O-Sensei Mas Oyamas teachings will live on forever!! I'm also honored to be practicing Kyokushin Karate.The training is not as easy as many people think it is, but as long you have the desire and a strong mind, you will succeed,doesnt matter what age or gender. OSU
Fantastic! Oyama is the soul of karate. To even start to understand his ideas, you would need to study the martial arts for around 20 years. He is saying to us all that a lot of karate is about breathing techniques. There is also a mystical (or religious) aspect to it. Oyama always used to say to give homage to Buddah or whoever your God may me. Oyama was a great man. I have learnt so much just watching this clip of him. It is about life itself.
@minasz no one man can learn all that there is to learn and be perfect at every aspect and every technique. The truth is in perfection of what you got first add a little, perfect that then add a little and perfect that and so on and so on. I have respect for the guy with one art who has perfected it in all ways against all commers. You appraocj it like a buttett you become a partial artist no matter how many ranges you cover
@parkourway the use of swords, tonfa was common, and also knife throwing was part of training while Oyama was alive. I dont know if any organization still does it, though. Osu!
@minasz in my own personal expression i have only three kata that is set in stone the other i treat like shadow-boxing. Kata means shape or form and literally translates as "shape which cuts the ground." Through the practice of kata, the traditional techniques used for fighting are learned. Balance, coordination, breathing and concentration are also developed. Done properly, kata are an excellent physical exercise and a very effective form of total mind and body conditioning.
Master Li jun Fan did have respect for a lot of martial artists and he had a lot of dis-respect also. The one he respected the most was master Ip Man above all others. Master Oyama was a real fighter. He took on 100 people in one day and beat them all. My Grand Master in Liu Ho Ba Fa also did the same thing and he was a former undefeated bare knuckle champion in Singapore.
i have trained for 30 years, and have lived at the OTC Olympic Training Center as a resident athlete. I don't believe I am the best by far, but I am have trained and fought the best for years, and compiled a decent resume in the process. I believe in my art, my abilities, and I am a realist. I curently teach Olympic TKD.
@FaridYM That is true to some extent. However, that separation has brought diversification in technique and rules. For example, now there are some schools that allow hits to the face, and they use a special headgear for that purpose. Also some teach some groundwork (I think that's great in order to be an all round fighter). I think the spirit of strong karate does not lie in the Federation of all schools, but in the practitioner itself.
OuS! very good, it is bad the organisations have split. Sosai is true hero. hopefully we will all unite. OuS! sensei stuart Ireland (scots and irish true Celtics we are)
Like sanchin, tensho is a form of moving meditation; tensho combines hard dynamic tension with soft flowing hand movements, and concentrates strength in the tanden. This form was borrowed from Go-Ju Ryu and placed into Kyokushin by Master Oyama for it was his favorite kata. Tensho means revolving hands and refers to its origins in Southern Chinese Gung Fu. More likely a Buddhist style rather than a Taoist style due to the use of hard breathing. Fukien White Crane seems to be likely.
@minasz Kata embodies the idea of ren ma, or "always polishing" - with diligent practice, the moves of the kata become further refined and perfected. The attention to detail that is necessary to perfect a kata cultivates self discipline.
In 1952, he travelled the United States for a year. During subsequent years, he took on all challengers, resulting in fights with 270 different people. The vast majority of these were defeated with one punch! A fight never lasted more than three minutes, and most rarely lasted more than a few seconds.
@minasz style does exist in fighting, it is not just fighting. the style or mix of styles you are trained in will determine a lot of what you do and how well you trained in it will determine its effectiveness. For instance a guy who knows only boxing and little else will have difficulty with a wrestler when they get into the clinch or is taken to the ground because he is out of his element, out of his style parameters. A boxer is only effective if he keeps it standing and can maintains distance.
it is depending on which accounts you go by. Inevitably many aspects of martial arts lineage are distorted by myth or skewed oral traditions. Actual documentations are only accurate for a few hundred years back. If you study more than one MA eventually you'll realize that there are always similiarities to be found, which doesn't always mean two different MA are related. It's just the fact that all MA are developed based on the expressions of the human body.
