He took my 5th dan examination in Belgium in 1990 together with Miyazaki Sensei. I performed kata Sōchin as shitei kata. Sōchin used to be Miyazaki Sensei's tokyu kata
Yahara sensei won the fight Kagawa sensei won the game. Both knew it when they walked off the floor. Never let winning a competition be your reason for being there. It’s to test your timing and speed not play tag. I’m not knocking Kagawa sensei, I’m simply stating what took place here.
Rubbish, just like two drunks in a street fight. Scrappy and graceless. Where are all the flowing karate moves? Kumite always descends into this sort of nonsense. A half decent boxer would have laid both of them out.
This is amazing, true spirit of karate, to finish the fight in least time. One can clearly see that the art is defensive in nature and the defender has an advantage as the attack practically creates an opportunity for the defender... Each one knows how fatal the full attack can be, so no one wants to risk attacking! Amazing tribute to real kumite! Oss
I was gonna ask this question. I am not a competition practitioner, and have no idea what rules are or used to be... but why was Yahara's opening jodan that cut Kagawa's lip (right in the beginning) considered an Ippon? Was it because he slipped ? Thank you.
