Did anyone else notice Higa sensei is doing all the same drills as the entire class and he is not out of breath and barely broke a sweat? The man is amazing.
Its pretty simplistic. Its that way, because its a true martial art, meant to be used. Anyone with real-world personal combat experience, will tell you pretty much the same thing, about what fighting system to study - pick any martial art, pick a block a couple punches, a kick and maybe a takedown, that you can do in your current physical condition. Practice those a few thousand times and youll prevail in 99% of confrontations you encounter. It's less about what you do and more about how confidently and comfortably you do it.
He Is genuine master who kindly and generously gives good instruction. He is Exemplary of true Karate spirit in his humbleness,respectfulness and honorableness.
@@michaelspyrou1784 Why the need to insult him? For instance, Shugoro Nakazato (my sensei when I lived on Okinina) was still plenty fast even into his 70s.
Not true about later in life, I have trained in & around NAHA-Okinawa, most +60 folks are just like me, they have trained MA their entire lives, and now search for the 'real MA', ppl in Okinawa, train into their 90's, even in China, and/or Thailand most 'masters' die +60 years of age, mostly booze, or just bad foods ( bad oils ); Given that all my master died +10 years ago I found myself wanting to 'learn more', having done virtually all styles, & systems from +5 years of age in LA, I went to ASIA in the first place +30 years ago to 'learn' real martial arts; IMHO 90% of the foreigners in okinawa are life-long karate people who want to fine tune, when you enter the schools you must wear a white belt, as nobody in most western schools 'earns' a black-belt, they just buy them for 6 months simple training; So when you see these old white-belts on these okinawa videos it doesn't mean they are new to MA, it just means they enter this school with an 'empty cup'; I only trained karate 5-15 years of age in LA and thought it was 100% BS, and drifted to tae-kwon-do, and later escrima, chinese MA, jiu-jitsu, aikido only in recent decade given that all my masters dropped dead did I venture into okinawa to find a karate with chinese internal methods ( bagwa, xingyi ) as I have been studying +30 years;
I had learned Shorin-ryu for 3 years at City College of New York back in 1994 with the college professor, Sensei Kirk Dombrowski. This video of Sensei Higa really inspires me to get back in training. Thank you so much Sensei Dombrowski who got me get started with Shorin-ryu!
It’s very enlightened of the Master, to show the block as an actual striking weapon and to strike off of the blocking arm.This block, then punch, with the opposite hand chambered at the hip baloney, is why so many karate people often have their “lunch eaten” by western boxers. Boxers parry and slip, bob and weave as they move in towards an attack as well as away from an attack.
Uke techniques are great for stand up grappling as well. This is an exercise to refine the movement. Many might fail to see the possibilities of applying uke!. Thank you for sharing. Domo arigato gosaimas
Excellent video! I train Shotokan style sine many years but nonetheless learnt new nuances. It is REALLY important to look at different Karate styles but also other martial arts and fighting sports. Then go with Bruce Lee's maxim use what you can, discard the rest. Be mindful that the categories of useful and useless can change over time, depending on your levels of physical strength and flexibility as well as experience.
My first introduction to martial arts was a weekly karate class at the USO taught by a serviceman who was a black belt in Shorin Ryu karate. I always wonder if he's in videos like this. He'd be about 60 now, I think.
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Love watching this, thanks Reporter is holding too much tension and wearing himself out. The shoulders should be pretty relaxed. The goal is to tense just before contact. Do this and you will conserve energy.
Not sure if it was mentioned at any point in the video but a big secret with any hand movements in Shorin-ryu is the wrist rotations. They don't only spring the hips, legs, ankles and feet but also the wrist as well. To generate additional power.
Yes, in shorin-ryu we follow the Ashi-Kochi-Te principle, so the hips move before the arms. Higher level practitioners can work on reducing the time between these movements to make them go almost simultaneously, therefore combing technique and velocity.
I'm a big fan of K1, Jeet Kune Do/Bruce Lee, MMA and such. But in a room, fighting for life and death, this old guy is probably one the last ones, I would choose to stand in front of me. He will come very close, very fast, and your bones will crack .... no points, no judge, no tapping out.
Agreed. Most people don't realize the true power of "real" martial arts. All traditional martial arts include Iron body, Iron palm, conditioning with mind set of killing/knock out with one hit. As you said no points, no judges, no tapping out. The enemy won't care if you tap, he will continue until you are down or dead. And he or they might have knives or other weapons. A true martial art is about life and death, not money, or fame.
