Thank you for this video. I’ve been having a hard time finding good combination training videos for karate. Lots out there for kickboxing. This is amazing content. Thank you very much. OSS!!
Thanks, Sensei. After a back injury, I’ve lost my balance on my left leg. But these exercises are bringing it back. Especially starting with low kicks. Great drill!
Actually you will ,as its a drill ..and put your own style which you weight and your size ..it's a Drill If your been following him then start from the beginning .IF YOU DOING MARTIAL ARTS ALREADY ,YES YOU CAN BE PROFESSIONAL ,BUT YOUR ATTITUDE ALSO PART OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
You will never be a professional, you do not possess the correct attitude or understanding needed to be a Karate-Ka it seems that you do not have any honour, respect or integrity needed.
Ive given up on kicking sadly i had to I've no flexibility at all I decided to make up for it by putting in extra work training upper body striking and i bought a judo dummy and practiced grappling and throwing aspects of karate which where heavily emphasized in Okinawan karate
You can develop flexibility. Actually you dont do static streching but dynamic streching which means throwing legs front, side etc. Trying keep it at side, ab it higher a bit longer, that way you will develop flexibility eventually, slowly. Do mobility exercises not so much what people usualli understand flexibility exercises since mobility exercises are flexibility exercises. You dont do anything with spaghatti if you can raise your leg with muscles.
I actually started my martial arts journey with Karate, it was an Australian form back in 1997, so this takes me back a bit. I only achieved the white sash before my friend convinced me to try Kung Fu. There is a Karate school here in jeff City, MO, so I'm tempted to go back and try it again, but there's also a TKD school just around the corner from where I work so... :)
I would strongly suggest going for Shotokan first. Once you get a good foundation (=1st Dan!), you can try other things like Taekwondo (if your Dojo does not do enough kicking for example). That's because Kukkiwon screwed some of the basic techniques after Karaté was introduced in Korea. For example, if you watch a Poomsae (=Kata) from the official Kukkiwon channel, you will notice that their punches are weak. The reason is, koreans don't seem to emphasize proper grounding and generating power from the hip as much as japanese. Also some of the techniques are weaker than their Shotokan equivalent, because the hip rotation is reversed in Taekwondo (compare for example Gedan-Barai VS Aré-Makki)
@sassuki Thanks for the tip! I got my first black in Lau Gar Kung Fu, took about 4 1/2 years and then life crashed in on me. Again, thanks for the info :)
@@thatguyfromcetialphaV some Karaté/Taekwondo organizations may recognize your black belt from Kungfu as equivalent to a black belt in their style after one year of training and a verification of your skills, as Karaté ultimately is just a blend of several kungfu styles; the original Kanji being 唐手道, which means "Way of the CHINESE Hand" 😉
@sassuki it's funny because my sifu and me were having a chat about this and he said martial arts are like cheeseburgers and the wrapper is different but they are made up if the same things. For the record i had my first tkd session last night based on your comment and enjoyed it
Love the snap in you Ushiro Geri. Unfortunately I've developed a Disc bulge in my lower back (L3 L4 L5-s1) that makes me too cautious with my speed. Any tips would be appreciated! 🙏🏻
@@Mightyhawk84k I actually have a pars defect, which is basically a stress fracture in the lower spine. I couldn’t kick for months. I rehabbed myself by doing lunge variations and worked my way back to heavy squatting. Now I don’t have issues with it too often, i couldn’t really advise in your situation as I’m not qualified to but a stronger back and glutes helped me.
You can train without a spotter as long you use the safety bars on the rack, set to the correct height. For bench press you want it just below your range of motion so if you fail you bring it down to the chest and then roll it onto the bars. For squat you will have them again set up just below your full range of motion so if you fail just sit onto the squat and drop it off your back (behind you).
Number 2 is my nemesis, especially when told to follow up with a Gyaku-Tsuki. I lose balance wa~y too often! And I can't seem to get the transition from Ushiro-Geri to Gyaku-Tsuki right. Always feels awkward. I generally have a huge problem doing Ushiro-Geri from a typical Shotokan (relatively wide) Zenkutsu-Dachi. Feels completely unnatural. No wonder they usually do it from Kiba-Dachi in Taekwondo :3
@@amandacadogan9549 there will be some leaning to allow the hip to open up correctly, but rather than leaning away, push the hips into the kick, it looks the same but the feeling is different. Hard to explain through text.
Thank you for this video. I’ve been having a hard time finding good combination training videos for karate. Lots out there for kickboxing. This is amazing content. Thank you very much. OSS!!
Thanks, Sensei. After a back injury, I’ve lost my balance on my left leg. But these exercises are bringing it back. Especially starting with low kicks. Great drill!
I did a one hour class practicing these drills and was great. I recall how good is for hips mobility. Specially for a guy of 53 like me!😄
such powerful and accurate kicks, great!
This is exactly what we need!
