I had the immense pleasure to train with Master Yagi when he visited the U. S. many years ago at the dojo of Mirakian sensei. I remember one session where he and I were hitting each others arms with powerful shuto strikes. I was strong and every focused shuto to Master Yagi's arms had no effect on him at all. He just smiled. Very impressive.
I have practiced Karate for three decades and have even won trophies for my kata. And I can honestly tell you that kata is a supreme waste of time in so very many ways!
@@zebbanister2348 I would suggest, from my over seven decades of life and five decades of practice, that a deeper study would reveal the value of kata.
@@YamamotoKazuo high kick is for shotokan, where you need kick higher to have better scores. In traditional karate like Goju, you just need to kick into enemy's fatal spot between abs and balls (under the belt area)
It is practical kata, those that say it isn't don't understand and I'm not going to educate them. But apart from that, it looks good too. I've always been attracted to the movement of kata
Although my karate participation had to end in its 35th year (chronic foot injury) I was learning Saifa kata for my yon-dan exam (Shotokan). I had several "lessons" from a yon-dan Goju practitioner in Phoenix while working on a project out there. I enjoyed this new kata immensely and found it opened entirely new doors. Thank you very much for this video.
3:00 if you notice after he does harai otoshi(foot sweep)and he uses a kansetsu-geri (joint kick), usually it takes 2 movements to use a kansetsu geri, lift leg then kick, when you do it that way your opponent can see it way easier and defend, if you do as he did by making use of the lifting up your leg part and turning it into not only a motion to get your leg up to kick but sweeping his leg then using that same moment to use kansetsu-geri.
I've been doing karate for a swell 15 years since the sweet age of 6 years old. In all honesty, of all the thing that I have learnt, It wouldn't take a fully grown male more than a month fully to commit all the movements, sequences and katas to memory. However, one thing that learning can't teach that only time can give, is the natural synergy one gets with Karate as a whole: more seamless movements, quicker and more appropriate responses to movements and more deeper reflective and understanding of the style. -2nd Dan
Yes it is. Shorin Ryu here. It was great to see the different levels of focus the higher ranks had doing the kata, especially with the incorporation of the hara.
Excellent Master, excellent Students! If you know the "why" the techniques are flooded with Ki and meaning. As the video shows even yellow belts understands and Ki is flooting in each stand and each movement. Deep respect towards the style, the master/ sensei and each student.
Really interesting to see the minute differences in the performances of the kata between the various dojos ( Meibukan vs Shoreikan vs Jundokan vs IOGKF, etc.)
I agree, many areas of our (Shoreikan/Toguchi) kata are mush slower, but I think it's just the experiences and different flavors of Masters Higa, Yagi, Toguchi, and Myazato. I think they are all wonderful!!! Remember Master Toguchi's wife Haruko Toguchi was a traditional Ryukyu Court Dancer, the Shoreikan style absorbed a lot from Ryukyu Dance and Mrs. Toguchi's knowledge.
@@shoreikangoju-ryuusahombu-8342 The differences are due to the era they learnt the kata from Chojun Miyagi. Yagi learnt the earlier versions of various kata. Miyazato of Jundokan learnt a later version. Anchi Miyagi learnt the final version before Chojun died and passed it to IOGKF, but Morio Higaonna learnt from both Miyazato and Anichi Miyagi. The Opening of the kata differed too. In the beginning Chojun taught what you see here - they begin with feet planted apart and hands at their sides, subsequently by 1940 he changed it so that the kata begins with hands and feet together. If you look at Meibukan Saifa, you see similarities with Shitoryu Saifa-these similarities were due to their common ancestry from Kanryo Higaonna. But in later years Chojun changed the kata so what you see in Jundokan IOGKF etc are the later version when the hammer strike is done with the body facing sideways instead of forwards. In Shisochin, the four palm strikes were done quickly in Meibukan....but in Jundokan they do it slowly. Anichi Miyagi actually asked why the difference? And Chojun said when he taught Yagi etc he was young and able to do it fast but by the time he taught Miyazato he was old and did it slowly. Hence IOGKF reverted to doing it quickly. I mean many people can discuss why and who's version is correct, but the truth is all were the right versions because all were taught by Chojun Miyagi. He was the founder and his karate evolved over the years as his philosophy, physique and understanding of karate changed. From the minute dfferences in Kata one can tell a student's lineage.
