate taekwondo etc things would be more calm in our society
It would be great if office blocks had dojos so that people could train straight after work, and could enjoy the benefits of karate 🥋 thank you for this thoughtful comment! 🤗
Uma ótima pergunta! É um que eu vou consultar com o Ché e voltar para você em breve, pois pode ser uma resposta bastante longa e quero ter certeza de que lhe daremos a melhor resposta possível :)
I love this first but do need to comment on those interested in self defense aspects of martial arts. First off, practicing your kata, no matter what your mind set is with how much intensity you put into it, has absolutely no impact on learning self defense. You need full contact sparring and full out grappling. You need to be physically fit enough and be able to physically and psychologically handle chaotic and violent aggression. People who will then try to say that the techniques are far too dangerous don't have any actual experience in self defense pr combat. In the military not even our elite special forces members are training by shooting live ammunition at each other and using actual explosives on each other. Simulations and drills combined with live fire exercises and training done in intense and demanding yet controlled and "safe" environment (as safe as can be) are how they prepare for combat. In short, if you wish to learn how to fight, you must fight.
Great stuff, I studied Shotokan karate for a long time and there is a lot of completely impractical crap being taught. My only criticism of this video is that there are a few techniques being demonstrated that rely on knowing exactly what attack is coming e.g. pre-empting a neck grab. Add in the adrenaline dump and tunnel vision that comes with a physical attack, this simply isn't practical even for someone who drills these techniques unless it is massively telegraphed. Otherwise though, great work, keep it up.
Hi Nicholas, Thank you for the feedback, and taking the time to watch and comment :) Related to your criticism: in my research for the video, one of the reasons why gun defence is tricky is because most people under such pressure lose their fine motor coordination, which is why so, so much training with a gun is necessary for it to be effective for self-defence. But in SA (we're based in South Africa, so I'll use that as an example), most people do their competency test to get a gun, and then never train again, and have no idea how they will react under pressure. Then we have tragic stories of people shooting their teens coming home late from a party because they freak out when afraid. And very much the same with martial arts - we have to train lots of different attacks under different conditions to get the muscle memory down. All we can hope for is that it is enough in the moment, and hopefully that moment never comes. And you're right - it's important to test surprise attacks and as many attacks as possible to get it all right :)
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Devin Gosse! We are so grateful you took the time to watch our video; we know there are many videos competing for your attention, and we're glad you chose to watch ours.
Videos are a very helpful addition to training, but it is always best to learn from an instructor, who can help correct your mistakes. Hopefully you can find one in your area to help you learn! The style doesn't matter as much as finding a good teacher :) Thank you for watching and commenting!
Good question! We are always concerned with biting hard enough to break the skin and for blood to get into your mouth. We don't want to get an infectious, blood-borne disease! But if the situation is really desperate, can always take a chance with a bite, but honestly, biting someone's bare skin is risky, and it has to be weighed up against other options.
I have found that it is only bad advice if it doesn't work. I have found that most of the situations trained are not really actual situations that would occur in real life. Also, the only way to get good at it is to train it. Also, if you want to be good at real and actual SD you have to train real and good self-defense. Most don't. Plus, in today's world placing your hands on someone gets you put in jail. Even the defender goes to jail where I live, this I know for a fact. Today's world promotes weakness and bending to the bully.
It's always important to know the law of the country, and when it's worth risking it, and when to walk away. Most people know enough to get themselves into trouble, but not enough to get out of it, and that's why we don't bother with short courses. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch, and to leave such a thoughtful comment 🙇🏻♀️
I loved this video! Amazing from start to finish. Karate was always designed to be for civilian self defense and it should be practiced that way. Thank you so much for sharing.
Ah, thank you so much, Jake! So much of karate's origins have been lost, and it's such a shame that the modern concept of karate lacks so much of what makes it truly great.
I'm sure we'll catch some flack from some bros who insist on catching bullets, but we had so much to say (and we'll definitely need another video to fit in what we left out) that we felt it was worth letting the video be a bit longer than usual.
Always lovely to hear from you 🙇🏻♀️
Whenever boys at my school find out I do karate, they think it's necessary to try and catch me off guard but I always end up blocking their weak punches thanks to what I've learned from sensai Zoë and sensai Ché🤗😂thank you for everything!💖
You make us so proud! The boys think they know better - you actually do 💪🏻
I know how you feel I have had young blokes (18/19yo) at work try and test me. The difference from school and work is that such actions have repercussions in the workplace i.e. job loss, so using all your skills as a karate-ka to diffuse the situation comes into play.
