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I've studied Karate for nearly 30 years. Many things are instinctive at this point. I haven't put much thought to this but I literally had an AHA! Moment as you broke down the hip movement. I've done it both ways and have practiced to become more efficiently as I refined my techniques. It's mind blowing that now I can pinpoint the why I move my hips in any blocks thanks to you. This is like making my blade sharper by refining the technique on how and why. Domo Arigato Sensei! OSS!

As someone who does northern kung fu we have a ton of hip movement. One thing I have always admired about good Karate compared to "bad" Karate was the power and snap in the hip movements yall have. You can tell an advanced student compared to a noob with this motion. If you are fighting from a semi bladed stance you can really use this same movement in your backfist for sparring. Great video!

these are so good. even though i am in a wheelchair so cant use my lower body i still enjoy these

Excellent video! Quite an eye opener for me today! Thank you VERY MUCH!

Suggestion Hips should move like you're parallel parking a car. You back in, which is a reaching forward/backward, then lock the leg, the feet should feel gripped and the leg twisted. then you can burrow in a circular fashion. Over the top to the inside when you punch, under going from the outside in to block. Uchi-uke. Gedan barri is best practiced with a heavy or weighted bow. The hips will lead pulling the weight behind and the snap back in the opposite direction to control balance. But the angle of that direction depends on the next move. To practice better throw another move or several random moves. The hip recoils into the next move. It even allows you to transition from stance to stance. Simply you need to practice with the staff or nunckus and then go back to the empty hand. The one thing most people do incorrectly in their stances is they don't sink into the stance at the moment of contact. That sinking feeling helps you strengthen the stance. It also helps you to escape a grab. There is a slight recoil that you might feel as your heels hit. What I call the frisbee affect. The frisbee keeps spinning and bouncing. But it sits at an angle. Your hips should move in a similar fashion. Keep moving with a tilt. Bounce and recoil into the next move.

This is insightful, thank you

Excellent tips. Oss!

Thanks.. I guess this will help me in my up com in matcg

Very good video on hip movement. You explain it very clearly. I have noticed this before, beginners and advanced karateka alike, using a large, rotational hip "waggle" that seems to set up the hip to be moving in the wrong direction, against the vector of the block or strike.

I think this is another example where it's less obvious in Shotokan but old hat for the rest of us. Nice job on the video as always. 👍

Hello Sir, one of your videos popped up on my RU-vid feed, I have no idea why? fate perhaps! I used to train under Sensei's Enoeda, Ohta and Tomita amongst others in the U.K. during the seventies and eighties. Unfortunately I was hit by a vehicle 35 years ago, which took me many years to recover from both the physical and mental injuries. I am now an old man in my sixties and tomorrow I will set foot in a Dojo for the first time in 3 decades. Thank you so much for inspiring me to take up Shotokan again. Oss.

I’ve just become a black belt, I use the style shotokan. Your videos have helped me get to my black belt, thank you

You just discovered it. The Okinawans have used this throughout Ryukyu Karate history. Your trip to Okinawa was not a total waste.

This is no secret. I haveclearned thìs in 1979/80 already when introduced to and joined Tenshinkan Karate Do in South Africa - principle was hips 45 degrees (hanmi). The front knee does not turn inwards and you need not wind up or sit on the back leg in order to do the technique properly.👍

That's one thing I never liked about Shotokan. Many people teach the hip rotations wrong because there's this notion of a back and forth "folding" motion instead (which I think is plain broken). That's mechanist thinking. It would be ok if your body was mounted to the ground. But as we're just standing on the ground, the gyaku side of the hip needs to snap forward too to balance all the rotations that enable the technique.

great video

Great video

I do this: You turn sideways to avoid a mae geri. You use mawashi barai uke to recieve kick and then transition stance higher and turn and all this stuff to kneebar and break. Another idea is you are standing in heiko dachi and drop to zenkutsu setting stance with gedan barai. Dropping body weight and taking stance makes the block more effective as a hard blocking of a kick followed by mae geri counter of your own. The hard block is move turn out the way and guard body more than a block but can damage ankle and disrupt balance of attacker. There is vibration causing a slight unbalancing. This makes kicking him over more effective. But main thing is defense and guarding vitals as you are doing go no sen against an unexpected kick. From standing in zenkutsu it is a weak block but you are just isolating the arm movement to practice that alone. Other things. I don't understand the idea of hip snapping. You know a lot of things I don't. Maybe you were taught differently than me.

Good tutorial.

I've been told that my knee should always be motionless. That it shouldn't move either sideways or forward or backward during the technique. Is this also not as important? Or should I try to do this hip movement and still be mindful of my knee not moving forward during the technique?

Arigatou sensei, you are amazing . Oss

Interesting

Hi, show this move during shutouke in kokutsu dachi as you go forward. Thanks. Oss.

Oss Sensei

Please make a video about ashi barai technique. PLease................

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In Taekwondo, we control hip like this too

Very good lesson OSU

Oss!

I am a total newbie in karate and i am looking forward to learn more. Your videos are very useful. Thank you sensei for helping me to improve!

Very insightful and informative. Thank you.

Dear Sir, let me recollect: Old masters teach that attacks are initiated with limbs and followed by the body and, while defensive action are started with body, and followed by limbs. Is it true or or not?Paul, 67,retired instructor. Can you ansewr directly into this You tube article, as many do?

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There's another secret i think no one will discover unlist you have knowledge over push hand practice you see that chudan uke block we have in karate you see that hip motion we do in push hand combine those two you will get a secret redirection technequie by applying the chudan uke at the same time punch

How can i used it when i move?

Amazing insight. Keep t up, Domo arigato gozaimasu

I wonder how to add Turkish subtitles to video. Can you help.

Most of the higher level katas are based by wrestling and grappling and one definitely doesn't want to lose angle by turning body sideways against frees style wrestlers. The back hand has 2 forgotten purposes -1st pull the body close and snap with another in close distance for strength and precision. 2nd apply rapid joints locks mostly during blocks. The story about balance/strength in long distance is just trying to justify completely forgotten techniques with preserved shape and immigration 😅 - what's why you don't want to do such techniques at all (if not using as originally designed) 🤣

How to use the hip correctly is very difficult to grasp. Now do it without moving your soulders. You dont want to telegraph your intentions. Use your hip to project your strength and then your soulders, like a spring. ;)

I'd fight this guy .

Sheesh

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SO much orthodoxy in traditional karate...there is no way someone will succesfuly block a combo coming their way with these very rigid, orthodox blocks. And there is no way someone will successfully land a strike with these rigid orthodox strikes.

One of the most arrogant titles i’ve seen on RU-vid. And that’s saying something.

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