Top 20 Best Karate Masters in history
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- Top 20 Best Karate Masters in history (Update)
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• Top 20 Best Karate Mas...
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1*Matsumura Sōkon
2*Gichin Funakoshi
3*Hironori Ōtsuka
4*Kanken Tōyama
5*Kenwa Mabuni
6*Motobu Chōki
7*Masatoshi Nakayama
8*masutatsu Oyama
9*Hirokazu Kanazawa
10*Hidetaka Nishiyama
11*Fumio Demura
12*Keigo Abe
13*Keinosuke Enoeda
14*Tetsuhiko Asai
15*Taiji Kase
16*Masaji Taira
17*Kiyohide Shinjo
18*Morio Higaonna
19*MASAO KAGAWA
20*Nishimura Seiji
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Mas Oyama . The one who revolutionized the Karate which we practice today OSU !!
OSU!
Mas Oyama should be in the top 5 at the VERY LEAST! During his reign, he brought legitimacy back to Karate! In that time period, Kyokushin Karatekas were the only fighters able to compete and actually beat Nak Muay's (Muay Thai practioners). Forget which style of Karate is the best, Mas Oyama was a man waaaay ahead of his time. He was just built different. Some people hate on him because he wasn't actually Japanese or Okinawan but, he adopted the culture and lived the life of a TRUE martial artist. Not to mention, if you train at a Kyokushin dojo (or any of its off-shoots) that allows punches to the head during sparring, it is arguably the most effective style of Karate. It's also one of the most diverse styles of Karate due to Oyama's background in other styles. Nonetheless, a TRUE pioneer of Karate. RIP Mas Oyama, OSU!!
osu. Such a shame that people hate him just because he isnt pure japanese. TH-camrs like Karate Dojo Waku and Jesse Enkamp try to discredit Kyokushin
I feel like Mas Oyama should be number 1.
@@siddiqgamesyt3354 He did allow Knockdown to become the main fare for training.
As great and unique a sport as Knockdown is it is an incredibly limiting training focus for a style by allowing zero legal grappling or clinching. Sadly Knockdown being the main fare resulted in a lot of Kyokushin dojos where throws and grappling simply don't happen.
@@psychedashell I don't care how illegal or legal moves. It just has to be good moves and practical. Oyama, jumped over rocks, meditated under waterfalls pounded hundreds of rocks and trees, and all of that making him so hard and strong that someone's bones can break even if he blocks the attack. Oyama is the closest human to Heihachi's level in modern times. Change my mind.
@@siddiqgamesyt3354 Being a shodan from mid2000s Kyokushin Karate myself I studied what Kyokushin became after Oyama passed.
Oyama was amazing but his fight record is a mess being a combination of hundred man kumite three days in a row and three years doing prowrestling shows. The bulk of the number comes from three days of 100 man kumite, and though 40-man, 50-man and 100-man kumite events are open to all comers the level of communication in the Oyama's prime was nothing like communication in the age of the internet, so it actually didn't come as a huge shock when a higher level told me that the depth of different styles attributed to Oyama comes from his prowrestling career, the 50s, 60s and 70s simply didn't have the communication to get ahold of fighters that quick to have him in that many genuine fights against allcomers.
He was a clever bastard in Kyokushin taking apart rival dojos but this too is broken information, Oyama graded Judoka and taught them Kyokushin while having them teach Judo to his dan graded Karateka. Meaning the rival schools that were taken apart were solo stylists being met in their comfort zones then being pulled into unknown territory by MMA competitors and picked apart, Judoka having their Judo matched by Judoka who then proceeded to step outside the pure Judoka's knowledge with their Karate skills and make them look laughable, or Karateka who were matched in Karate by the Kyokushin students who then stepped outside the pure Karateka's knowledge by stepping to their Judo knowledge - I don't say this to be disparaging, like I said 'clever' but where is that Judo practice now? It's non existent. What happened to the Kyokushin guys who were the only Karateka to step up to the Muay Thai challenge? Where are the early MMA guys? They left the fold, they started K1, Ashihara, Kudo, Seidokaikan, the consistent thing is they left.