Very Wise Words
Thanks for posting and commenting
Ahhhhh, the “ Trinity Slap Game”😂😂😂😂- That had me laughing so hard I had to stop the video;)! Brian is like “ I just can’t WIN! “😁👊🏻Reality can hurt;)! It’s like watching a Master Ken video, except Brian REALLY gets it. I think Brian and Todd would have a lot to commiserate together 😜😉. This video makes some very good points, and I’m grateful for such a direct approach to the subject matter, LOLS aside;). Thank you , all, for what you share, and how you share, and your love and devotion to the art of karate! Take care, be safe, and keep your humor!
One day, Brian and Todd will get their revenge! (And hopefully I'll be there to film it)
Thank you for this delightful comment, and please excuse my delayed response - I'm trying to catch up on the comments while I procrastinate about making a video for tomorrow lol 😂
Under high stress, we default to simple techniques, and in most situations, simple is good enough (and good enough is all we need... perfect might happen if we're lucky, but luck is not a good strategy!) Great video!
Well said! It's like that quote from the Greek poet Archilochus: "We don't rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training."
Simple and strong will get the job done better than fancy and fragile, every time 👊
True, under pressure even a long time practitioner will only remember 25% of what he's learned. However, that will be enough. The trick is to pressure test various attack scenarios, punches, grabs and holds. Goshinkwai Yawara.
Che (after slapping Brian without warning): "You need to block it"
(great great video, I love it, and frankly one of the best self defense videos I ever see. It's great how you explain clearly why something could work or not and why in real life). Poor Brian tho (but what a great place to learn)
Indeed, poor Brian! #prayforBrian
Luckily, he's tough and he's getting a world-class karate education by being a deshi every day. But I will pass on the wishes!
Thank you for the lovely comment - it was actually one of the most fun videos to put together as a group, and I'm glad it came across as we hoped: useful and practical.
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre I think most of us are happy to change places with him anyway haha.
Min 21:30: that's why i watch all your videos, thx so much!
Ah, thank you so much! What a genuinely lovely comment to receive - we really do try our best to advocate for karate's greatness, especially in a world where MMA and Krav Maga are touted as being the only styles that work. It's as practical as you make it!
Thank you for watching our videos, Quirin - we appreciate you :)
Ohayo! Yet another 'bottler!' from GRKC crew. When i was 14, one of my dojo mentors gave me a copy of 'The Importance of Living' by Lin, Yutang (highly recommended). Lin defines the Chinese concept of wisdom as 'Funny bone, Back bone, Wish bone'... realism, idealism and humour; take away any one and you lack a viable template for a sane and sustainable way of 'being in the world'. The GRKC ethos and praxis perfectly represents this idea. There's a metaphor implicit in authentic/classical karate's insistence on drilling beginners in stance work... training must be 'grounded' in the reality of violence; built from the ground up, if you will. Something i learned working doors for 15 years is that self-defense is an ANAEROBIC event. Too many 'reality based' McDojo ignore this fact and do zero anaerobic drilling. Ché Sensei nails it... you've gotta be able to hit hard, fast and continuously (i.e. explosively; fajin/hakke)IN AN ANAEROBIC STATE until they stop moving. Goju kata are the perfect training vehicle for this, and this is why its worth studying/drilling the specific breathing rhythms of the various kaishu kata. Thanks, as always, for (yet another) great gift from Senseis Ché n Zoë, and Brian and Claire. Wish you guys had been around in the 70's... would have preempted me wasting much time pursuing folly down too many deadends.
Ah, Sensei Jed! Your knowledge from working doors and being in the arena of violence is worth a thousand videos and books! Are you sure we can't entreat you to start a YT channel of your own?
I can't remember where I read it, but there's a saying "nature kills a horse from the ground up", which relates to our stances. Weak stances/basics = a dead student, worst case scenario.
We hope to get back to doing 100 Randori this year, and those 100 fights of 1 minute each really test everything from technique to spirit. That ability to keep hitting when the lungs are burning is the ultimate litmus test of one's knowledge and heart.
Nothing you learned is wasted, for now you know what doesn't work, which is just as valuable as knowing what does work. Your shared knowledge with us is utterly priceless, and has been one of the great gifts our channel has brought us. That you share it so freely is a wonder to us.
