André Bertel | Karate | Full Bodyweight Kicks & Punches 

Its is great to see Andre differentiate between sport karate and budo. Very important. people will get hurt if they dont know or train for the difference.

@@mikeodonovan9299 The best part of this seminar is that they all get to play Basketball when its over

Since there is no mawashi geri in any kata, then this is not a karate kick. You couldn't even see any of it in kumite exercises. It has been used for the first time in competitions, since it's unefficient against well trained practitioners. Since to win a fight leads to take your opponent's central axis, mae geri is the only kick that appears in katas, and is the only kick that should be teached.

@@Yeino What a statement! You do have more kicks in many katas. Not to mention there are in fact other kicks in Karate. Mind, I know nothing about Ancient Budo, perhaps they used only mae gery.

@@freehermanjose5816 What you say is the exact contrary of reality. Even if you add new kicks to your practice, you can't say it is Karate. Gichin Funakoshi once said : "If you change Karate even a single little thing, then it is not Karate anymore." So newer kicks, like Mawashi geri or Mikazuki geri, aren't real Karate. They are something else, and if you want to add them to your practice, then you're not practising Karate, but something else, and you shouldn't call this Karate. What you call "ancient Budo" is Karate, the real Karate, like still practised nowadays in Okinawa. In Okinawa, other kicks than Mae geri exist, but nothing above the belt level, due to several reasons. The first reason is that it's too dangerous to raise your leg above the belt level : you won't perform it quick enough to be able to sustain any counterattack or grab. Second reason is that hitting outer body parts of the opponent's body is kind of inefficient. You could kick and kick and kick again outer body parts of a well trained opponent without damaging him at all. That's why real Karate focuses on inner body parts which are very often less trained, softer and deadly. The third reason is that these newer kicks have been created for competition purposes. A lot of techniques have been created by the young Gigo Funakoshi and his friends, Nakayama amongst them. Their way of practising has spread around the world as "sport Karate". But the truth is that high kick, roundhoue kicks already existed in Chinese martial arts centuries ago, and they've been removed due to their inefficiency. So they can be nice to see, but they're considered as flashy moves by true Karate practitioners. You can admire these kicks in movies, but in real fights, against experienced fighters or even warriors, you won't be able to perform them without being injured. So there is no kick other than Mae geri in katas from Shuri-te and Tomari-te (except if you don't consider Ushiro geri as a back Mae geri, except if you consider Hiza geri as kicks), even if there are others in Naha-te katas, like Kansetsu geri or Fumikomi geri. So yes, other kicks exist, but they're not part of Karate.

I studied shotokan karate with a japanese sensei in Peru . In kata tournaments we used controled contact to avoid hurt colleagues. In dojo training we used real force striking air. In real life we used real force Shotokan karate is the same. Only the student varies force according the situation

@@fernandoortega4679 You don't have any opponent during kata...

@Fred Forbes if the distance and timing close up within arms reach the pro boxer may come out on top but karate mainly fight long and medium range techniques! A skilled kicker would give the advantage to the karate man in my opinion, but let's not forget karate was always originally designed for self defence against an un provoked attack and not against other styles! Shotokan has kicks, punches , open and closed hand strikes+ throwing and joint locking. So in conclusion karateisvery efficient, all styles are good it just depends on the instructors and the students. 😊

@Fred Forbes thanks buddy. We're all out there trying to be the best the we can possibly be! Thank for your Reply . Mark

@@markwalker2986 Who is this Fred Forbes you are talking to? Did you make him up?

@@markwalker2986 Since actual Shotokan karate focuses on competition skills, and since it is a modern style that doesn't look like to what Funakoshi Gichin used to teach, it is not karate. If you could talk about Okinawan karate, you'd see much less long range techniques, and much more close techniques. Naihanchi, the Shuri-te reference kata is full of close strikes with full bodyweight. Naha-te is also focused on close range techniques. You should compare only real things that deserve to be, and only if your own skills and knowledge is at least as good as a 5th dan Renshi...

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Not to mention all that money you spent too.... When in a real fight with a robber, your belt has no credit. It how you deal with the situation that counts. Life and death is even more challenging. I was rob with a Chinese Chopper to my neck... and all the karate I know know was gone when I felt the sharp edge of that Chopper. 😔 But I still 💙💜 and practice karate.... Oss!!!

Funakoshi sensei also said it : if rhe form changes even just a little bit, then it's not karate anymore. So "sport karate" is not karate.

It’s a way of life. I have used it multiple times in real situations.