@@toraguchitoraguchi9154 I agree, I also think that Masters - Higa, Toguchi, Yagi, and Miyazato earned the right to further develop their Goju-Ryu (Naha Ti) as Master Miyagi passed it on to them, as well as add their own understanding and experiences. In Okinawa: Ryukyu style Karate is not meant to be standardized like Judo or Kendo. I am told that Master Toguchi was one of both Master Higa and Master Miyagi's first students, and he studied with both of his teachers until there death, even while teaching his own students. And also much time with Jahatsu Kyoda, which gave him a very unique Naha Ti education.
@@shoreikangoju-ryuusahombu-8342 Yes, there were several masters like Toguchi and Higa's students who teach their own versions of Goju-Ryu Kata, and that is quite normal. Even within Meibukan their masters have distinct styles of doing Kata, and most of them do it better than the second and 3rd generation Yagis..there's Ikemiyagi for example....In the Jundokan, they have several masters whose styles of Kata are different , and some of them like Taira have branched out- and within the IOGKF today, Nakamura is doing an intense version of Higaonna's teachings on Kata which looks a little different but only because he is built differently from Higaonna BUT despite variations in the appearance of Kata, when you listen to them talk about the core of Goju training and philosophy, they are all the same. The core of Goju Karate is in its training system, from Junbi Undo to Hojo Undo to Sanchin Tensho with Shime, Kakie, kata etc....the outward appearances differ from school to school but the core remains unchanged.
@@toraguchitoraguchi9154 Thank you for all the expertise! My dojo recently changed from IOGKF to a more jundokan base. It is very interesting to see all of these differences and know their lineage.
As a yellow belt I was outperforming some black belts at my dojo and I had only been training for 2 to 3 months. A belt truly means nothing except where in the dojo you need to line up.
very good, being a Black Belt will give you fighting skills over the average man. It will also develop leadership skills and the ability to embrace challenges throughout life.
This video is AWESOME !! I take a Chinese / Filipino martial arts. Our school is hosting a Goju-ryu striking seminar and I have never seen Goju-ryu. This video was the first video that appeared from my search of "Goju Ryu Kata".
This is excellent. Crisp and clean. I’m American Tang Soo Do, I don’t know the style but I can tell when I’m looking at a high level of teaching and training.
Despite the fact that I'm a Shotokan guy, I'm very interested in getting more knowlegde of other styles of Karate, especially how impressive Goju-ryu is.
Funakoshi sensei never liked the term Shotokan. He'd say only Karate do. In his early development, he only refered to Naha Te, Shuri Te and Tomari Te. He would always bow to Okinawa. Goju is a term that Miyagi sensei never produced. Today, all these labels have created more separation than unity, as Funakoshi sensei predicted.
@@EduardoRodriguez-ks4em because of the organizations demand that. When Sensei Miyagi join with the organization, they asked the style. Goju Ryu it seems for him just a label.
Look up Kum Sung Karate. Huge fan. My kids have studying for 8 years now. 40 year anniversary this week in Toms River this week. This was fun to watch. Different styles.
I practice Shotokan Karate and Kung Fu and i'm amazed how this Karate remember me more Kung Fu than Shotokan. Diferent and incrdible. really want to practice Goju Ryu one day just to see the differences.
I have been training in the martial arts for 55 years (Karate then Chinese based Kung Fu stuff) and have always had a strong pull towards Goju-ryu. Maybe I am too old to change. Hmmm... Maybe change happens anyway!
I wonder if this is a kata seminar. I first noticed that the students have different execution of the stances, then I noticed they have different patches in their uniforms. It looks to me like they have different instructors, but they went sent to this class or seminar with an advanced instructor to improve their understanding and performance of kata.