Most Kyokushin schools these days aren't Kyokushin schools - they're Knockdown schools. I do admire Oyama on a lot of levels but what he left Kyokushin as isn't exactly one of them. Not much of a master when your legacy is a shambles within a decade.
Watching these kinds of videos brings me back when i was training, im 17 about to make 18 in a week or so I'm not that old 😂. I started training Shotokan Karate when i was second grade, when i grew up a little i also started going on Kyokushin. So i was going to school, i was studying and everyday i had a different training. Unfortunately School became more serious and i have to think about going to college now, except that i also noticed that i was physically weak so i started going to the gym and im going through the 4th month now. I have loved Karate my entire life, even though sometimes i was scared for my life when training it just made me stronger mentally and it also made me a good and patient person. There isn't a day that passes when i don't train at home so i want to thank all of these masters for creating such a lovely sport and i want to thank you for reading all of this.
Respect to all the great masters of Karate
Yes.
There is not bruce lee?😂😂😂😂😂
Osssss
I had a chance to train with sir Kanazawa, early 2000' , while preparing my Sensei licence. That was impressive, when showing legs combo, he was moving as fast as in a video game.
Respect for all karate masters, but none would beat Masutatsu Oyama in the beating
Masutatsu Oyama is dead.
Sosai masutasu Oyama is the best.
Let's say you're in bad shape and maybe you decide to go to the gym. After one year, you are in great shape, definitely much better than you had in the beginning. But, you're a year older, in fact, your body has aged a year...
So you're strong now and maybe a few more years, maybe even twenty years. And, over 50 years, if you will still live, you will say: I was strong in my youth.
It seems to be a battle without a chance of success.
Then you knows nothing about Motobu Choki, the legendary fighter and Kanbun Uechi, his style of Karate are the most deadly, also all the Okinawan masters that earned the title of divine fist like Matsumura Sokon, Anko Itosu, Kanryo Higaonna. Oyama would be a dead man if he face Motobu Choki or Kanbun Uechi, or any masters of Okinawan Karate, the original birthplace of Karate.
@Solti Intertents one of the most? Stop being so humble..
After studying Indonesian Kung Fu. I added Shotokan. That was 1982. And all these name I’ve known in the world of JKA. Very good tribute to the past. May we carry on the tradition. Duty,Honor, and Practice.
respect to all of them, the legend masters of Karate, great skills and techniques
5.45 minuits in to the video I can confirm that Yes Enoeda
was probably the best Japanese Karate instructor I have ever trained with. I
also took my dan grades with him and so did my good lady. The power this man
had was ridiculous and to be honest you had to train with him to really appreciate
it. I did a couple to lighting control when he did his demos at the British
championships. I remember talking to Terry o Neil after one of Enoeda’s demo
because he took the wind out of Terry. Anybody from the KUGB Karate will know
who Terry was and how powerful and strong he was, so to knock the wind out of
Terry took some serious power. Those of you who don’t know who he is Look him
up another incredible Shotokan instructor.
All of these Men have Mastered their Arts!!!! "RESPECT"☯️☯️☯️☯️☯️ TO ALL...
mas oyama revolutionised karate bringing it to life in the western world .he undersood the need to evolve and mot to mention he was a larger than life character. i cannot fathom how anyone could leave him out the top 5 and be tsken seriously...
There is a good reason why Mas Oyama and Gogen Yamaguchi were not included.
Agree!!
@@raymondfrye5017 Masutatsu Ōyama is in 8th rank.
그는 한국인이기에 어쩔수 없다
전라도가 고향이고
그의 아들은 서울에서 의사생활을 합니다
Kanbun Uechi, Uehara Seikichi (Motobu rye which Motobu Choki couldn't learn, also named Undun-ti), we also got all the Higaona students, Miyagi, Nagamine, etc. other like Chomo Hanashiro, Tsuneyoshi Ogura, Here Plee, Minoru Mochizuki (karate, Judo, Aikido, Katori Shinto Ryu), Tani, etc. The list was too Shotokan based.
Mi admiracion para todos aquellos maestros, los que ya partieron dejando su legado y los que siguen en su formidable disciplina.
