André Bertel | Karate | Crazy POSTURE and BALANCE exercises 

Thank you for your reply. Those exercises are a lot of fun 😊

You're welcome. Now it's your turn to practice, haha 😂

Oops... Please be careful, or maybe use some knee pads...?

Thank you very much!

It's true, those exercises are not for everyone. And you don't have to do them to train the Karate of Bertel sensei. Focus on softness, relaxation, posture, using the hip correctly and so on. Check out his blog for more information.

It wrecks your body...it's ridiculous that's all. This MA is living in the past.

You can try André sensei's blog or find him on Facebook.

@@olliwaa thank you for your suggestions, Actually I m not at the Facebook.

Então tenta enfrentá-lo, palhaço😂

What you see here is an extract of five different seminars. And these exercises are part of a much bigger picture. Speaking of Shirai, I attended 2 seminars with him in Hamburg. All I remember today is endless kihon combinations and his students showing off an extremely hard type of Karate that was impossible to follow for me. I left those classes completely frustrated. Seeing this famous grandmaster was great but what for if I can't take anything away for my own development...?

@@olliwaa I have a little white hair. I am 6 Dan and a direct student of Master Shirai (for over 45 years). For this reason I think I understand a little bit of the real effectiveness of the technique and the connection between this and the qualities that you try to achieve during training. Always in search of absolute effectiveness, I also approached the world of MMA in 2007, where I became an Instructor. It matters little whether what Bertell shows is part of an overall plan of 5 or 10 Karate gatherings. The fact is that it is about athletic qualities that revolve around very particular athletic qualities and accessible to very few individuals. Just look at the faces of the participants in his internships to understand what I mean. Everyone has a surprised face because of the Mae Geri Jodan being pulled from half a meter away, his jumps, etc. etc. but NOBODY can imitate him a little. As for Bertell's type of technique, I would like to say that it is very easy to show certain things against people who do not move and who tremble in front of you in a mixture of respect, fear and for this reason they almost pee. in the pants. I would really like to see if Bertell could do the same things against an unpredictable, violent opponent who has no respect for him. I don't think Bertell would survive more than 1 Minute a Sparring against my son (professional MMA fighter in 78 Kg). I would be ready to bet 10,000 Euros.. Indeed I am almost sure NO, that it is NOT possible to perform that kind of techniques against opponents who want to KO you with simple and solid techniques. The difference between Berrtell's training and Shirai's training is that it is a possible training without very particular athletic qualities. Training often like them you become strong like them.

He just does stuff from Asia because he was his direct student. Asai was doing those exercises back then at the JKA. I was there at that time for many months. Some exercices are bad for the knees.

My impression...........he looks OK when dealing with compliant fools, as was often the case I say this having studied and taught Shotokan for many years and finding it desperately unfulfilling despite reaching 3rd Dan. Switched to Goju whuch was more rounded, more physical and more realistic. Was then advised by Terry O'Neill to train with Steve Morris.....blew everything out of the water......this man is a true master of his art, combat. His depth of knowledge I believe is second to none. I trained under most of the Japanese senseis of the 70s & 80s and have found none that matched Morris....truly awesome man, though not imbued with the greatest of interpersonal skills, but he is what he is. This is an old video of his....have to say he was the fasted and most powerful person I ever had the privilege of studying with ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1qU-nj5sDls.html&ab_channel=SteveMorris

Você fala como se realmente não conhecesse de karatê. Você tem sérios problemas com a metodologia das artes japonesas de toda forma. É isso que eu consigo perceber pelos seus comentários. E ninguém liga pro seu filho.

Not sure what you mean by "look first"...!?

He would not last 1 minute!

Perhaps because Karate is for civilian (i.e. ordinary people's) self defense and not for winning a cage fight...?

@@olliwaa you mean no use

@@olliwaa Bullshit, karatè Is for win in all situation,in street or in MMA ring,if obviusly the karatè Is true and strong,not this gentleman gymnastic!😈😈😈😆😆😆

You see karate in mma " Henry Cejudo vs. Wilson Reiss".

​@@thorkalel2851 não é ginástica. Você é que é burro. São exercícios para o aperfeiçoamento de uma técnica. É tão óbvio...

@Real Aiglon nope, keeping the foot that sideways just indicates that the feet are not set wide enough apart to the allow the back foot to be in a more forward position. I know this, because he likely, like most people, and specifically males have tight gastrocnemius muscles. Not only am I a martial artist, I am also a foot and ankle surgeon.

E o que é mma senão uma mistura de artes marciais tradicionais?

So true. These exercises should not be repeated too often. Especially not with an artificial hip.

I'm not agree. This shape of body SHORIN is very good for SHOREI like me. Im Black belt goju ryu Morio higaonna school,and sometimes we are stuck and very strong in the same Time. Monsieur BERTEL is a very good and fast karatéka. A real Master. NAHA TE is my Budo but it's not perfect.be Open to progress.

@@didiervidry7687 Mr Bertel is a very talented Karateka, but here he only demonstrates his acrobatic skills. This is not Karate. I am certain Mr Higaonna, a true Master, is of the same opinion.

@@didiervidry7687 If you follow Higoanna Sensei's teachings, you have very little more to desire from Martial training. Mr Higaonna is the embodiment of a latter-day Samurai warrior.

Não é para idiotas.

Asai Sensei's exercise, not mine!

Asai era um original. Estude mais da próxima vez.

Why do you think so ?

U have no idea of the benefits

Thank you for this useful comment.

It might be what important benefits of Karate or other martial arts in general you really don't know about.

There are almost zero benefits.