Love your open mind about karate: if it is not in the Goju curriculum, just look at other schools or systems. I have never been a flexible person, so kicks to the lower joints work perfect for me. As someone who started in Shotokan we practised Mae Geri a lot. This love this kick. The last 6 years I've practising Goju Ryu. The style suits me as I'm getting older. Love fighting closer to the opponent. And use kicks like Gin Geri. Easy and effective. Or use mawashi gin Geri, a cresent kick to the groin or inner thighs. Keep posting these nice informative videos! Big thumbs up.
Wow, thank you so much for this wonderful review! Absolutely agree that we should using the kicks that suit our abilities, not kicks for the sake of aesthetics. The fact that Goju Ryu has no high kicks in any of our kata goes to show that low kicks get the job done! Thank you for watching and commenting 🙇♀️
A great question! Depending on your fitness and flexibility level, to start try do 5 sets of 10 reps on each side. Increase by another 10 on each leg each time, so that you can build strength carefully and safely. Listen to your body, and if any pain is sharp and hot, stop and reassess your technique. Training in front of a mirror is a big help when it comes to kicks!
Very nice video, I wouldn't say you were stealing anything, it's all Karate and the old masters felt this way and freely exchanged ideas and techniques. We are all BUDO or Martial Arts family! Domo Arigato Sensei!
Truly the old masters loved to train together where possible and share as much as they could - this obsession with MY STYLE IS BEST AND ONLY ONE is so recent, and a bit sad as well. We love that you share in our spirit and love of karate, and we truly appreciate your kind words. Thank you for watching and commenting! 🥋🙇🏻♀️🥋
Bob the Stick is the best effort we have seen this whole year in lockdown! After that, the ballerina step is nothing 🤣 Please share progress videos with us on Insta when you are ready 🤗
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! We did touch on flexibility in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qIuQKY6IoJo.html But we should maybe do a dedicated flexibility video!
Wait which naihanchi was that? I was talking to my teacher about mikazuki and he said there was no such thing. He said old school Ti is only front middle and low kicking, which tracks but I know theres more than that like step kicking, crescents and round kicks and joint kicks too. So I was wondering if its just his lineage that doesn't practice those kinds of kick.
Hello! So it's from our Naifunchin, sort of like the almost identical twin of Naihanchi - we definitely have a nifty little crescent kick. Here's our longer video on the kata, and it will hopefully auto-suggest our related videos. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nlzmw-YzBdM.htmlsi=EyOqSueZAvbH45Vo Thank you for your excellent question!
How are people taught in that style to avoid loosing their balance when throwing head kicks? Or how to avoid getting your kicking leg caught by an attacker? I've learned that some kicks used in tournaments and dojo sparring aren't the best for street self defense. Low leg kicks may be better for real fights. You can maintain your balance and avoid having an attacker catching your kicking leg.
Excellent question! In some of our other videos we've touched on this in more detail - high kicks are only really for tournaments and for the very, very talented. When executed well, it's like getting smashed in the skill with a 10kg kettlebell. But its high risk, and I prefer to teach lower, nastier kicks myself (my husband Ché, in the video, is a natural-born kicker. I am not.) In fact, there are no high kicks in any of the Goju Ryu kata - the highest target is the stomach, but there are a number of kansetsu geris to the kneecap and many kicks to the groin. It is worth learning how to do a good roundhouse kick to the ribs and knees, but not essential to learn how to do them to the head, especially when our hands can get there much faster than our legs. We definitely need to do an updated, consolidated video on kicking - please watch this space! Thank you for taking the time to write such a thoughtful comment :)
Hello sensei I need some help :/ Last week around Jan 7 I started feeling pain in the joint that connects the right hip and the right leg. I felt the pain when I walked or placed my weight on that leg I continued with my training for two days despite the pain. However, On Jan 10 I woke up with pain in both of the joints. I tried to do some kicks to suck it up but I when I rose my legs the pain increased. I didn't know what the reason of that injury was because I always did like 10 minutes of warm up before any training. I started doing the ballerina step for roundhouse kicks around December 30 But before that I had already been doing front splits everyday for more than a month and also practicing karate kicks, so the only thing new was the ballerina position. So I believe that it might've been the ballerina position what caused my joints to over strech or something. Now after all of that context 😅 My question is if you have had students with this same problem, I would like to discard any other reasons of that pain. So maybe if other people also have this problem it must be something that goes away as you rest and get used to that position. I sure hope so. By the way, today I was tired of not being able to train so I did some training but carefully, and today my right hip joint hurts less! The left one still hurts when walking or placing my weight on it though :/
Oh no! It sounds like an overuse injury - as always, our first recommendation is to get it checked out by a doctor or a physio, but that isn't always possible. We always recommend rest when there's something hurting, and you know that its not stiffness but damage. Doing more kicks is generally not good for healing 😅 For now, and please realize that this is over RU-vid comments and not the advice of medical professionals, please rest your legs for a few days. No kicking or stretching! It is a good time to work on blocks and punches, and let your muscles and joints rebuild and recover. We love your enthusiasm, and how hard you train - you may not be in our physical dojo, but you are definitely a big part of our digital dojo! And so we say to you, like we'd say to a student here at home: please rest and take care of yourself! (Also, it is cheaper than surgery in the long run!) When you feel better, send us another video so that we can have a look at your foot placement to make sure your hips and knees are correctly aligned so that this doesn't become a long term problem. Take care!
I wrote a super long reply, and then youtube ate it 😭 Thank you for taking the time to not only make your own home makiwara/mokujin, but to share videos with us! We are so delighted to see your joy and enthusiasm for Goju Ryu. So you don't need much power from your hip in a roundhouse kick, because the sheer weight and momentum of your leg will do plenty of damage. It is more important to keep your core strong and controlled than adding that last little zing of power with a hip vibration. So some feedback on your video: Good stability and control - most people wobble when they take a foot off the ground. When you kick backwards, make sure your toes are pointing towards the ground for correct alignment of the knees and hips. With your roundhouse kick, make sure the toes of the supporting foot are pointing away from your target (in this case, Bob!) to ensure your knee lines up over your toes, and your hips are open. This will allow you to lift your knee higher and get good height on your kick (should you want it - kicking to the knee works too). Keep up the hard work, and thank you for always watching and commenting :)
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre thanks so much for your feedback and your caring!!! It is actually hard for me to keep the toes pointing away from bob, I guess I just need to get used to it :) Also, should my toes point away from my target in side kicks as well?
@@sebastianramirezgarcia5293 It does take time to build that flexibility in the ankle, and it is the number one correction we make! It will come over time, especially if you are careful to continuously correct yourself. If you look at this moment in the video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wr4r_SBh-YA.html you will see that Che has his foot turned all the way around, which is why he can get his knee up and the kick looking so fluid. Keep at it! You will get there :)