@FaridYM I am a kyokushinkai student and I can tell you that statement is just a legend. Our sosai was strong like a rock, but many legends have arisen after his death. Some shotokan guy once told me that Oyama ran throughout all Japan and when he had no space to continue running, he went on to the chinesse wall to continue his feat... I guess you should take somme comments along with a grain of salt...
@minasz a good boxer does not hve to give up boxing nor does he have to really embrace ground grappling and submissions if he is happy with boxing. Chuck Liddell made a career out of mostly using boxing in his fights in the UFC rarely using kicks or ground grappling. All a boxer needs is to open his mind, and train his strengths to counter a wrestlers or kickers weakness. The boxer doing this and training his skills for all possible situationss and being aware of his limits will be victorious.
Osu, sosai. I'm truely sorry that your wonderful karate has been torn apart by all the organizations... Since you passed away no real World champion has walked among us. As they did in Scotland : Unite the clans! One Kyokushin, one path... Osu
@minasz li jun fan was at first no impressed by filipino martial arts because all he had to compare it to was ed parker and dan inosanto (who was just learning it at the time). But when he met Master Ben Largusa that all changed because he was not seeing the art from a beginner, he was not looking at it through a guy who went through the arts lkike it was an all you can eat buffett. When he talked to Master Largusa he was seeing through the eyes of a master who perfected his art like he did.
For people saying that he 'made a mistake in kata' you're kind of right and wrong at the same time. Wrong because Kata's in Kyokushin have changed a LOT over the years and can slightly differ from class to class, or Country to Country (there are multiple factions of Kyokushin now).
@minasz yea and if you said that to Master Oyama's face back in the day they would be scraping what was left of you off the mat. And who am I, I have been a fighter since 1972. training since i was six I have not studied Kyokushin Kaikan but i have studied the same Martial Arts that Master Oyama also studied. Master Oyama did have the "Hands of Stone",
my best friend of 20 years is a 4th dan in shuri-ryu...i have trained with him and his partners for years; i am not ignboarnt to karate. it is what it is.
If one wishes to study Kyokushin I would suggest they seek out a dojo and a instructor that still teaches the original kyokushin for it is the better of the two. if the sensei says he is sport competition only and or he says he does not teach goshin-jutsu (self-defence) then go somewhere else to a sensei who does. The Kyokushin dojo that does teach goshin-jutsu is the real authentic original traditional Kyokushin that master Oyama taught.
This kata: Tensho is really important and Sosai Oyama liked it becuase it had lots of circular movements. It is really useful out on the streets but is really hard to react. my favorite kata/technique is "happon no kuzushi"
@xxKORDIANxx Love that movie, the fight scenes are so raw and just awesome. The story is really great as well. No wonder Ryu (from Street Fighter) is based off of Mas Oyama!
The more i learn of this style the more i like it simple and effective,im glad we are not intrested in dancing round in order to merely look 'good'.....
@MaximusMeridiusDK Funny counter, i liked reading your post. I believe that bull was heavily edited and the bull he was chopping his horns of was an old bull. Oyama wasnt far ahead as I see it, it was just Karate that he teached.
i thank abnitori for posting this video. osu. i have one just like it on my channel as well and the comments there are controlled by me. I make sure there is no disrespectful words about Master Oyama. Osu. Dojo Kun #4, "We will observe the rules of courtesy, respect our superiors and refrain from violence." Master Oyama is a superior. Even though i have not trained in kyokushin I respect him as a elder MASTER in the Martial Way and as one who was a Ni-dan in Shotokan under Master Funokoshi
His fighting principle was simple - if he got through to you, that was it. If he hit you, you broke. If you blocked a rib punch, you arm was broken or dislocated. He became known as the Godhand, a living manifestation of the Hissatsu or "One strike, certain death".
@minasz How do you edit a bull? Do you mean that it was drugged? And there is overwhelming evidence that Sosai Oyama did fight the bulls and that he DID chop off their horns with his bare hands afterwards. There is even videos of him fighting the bulls here on youtube. He even got gored once by one of the bulls, was hospitalized and nearly lost his life... But hey, I don't want to try and convince you of anything, you search the web and draw your own conclusions.
