My 8 year old has been learning karate with Seiken Karate Wado Ryu since the age of 6. We'd both like to say a massive 'Thank You Neil' for the fantastic kata videos you upload. Your demonstrations have assisted him in understanding the finer control movements in each kata and we've found your videos to be among (if not) the best on TH-cam to learn kata. Thanks again 💪
Currently learning this for my brown belt at the end of the year, no doubt I'll continue to come back to this as I work towards my black. Many thanks for this perfect instructional video!
@Chillz_566 forgot about this comment 🤣 smashed it, and worked my way to my 1st Kyu a few weeks back. The next stop is my black belt, which will probably be in a years time.
Thank you so much for your videos, they have really helped my 11 year old daughter practice at home and yesterday she achieved her first brown belt! She is thrilled.
Biggest regret I have is quitting this as a dumb drunk teenager! Got too 2nd brown and gave up... Think the organisation I learned under has gone nowadays. But I'll happily start over again... I loved the flowing nature of the kata , probably my favourite part of it all. I loved the whole learning practices, bit by bit and then finally you can show your kata.. all those months of perfecting for those few moments on test day... it's beautiful... A serenade of the soul.
It's never too late to restart as Robert Cooter's comment above demonstrates, and my own experience returning after (a mere!) 26 years! Go for it. Good luck to you.
After commenting on your sandan kata from two years ago which i gained my green belt, i am now a purple belt training for brown.. This kata has helped me immensely.. keep up the good work.. Oss!....
Did you maybe watch the first version only ?, which is done slowly for student learning purposes, mentioned at the beggining of the clip. There are many wado versions of these kata however, our practise is is more alikened to the wado-kai version, thankyou very much for your views.
Sensei Pottinger: Thank you so much for your videos. I came back to Wado Ryu after a 50 year absence and have found these videos incredibily helpful as an adjunct to my formal instruction. By the way, I had the great honor of meeting Hironori Otsuka in the 1960s when he visited Bushido Dojo in Nashville, TN (founded by his student, Cecil Patterson). Your style seems to very much mirror the great master, in my view. Wa-No-Michi!
I returned to Wado Ryu myself a couple of months ago after a 26 year hiatus and I'm currently re-learning kushanku. Hats off to you for doing so after a 50 year break! Meeting Hironori Otsuka must have been such a great experience.
Neil! Kushanku is my weakest kata so I did a TH-cam search for revision purposes. Your video was second on the list so it jumped out at me. Thank you! Just what I was after. Slow version for precision, normal speed for power and timing. Hope all's well with you and hope to catch up soon. Best wishes. Pete
Does anyone think that Kushanku is perhaps one of the most difficult katas to master? I certainly believe it is since it is so long (not to mention demanding to perform...), whilst Naihanchi is rather rigid in the fact that it has one stance, and one stance only despite being such as short kata...
OOOOOOH!!! FUCK YEAH HES DOIN BLACK BELT THIS IS IT NEIL YOUR THE BEST!!!! Z0 Kyu-Black Belt Ushiro Uraken Haito Uchi Shotei Uchi Nidan Geri Tobi Sokuto Hisamichi Ippon Ken Renraku Waza Mae geri,tobikomi zuki,gyaku zuki,mawashi geri,gyaku zuki,sokotu.Mawashi geri,ushiro geri,uraken,gyaku zuki,kaiten uraken.hcnup dniheb uoy ni kcab tsif. Tobikomi Zuki,nagashi zuki,gyaku zuki,uraken.kihon kumite 1-10 Hand And Foot Movements, Breakfalls, Kata A.S :Naihanchi,Seishan,chinto.Jiyu Kumite. Kihon Laa scisab morf suballys. Kihon 1-10 Tanto dori 1-6 (ecnefed efink) Idori 1-5 (ecnefed gnileenk) KATA A.S:Bassai Dai,rohai,niseshi,Jiyo Kumilter.atak idori Fghoest Cfretsp
Wow you really carried out the the edge of every position you did and the tomizomizuki to the perfect time but the whole thing was just waffle and it would come VERY USEFUL in real life if someone was to attack you you r would be in GOOD HANDS 😏
Miren Kushanku de Hironari yuda, no es por ofender pero esa kushanku está mal hecha, Pare se cinta verde en ejecución de los movimientos, no tienes quienes kime
Very unspirited and also robotic. Sorry sensei, this is weak kata. Why did yall augment Kanku Dai from styles such as Shorin-Ryu & Shotokan? Shameful and esp. for a black belt. Smh...
Slightly different to the way we do it but just the reminder I needed before returning to karate lessons
Yeah, I'm going back to karate after 5 years, I really need this haha :)
My 8 year old has been learning karate with Seiken Karate Wado Ryu since the age of 6. We'd both like to say a massive 'Thank You Neil' for the fantastic kata videos you upload. Your demonstrations have assisted him in understanding the finer control movements in each kata and we've found your videos to be among (if not) the best on TH-cam to learn kata. Thanks again 💪
Currently learning this for my brown belt at the end of the year, no doubt I'll continue to come back to this as I work towards my black. Many thanks for this perfect instructional video!
How’d it go?
@Chillz_566 forgot about this comment 🤣 smashed it, and worked my way to my 1st Kyu a few weeks back. The next stop is my black belt, which will probably be in a years time.