What I'm seeing is the difference between my previous "American" dojo and this one. The young blue belt girl doing Gekisai Daini puts more into her kata than some people twice her age and with higher belts. I've never understood that.
El karate es la mejor terapia para el espíritu cuando uno logra comprender realmente de lo que esto trata tu vida cambia para siempre..es importante perseverar el karate es de por vida
I started Goju-ryu yesterday :). I'm watching videos on Gekisai Daiichi today, and there I'm a bit lost... After the first Jodan Uke (0:49), isn't the first hit supposed to be a Jodan tsuki? In this video (at 0:52 for example) it looks like they are in Chudan tsuki, right :$ ? What's the good move? Would there be different versions of Gekisai Daiichi (and other kata) depending on the schools? Federations?
Love this. I practice other martial arts, but it is always good to watch all the arts when they are taught properly.
朝倉未来を・・・・舐めるな・・・・！😡
I had the immense pleasure to train with Master Yagi when he visited the U. S. many years ago at the dojo of Mirakian sensei. I remember one session where he and I were hitting each others arms with powerful shuto strikes. I was strong and every focused shuto to Master Yagi's arms had no effect on him at all. He just smiled. Very impressive.
Respect! I've been teaching/practicing Goju Ryu for 55 years. This is good.
I have practiced Karate for three decades and have even won trophies for my kata. And I can honestly tell you that kata is a supreme waste of time in so very many ways!
Is it me or Goju Ryu does not seem to like high kicks
@@zebbanister2348 I would suggest, from my over seven decades of life and five decades of practice, that a deeper study would reveal the value of kata.
@@YamamotoKazuo high kick is for shotokan, where you need kick higher to have better scores. In traditional karate like Goju, you just need to kick into enemy's fatal spot between abs and balls (under the belt area)
@@YamamotoKazuo No Karate had High Kicks, the High Kicks came in the 1950s because it was cool, starting with the Mawashi Geris Yodan, etc...
Good to see Young people that continue to practice the kata and preserve them for the next generation of karate ka.
Namaste from India excellent performance i am teaching Goju ryu in India past 52 years, but it is outstanding.
Yes. Indeed! Best regards from Poland!
It is practical kata, those that say it isn't don't understand and I'm not going to educate them. But apart from that, it looks good too. I've always been attracted to the movement of kata
Exactly what you said effectually
Although my karate participation had to end in its 35th year (chronic foot injury) I was learning Saifa kata for my yon-dan exam (Shotokan). I had several "lessons" from a yon-dan Goju practitioner in Phoenix while working on a project out there. I enjoyed this new kata immensely and found it opened entirely new doors. Thank you very much for this video.
3:00 if you notice after he does harai otoshi(foot sweep)and he uses a kansetsu-geri (joint kick), usually it takes 2 movements to use a kansetsu geri, lift leg then kick, when you do it that way your opponent can see it way easier and defend, if you do as he did by making use of the lifting up your leg part and turning it into not only a motion to get your leg up to kick but sweeping his leg then using that same moment to use kansetsu-geri.
I've been doing karate for a swell 15 years since the sweet age of 6 years old. In all honesty, of all the thing that I have learnt, It wouldn't take a fully grown male more than a month fully to commit all the movements, sequences and katas to memory. However, one thing that learning can't teach that only time can give, is the natural synergy one gets with Karate as a whole: more seamless movements, quicker and more appropriate responses to movements and more deeper reflective and understanding of the style.
-2nd Dan
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I learn Goju ryu and Shito ryu... the katas are amazing love traditional karate..... oss 🥋
I am currently green belt in Goju ryu Karate ka, though in taekwondo I am black belt Dan I. Thank you Sensei for teaching us online.
This sooo nostalgic, i missed those kata days, and sparring days...
Amazing!!! No matter the style of Karate you practise, this video is really informative and helpful
Yes it is. Shorin Ryu here. It was great to see the different levels of focus the higher ranks had doing the kata, especially with the incorporation of the hara.
