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I was taught this form by a Ashihara sensei who was visiting America. I was an Okinawan Gojuryu Nidan at the time. I found it to be so effective in teaching multiple techniques along with tai sabaki that I began using it teaching beginner classes and the adult classes after regular kihon training. Getting the students to understand how to integrate body movement and striking and kicking techniques into their sparring can be difficult. Most could learn the kata fairly quickly and then doing it with a partner made the techniques come to life for them.
did it happen to be Kaicho Narker from South Africa?? I read his book My Karate Odyssey, very informative read about his travel to the USA visiting several karate schools and sharing his style
I have seen videos of hideyuki ashihara training and his early dojo fights! His move were different from all the karate practicetioners i have seen ever after or before they were more practical and meant for real fighting hideyuki ashihara was street fighter as such his original moves without any dilutation were very deadly and dangerous can not only kill an attacker but quickly break his knee or leg and destroys his balance making him unable to attack the techniques are brutual and rough with fast movements! I bet ashihara would have killed brucelee or even a thai or mma fighter in streets he was a deadly fighter.
Ashihara is a descendant of kyokushin which is the first full contact karate style. Kyokushin is a hard style with bare handed sparring. If you think that all karate is the same and that all they do is sit around doing katas all day like in shotokan then you should do more research.
Not 100% true, nowadays is quite difficult to differentiate one full contact karate style from the other because with tools as youtube and dvd instructionals, it is far easier for a practicioner of a given style (kyokushin for example) to study the applications and concepts of another style ( Ashihara for example) and implement those tecniques and concepts into his style so to say (Nothing wrong with that)... But you are not totally wrong either, because ashihara evolves from kyokushin and Kancho Ashihara was a direct student from Kancho Mas Oyama so of course there are similarities ( like kyokushin in terms of kata has similarites with shotokan and in terms of kumite similarities with muay thai) and when competition begins the truth of the matter is that most sabaki karate practitioners ( Ashihara , Enshin etc..) fight exactly as kyokushin fighters do, because a lot of the senseis of those styles come from a kyokushin background and thats what they teach their students.
+Adolfo Corredor > most sabaki karate practitioners ( Ashihara , Enshin etc..) fight exactly as kyokushin fighters do This isn't true. In fact when sabaki element added to competition it starts to look very different from Kyokushin, because standing on one leg is a huge risk of getting a wazaari from your opponent. Also sotei-uke blocks are not permited in Kyokushin competitions as far as I know unlike Sabaki styles.
I've seen a lot of fights in enshin and ashihara tournaments and most of them look the same as kyokushin, now don't get me wrong, by no means i am saying that the implementation of sabaki techniques is ineffective, on the other hand it is very effective! but the application under tournament rules is kind of tricky... Just 3 second grab rule in enshin makes it really hard to use hiki kuzushi & hiki mawashi techniques to it's full potential... Regarding the use of soto uke ( soto nagashi i believe in enshin) i think a lot of the traditional techniques in kyokushin tournament fighting have been lost through the decades of "evolution" if you watch the early tournaments (1973, 1975.1976 etc.) you will see Kancho Joko Ninomiya, Kancho Royama and Master Takashi Azuma to name a few using techniques and strategies that are no longer implemented in kyokushin fighting, for example in 1978 you could clearly see the implementation of sabaki movement in the fight between kancho Ninomiya vs Shihan Makoto Nakamura, you could see kancho Ashihara's hand in the way Ninomiya changed his fighting approach against an opponent as large as Nakamura. Those fights were awesome!!!
+Mr440c Dont know if my first reply reached you, I think i forgot to click the reply button but anyways you will see it when you read this... About the standing in one leg thing, you are right, it is an absolutely horrible thing to do, it leaves you open to a bunch of things, especially sweeps but not only in Ashihara & Enshin, also in kyokushin fighting if you find yourself against a fighter like Matsui Kancho, Midori Shihan etc. you are as good as swept! Of course in the Sabaki Tournament it would be even worst since grabbing and certain judo throws are allowed, so yes sir you are right.
Wow. Now this is the kinda kata that i would never question its effectiveness
This kata shows exactly what is happening. Not like the other Katas from other styles that have way too many hidden meanings and techniques
One of the reasons why we love it! OSU!
This type of Katas should be the norm. Not those with forced stances and chambered punches and t3h d34dly BS.
just what am looking for in TMA; not just form and art but practicality and effectiveness
Happy to know! Come join us on our other channel too! We explore practical applications with traditional karate there!
th-cam.com/video/4pTzKc1VXTs/w-d-xo.html
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This isn't traditional karate though. The sabaki styles of karate are modern interpretations
Good stuff here!
I was taught this form by a Ashihara sensei who was visiting America. I was an Okinawan Gojuryu Nidan at the time. I found it to be so effective in teaching multiple techniques along with tai sabaki that I began using it teaching beginner classes and the adult classes after regular kihon training. Getting the students to understand how to integrate body movement and striking and kicking techniques into their sparring can be difficult. Most could learn the kata fairly quickly and then doing it with a partner made the techniques come to life for them.