PS: I just found a local copy of The Importance of Living, even though it seems to be long out of print. Snapping it up now for our personal and the dojo library :)
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre WOW! 100 Randori! Ol'skool! Amazon Australia has new paperback copies of Importance of Living. Re: YT channel... GRKC has set THAT bar WAY too high;
Absolutely loved this proper hands on karate self defence
It’s a pleasure
Love this stuff. I teach pragmatic karate and we need more channels and videos dedicated to it. I often find that sport karate filters out the real self defense based system.
Agreed! Sports karate has had a corrosive effect on real karate - so often dojos feel like they have to offer it just to survive. But it takes away from the heart of what we do! So lovely to hear from someone in our field 👏
Thank you for this video - what an amazing channel!
I changed clubs a few weeks ago and my new one places emphasis on self defence techniques. The sensei shows us common situations and defences to try out (and where they fit in the kata if appropriate). He then also gives us time to 'try stuff out' i.e. see if we can find other defences and ways out of the situations. It's a fantastic way of learning
Ah, thank you so much for these very kind words!
It sounds like you are in a great club - your Sensei doesn't seem to suffer from the insecurities that so many instructors do. Long may your journey last!
Another great video. Thank you to the whole team. Well done Junior on getting the assistant director gig.
I really enjoyed it. It is important to tell your audience that these things have to be practiced over and over to work. I loved Zoë Sensei's analogy that you can't train once for a marathon that you have no set date but one day you'll run that race. Self defence is daily training and finding new and better ways to defend yourself. We are also constantly in a state of awareness. I feel most people who are not South Africans don't really know how we live in fear every day. Violence against woman is way too common to. I do believe with martial arts we can combat violence against woman by teaching our young men how to be calm in themselves, how to see a potential threat against their females in their lives and how to react. Also for our young ladies how to avoid situations and how to protect themselves and leave a situation or even a bad relationship. I do truly believe martial arts helps with building stronger minds .
My biggest frustration with the proliferation of online spaces for martial arts is the idea that it is quick and easy to learn, and to remember under pressure. Trying to condense self-defence into "5 moves every woman must know" is ridiculous - it's more like "200 techniques you need to practice to have a chance".
And absolutely, SA girls and women face the risk of violence every day - work, school and home. Which is why its so sad when girls quit martial arts for something like dancing or gymnastics, and I worry about them.
So glad you enjoyed the video! Once the mats are back down, we'll do some ground-related stuff as well
Wish everyone made blooper reals. Learned a lot. I know people say you can't learn defence from watching TH-cam. Maybe partly true coz you need a life partner with resistance but most of the time in a class there are so many people and little time dedicated to techniques and you end up learning less. Also you figure out quickly what works and doesn't and you are not limited to one style. Awesome videos
We've learned over the years that it's important not to take ourselves too seriously - there should always be an element of fun in karate (even though the very serious amongst us might be horrified at that!) Besides, blooper reels are so much fun to put together!
You're right that we need outside input as well as time in the dojo to work on ideas, and to see what works for us as individuals, because there is no one-size-fits-all technique, no silver bullet that will solve every self-defence situation. There definitely is a place to include Sensei TH-cam in our training, as well as an instructor we can talk to and bounce ideas off of.
Thank you so much for the lovely comment, and for taking the time to watch!
Welcome even I've reverted my interest back to Karate and it's funny coz I never had interest in Kata when I was younger but now I see more bunkai and it's interesting 👍 Cheers
I think you have just made my most super favourite video of yours. Thanks everyone ❤️
That's big praise! This is video 110 (roughly) so it is good that we are still producing good work. This one barely scratched the surface of this topic - once the mats are down, we'll be able to do lots of groundwork goodies again.
Don't get set into one system, develop your own and let it grow- Bruce Lee. Thank you for the video.
Absolutely!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment - we really appreciate it!
finally a 1 hr video on practical karate applications.
I hope it’s been useful , thanks for leaving a comment
Ok this video was amazing! I need to comment on your other videos as well but this one is one of your best videos ever. Fantastic!
Carlos! We are always so happy to hear from you!
This video took a lot of editing and judicious selection to pull off (we originally had 80 minutes of content!) but I am happy with how it turned out. We will definitely touch on this topic again, as we have barely scratched the surface of this very wide, very complicated topic.