OSS . Goju Ryu ✊️
Excellent Master, excellent Students! If you know the "why" the techniques are flooded with Ki and meaning. As the video shows even yellow belts understands and Ki is flooting in each stand and each movement. Deep respect towards the style, the master/ sensei and each student.
Really interesting to see the minute differences in the performances of the kata between the various dojos ( Meibukan vs Shoreikan vs Jundokan vs IOGKF, etc.)
I agree, many areas of our (Shoreikan/Toguchi) kata are mush slower, but I think it's just the experiences and different flavors of Masters Higa, Yagi, Toguchi, and Myazato. I think they are all wonderful!!! Remember Master Toguchi's wife Haruko Toguchi was a traditional Ryukyu Court Dancer, the Shoreikan style absorbed a lot from Ryukyu Dance and Mrs. Toguchi's knowledge.
@@shoreikangoju-ryuusahombu-8342 The differences are due to the era they learnt the kata from Chojun Miyagi. Yagi learnt the earlier versions of various kata. Miyazato of Jundokan learnt a later version. Anchi Miyagi learnt the final version before Chojun died and passed it to IOGKF, but Morio Higaonna learnt from both Miyazato and Anichi Miyagi. The Opening of the kata differed too. In the beginning Chojun taught what you see here - they begin with feet planted apart and hands at their sides, subsequently by 1940 he changed it so that the kata begins with hands and feet together.
If you look at Meibukan Saifa, you see similarities with Shitoryu Saifa-these similarities were due to their common ancestry from Kanryo Higaonna. But in later years Chojun changed the kata so what you see in Jundokan IOGKF etc are the later version when the hammer strike is done with the body facing sideways instead of forwards.
In Shisochin, the four palm strikes were done quickly in Meibukan....but in Jundokan they do it slowly. Anichi Miyagi actually asked why the difference? And Chojun said when he taught Yagi etc he was young and able to do it fast but by the time he taught Miyazato he was old and did it slowly. Hence IOGKF reverted to doing it quickly.
I mean many people can discuss why and who's version is correct, but the truth is all were the right versions because all were taught by Chojun Miyagi. He was the founder and his karate evolved over the years as his philosophy, physique and understanding of karate changed.
From the minute dfferences in Kata one can tell a student's lineage.
@@toraguchitoraguchi9154 I agree, I also think that Masters - Higa, Toguchi, Yagi, and Miyazato earned the right to further develop their Goju-Ryu (Naha Ti) as Master Miyagi passed it on to them, as well as add their own understanding and experiences. In Okinawa: Ryukyu style Karate is not meant to be standardized like Judo or Kendo. I am told that Master Toguchi was one of both Master Higa and Master Miyagi's first students, and he studied with both of his teachers until there death, even while teaching his own students. And also much time with Jahatsu Kyoda, which gave him a very unique Naha Ti education.
@@shoreikangoju-ryuusahombu-8342 Yes, there were several masters like Toguchi and Higa's students who teach their own versions of Goju-Ryu Kata, and that is quite normal. Even within Meibukan their masters have distinct styles of doing Kata, and most of them do it better than the second and 3rd generation Yagis..there's Ikemiyagi for example....In the Jundokan, they have several masters whose styles of Kata are different , and some of them like Taira have branched out- and within the IOGKF today, Nakamura is doing an intense version of Higaonna's teachings on Kata which looks a little different but only because he is built differently from Higaonna
BUT despite variations in the appearance of Kata, when you listen to them talk about the core of Goju training and philosophy, they are all the same.
The core of Goju Karate is in its training system, from Junbi Undo to Hojo Undo to Sanchin Tensho with Shime, Kakie, kata etc....the outward appearances differ from school to school but the core remains unchanged.
@@toraguchitoraguchi9154 Thank you for all the expertise! My dojo recently changed from IOGKF to a more jundokan base. It is very interesting to see all of these differences and know their lineage.
Grandioso Goju Ryu...
Jonathan. Raffo. Karate. Do. Si
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17:04
Sir,
I am from Manipur State, India🇮🇳
Your work is very valuable and impressive
Even the Yellow belts have solid technique. Realy good to see as so many schools these days promote students too early IMO.