@@PaulFarrerMusic nice. Good luck!
Thank you so much for your videos, they have really helped my 11 year old daughter practice at home and yesterday she achieved her first brown belt! She is thrilled.
*Im Black Belt ;)*
An 11 year old with a brown belt?? ÷/
Yes, she has a brown belt, unfortunately no more progress thanks to covid!
@@stonewarebirds3620 good for her though even so ÷0
Biggest regret I have is quitting this as a dumb drunk teenager!
Got too 2nd brown and gave up...
Think the organisation I learned under has gone nowadays.
But I'll happily start over again...
I loved the flowing nature of the kata , probably my favourite part of it all.
I loved the whole learning practices, bit by bit and then finally you can show your kata.. all those months of perfecting for those few moments on test day... it's beautiful... A serenade of the soul.
It's never too late to restart as Robert Cooter's comment above demonstrates, and my own experience returning after (a mere!) 26 years!
Go for it. Good luck to you.
After commenting on your sandan kata from two years ago which i gained my green belt, i am now a purple belt training for brown.. This kata has helped me immensely.. keep up the good work.. Oss!....
Did you maybe watch the first version only ?, which is done slowly for student learning purposes, mentioned at the beggining of the clip. There are many wado versions of these kata however, our practise is is more alikened to the wado-kai version, thankyou very much for your views.
Sensei Pottinger: Thank you so much for your videos. I came back to Wado Ryu after a 50 year absence and have found these videos incredibily helpful as an adjunct to my formal instruction. By the way, I had the great honor of meeting Hironori Otsuka in the 1960s when he visited Bushido Dojo in Nashville, TN (founded by his student, Cecil Patterson). Your style seems to very much mirror the great master, in my view. Wa-No-Michi!
I returned to Wado Ryu myself a couple of months ago after a 26 year hiatus and I'm currently re-learning kushanku. Hats off to you for doing so after a 50 year break!
Meeting Hironori Otsuka must have been such a great experience.
Shihan Pottinger has quickly become my online go to reference for Kata 👊
Hi Neil, Thanks for up load these clips .. Very helpful Thank you .. easy to follow , love to watch .
Neil! Kushanku is my weakest kata so I did a TH-cam search for revision purposes. Your video was second on the list so it jumped out at me. Thank you! Just what I was after. Slow version for precision, normal speed for power and timing. Hope all's well with you and hope to catch up soon. Best wishes. Pete
I can not understood for what are the last moves for.
I thought this was called Kanku-Dai ?
Thanks for the kushanku .It is my also weakest kata thanks NEIL👌👌
Sooooooo helpful
Does anyone think that Kushanku is perhaps one of the most difficult katas to master? I certainly believe it is since it is so long (not to mention demanding to perform...), whilst Naihanchi is rather rigid in the fact that it has one stance, and one stance only despite being such as short kata...
Yeah, i also think kushanku is a hard kata to master, tho the position in naihanchi is also hard to master (if you ask me).
Hi Sensei Neil, would you please do a video of Shopai and Tekki shodan , Your clips are easy to follow and very helpful! . Thanks in advance
Thank you very mutch, this has helped me a lot, I have a grading comming up and I think I will do well thanks to you
wonderful...im impressed....first the slow one and than how it must be ....wonderful
wonderful?????
how many moves dose this kata have
Nice, I do Chojinkai Wado-Ryu Karate so my Kushanku is slightly different to yours
I really like this kata
OOOOOOH!!! FUCK YEAH HES DOIN BLACK BELT THIS IS IT NEIL YOUR THE BEST!!!!
Z0 Kyu-Black Belt
Ushiro Uraken
Haito Uchi
Shotei Uchi
Nidan Geri
Tobi Sokuto
Hisamichi
Ippon Ken
Renraku Waza
Mae geri,tobikomi zuki,gyaku zuki,mawashi geri,gyaku zuki,sokotu.Mawashi geri,ushiro geri,uraken,gyaku zuki,kaiten uraken.hcnup dniheb uoy ni kcab tsif. Tobikomi Zuki,nagashi zuki,gyaku zuki,uraken.kihon kumite 1-10 Hand And Foot Movements, Breakfalls, Kata A.S :Naihanchi,Seishan,chinto.Jiyu Kumite. Kihon Laa scisab morf suballys. Kihon 1-10 Tanto dori 1-6 (ecnefed efink) Idori 1-5 (ecnefed gnileenk) KATA A.S:Bassai Dai,rohai,niseshi,Jiyo Kumilter.atak idori Fghoest Cfretsp
Thankyou sensei
Wow you really carried out the the edge of every position you did and the tomizomizuki to the perfect time but the whole thing was just waffle and it would come VERY USEFUL in real life if someone was to attack you you r would be in GOOD HANDS 😏
wow u did it slow and good!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Miren Kushanku de Hironari yuda, no es por ofender pero esa kushanku está mal hecha, Pare se cinta verde en ejecución de los movimientos, no tienes quienes kime
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Terrible kata execution!!!
The faster version is even worse.
Very unspirited and also robotic. Sorry sensei, this is weak kata. Why did yall augment Kanku Dai from styles such as Shorin-Ryu & Shotokan? Shameful and esp. for a black belt. Smh...
You did watch until the end right?
ahahahaha rubbish!