Shor-In is okinawin for shao-lin ( as in kung-fu ), karate 100 years ago in okinawa when they created the word meant 'chinese hands', when japan occupied okinawa leading up to WW2 they renamed karate to 'empty hands' to appease the japanese GOV; IMHO all the linear crap seen in Tokyo, and West, not much different than tae-kwon-do is just Post WW2 GOV approved MA meant to make it a sport and not a combat (killing) art; During WW2 the Jap's would kill okinawa people if they didn't speak japanese; They had always traded with chinese ( fuzhou port to naha ); Tokyo didn't trust any okinawan who couldn't speak japanese; For 100's of years okinawan people were not allowed to own 'weapons', so they perfected the art of killing with their bare hands;
shorin-ryu more emphasize of how to generating power easier, punch correctly, and real application of the kata.. so unlike shotokan, shorin-ryu has very few deep stance like shotokan, and most of okinawan kata are higher stance..
Because that's annoying to listen to your kind of bullshit all the time. Lyoto Machida is good example of use of Shotokan in MMA. There are also modern style users such as Semmy Schilt using ashihara and seidokaikan.
Had I known it would only take 12 minutes to learn Shorin-ryu, I'd not have spent time working my tail off when I lived in Okinawa. And when can I expect a certificate to hang next to the two I have from Shugoro Nakazato? ;-) Very cool video. I wish we had such good recording ability when I was there in the early 70s.
Hey guys, why does Karate always seem to be pretty stiff? Compared to shaolin kung fu or tai chi, which have a lot of soft and circular movements - why does it seem that Karate does not have included these "soft" principles (chi) ? I read that "shorin" means "shaolin" in Okinawa? Thanks a lot for your answers
There are a lot of those principles at work at the inside. If you watch the above video, all those movements are started by rotation about the tanden, which translate to rotations in the shoulders, hips, elbows, wrists.
William Sullivan The title is meant as learning Shorin-Ryu *for* 12 minutes I believe, instead of your interpretation of learning everything in 12 minutes.
Oh how is wished attackers would stand in a forward stance and then step in with a lunge punch!! It would make things so much easier! Unfortunately....real life looks NOTHING like this!!!!
Grandmaster Minoru Higa may look like a fat old man, but don't be fooled by his appearance, one direct hit from him, even not in full power can be lethal.
Someone in the street is gonna go for the face most of the time , after they have set you up with a jab, esp if they are talked than you ... Esp for Shorty's like me !!!!
thats why I like the straight lines of eflecting it so to speak as your blocking, seems to be quiker and more simple. to me anyways. Wing Chun- Kung Fu Im referring to.
The problem ALL traditional karate styles have is....NO ONE attacks you in a traditional karate style way (lunge punch, reverse punch) so most (not all) of these blocks DO NOT work on the street. Try to block a roundhouse right with a rising block!!! You will get hit in the SIDE of your face as the punch goes AROUND your block! The best block is simply to not be there.
WHAT???? Morio Higaonna is a 10th DAN in..................GOJU RYU not Shorin Ryu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THe picture on the wall is of Chojin Miyagi(founder of Goju Ryu) not Chosen Chibana (founder of Shorin Ryu).
Ask Michael Jordan’s why he practice jump shots and free throws all the time in his prime, it’s all about the basics, everything comes from that, I know you not going to really understand or care, the basics can save your life if they are second nature........why do people always put everything down, peace, been practicing 40 yrs, and everything means something that very important
Sensei today starts with Tai Sabaki (70% black belts present). After 10 minutes or so: "I want to do Kihon Kata 1 with you today, but you first have to get these turns down!" ... So more turns and basics. 😂😂😂😂
Did anyone else notice Higa sensei is doing all the same drills as the entire class and he is not out of breath and barely broke a sweat?
The man is amazing.
Was disappointed that some of his younger blackbelts were.
@@TehDanno1 I am, but I'm 50.
I studied Shorin-ryu years ago in Dayton, haven't touched the venture since, but all the moves and the crispness of motion bring it all back.
You really should start practicing the art again. Don't let that ability go to waste.
I learnt Shorin Ryu when I was a kid. But this grand Master explained the concept of application so well now it makes all sense
Its pretty simplistic. Its that way, because its a true martial art, meant to be used. Anyone with real-world personal combat experience, will tell you pretty much the same thing, about what fighting system to study - pick any martial art, pick a block a couple punches, a kick and maybe a takedown, that you can do in your current physical condition. Practice those a few thousand times and youll prevail in 99% of confrontations you encounter. It's less about what you do and more about how confidently and comfortably you do it.
@@scottgames527 whose your sensei? And theirs? Just curious.
@@kbanghart My question is...how is HE instructing anyone as a green belt??? How to it wrong?
