Thank you for the video. In our Kudo dojo, we’ve found that in our kumite we have applied a lot from Karate kata, especially for our taisabaki and nagewaza. Personally I also apply in kumite a lot of kata from my Taichi 太極拳 training, not so much the techniques but more the biomechanical principles, especially for body movement and exerting force. Like you, I have trained to mechanically unify the body to increase power in striking and throwing. Please continue to share your videos. Osu!
I just discovered your channel & saw this video. I really enjoy watching & listening to your honest opinions. I am also very appreciative of you expressing yourself using English, as my Japanese (Nihon Go) is not very good at all. I would like to encourage you to please keep up the good work. Ossu!!
Thank you for your comment. Such comments encourage me to make videos. I promise to keep trying to post good videos. Osu! Please take a look at the other videos in this channel. ;)
A new naihanchi video, i am excited, thank you sensei I started Shotokan Karate round about 17 years ago. I like it but I also always felt that there was a big gap between Kata and free sparring, that always frustrated me. Through your videos I learned how to close that gap, I am very thankful that you share your knowledge
Thank you for agreeing with me. Karate is supposed to be a martial art, a technical system (one of them) for fighting, but there are great masters who have never fought in this karate world. I can't help but wonder.
Thanks for the video. Explaining coordinated body movement is always important. Theoretically, anyone at an intermediate to advanced level should have at least a basic understanding of such concepts, especially if they have a qualified Sensei! Keep up your grind!
Thank you for the video. I appreciate your thoughtful response to the post you received and you make very good points. I suspect that the reason a kudo practitioner would find value in kata study would come from the difference in range in comparison to traditional karate kumite. The techniques of kata (especially Naihanchi) are not suitable for traditional kumite range where opponents begin some distance apart and must cross that space to strike. So traditional kumite favors longer range attacks like mawashi geri. The kudo fights I have seen so far frequently continue to closer range where those kata techniques become practical to use. I am unfortunately fairly distant from any kudo schools or competitions so I must base what I know on video sources (yours are good, I believe) and on what I have read. And I have read that kudo originally included kata but stopped the practice. If this is true, do you know the reason? Also do you think they should reconsider that choice?
That's a bit of a sensitive question (lol). However, I don't want to lie or fudge, so I will try to answer as honestly as possible. Rather than Kudo, it is more accurately Daido Juku. It seems that there was a kata in 1981, when Daido Juku was just founded by Azuma Sensei. I joined Daido Juku in 1983, and I never did kata in any of the classes I took. However, if you look at the introductory book from that time, that kata is just basic techniques strung together. A jab, a straight, a hook, an uppercut, a front kick, a roundhouse kick, a back spinning kick, a 180-degree change of direction, and then the same motion again, but with the left and right sides reversed. Since I currently define kata as "a method of training to obtain power, speed, and stamina without relying on physical ability by fundamentally reworking one's own movements," I wonder if I can call that kata. If you ask me why it is no longer practiced, I would guess that it is simply because it was not a very effective way to train to become stronger. Personally, I don't think there will be any new katas (things done by one person) in the future. On the other hand, a two-person kata called "Jouhou" is started to create in Daido Juku. A kata performed by two people, in other words, is a stylized yakusoku kumite. How widespread this will be in the future is yet to be seen.
Hello Sensei, thank you very much for your videos. I have a question. I am a little bit confused because in Naihanchi you punch and then you make a step but shouldn't your body already be in motion when you punch? So shouldn't you punch while you make a step and not make a step after you punch?
Thank you for the question. The Naihanchi I'm working on is an older style. There is a saying that describes the old karate moves. It is "hands first". In old karate, when you punch, your hands move first and then your body. My Naihanchi is like that, right? On the other hand, there is a new style of Naihanchi. In this new style, the body and hands move at the same time, or rather, the body moves first and then the hands move afterwards. This was started by a sensei named Itosu Anko, but nowadays this style of Naihanchi is more common. So if you are only familiar with the new Naihanchi, you may find my movements strange. This issue will be explained also in the next video. You may also find this video helpful. th-cam.com/video/V7fgYna-rkI/w-d-xo.html Sorry, it's Japanese version, but has English subtitles.
@@shinjiwatanabe8131 Thank you very much for your response. I didn't know these things. I realised that I need to watch your other videos first and try this punching method myself to understand it better. The subtitles are very good.
Thank You Renshi. We appreciate, and respect your lesson.
You're welcome. Thank you for your comment. Osu!
I believe that vwhat you say, makes sense. Thank you for sharing you insight.
