It's so weird living in a time when Karate fighters have proven themselves and their art in MMA and the UFC, the standard we were told was the only way to test an arts validity, and yet we still have MMA fanboys parroting their same old "bullshido" canards. Truly a time to be alive.
Many misinterpret “Karate no sente nashi” to mean that we should wait to defend, but nothing can be further from the truth. Funakoshi Sensei made it abundantly clear that someone can attack you with their intentions, and through being aware, we should be offensive in our defense in order to gain the upper hand, when the opponents intention to attempt to hurt us is clear.
I think it can be beneficial to watch kata being performed by students from different Okinawan Goju Ryu organizations. There always seems to be vast differences while being similar. 👏🏻
Very first move was utter bullshit. Who ever heard of straightening an opponents weight bearing bent knee with your hand You would get that knee in your face
Yep that’s the entire point of the FULL video. Showing the flaws in the mainstream application and then discussing more practical variants. Thank you for your ignorance 👍🏻
This is really prevalent in all associations/ styles. However, I think the Oki’s deserve our respect and maybe while students are over their training they should voice these changes with their older Oki Sensei’s. And show what they’ve learned and how it translates in Goju practices (I know you are a Goju practitioner). I’ve cross trained in a lot of other styles and always correlate it back with Goju training.
Nice talk my friend. I did things the easy way, I just learned Japanese and called the guys I wanted to meet having gotten their numbers from mutual acquaintances. Not that hard, really, as you say. I only really got turned down by one guy that day, who I later met "unexpectedly" at a world tournament where I had a mutual friend introduce me "coincidentally." Now we are drinking buddies.
Kata or forms can be performed many different ways. Do it stiff do it loose, feel the difference of your technique do it with no power all speed, do it relaxed just tensing on impact. Play with it you will learn ways in which, you can generate force effortlessly that you may not have thought of or felt before. 👍