As a yellow belt I was outperforming some black belts at my dojo and I had only been training for 2 to 3 months. A belt truly means nothing except where in the dojo you need to line up.
Very good. Excelent class.
Excellent form and focus by the students.
very good, being a Black Belt will give you fighting skills over the average man. It will also develop leadership skills and the ability to embrace challenges throughout life.
This video is AWESOME !! I take a Chinese / Filipino martial arts. Our school is hosting a Goju-ryu striking seminar and I have never seen Goju-ryu. This video was the first video that appeared from my search of "Goju Ryu Kata".
Beautiful Kara forms are all on point - very good
I like how he explains the bunkai of the kata
Love to see the kids working so hard, great stuff!!
That strength and that speed are amazing!
And to see what you are aiming for when you strike is awesome!
This is excellent. Crisp and clean. I’m American Tang Soo Do, I don’t know the style but I can tell when I’m looking at a high level of teaching and training.
Great job. Sense Teroue Chinen, uses to teaches me Gojryu 20yrs ago in Spokane,Wa.
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these students have beautiful form, great job everyone!
Not sure how the Goju ranking system works but those yellow belts looked pretty damn good.
Those youngsters had excellent technique. Props!
My family and i were some of Hanshi Wrights first students. Very cool to see these kata's on TH-cam
❤ from India 🇮🇳
¡¡Excelentes alumnos y lo mismo digo del Sensei!
Arigato Sensei , da gusto ver esos alumnos y su Dojo .saludos de Argentina Mdq
Man, even the little yellow belts are killing it!!
That yellow belt
boy is good!
If this class in malaysia..i will learn all step from this karate master..very good learner..
Despite the fact that I'm a Shotokan guy, I'm very interested in getting more knowlegde of other styles of Karate, especially how impressive Goju-ryu is.
Funakoshi sensei never liked the term Shotokan. He'd say only Karate do. In his early development, he only refered to Naha Te, Shuri Te and Tomari Te. He would always bow to Okinawa. Goju is a term that Miyagi sensei never produced. Today, all these labels have created more separation than unity, as Funakoshi sensei predicted.
@@EduardoRodriguez-ks4em because of the organizations demand that. When Sensei Miyagi join with the organization, they asked the style. Goju Ryu it seems for him just a label.
@@m5a1stuart83 True! In both cases, somebody else decided for them.
@@EduardoRodriguez-ks4em
anyways funakoshis karate do differs totally
Shotokan, father of Tae Kown Do. Great art, As is Goju Ryu. I hold great respect for the Okinawan arts and everything they added to and help create.
Look up Kum Sung Karate. Huge fan. My kids have studying for 8 years now. 40 year anniversary this week in Toms River this week. This was fun to watch. Different styles.
exelente nivel!! eso es el reflejo de la calidad del espiritu..:) dificil de encontrar en escuelas de occidente...
yes
Oss. amaze this demonstration! I'm training Goju in Nova Iguaçu RJ
I don't know I've always liked saifa the most waah i wish i could go back to those days when i played karate
Im from Brazil love karate!
Gracias, gracias, gracias por compartir esta invaluable enseñanza Maestro
Center
This is pure " gold" , i can imagine myself becoming one of the fighter in street fighter real movie. shoryuken.
This is amazing technique and fundamental
Wonderful thanks for sharing 🙏
BRILLIANT EXECUTION of TECHNIQUE and FORM!
I practice Shotokan Karate and Kung Fu and i'm amazed how this Karate remember me more Kung Fu than Shotokan.
Diferent and incrdible. really want to practice Goju Ryu one day just to see the differences.
Why not continue Shotokan since you started with shotokan?
@@Samperor I will continue Shotokan if I find a proper school to continue, because probably I'll go to another place soon.
Thanks for the tips, they can be applied to my own style.
I have been training in the martial arts for 55 years (Karate then Chinese based Kung Fu stuff) and have always had a strong pull towards Goju-ryu. Maybe I am too old to change. Hmmm... Maybe change happens anyway!