That's amazing! OSU!
did it happen to be Kaicho Narker from South Africa?? I read his book My Karate Odyssey, very informative read about his travel to the USA visiting several karate schools and sharing his style
@@FaridYM Yes it was. I only trained a couple of times with him but enjoyed his skill, knowledge and kindness. Great memories of that interaction.
These katas are why I love Ashihara and Enshin Karate. Osu!
OSU!
This is the true warrior karate.
OSU 🥋 excellent
I have seen videos of hideyuki ashihara training and his early dojo fights! His move were different from all the karate practicetioners i have seen ever after or before they were more practical and meant for real fighting hideyuki ashihara was street fighter as such his original moves without any dilutation were very deadly and dangerous can not only kill an attacker but quickly break his knee or leg and destroys his balance making him unable to attack the techniques are brutual and rough with fast movements! I bet ashihara would have killed brucelee or even a thai or mma fighter in streets he was a deadly fighter.
Ah dear! Do you know the demonstrator here? If you do, then can you kindly tell me?
Lee’s fighting skills are still unknown as of today. We can’t really tell who’s the better fighter
Errado. Tem uma coisa chamada treinamento. E duvido que outro ser humano esteja disposto a treinar com a mesma intensidade que treinava Bruce Lee.
Who is the Men in the white Gi? I love his speed and wonderfull Technic
couldn't be Yoko Ninomya could it?
Shihan Hidetoshi Tamaki... Osu...
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I wish there is Enshin or Ashihara in my country
can you please put on the youtube nage no kata? i like your videos!
Ashihara is a descendant of kyokushin which is the first full contact karate style. Kyokushin is a hard style with bare handed sparring.
If you think that all karate is the same and that all they do is sit around doing katas all day like in shotokan then you should do more
research.
shotokan katas suck
It still is kyokushin just ashiras interpretation of it in my kyokushin dojo we do all if this.Osu.
Not 100% true, nowadays is quite difficult to differentiate one full contact karate style from the other because with tools as youtube and dvd instructionals, it is far easier for a practicioner of a given style (kyokushin for example) to study the applications and concepts of another style ( Ashihara for example) and implement those tecniques and concepts into his style so to say (Nothing wrong with that)... But you are not totally wrong either, because ashihara evolves from kyokushin and Kancho Ashihara was a direct student from Kancho Mas Oyama so of course there are similarities ( like kyokushin in terms of kata has similarites with shotokan and in terms of kumite similarities with muay thai) and when competition begins the truth of the matter is that most sabaki karate practitioners ( Ashihara , Enshin etc..) fight exactly as kyokushin fighters do, because a lot of the senseis of those styles come from a kyokushin background and thats what they teach their students.
Anyway, i have practiced both styles and both are really good so keep on training with what suits you the best. Osu!
+Adolfo Corredor > most sabaki karate practitioners ( Ashihara , Enshin etc..) fight exactly as kyokushin fighters do
This isn't true. In fact when sabaki element added to competition it starts to look very different from Kyokushin, because standing on one leg is a huge risk of getting a wazaari from your opponent. Also sotei-uke blocks are not permited in Kyokushin competitions as far as I know unlike Sabaki styles.
I've seen a lot of fights in enshin and ashihara tournaments and most of them look the same as kyokushin, now don't get me wrong, by no means i am saying that the implementation of sabaki techniques is ineffective, on the other hand it is very effective! but the application under tournament rules is kind of tricky... Just 3 second grab rule in enshin makes it really hard to use hiki kuzushi & hiki mawashi techniques to it's full potential... Regarding the use of soto uke ( soto nagashi i believe in enshin) i think a lot of the traditional techniques in kyokushin tournament fighting have been lost through the decades of "evolution" if you watch the early tournaments (1973, 1975.1976 etc.) you will see Kancho Joko Ninomiya, Kancho Royama and Master Takashi Azuma to name a few using techniques and strategies that are no longer implemented in kyokushin fighting, for example in 1978 you could clearly see the implementation of sabaki movement in the fight between kancho Ninomiya vs Shihan Makoto Nakamura, you could see kancho Ashihara's hand in the way Ninomiya changed his fighting approach against an opponent as large as Nakamura. Those fights were awesome!!!
+Mr440c Dont know if my first reply reached you, I think i forgot to click the reply button but anyways you will see it when you read this... About the standing in one leg thing, you are right, it is an absolutely horrible thing to do, it leaves you open to a bunch of things, especially sweeps but not only in Ashihara & Enshin, also in kyokushin fighting if you find yourself against a fighter like Matsui Kancho, Midori Shihan etc. you are as good as swept! Of course in the Sabaki Tournament it would be even worst since grabbing and certain judo throws are allowed, so yes sir you are right.
I wish shotokan and shorin ryu has this kind of katas
ashihara and enshin! Osu
Not Enshin! Forever ASHIHARA!
Hi
This is what Kyokushin should have become.
A different taste! OSU!