À Gichin Funagoshi minhas honras. Pratiquei Shotokan Ryu com Mestre Sadamu Uriu na Tijuca no Rio de Janeiro quando mais jovem. Até hoje demonstro destreza apesar dos meus 62 anos. Estilo muito eficiente
В карате надо побеждать противника, а не демонстрировать ловкость, скорость и т. Д.
Thanks for the nice video it was nice looking at all those old pictures and videos I've seen a lot of them in martial art magazines over the last 50 years but you brought some other pictures I've never seen before
This is a great tribute to all of the great Karate masters and to the strong styles that they founded over the past 100+ years. I'm glad this video popped up in my feed, you have a new subscriber, a 3rd Dan in KokoroKan Karate.
Osu!!
Sadly missing is Tatsuo Shimabuku, founder of Isshinryu Karate. He combined the best of Shorin Ryu and Goju Ryu. He could drive nails with his hands and railroad spikes with his feet.
I don't know why or what it is but there is jus something about masutatsu Oyama that draws me into the fighting style of Kyokushin kai i just love Karate so much mostly because of it's japanese background
Muito bom este vídeo conhecer os mestres parabéns pela produção.
Grandes Maestros del Karate Do. Venerable O Sensei Gichin Funakoshi.
Very nice!! Thanks for updating my knowledge.
Seeing Mas Oyama on the 8th place made me remember what a noble way of life Karate is. Osu!
My instructor talked about him and told us the story with the bull. Seeing video of him with a bull is awsum, proving his credibility to his peers! He was a great Martial Artist! And created a great system!
Excellent, Thankyou
great history lesson, thanks
Lindo, karatê sempre foi minha paixão e vai continuar sendo,grandes mestres
Prático kyokushin e vc?
You forgot Gogen "The Cat" Yamaguchi from Goji-Ryu, Doshin-So, who founded Shorinji Kenpo and Kenichi Sawai, founder of Tai Ki Ken (Japanese variation of Chinese I-Chuan & Hsing-I) who had a close friendship with Mas Oyama. Other than Aikido, Tai Ki Ken is the most "Internal Style" in Japan, except for perhaps those Japanese people who practice Tai Chi.
Clearly the author practices a Shuri-te originated style.
Thanks for sharing these great photos of our masters as a goju student I’m honored
Brings back the memories... I was a Shotokan student myself for many years. Back then, it was real old school training: sweat and tears, with occasional blood, too.
Mas. Oyama 🤜🙏🤛 R.I.P
My style Kyokushin🥋❤️ Osu!! 🔥
Your style is doggy on the floor in the pub. Stupid.
At Street fight all style is baffles n sucks.
Jugoslav Subotić miért is?
@@boltiszar2748 na majd te megvèded. Te vagy az önkèntes ügyvèdje te szerencsètlen.
@@mustafanasim3142 but why I saw your more suck then just a dog?
Zenryo Shimabukuro, Joen Nakazato, Tamotsu Isamu, Miyagi Sensei, Chotoku Kyan Sensei, Zenpo Shimabukuro and the list goes on.
The most inspiring presentation of Karate I've ever seen. And no narration !! domo arigato !
I'm not a Karate expert, but even i know that there's no way all time rating list can be without Chojun Miyagi, Miyagi Anichi Mikiyo Yahara.. When living legend Morio Higaona is so low in the list, and also Oyama Matsutatsu.
Get over it mate. You are clearly biased towards Higaonna Sensei.
@@WellingtonNZdojo I Agree mate
You are right, you're not a Karate expert. Miyagi A'nichi shouldn't be on the list, unless you are biased IOGKF. Miyazato Ei'ichi founder of the Jundokan (Higaonna's original Instructor) should be there as well, as one of his students is there Masagi Taira. Higaonna at least gets to meditate on a rock.LOL
Where is Gogen Yamaguchi name
Masoyama is The legend of Karate 💪
Mas Oyama of course had to create his own style, was good at marketing his product (books: This is Karate and What is Karate I bought at an early age in the 1960's; He would send you a green belt if you sent him pictures and some money; and then there was the "killing of the bull" which was BS because the bull was sedated and beaten on the horns with a sledge hammer to soften it up. Sorry, Big Ego, Big Money, Big Tournaments, Big Self Promotion. Same with Gogen Yamaguchi and his supposed "tiger killing"!