The important thing is that you enjoyed it, and that is enough for us 🙌
ok... a lot to say about this video...
1. WOW! great information and presentation, this will def be recommended as watch material for everyone i know
2. amazing presentation on cons and pros of different techniques
3. love how you tried to show that what is usually presented 'in main stream' is not how it really works outside the dojo
4. i loved the onscreen comments! those are very important
5. i feel a bit sorry for Brian tbh, he did got a good beating there XD
What a wonderful comment to recieve 🥺🥺🥺
Brian joked that his beard absorbed the blows 🤭 but he's fine, it always looks worse than it is. He is well fed and trains hard, and we are lucky to have him as a deshi 🙏
This is the correct interpretation of Krav Maga principles - keep attacking until the threat is gone. I was in the IDF during the 1st Intifada, trained true KM at Wingate with the commando units. Most commercial KM is not real KM. KM is based on the most effective techniques or movements from many martial arts. I've also practiced/taught Goju Ryu, etc. since 1970 and when understood, all of the same principles and techniques are there in the kata. Any technique involving more than 2 steps is not KM, nor is it Goju Ryu/SD. Well done.
Thank you for the wonderful videos. They are very informative and dovetail greatly into my training and help me immensely. Your teaching styles are awesome
Thanks again
Ah, thank you so much, Jon! We really are so happy to hear our videos are useful and accessible, and to know that what we have to share is enjoyed by others continues to be the great reward of what we do.
Long may your training journey continue!
Good stuff guys! I like the direction you are going with your karate.
Thank You
The first time I've missed deadline in many, many months!
We originally filmed just under 90 minutes of content for this (extended version for members going out soon!)
Plus the sheer amount of footage required hours to render and export. My poor little laptop is having a break now.
Thank you for your patience for this upload - we hope you will enjoy it 🙇🏻♀️
I was waiting the whole day for this. Worth the wait. 👏👏👏
Ah, Sensei Davina ❤
From now on, we stick to 30 minutes max!
I have to say, this is probably the most practical Karate demonstration I have seen in a long time, perhaps ever. It really strips out the budo bullshit and actually applies principles and concepts which I would guess 80-95% of most budo oriented schools fail to actually do. Karate was always primarily a self defense system, but it has been very watered down over the years.
The only real statement that I disagree with is that you cannot teach self defense in a short period of time (in this case 6 weeks). While it is not ideal to teach a self defense course in that amount of time, it is certainly achievable to teach a student enough self defense to get them by for probably the majority of situations. It primarily depends on the amount of hours, not the length of time; If I only have a person for 1-2 hours a week, then that statement would be correct. I would not be able to teach an acceptable level of self defense in 6-12 hours. However, If I were to have the student for ~30 hours, then yes, I could teach you enough of the basics to give a good fundamental basis for very basic self defense. Obviously maintaining your skill set is a must and you won't retain the information very long with about 30 hours of practice, but yes, you can certainly teach enough of the basics within that time.
William Fairbairn successfully achieved this during WWII while teaching allied troops close quarter combatives. His time in was approximately 30 hours and it was very noticeable throughout the military how effective it was, especially when they primarily looked at the spies they taught this course to. It should be noted that self defense is much more than just combatives, such as situational awareness; however, when most people talk about self defense, that is often what they are referring to, just the combatives part.
These comments are the ones we live for - they give us such valuable insight, and add to our knowledge. When we started the channel, we had no idea that our comments section was going to turn into such a treasure trove of info. I will definitely look up William Fairbairn and see what I can take into my own study and teaching practice.
Thank you so much for the kind words and helpful info! We hope to see you in our comments section again soon!
Also, I loved the collaboration! Well done!
One day, Ché and I will film something together again - I think it has been over two years since we were last in a bunkai video together 😅
very good applications. I must admit that I don`t practice Goju- Ryu but Matsubayashi-Ryu, but I love this honorable ryuha.
The first movement from Saifa always intriguied me: Now I have a good, practical bunkai for this. Thank you, Sensei 🙇🏽♂🙇🏽♂ 15:22 - 15:25.
Hello sensei , can you make video about takedowns in Goju - ryu style please? I'm practising Meibukan Goju-ryu style. I sent you greetings from Czech republic. May the karate spirit and strenght be with you. Thank you for your great videos about kata and bunkai. I'm very grateful to you
Greetings from South Africa, Robert!