@@USGrant-rr2by green belts can instruct
indeed a gold mine video.a true master.he explains the Why and When of the moves. This Man speed is like a 20 year old.Impressive.
I suggest you see the same video in 10 years, when you grow up, as i suspect you are a youngster, with a lot of puffs and no true chi.
He Is genuine master who kindly and generously gives good instruction. He is Exemplary of true Karate spirit in his humbleness,respectfulness and honorableness.
@@michaelspyrou1784 Why the need to insult him? For instance, Shugoro Nakazato (my sensei when I lived on Okinina) was still plenty fast even into his 70s.
@@michaelspyrou1784 Chi is part of Kung Fu philosophy
I would love to train with this sensei he is so charismatic and really gives you that psychological punch to train hard and good
I like the fact that this is a class of adults/older people and it is obvious that some started later in life.
Not true about later in life, I have trained in & around NAHA-Okinawa, most +60 folks are just like me, they have trained MA their entire lives, and now search for the 'real MA', ppl in Okinawa, train into their 90's, even in China, and/or Thailand most 'masters' die +60 years of age, mostly booze, or just bad foods ( bad oils ); Given that all my master died +10 years ago I found myself wanting to 'learn more', having done virtually all styles, & systems from +5 years of age in LA, I went to ASIA in the first place +30 years ago to 'learn' real martial arts; IMHO 90% of the foreigners in okinawa are life-long karate people who want to fine tune, when you enter the schools you must wear a white belt, as nobody in most western schools 'earns' a black-belt, they just buy them for 6 months simple training; So when you see these old white-belts on these okinawa videos it doesn't mean they are new to MA, it just means they enter this school with an 'empty cup'; I only trained karate 5-15 years of age in LA and thought it was 100% BS, and drifted to tae-kwon-do, and later escrima, chinese MA, jiu-jitsu, aikido only in recent decade given that all my masters dropped dead did I venture into okinawa to find a karate with chinese internal methods ( bagwa, xingyi ) as I have been studying +30 years;
I had learned Shorin-ryu for 3 years at City College of New York back in 1994 with the college professor, Sensei Kirk Dombrowski. This video of Sensei Higa really inspires me to get back in training. Thank you so much Sensei Dombrowski who got me get started with Shorin-ryu!
It’s very enlightened of the Master, to show the block as an actual striking weapon and to strike off of the blocking arm.This block, then punch, with the opposite hand chambered at the hip baloney, is why so many karate people often have their “lunch eaten” by western boxers. Boxers parry and slip, bob and weave as they move in towards an attack as well as away from an attack.
Uke techniques are great for stand up grappling as well. This is an exercise to refine the movement. Many might fail to see the possibilities of applying uke!.
Thank you for sharing.
Domo arigato gosaimas
Thanks for your time from Bermuda!!
I see an argentina flag in that right arm!!! Cool!
9:28 he is incredible watch this accuracy and speed
Thank you your viedo.I wish I learn from you.
Trained under Eizo Shimabukuro and Mark Knox years ago. Some good times there.
I'll incorporate this in my warm ups...
Excellent video! I train Shotokan style sine many years but nonetheless learnt new nuances. It is REALLY important to look at different Karate styles but also other martial arts and fighting sports. Then go with Bruce Lee's maxim use what you can, discard the rest. Be mindful that the categories of useful and useless can change over time, depending on your levels of physical strength and flexibility as well as experience.
Good lesson at the end. Master generates good power for a man of his years.
My first introduction to martial arts was a weekly karate class at the USO taught by a serviceman who was a black belt in Shorin Ryu karate.
I always wonder if he's in videos like this. He'd be about 60 now, I think.
Thank you so much for the valuable video's
De multiples possibilités avec les mouvements de base ,merci Sensei ...
Cada video publicado, es un lujo, muchas gracias!
si! mucho gracias.
Thank you very much for all the great videos !
Arigato....great technique..lethal
Wow. Thank you for sharing.
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Love watching this, thanks
Reporter is holding too much tension and wearing himself out. The shoulders should be pretty relaxed. The goal is to tense just before contact. Do this and you will conserve energy.
Yeah I could see that also with his breathing.
Thanks, from BERLIN Germany
Thanks Sir your techniques are precious
My former Sensei Doug Yates is a great and wonderful teacher of Shorin Ryu. From Xenia, Oh.
dude, hes no longer in practice.
He was just awarded his 10th degree black belt.
Not sure if it was mentioned at any point in the video but a big secret with any hand movements in Shorin-ryu is the wrist rotations. They don't only spring the hips, legs, ankles and feet but also the wrist as well. To generate additional power.