Give me someone who shows true humility and the real Soul of Budoka.
Had the most privilege of training with Enoeda, early 70’s in Leeds England. Still remember that day today.
Samurai descended.
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Ni glömmer en av Stockholms bästa senseier Takashi Masuyama. Min man har haft honom som sensei och han kom att bli min favorit bland senseier. Även om jag inte fått äran att träffa denna man så kom och kommer han vara en stor sensei och man i mina ögon. Respekt till dig sensei Takashi Masuyama. ❤
1_masutatsu oyama ❤❤❤❤👍👍👍
I am karateka, Kyokushin, 37 years. These men are all the most dedicated in their arts or styles as many say. Their arts are all very different and derived from different places in times of turmoil. The caption says "best", and to be completely honost that is insulting fanboy talk! Osu
wow, amazing.. saya dahulu masih muda ikut karate di lemkari sampai sabuk coklat dan 1.. simpai saya dulu sabuk hitam dan 2.. kangen rasanya ingat masa dahulu karate saat masih muda.. saya dengar kabar lemkari sudah tidak ada, dan menyatu dengan inkai saat ini.. semangat buat para karateka indonesia🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩
hoshh..
Excelente video 👏👏👏
Kanazawa is a living legend, i would also include hitoshi kasuya who is also one of the old shotokan masters
Mestres deuses das artes marciais que contribuiram para evolução planetária...👏👏👏😀😀
🐵🐵🐵
Very good!
It's move is very good.thank you👍👍👍👍👍
Respect to all máster !
Big respect from Morocco !
As a disciple of Matsumura Shorin Ryu , as passed down from Matsumura Sokon - traditional Okinawan Karate, it is good to see recognition given to this great grand-master who is credited for teaching other students who created and taught thier own styles and became masters of that lineage .
Maravilhoso e Muito Fantástico vídeo OSS! ! !
I think if you asked the 20 masters listed here who they thought were the top 20, you get 20 more lists.
Muito bons, fortes. Como mestres, quantos bons lutadores, karatecas será que cada um formou? Aqui no Brasil, alguns mestres japoneses eram conhecidos por não compartilhar algumas técnicas.
Thanks 🙏
Wow. Had same most privilege chance to train with Kanazawa early 70’s in Liverpool England.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
the heaviest hitter in this list would be Mas Oyama.. that guy is like the supremo of UFC in his era.
Yes he (Mas Oyama) has record of killing 51 bulls with his bare hands & even was capable of bending coins with help of index finger & thumb.
osu!!!! I started in judo in 1964 and 4 years later began in Shotokan karate ...but I 1970 switched to kyokushin…..brutal training …..50 rounds of kumite was normal....relentless …….hard as rock the power generated by this style is immense.....50 years later still can handle myself against much much younger karatekas ..osu ...
The heaviest hitter in this bullshit list is Morio Higaonna who no longer cares to punch but specialises in arrest claws and seizures. And our celestial fucktard put him at rank what, 18? Morio, then Mas Oyama, and I hit harder than either of them ever did. There are other masters who never cared to teach much less be filmed, I was lucky enough to know 2 of them. Most on this list are poseurs and children. While I am grateful for the video and learned a few names I did not know, it is clear the selector’s criteria was oldest available footage and nothing more. The last one had a beard that clearly cannot possibly belong to the khasa Chandalas. Not impressed.
How is Chojun Miyagi not on this list?
Thanks
赞一个，非常好的介绍！😀
GRAND MASTER Mas OYAMA.., OSHU...!!
Amazing master....ive learn alot from his art
Bambang Dewantoro, karate master Indonesia semarang
Great
Tak ,to byli ,są i będą Wielcy Mistrzowie .
I could understand Gogen Yamaguchi as a Goju Ryu Stylist But to leave out The Founder of Goju Ryu is more than absurd (Miyagi Chojun Sensei)
My respect to all of them. I can't stop watching.