We have scattered all the throws across our bunkai videos, but we have yet to do one dedicated to the throws in Goju Ryu kata - we will put it on our filming schedule!
Thank you for the very kind words, we appreciate them! May your karate journey continue to be long, rewarding and inspiring 🙇
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre thank you very much !!
Great advice! Thx for your fantastic work and reetings from Cologne 😊
Ah, always a pleasure, Jo Ri! Thank you for always, always taking the time to watch and comment. We appreciate you!
Much wisdom and great fun. Brian [uchi deshi] is very fortunate! Terry.
He may take a few bumps here and there, but spending months and months learning from Ché is indeed a first class karate education. I was lucky to do the same for 3 years myself - I learned more with Ché in 3 years than I did in the 10 years prior to that.
It's nice to see that someone sees that Brian is lucky, and not being punished. Luckily, Brian enjoys his deshi-ship very much and will likely stick it out for long enough to get a solid education.
Awesome video. For I am a Krav Maga practitioner and these are the concepts we teach many kids and women.
We love to hear from our friends in Krav Maga! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment :D
Practical, scientific and utilizing TMA bunkai. Dang, plus I got to watch a Matthew McConaughey commercial! Well done.
Always time for Matthew McConaughey!
Self-defence is really misunderstood, especially in karate that is taught today. We're told to get away, walk away if we can, and one old-school karate guy who never really fought anyone (he was a lower school teacher who wrote great books) said 'there's no first strike in karate"....which is utter rubbish because one gives up the massive tactical advantage of a pre-emptive strike by allowing the antagonist to act first then try to react to defend one-self, and the chances of that working as planned is so far lower - couple that with the idea of pulling your punches - the average karate student is set up to fail in a self-defence scenario from the beginning. But as the great street fighter Geoff Thompson explained in his great non-fiction novel "Watch My Back", one must think defensively but act offensively, the state of mind, the psychology of setting up before a conflict begins, is paramount to victory (everything Sun Tzu, and Musashi said) and you put up a "fence", if the antagonist breaches the fence twice, you should initiate the attack. That works for two men arguing.....but I always taught my daughter that she should react if the guy walks within 4m of her and show no signs of side-stepping or adverting his gaze - and get ready to use her training (her BJJ newaza and muy Thai boxing gloved strikes are less than useful btw, in self defense we use the sharp end first, ie,our fingers). By the time the person is within 2 ft and is reaching out to grab you, if by that point you've not already mentally and physically gotten ready to attack him then you've failed 50% of the encounter. Also taught her to put aside her BJJ training for a minute, the best way is to grab the fingers and dislocate them immediately (Higaonna style) unfortunately she does that really well, and taught her to suddenly go for the Adam's apple which to my dismay she did, very proficiently on me which incapacitated me for a few minutes in the middle of breakfast one day, and to head-butt which she does if I try to hug her at her school... fortunately since I wear glasses, the poke in the eye was never attempted..but so I know these things work on her unsuspecting father anyway, whenever there's an element of surprise involved. She also used to do a very good kin-geri at 6 years old, but since her Muy Thai she seems to have forgotten as I haven't been on the receiving end of that for many years. To my point, small things like leaning to not telegraph your intentions with your eyes and body language really matters, the element of surprise really helps, hesitation is the enemy. The ability to act in a coherently destructive manner but in an instinctively manner is crucial. At the end of the day, self defense begins with our state of mind, followed by our physical state, and techniques. I believe in Karate it's called Shingitai. As I watched Sensei Che and Zoe's video I could not help but agree and approve greatly with their approach to teaching self-defence - techniques were fast, simple, attacks were targeted at eyes and other weak spots taking into account the chaos of conflict and capitalising on surprise. This is certainly a good video to start with on the topic of self-defence.
As always one of the most informative and beneficial comments!! Thanks Sensei!!
I agree with everything you just mentioned and so much more, guess it’s our upbringing in Goju.
Have a fantastic weekend
Che
It made me giggle mightily to read of your daughter's skills and counter-attacks - one day, it would be an honour to meet this young warrior queen!
We have barely scratched the surface on this topic - we originally recorded more than 80 minutes of content (much of which was scrapped because it just wasn't good enough to make it to YT) and we didn't get to defence on the ground, knives, etc etc. Once the mats are down, more will be added to this topic for sure!