Ah, he did at the very end. Very pleased. 👀
Oh you mean the three steps to a punch slide turn and punch
Amazing channel, thank you!
Cool work
Superb.
Arigatoo gozai masu, Sensei Sama!
中村茂先生が創始した沖縄拳法とかも取り上げてくださると嬉しいです。
Nice! Thanks
So Shorin-ryu zuki is hips first and punch after? So many different forms and interpretation.
Yes, in shorin-ryu we follow the Ashi-Kochi-Te principle, so the hips move before the arms. Higher level practitioners can work on reducing the time between these movements to make them go almost simultaneously, therefore combing technique and velocity.
@@GeorgeLimaaa nice!
Yes. Much as a baseball throw
not just gosunzuki..
higa-sensei also teach how to use zero inch punch.. will it be appear in this documentary..?
Como es eso?
Thank You for this video 🙂🙂🙂
Excellent
I'm a big fan of K1, Jeet Kune Do/Bruce Lee, MMA and such.
But in a room, fighting for life and death, this old guy is probably one the last ones, I would choose to stand in front of me.
He will come very close, very fast, and your bones will crack .... no points, no judge, no tapping out.
Agreed. Most people don't realize the true power of "real" martial arts. All traditional martial arts include Iron body, Iron palm, conditioning with mind set of killing/knock out with one hit. As you said no points, no judges, no tapping out. The enemy won't care if you tap, he will continue until you are down or dead. And he or they might have knives or other weapons. A true martial art is about life and death, not money, or fame.
The speed is not so fast, but not slow either, yeah because he is already old, but the scary thing is "the accuracy"
I think it is better to add head movement to the upper block so that if the block missed the strike the head is out of the way of the strike.
They did in intermediate technique breakdown, but hey the video it's about the most basic
The name 'Shorin' is it?
Thanks for attention, a big hug from Brazil.
Shor-In is okinawin for shao-lin ( as in kung-fu ), karate 100 years ago in okinawa when they created the word meant 'chinese hands', when japan occupied okinawa leading up to WW2 they renamed karate to 'empty hands' to appease the japanese GOV; IMHO all the linear crap seen in Tokyo, and West, not much different than tae-kwon-do is just Post WW2 GOV approved MA meant to make it a sport and not a combat (killing) art; During WW2 the Jap's would kill okinawa people if they didn't speak japanese; They had always traded with chinese ( fuzhou port to naha ); Tokyo didn't trust any okinawan who couldn't speak japanese; For 100's of years okinawan people were not allowed to own 'weapons', so they perfected the art of killing with their bare hands;
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Why evry katas block for chudan?
よし！アッタック！アッタック！始めましょかｗｗ
Koshijutsu hip technique
What's the difference between Shorin ryu style and Shotokan?
shorin-ryu more emphasize of how to generating power easier, punch correctly, and real application of the kata..
so unlike shotokan, shorin-ryu has very few deep stance like shotokan, and most of okinawan kata are higher stance..
Because that's annoying to listen to your kind of bullshit all the time. Lyoto Machida is good example of use of Shotokan in MMA. There are also modern style users such as Semmy Schilt using ashihara and seidokaikan.
@@sebastianmohammed9697 tysm! have always wondered about it.
@bic boi lol!
Watch it through. Where do I come to receive my diploma and belt?
Had I known it would only take 12 minutes to learn Shorin-ryu, I'd not have spent time working my tail off when I lived in Okinawa. And when can I expect a certificate to hang next to the two I have from Shugoro Nakazato? ;-)
Very cool video. I wish we had such good recording ability when I was there in the early 70s.
Hey guys, why does Karate always seem to be pretty stiff? Compared to shaolin kung fu or tai chi, which have a lot of soft and circular movements - why does it seem that Karate does not have included these "soft" principles (chi) ? I read that "shorin" means "shaolin" in Okinawa? Thanks a lot for your answers
Look uechi Ryu. It looks a lot like chinese internal styles.
Actually I've been training in A branch of Shorin-ryu / Shorinkan, and we do a lot of those.
There are a lot of those principles at work at the inside. If you watch the above video, all those movements are started by rotation about the tanden, which translate to rotations in the shoulders, hips, elbows, wrists.
De no ser por estos maestros okinawenses ya el karate hubiera desaparecido..
イエモン
7:50 It is his son. I saw him. Instead of Minoru Higa he came to my karate tournament.
The title gave me pause. It's not possible to learn the entire style in 12 minutes, is it?
William Sullivan The title is meant as learning Shorin-Ryu *for* 12 minutes I believe, instead of your interpretation of learning everything in 12 minutes.