Wow such a deep knowledge please keep making such videos
osuu!!!
Sensei Chinen is smiling on your dojo!
I am also goju-ryu karate player .fully respect to all katas kumite
They really need to go a make a video with Senaha Shigetoshi, he is the most senior student of Meitoku Yagi.
Excellent! They look really good!
Excelente, verdadeiro espírito de DOJO.
thank you sensei 🙏🏻❤
You can really see the White Crane Kung Fu influence on these kata when the start doing open hand attacks and blocks
Japanese make kung fu works...
Parabens muito bom e efficient JHOE LEE
Parabéns!!! Meus cumprimentos do Brasil.. oss
Oss
I like how the teacher stops after every kata and give his input.
I'm from Bangladesh and I've been learning goju ryu for 4 years
Awesome! Keep it up!
Each school has differences... I just realize their Gekisai is different from others'! :-O
Exactly, the end is different in our dojo
I love goju-ryu
Thanks for that!
Love karate
Salute you sensei
Katas are awesome
This cool as a TKD person I see similarities, I learned some Shotokan a little bit as Well as many other styles.
I wonder if this is a kata seminar. I first noticed that the students have different execution of the stances, then I noticed they have different patches in their uniforms.
It looks to me like they have different instructors, but they went sent to this class or seminar with an advanced instructor to improve their understanding and performance of kata.
真棒😄👍👍👍
Таких движении в природе нет.Это нечто роботизированное, сковывающее сознание. Явно агрессивное.
I liked the lesson
What I'm seeing is the difference between my previous "American" dojo and this one. The young blue belt girl doing Gekisai Daini puts more into her kata than some people twice her age and with higher belts. I've never understood that.
Estoy muy orgullosa de que mi hija pueda estudiar, para mi es un arte
Best time to start was yesterday, second best time is NOW!
El karate es la mejor terapia para el espíritu cuando uno logra comprender realmente de lo que esto trata tu vida cambia para siempre..es importante perseverar el karate es de por vida
Your reply is in.. Spanish(?) Sorry, I can only read English.
gosto muito do estilo no sentimento próprio que praticar me causa e também da expertise inteligência que que desenvolve
Trenowalysmy karate, judo, bjj, grapling, taekwondo, viet vo dao. Pozdrawiamy z Polski i zapraszamy na wspólny trening.
Yes
Comecei a treinar em 1986, era complicado aprender os Kata não tinha vídeo era tudo na academia na hora do treino hoje tudo mais simples..Oss..
Que emocion mirar el video de las katas de karate , no importa la tecnica que esta sea.
அருமையாக விளக்கி உள்ளீர் அய்யா
ooosssshhh senseii🥋🥋🥋 i'm from indonesian🇮🇩
Interesting video.Mostly the same as what we're doing in Manitoba with some slight differences.👍
Very powerful aikido
Cool sir 👍
Sencillamente magnífico!
Very nice 👍🙂
I started Goju-ryu yesterday :). I'm watching videos on Gekisai Daiichi today, and there I'm a bit lost... After the first Jodan Uke (0:49), isn't the first hit supposed to be a Jodan tsuki? In this video (at 0:52 for example) it looks like they are in Chudan tsuki, right :$ ? What's the good move? Would there be different versions of Gekisai Daiichi (and other kata) depending on the schools? Federations?
Daniel San, must have polished the floor. Looks good.
It's been 5 years since i entered a dojo and i doubt i could even do a proper dai ichi now. It looks like I'll have to start over from white belt XD
very nice, but as soon as i don't see shorter sleeves and legs Karate Gi, i know they are not that hardcore !!! my experience with the art :)
Always present of mind to counter attack of an enemies.
Lindo esse kata!
The picture advertising this vid shows sanseiru. It’s incorrect. Should be open left over right hand.
thanks a lot
Com respeito à todas as artes marcial,mas o karate é o mais lindo👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
If your unable to execute the jumping kick you can sub in your best front kick.
This is my favorite game
Essas crianças tem uma base bem firme!