One of the great difficulties is unteaching girls and women the idea of niceness - to not make eye contact, to not speak up. Even the apologising when they land a good hit in the dojo kills me a bit every time. I am glad that your daughter is unapologetic in her strength. It will take her a very long way. Hopefully, she only ever needs to flex her strength to get ahead, and never to save her life, but at least her foundation is already strong.
And mostly, I just wanted to get the point across that the idea of self-defence is a lifelong study. It is unethical to tell people they can learn it in 6 classes. No one can learn anything meaningful in 6 classes, let alone the dozens of techniques that can answer all the questions a fight presents.
Anyway, enough rambling from my side - as always, each of your comments is a jewel in our comments section :)
- Zoë
I'm following your videos with great interest! Thank for your teaching and your professionality. It was cool to see that you like Bud Spencer and Terence Hill🙂
Since Ché has mentioned Bud Spencer, I think I will try find those old movies and watch them so that I can get more of his references. Those spaghetti Westerns were a staple of South African TV in the 80s (what very little was allowed to be broadcast with the censorship of those times) so they must have been great fun to watch.
So glad you are enjoying our videos - we enjoy reading your comments 🙇
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre here in Italy we grew up with those movies😁
And their impact on the world is still felt today! Which is your favourite movie in that genre?
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre mmm "They call me trinity" and "watch out, we're mad!"
Well said, with common sense!
And as Ché regularly says, common sense is not so common!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment 🤗
Love the They call me Trinity Reference.
Yip
Gotta love all those movies
Great video...Brian.I feel for you!! See You in October 2022
We would be delighted to have you come train with us!
Brian's mighty beard did absorb much of the damage, at least :)
Tasers, pepper spray and other 'self defence' items are banned in the UK, as are knives and guns (though that doesn't stop the bad guys from carrying them). As alluded to at the beginning, even self defence can get one into trouble with the law if deemed to be unreasonable force. The law can sometimes weigh more heavily on the victim should they inflict serious injury on an attacker. But as said better to disable an attacker and get away and think about repercussions later than to become seriously injured or worse.
Absolutely! We had some of our German viewers also tell us that things like nunchaku are banned, but in SA we can walk around with everything except automatic weapons (and all handguns must be concealed). I think it really helps women to have pepper spray (the streamed kind with the dye especially) but on its own it's not enough, really.
Thank you so much for sharing your insight - we love to hear from our viewers in other countries, and the insights they have to offer 🙏🏻
Thank you for this, do you also have a defence against knife in your chanel? I find the techniques in this video is very useful and realistic.
We haven't done a video on it, but we will definitely add it to our shooting schedule! It's very hard to defend against a knife, but it can be done.
So glad you found this video helpful! We try hard to only put our best work online 🙇🏻♀️
Love this!
It was an interesting set of videos that were edited together
I enjoy your program
Thank you so much! We hope you will enjoy our upcoming videos too!
Good video overall, I agree in most of the teaching involved specially because some techniques are actually the real best technique in that scenario.
However I have to disagree on two scenarios that where taught in a highlight.
1) I'm glad the male blackbelt was fast to acknowledge and point out that the grappling community had far more and better insights on defense against chokes like Rear Nacked Choke and still provided some good insight himself, but there was one big bad advice given by the female black belt and that was "BITE THE ARM". Weather it is under or over the clothing I think anyone that has grappled before not even for too long can say that it would not work at all, specially if it is over the clothing. Someone trying to apply that choke in real life with real intent will apply all possible force over your open mouth and let me tell you the pain is excruciating for you and you will end up being asfixiated, with a broken jaw, or both.. maybe worse. DO NOT TRY THAT.
2) Gun defense. This video is making the big, common and absurd mistake that gun defense is about "beating the bullet speed". Gun defense is actually very real but goes way more in depth than just applying a "flashy technique", for the technique to work the technique has to be trained in multiple realistic scenarios and under real stress, and not just that but you have to know exactly when and what specific technique to use given the variables and how to strategically and safely close distance in case you dont have it. Also and more importantly you have to be able to either eliminate the mind connection of the agressor from the trigger finger or wait for a moment where that happens on it's own given the situation to be able to execute at proper time. I guess some degree of psicology, acting and negotiation skills is incorporated as well. Better said SURPRISE, SPEED & VIOLENCE OF ACTION (how they teach in the military, of course that comes after proper training). To reinforce this, they wouldn't teach weapon retention to law enforcement and military personnel if weapon disarms where ineffective or unreal. And to highlight, the martial arts training given to the military is just the little bit that they will be able to use for specific known possible situations, in contrast civilians do not know what they could encounter and that is why they must train for these scenarios as well.