I studied Shorin-ryu. The branch I studied is a little different from this one.
Oh how is wished attackers would stand in a forward stance and then step in with a lunge punch!! It would make things so much easier! Unfortunately....real life looks NOTHING like this!!!!
Dude, that's the basic, most basic...every system have their on way
Well, you can only attack by coming forward and making contact, like this video :) so.....
Listen to those Gis snap.
It so hard to keep up with them and do the movies right day1
Day to very tried from work still did it but it like 2in the morning need to schedule this out better
Learn Shorin-ryu in 12min. this should not be the title. THIS ART WILL TAKE YEAR TO LEARN EVEN ONLY KNOW ABOUT IT.
In only 12min...finaly i dont need to train for years something so simple as karate...
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Learning is not mastery.
@@1Invinc in 12 min you can only learn to pronounce it
Ha ha
I think white belt there, is trying the hardest of everyone in the class. A lot of complacency in that room.
How can you make that judgement? Most of the video was instructor and uke.
Grandmaster Minoru Higa may look like a fat old man, but don't be fooled by his appearance, one direct hit from him, even not in full power can be lethal.
Lol
Sure it is
His fist and forearms look as hard as a stone.
Someone in the street is gonna go for the face most of the time , after they have set you up with a jab, esp if they are talked than you ... Esp for Shorty's like me !!!!
thats why I like the straight lines of eflecting it so to speak as your blocking, seems to be quiker and more simple. to me anyways. Wing Chun- Kung Fu Im referring to.
My son goes there
i gave up at "5" punch" because it looked more like the total travel of tge forearm which is more like 14"
It's a jab which takes practice. Most young students can't do it correctly.
@@timehrlich533 thats because the way its taught at krotty schools is not good.
Boxing method is better
@@jadekayak01 good karate sensei's teach some boxing too
Mmmh🤔
No está nada mal eso de golpear al aire si te sobran energías y quieres desestresarte un rato.
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The problem ALL traditional karate styles have is....NO ONE attacks you in a traditional karate style way (lunge punch, reverse punch) so most (not all) of these blocks DO NOT work on the street. Try to block a roundhouse right with a rising block!!! You will get hit in the SIDE of your face as the punch goes AROUND your block! The best block is simply to not be there.
No confundas la calle con un ring o un octogono,no es lo mismo
The founders are rolling over at the sight of this title. Ridiculous
Ashihara karate for this chanel
Oss
Yoda
No estarà un poco gordooo....
Pa ser maestroo!
Salute per tutti...Xdd
The white belt reporter got to sit in on the black belt class......
Todo lo bueno se pierde por desgracia a ora nama competición 😔
@8:59, Hes not gonna let you do that.
Domo arigato !!
Blocking your body and face, Jumonji no kamae to kosei no kamae. Taijutsu and karate are the same. Both Japanese.
Taijtsu? cool! never heard of it? Similar to Aikjutsu or Jujutsu? Just curious, thanks!
WHAT???? Morio Higaonna is a 10th DAN in..................GOJU RYU not Shorin Ryu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THe picture on the wall is of Chojin Miyagi(founder of Goju Ryu) not Chosen Chibana (founder of Shorin Ryu).
I am afraid the westerner in the front row goes not seem to be putting it all into his training!
They always doing it, almost all the time
Disagree
I wonder how he would do in an octagon?
We dont do big blocks. Blocks this mig legs for 20 minutes ij a drill. That down block is literally useless ij a real fight.
He is now under my control No he is simply doing as instructed and not fighting back Works in Dojo not in real l life
The master said that it was expressive blocking right?...
lol
Настoящее карате это не спорт и не мма
Hay un señor que hace la técnica de mala gana ni siquiera hace muy bien Los sukis
Wtf they are wearing black belts and now they are learning punches and blocks??
Ask Michael Jordan’s why he practice jump shots and free throws all the time in his prime, it’s all about the basics, everything comes from that, I know you not going to really understand or care, the basics can save your life if they are second nature........why do people always put everything down, peace, been practicing 40 yrs, and everything means something that very important
Sensei today starts with Tai Sabaki (70% black belts present). After 10 minutes or so: "I want to do Kihon Kata 1 with you today, but you first have to get these turns down!" ... So more turns and basics. 😂😂😂😂
How to be a robot in 12mins 🙄
This will get the practitioner killed ! ! !
Not good at all ! ! !
False
@@kbanghart
👍🏻🔥🚶♂️
I kept expecting that now one of them would burst their cheeks, their belly button would come loose, or one of them would shit themselves.
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