What is karate for self defense? I am not sure it exists. Does it include the training of real life scenarios? Situational awareness in daily life? For instance in daily life you don't wear a gi and you don't walk around barefoot. Take a look at modern self defense systems. People there dress the way the walk around in daily

TRUTH!

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Thank you for your kind feedback! There might be more to come...

Side snap & thrust kicks require max hip flexibility -- even more than mawashi and ushiro kicks. Many ppl can't find enough hip flexibility to create disabling power w/ side kick. But as you've said, higher level karateka can absolutely cause devastating injury w/ either side kick (thrust or snap) -- for instance breaking ribs, knee, elbow or jaw w/ yoko geri keage... given power transfer as illustrated by Sensei Bertel.

You're still with us. That is what counts!

I got a full hip replacement 2 years ago. My range of motion will never be this or ever what it was which was limited at best. But that being said. It should not stop you from training to the best of what is available.

This is not muay thai!!!. It is 100% traditional okinawan “shotokan karate “.

Fernando Ortega who said that it was???

@@76rexona It has 100 % elements of shotokan karate . It has 0% muay thai elements

@@fernandoortega4679 Hice shito ryu (hasta 1er dan) y hago muay thai, tenés razón no hay mucho de muay thai en las tecnicas de Andre, igualmente estos principios enriquecen bastante el muay thai. La biomecánica del Oi Tsuki y el Gyaku Tsuki del karate son mejores que el Jab y el Cross de cualqueir ootro deporte de combate, porque aprovechan mejor las bases cientificas de como generar potencia economizando el movimiento al máximo, al precio de descuidar un poco la guardia, pero tiene sentido si uno piensa que las tecnicas del karate estan pensadas para terminar un combate con un solo golpe, en circunstancias de defensa personal. En el Muay thai, si bien las técnicas tienen menos recorrido ya que los puños salen desde la guardia alta, tienen la practicidad de que no descuidan tanto la defensa, que es algo indispensable porque en este deporte el oponente se aguanta una paliza igual que uno, entonces los peleadores tienen que protegerse efectivamente a lo largo de varios rounds. A mi que no soy un tipo tan fuerte ni de contextura grande, como tengo ni voy a tener la fortaleza para derribar una persona grande con un solo golpe, hoy en día me sirve más el Muay Thai porque se trabaja mas la combinación de golpes y pegar con huesos grandes como la tibia, que nosotros los menos fuertes podemos desarrollar mas facilmente. Busca sobre el Muay Boran que es el arte marcial tradicional. Y el Lethwei de birmania, te van a gustar. Saludos

Stop saying that karate kicks have Muay Thai elements. This is the reason why many people suck at fighting. When you score with any of those kicks in a kumite competition no one would say it’s not karate kick. The faster you kick the more powerful your kick becomes. It doesn’t depend on the art you’re in

You shouldn't talk about karate if you don't know karate. You've not watched the video, or you've not understood anything...

@@Yeino I say the same thing for you😉😉😉

@@marcelonascimento7865 And you're wrong again. This kind of skill has been used in wargames for more than 3000 years. And yours ?

@@Yeino Ok, and I believe in Santa Claus. Later I will want to believe in action movies too. I didn't say the technique is not real... I said it is not good to finish someone up quickly.

Com uma técnica daquelas bem aplicadas nunca mais te levantavas!

it is very important to teach a sequence properly yes, are you dumb or something?

A bullshit answer, as expected.

Very much so. Inside the dojo & out

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The donkey smells first

Again another "mine is better than yours" prank. Your mindset is the real bullshit.

If you leaning lunge in metallic texture put your hands together like a diving seal and spin like nintendo for def, then break your spear. You could've done spurs wit yo hands for status effect.

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Not sure what you are trying to say but it's probably some very profound wisdom

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Danke, es geht mir gut :-) Ja, neue Videos wird es bestimmt geben.

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Man ..there is a case on everything .You train u will hit hard plus fast and the target wont have time to anything . Just sleep. And Karate is a good one for train Oss.

Speed of delivery and kime, along with surprise means you will not have time to react…

Yes exactly! And you use your whole bodyweight to maximize the impact.

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Yes!!! I agree!!!

Unfortunately, this kind of principles are almost unknown for Shotokai instructors. Even if it's hidden in Pinan and Naihanchi, since they've been changed for the actual Shotokan style, its practitioners don't know about it. That's why they're considered unskilled as hell by other styles practitioners.

I think MMA is great and really important for martial arts as whole, including karate. MMA is the best competition in my opinion.

Boxers also snap. It is extremely effective

you mean... like punching and...kicking? with your...hands and...feet?