The best and most logical option is always to give up and surrender whatever material goods you are being asked for, but it is a whole different story when either you somehow know that wont be enough to stop them from shooting or what is being ask for is actually for kidnapping you or your loved ones, or anything that includes great bodily harm or death of others. Most of these encounters happens on an up close and personal space where you are able to execute a disarming technique specially if you are the TRAINED victim that happens to be held as a hostage for example. It has been recorded multiple times where active shooters have been disarmed sometimes by people with no training at all, imagine if people actually had the training under their sleeve.🤯
That is my insight. Nothing we train will ever go to perfection when we mostly need it, but we surely train to be closer to it... Gun/weapons defense is not the exception.
Hi Energizer,
Thank you so much for taking the time to write such long and thoughtful feedback - it really is appreciated and gives us much food for thought. There's always more to discuss and cover, and we're hoping to do some collab work with grappling friends sometime this year - the tough part is getting everyone on the same schedule!
Everyone should try learn something, and even if that gives them a bit more confidence, it reduces their risk and that is always a win. The hard part is to keep practising, and that there are no short or easy answers, and that consistent training will always be what matters.
Thank you for watching to the end, and for taking the time to engage with our work :)
True karate!!
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I was training for the first time with a new instructor and he had me kneel in front of another student within striking distance and block his slaps and pokes. For about a minute the dude was piecing me up 98% of the time . When we got done he asked me what was going wrong . I said something like "I'm not reacting fast enough". He said "What's going on is you were dumb enough to get into striking range and try to block things. Anybody gets that close you need to move or hit them first, nobody is that fast!" . Drills like that are still great though , and yes, I can't get away with them with most my students either, ha ha.. That's for the hardcore, closed door classes .
Haha, I love that idea! Would only be able to do it with senior students (and/or ones with a sense of humour) but sometimes we do have to strike first, strike hard etc ;) thank you for this genuinely excellent comment, it made me lol 😂
Best,
Zoë
Respected sensei
I have seen your videos and am quite impressed with your Bunkai and explanation.
Hoshang Batliwala Goju ryu Shobukan India 🇮🇳
Thank you so much for the kind words, Hoshang!
Very good practical and quick is necessary -realistic use of bunkai .
Lain aberthney is the master of bunkai for practical use .
The British urban ciombatives lee Morrison takes it the extreme
Will definitely check out Lee Morrison!
Thank you so much for the lovely comment, and for taking the time to watch 🙇🏻♀️
I really wish there were more adult classes especially in today’s society martial arts helps me to be calm and have self awareness and self control as well as self respect and respect for others I feel if more adults were taking karate taekwondo etc things would be more calm in our society
It would be great if office blocks had dojos so that people could train straight after work, and could enjoy the benefits of karate 🥋 thank you for this thoughtful comment! 🤗
Great comment karate is for Life not for a belt Or To meet a short tem Goal.
The truth 👏👏👏
11:29 "This is why all the deshis have children with blue eyes"😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😂😭😂😭😂😭😂😭😂
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Rather a little late. Our apologies,
Hope it’s meaningful
Che
Thank you for adding much better explanations and content to my original concept 🙏
Legal. Uma curiosidade. Quais as diferenças do Goju Ryu para o Shorin Ryu e Uechi Ryu ? Pois ambos são oriundos de Okinawa e com influências chinesas.
Uma ótima pergunta! É um que eu vou consultar com o Ché e voltar para você em breve, pois pode ser uma resposta bastante longa e quero ter certeza de que lhe daremos a melhor resposta possível :)
You forgot to re-stomp the groin! :)
I actually edited out a section where I referenced Master Ken 😅
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre : great minds think alike. I mean us, but Master Ken is OK, too.
Brian lives…… a little,
Deshi Life Hard Life
He is growing in leaps and bounds
He bounces back with such good humour, and trains like he's getting paid in diamonds 🥋
Love it
Thank you so much!
We really appreciate the time you took to watch and comment :)
I love this first but do need to comment on those interested in self defense aspects of martial arts. First off, practicing your kata, no matter what your mind set is with how much intensity you put into it, has absolutely no impact on learning self defense. You need full contact sparring and full out grappling. You need to be physically fit enough and be able to physically and psychologically handle chaotic and violent aggression.