While stationed on the Island of Okinawa 1971. - 1972 I trained in the style of Shoring Ryu Matsumura.
After leaving I continued training with this style.
Bravos!!👏👏👏👏👏
Mas Oyama and Andy Hug, blue eyed samurai forever...
Great Movie.... I'm praying to the end of this Covid-19 wave....Praying for the cure, so we can back to the dojo again., Karate is my life.
I trained with instruction from, Sensai Keinosuke Enoeda. He had Dojos in London, and where I trained, in West Dulwich. Sensai Tomita also trained us in Dulwich. The English tutor was Dave Hazard.
மிகவும் பயனுள்ள பதிவு நன்றி
Came by to make sure Otsuka sensei made the list. Happy to see him at number 3 ^_^
Gracias por compartir el video... tenias que poner a Chojun Miyagi.. y Hidetaka Nishiyama fue practicante de Shotokan....
Very very good collection
So glad that Legend Kanazawa is on the list😁
O karatê na sua essência , é a arte marcial mais incrível
Oss amigo.
Sou de Campos dos Goytacazes RJ, sou formado faixa preta 2 Dan pelo sansei tetsuo Mizuno da BUTOKUKAI SHOTOKAN KARATE-DO, tive o enorme privilégio de participar de um curso no ano de 1998 com o extraordinário HIROKASU KANAZAWA, inclusive um dos sanseis citados neste vídeo...
Mas hoje encontro-me parado com os treinos a mais de 4 anos, devido ao altíssimo custo de mensalidade de uma academia de karatê.
Hoje o jiu-jitsu e o muaytai são muito mais populares que o karatê, pois a ganância financeira não deixa o karatê crescer...
Em minha cidade não se acha mensalidades menores que 120,00.
Além disso, o alto custo dos exames de faixa e a máfia da graduação por dinheiro.
Tenho uma sobrinha de 6 anos que já está na faixa roxa, e um sobrinho de 11 anos que já está na faixa marrom...
Ambos não tem preparação técnica muito menos qualidade para terem a graduação que receberam, porém, cada exame de faixa aqui custa em torno de 1.000,00 a 1.500,00.
Uma vergonha para o esporte....
Fazendo com que os amantes e atletas como eu, saiam, parem ou mudem de esporte...
Muy cierto soy practicante karate kiokushin y es un arte marcial increíble
Mas Oyama is #1. Much respect to all the masters.
osu!!!
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Ous
Ous mass oyama fast
Ossu!
Great karate masters
Super!
Also Miyagi Changshun Sensei founder of Okinawa Go Jo Ryu.👍
Oyamaaa😘😘
A little known Karate master is Sensei Kazue Matsumoto (Dec) of Shoku Kai Karate (see image in my profile) taught in city of Cairns, Australia. The Shoku Kai name & style was retired (at his request) after his death. He is well known by Japanese Karate hierarchy but mostly unknown by the rest of the world. Born in Matsuyama 1941, in 1955 aged 14 he gained black belt & at that time the youngest in Japan. At 19 he was a professional karate instructor on his way to owning & managing 4 martial arts schools in Japan. At 23 yrs in 1964 was graded 5th Dan, the youngest then in Japan to do so then going on to 7th Dan at 32 yrs. In 1966 he followed the pearling industry as a marine biologist to Thursday Island in the far North of Australia where opened his first Australian karate school, later moving to the city of Cairns where he lived the rest of his life operating his dojo at Matsumoto Karate Academy (sadly now finished). Sensei Matsumoto also 3rd Dan Jujitsu, 3rd Dan Shorinji Kempo, studied Aikido, Kendo, & Iai-do. Highly skilled with Bo, Sai & Nunchaku.
Osss Nice video
Faltou mestre miage tambem conhecido como mestre gato do goju ryu.
Bez względu jaki to styl najważniejsza jest siła ducha drzemiąca w człowieku i nad nią trzeba się pokłonić.
The real masters of the universe.....great respect for all......