Thank you for the video. In our Kudo dojo, we’ve found that in our kumite we have applied a lot from Karate kata, especially for our taisabaki and nagewaza. Personally I also apply in kumite a lot of kata from my Taichi 太極拳 training, not so much the techniques but more the biomechanical principles, especially for body movement and exerting force. Like you, I have trained to mechanically unify the body to increase power in striking and throwing. Please continue to share your videos. Osu!
Thank you for the great comments.
It gave me new energy to create videos.
I will try my best to create more videos in the future.
Osu!
I just discovered your channel & saw this video. I really enjoy watching & listening to your honest opinions. I am also very appreciative of you expressing yourself using English, as my Japanese (Nihon Go) is not very good at all. I would like to encourage you to please keep up the good work. Ossu!!
Thank you for your comment. Such comments encourage me to make videos.
I promise to keep trying to post good videos. Osu!
Please take a look at the other videos in this channel. ;)
A new naihanchi video, i am excited, thank you sensei
I started Shotokan Karate round about 17 years ago. I like it but I also always felt that there was a big gap between Kata and free sparring, that always frustrated me. Through your videos I learned how to close that gap, I am very thankful that you share your knowledge
Thank you for the great comments.
It gave me new energy to create videos.
I will try my best to create more videos in the future.
Osu!
I also look forward watching the critic who said these things to you. It is unlikely they will actually fight, they usually cannot.
Thank you for agreeing with me.
Karate is supposed to be a martial art, a technical system (one of them) for fighting, but there are great masters who have never fought in this karate world. I can't help but wonder.
Thanks for the video. Explaining coordinated body movement is always important. Theoretically, anyone at an intermediate to advanced level should have at least a basic understanding of such concepts, especially if they have a qualified Sensei! Keep up your grind!
Thank you.
I will keep to make and post videos.
Thank you for the video. I appreciate your thoughtful response to the post you received and you make very good points. I suspect that the reason a kudo practitioner would find value in kata study would come from the difference in range in comparison to traditional karate kumite. The techniques of kata (especially Naihanchi) are not suitable for traditional kumite range where opponents begin some distance apart and must cross that space to strike. So traditional kumite favors longer range attacks like mawashi geri. The kudo fights I have seen so far frequently continue to closer range where those kata techniques become practical to use.
I am unfortunately fairly distant from any kudo schools or competitions so I must base what I know on video sources (yours are good, I believe) and on what I have read. And I have read that kudo originally included kata but stopped the practice. If this is true, do you know the reason? Also do you think they should reconsider that choice?
That's a bit of a sensitive question (lol).
However, I don't want to lie or fudge, so I will try to answer as honestly as possible.
Rather than Kudo, it is more accurately Daido Juku. It seems that there was a kata in 1981, when Daido Juku was just founded by Azuma Sensei. I joined Daido Juku in 1983, and I never did kata in any of the classes I took.
However, if you look at the introductory book from that time, that kata is just basic techniques strung together. A jab, a straight, a hook, an uppercut, a front kick, a roundhouse kick, a back spinning kick, a 180-degree change of direction, and then the same motion again, but with the left and right sides reversed.
Since I currently define kata as "a method of training to obtain power, speed, and stamina without relying on physical ability by fundamentally reworking one's own movements," I wonder if I can call that kata.
If you ask me why it is no longer practiced, I would guess that it is simply because it was not a very effective way to train to become stronger.
Personally, I don't think there will be any new katas (things done by one person) in the future.
On the other hand, a two-person kata called "Jouhou" is started to create in Daido Juku. A kata performed by two people, in other words, is a stylized yakusoku kumite.
How widespread this will be in the future is yet to be seen.
Hello Sensei, thank you very much for your videos. I have a question. I am a little bit confused because in Naihanchi you punch and then you make a step but shouldn't your body already be in motion when you punch? So shouldn't you punch while you make a step and not make a step after you punch?
Thank you for the question.
The Naihanchi I'm working on is an older style. There is a saying that describes the old karate moves. It is "hands first".
In old karate, when you punch, your hands move first and then your body. My Naihanchi is like that, right?
On the other hand, there is a new style of Naihanchi. In this new style, the body and hands move at the same time, or rather, the body moves first and then the hands move afterwards. This was started by a sensei named Itosu Anko, but nowadays this style of Naihanchi is more common.
So if you are only familiar with the new Naihanchi, you may find my movements strange.
This issue will be explained also in the next video.
You may also find this video helpful.
th-cam.com/video/V7fgYna-rkI/w-d-xo.html
Sorry, it's Japanese version, but has English subtitles.
@@shinjiwatanabe8131 Thank you very much for your response. I didn't know these things. I realised that I need to watch your other videos first and try this punching method myself to understand it better. The subtitles are very good.