👍🏼🥋
Let me get this straight: If I will be following along all of your tips and drills, I'll be a professional 😎😂
Actually you will ,as its a drill ..and put your own style which you weight and your size ..it's a Drill
If your been following him then start from the beginning .IF YOU DOING MARTIAL ARTS ALREADY ,YES YOU CAN BE PROFESSIONAL ,BUT YOUR ATTITUDE ALSO PART OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
@jaynesims9870 Oh, I love your enthusiasm! 😁
4 x challenging KARATE kicking drills
You will never be a professional, you do not possess the correct attitude or understanding needed to be a Karate-Ka it seems that you do not have any honour, respect or integrity needed.
Awesome drills to improve my kicking. Thanks Sensei.
Great drills, thanks for sharing 👌
Ive given up on kicking sadly i had to I've no flexibility at all
I decided to make up for it by putting in extra work training upper body striking and i bought a judo dummy and practiced grappling and throwing aspects of karate which where heavily emphasized in Okinawan karate
You can develop flexibility. Actually you dont do static streching but dynamic streching which means throwing legs front, side etc. Trying keep it at side, ab it higher a bit longer, that way you will develop flexibility eventually, slowly. Do mobility exercises not so much what people usualli understand flexibility exercises since mobility exercises are flexibility exercises. You dont do anything with spaghatti if you can raise your leg with muscles.
I actually started my martial arts journey with Karate, it was an Australian form back in 1997, so this takes me back a bit. I only achieved the white sash before my friend convinced me to try Kung Fu. There is a Karate school here in jeff City, MO, so I'm tempted to go back and try it again, but there's also a TKD school just around the corner from where I work so... :)
I would strongly suggest going for Shotokan first.
Once you get a good foundation (=1st Dan!), you can try other things like Taekwondo (if your Dojo does not do enough kicking for example).
That's because Kukkiwon screwed some of the basic techniques after Karaté was introduced in Korea. For example, if you watch a Poomsae (=Kata) from the official Kukkiwon channel, you will notice that their punches are weak. The reason is, koreans don't seem to emphasize proper grounding and generating power from the hip as much as japanese. Also some of the techniques are weaker than their Shotokan equivalent, because the hip rotation is reversed in Taekwondo (compare for example Gedan-Barai VS Aré-Makki)
@sassuki Thanks for the tip! I got my first black in Lau Gar Kung Fu, took about 4 1/2 years and then life crashed in on me. Again, thanks for the info :)
@@thatguyfromcetialphaV some Karaté/Taekwondo organizations may recognize your black belt from Kungfu as equivalent to a black belt in their style after one year of training and a verification of your skills, as Karaté ultimately is just a blend of several kungfu styles; the original Kanji being 唐手道, which means "Way of the CHINESE Hand" 😉
@sassuki it's funny because my sifu and me were having a chat about this and he said martial arts are like cheeseburgers and the wrapper is different but they are made up if the same things. For the record i had my first tkd session last night based on your comment and enjoyed it
Love the snap in you Ushiro Geri. Unfortunately I've developed a Disc bulge in my lower back (L3 L4 L5-s1) that makes me too cautious with my speed. Any tips would be appreciated! 🙏🏻
@@Mightyhawk84k I actually have a pars defect, which is basically a stress fracture in the lower spine. I couldn’t kick for months. I rehabbed myself by doing lunge variations and worked my way back to heavy squatting. Now I don’t have issues with it too often, i couldn’t really advise in your situation as I’m not qualified to but a stronger back and glutes helped me.
@jkgardiner thanks matey. You're amazing. 🙏🏻
Sir is it risky to train in 3-5 rep range or not do we really need a person to spot or should I skip 3-5 rep range?
You can train without a spotter as long you use the safety bars on the rack, set to the correct height. For bench press you want it just below your range of motion so if you fail you bring it down to the chest and then roll it onto the bars. For squat you will have them again set up just below your full range of motion so if you fail just sit onto the squat and drop it off your back (behind you).
@jkgardiner thanks sir make a video on your each gym session what exercises you do and all
@@harshaltheboss maybe I’ll do this soon 👍🏼
Number 2 is my nemesis, especially when told to follow up with a Gyaku-Tsuki. I lose balance wa~y too often! And I can't seem to get the transition from Ushiro-Geri to Gyaku-Tsuki right. Always feels awkward.
I generally have a huge problem doing Ushiro-Geri from a typical Shotokan (relatively wide) Zenkutsu-Dachi. Feels completely unnatural. No wonder they usually do it from Kiba-Dachi in Taekwondo :3
I'm tall and I'm always told not to lean back when kicking but it doesn't feel natural to keep my body straight. What are your thoughts?
@@amandacadogan9549 there will be some leaning to allow the hip to open up correctly, but rather than leaning away, push the hips into the kick, it looks the same but the feeling is different. Hard to explain through text.
All great! This makes you find out your deficiencies. I have to start with low kicks. is that okay?
@@JoseFernandez-mt1se yes definitely, low kicks are just as good 👍🏼