Super
Not too many hardcore karate guys like the late great grandmaster Hidetaka Nishiyama 7:15 make their way out too LA. With traditional shodokan karate academy and the small poorly attended dojo in Palmdale with Pepe Melan, although my first white belt test was in LA. I wonder if learning history and geography can also help with remembering names faster sometimes as well, and I'm not sure if the head of karate Gichin Funakoshi ever made it out to the states though?
There is a difference between Shotokan and Shodokan Karate, and as far as I know he probably made a trip ro China,but not the US.
AKIO YOKOYAMA TENRI-DOJO OBRIGADO POR TUDO O QUE APRENDI COM O KARATE
Good job
Thank you
Are you crazy? Where is Gogen Yamaguchi? Where is Chojun Miyagi? Instead you listed a bunch of JKA karatekas. And Nishiyama is a shotokan stylist.
Agree completely.
Thank you...please read my comment! No mention of the true masters who taught these students he calls masters! No mention of Yamaguchi or Miyagi and Yamaguchi taught Oyama! Oyama had black belts with Funakoshi and Yamaguchi not just Funakoshi! Oyama learned to fight more with Yamaguchi and Oyama fought out of a cat stance just like Yamaguchi did, Neko Ashi Datchi. This video is propaganda not reality!!!
Yes brother , the legendary Gogen yamaguchi .
Well, I guess the best response would be to create your own list, a better one.
@@makemyday5888 No, the proper thing to do is make a fkin video based on facts not bullshit! Now you are well aware of who the hell Yamaguchi and Miyagi were right?! So your video is not based on facts and your are admitting here that with this mediocre response the guy should make his own video...wow man you really are a bona-fide idiot.
Yes the cat (Gogen Yamaguchi) should be in there, and Gosai his son as well! I saw Gosai fight 10 Bay Area black belt teachers/ school owners once in San Francisco and then the the cat came out and, sick with the flue, took out Gosai in seconds. It was something I will never forgot. I was with my teacher Sensei Brown. Does anyone else remember that day? Must have been around 1965
I was expecting the cat as well
Also his younger brother saikoshihan goshi yamaguchi should have been there
Yes I cant believe they left him out that's disrespectfull,I saw him fight many years ago and he far outclassed many of these guys!
Masutatsu Oyama ...
Osh ... Oss ...
From Indonesian Kyokushin
List becomes completely bogus at #18! Morio Higaonna is a living legend. That's coming from a 15 year Shotokan practitioner!
I was thinking exactly the same thing.he should be within number 5
I am an IOGKF member for 25 years. And MH is just an inspiring Sensei due to the intensity of his own training. Far from a legend or a fighter. No need for that. Or lists. Just enjoy.
@@kenkongermany7860 This list was completely biased and to not even mention Chojun Miyagi was just crazy
Not bogus as Otsuka Sensei near top (should be higher than Funakoshi). Obviously Shotokan dominated, no Miyagi. Sensei Higaonna is top 5 of the modern masters.
@@shayneandfi Wasn't Otsuka one of Funakoshi's top students? I 'm pretty sure. In fact, I believe Funakoshi had planned for him to take over the leadership of Shotokan, when he passed. But Otsuka went his own way! And I agree, Miyagi should be on it, near the top.
As lendas do karatê oss ......
Hello, what do you think about Sergui Egami ? ( and Mitsusuke Harada ? )
A Shotokan biased list
Yes...
Та ну нахуй...
My observation is most were JKA leaders or similar. JKA was the biggest federation so the bias makes sense.
But no love for Soke Takayuki Kubota...
That appears to be the case.
I'm extremely proud of my Shotokan lineage. And I'm extremely proud of all my grand Masters from Shotokan. Especially gichin Funakoshi.
Motobu choki kicked genchin funkoshi ass
Thank you.
Just an opinion. Miyagi Chojun must be in the top of the list. Founder of goju ryu - first official registered style of karate
How about Tatsuo Shimabuku (Soke of Isshinryu Karate)?
Amen!!!
Ljpodell007 Sensei Sagara and Harada Sensei tinham que estar nessa lista
3:12 verdade
Nico staf-walking in the sky