People who will then try to say that the techniques are far too dangerous don't have any actual experience in self defense pr combat. In the military not even our elite special forces members are training by shooting live ammunition at each other and using actual explosives on each other. Simulations and drills combined with live fire exercises and training done in intense and demanding yet controlled and "safe" environment (as safe as can be) are how they prepare for combat.
In short, if you wish to learn how to fight, you must fight.
Thanks for the insights
It’s very much the case,
Che
Absolutely brilliant. Poor Brian. Lol
Luckily, his mighty beard absorbs much 😅
The best part of this was Bud Spencer and Terence Hill !!!
They were our best references as kids growing up, giving away my age
Che
Oss..Thank you
Hai! Domo arigato gozaimasu 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
Terence Hill and Bud Spencer- classic.
I wonder if I can find those old Westerns somewhere, just so I can understand my husband's references lol
Agreed.
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Great stuff, I studied Shotokan karate for a long time and there is a lot of completely impractical crap being taught.
My only criticism of this video is that there are a few techniques being demonstrated that rely on knowing exactly what attack is coming e.g. pre-empting a neck grab. Add in the adrenaline dump and tunnel vision that comes with a physical attack, this simply isn't practical even for someone who drills these techniques unless it is massively telegraphed.
Otherwise though, great work, keep it up.
Hi Nicholas,
Thank you for the feedback, and taking the time to watch and comment :)
Related to your criticism: in my research for the video, one of the reasons why gun defence is tricky is because most people under such pressure lose their fine motor coordination, which is why so, so much training with a gun is necessary for it to be effective for self-defence. But in SA (we're based in South Africa, so I'll use that as an example), most people do their competency test to get a gun, and then never train again, and have no idea how they will react under pressure. Then we have tragic stories of people shooting their teens coming home late from a party because they freak out when afraid.
And very much the same with martial arts - we have to train lots of different attacks under different conditions to get the muscle memory down. All we can hope for is that it is enough in the moment, and hopefully that moment never comes. And you're right - it's important to test surprise attacks and as many attacks as possible to get it all right :)
That's great really
Thanks
Another little stream into my pond.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Devin Gosse! We are so grateful you took the time to watch our video; we know there are many videos competing for your attention, and we're glad you chose to watch ours.
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre as a Shito-Ryu practitioner videos like yours are gold, it's no competition.
Is it possible to learn karate from videos if I know nothing.
Videos are a very helpful addition to training, but it is always best to learn from an instructor, who can help correct your mistakes. Hopefully you can find one in your area to help you learn! The style doesn't matter as much as finding a good teacher :)
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Why bite with a jacketed arm and no bite with a bare arm?
Good question! We are always concerned with biting hard enough to break the skin and for blood to get into your mouth. We don't want to get an infectious, blood-borne disease! But if the situation is really desperate, can always take a chance with a bite, but honestly, biting someone's bare skin is risky, and it has to be weighed up against other options.
I have found that it is only bad advice if it doesn't work. I have found that most of the situations trained are not really actual situations that would occur in real life. Also, the only way to get good at it is to train it. Also, if you want to be good at real and actual SD you have to train real and good self-defense. Most don't. Plus, in today's world placing your hands on someone gets you put in jail. Even the defender goes to jail where I live, this I know for a fact. Today's world promotes weakness and bending to the bully.
It's always important to know the law of the country, and when it's worth risking it, and when to walk away. Most people know enough to get themselves into trouble, but not enough to get out of it, and that's why we don't bother with short courses.
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch, and to leave such a thoughtful comment 🙇🏻♀️
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@@GojuRyuKarateCentre Awesome Video.
Thank you so much! We put a lot of hard work into it 🙇🏻♀️
the full quote is: ...from you but upon your opponent. :)
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Poor Brian
Brian is our real superman
Unbreakablr
El uke se mosqueó xDD con los tortazos
¡Definitivamente se estaba cansando un poco de eso jajaja! Pero le compramos pastel después, al menos XD
The best defense against a gun is a quicker draw and a better shot.....with another gun.
Exactly - no one is kicking a gun out of someone's hand here!
Poor Brain. Punching for Chá!
Luckily, Brian didn't get any bruises, and continues to be in good health. You'll have proof of life next time you see him in the dojo 😂
You can hit back Brian...Che man come on
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Brian is the deshi with the softest personality, though his body is turning into iron 💪🏻