I Like Kyokushin very much...Ive trained it many years, before ive trained thaibox and now Jeet Kune Do. I think Kyokushin has one of the best and hardes training programs (if it teached the right way) But one thing is that the defence is still low even though its higher than other forms of Karate. I feel a fighter has to start with High defence..that should be no 1...the rest will folow after that.
@FaridYM both Kung Fu and Karate are excellent traditional martial arts. Remember, Master Oyama studied Kung Fu (someimes called Gung Fu) when he was 9 years old living in Manchuria. it is good you are a passionate karate fighter, a Karate Baka Ichidai. But, Kung Fu is also good. Many of the Kata in Shotokan, Go-Ju Ryu, Uechi Ryu and Shito Ryu and Kyokushin have been inspired by Kung Fu, specifally Fukien White Crane Kung Fu. Osu
0:45 He forgets a part, no? The Koken to the side and the Shotei back... Just wondering why he did do it with the right hand and with double, but not with left :P
@dirosaga i agree on that 2, but u cant kill someone with dance or playing tag matches. They just try to simulate the concept of Ichigeki Hissatsu aka 1 hit certain kill. A good clean&fast technique which scores a point should be the deadblow? the concept is nice but this is what caused 2 many failures in real life fights. In a good kyokushin dojo or any other style they should train 4 killing and then fight in less dangerous matches. fullcontact is in my humble opinion a bit more realistic
Kyokushin as a style is very effective but unfortunately it has been watered down because of the over-emphasis on sport competition. In its origins, Kyokushin was a hard/soft mixed martial art comprising Master Oyama's blend of Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, Go-Ju Ryu karate, Shotokan karate, Aiki-Jujutsu, Kimura style Judo and boxing. But after his death it has de-evolved into just another hard style form of Kickboxing. Master Oyama would not be happy at how things turned out with his style today.
@naumutroi if you are doing sparring or sometimes in a demonstration that type of fighting by its participants may not be as technically sound to some people watching it especially if they do not know the intent. I have seen vids of master li jun fan where he he is not as precise as he usually is. perhaps it is due to the casual nature of the event or maybe just fooling around, or whatever. To me fighting with hands down is not good fighting form but it works with for some, cool, good for them.
@minasz He used the fighting of the bulls to sell his karate, no doubt about that. And I'm sure that in each of the bullfights, Sosai Oyama had a talk with the bull and told them it was just for propaganda that he would kill/subdue them and chop of their horns... I'm sure the bulls were very understanding.... Or maybe you just need to face the fact that this man was MILES ahead of everyone in the world, both in his own time and presently. There will never be another Sosai Oyama again. OSU!
Yes Tensho kata, but since Oyama learnt it from Yamaguchi Gogen, he's learnt the Goju-kai version not the original Goju-ryu version. It's a great performance anyway.
@naumutroi No one is perfect and without flaw or blemish. But knowing this it is in striving to be better than the last time and to not make the same mistake or continue to make the same mistake we evolve and become a better person
According to the famed Karate Grandmaster Masutatsu Oyama in his book "Avanced Karate" on pg.13 "The oldest known records concerning combat techniques, hieroglyphic scrolls from Egyptian tombs, dating as far back as 4000 B.C."
people shouldn't mod you down for saying the truth. The circular motion of Oyama has roots in kempo, which can be traced back to China and ever further back into India. We're not taking away from his fame or detracting from his name by saying where he learned his arts from. The man was an amazing martial artist, but like any other master he wasn't born ready to kick ass. That was all from what he learned and made into his own.
true but eventhough it was a must to give up his korean citizenship he didnt do this. There is a documentary where this is said. search for Mas Oyama Doco Part 1 ENG SUB
Opinions...everyone has one. I know i have them, a lot of them. i have a opinion on everything. Sometimes i am wrong and sometimes i am right - thats just how it goes. Bit, sometimes in my zeal...some may say arrogance or ego...whatever. Sometimes i am not as polite or humble or as courteous as i should or could be and yet i remark on others who are not and yet sometimes act just as bad. In a word, Hypocrisy.. But in knowing this we can always strive to be better.
@naumutroi Sometimes in fighting in any form what is thought to be bad form or position may be a good position and what may seem to be a good form or position is actually a bad one. it depends on the context of the situation. and the form of fighting involved and the intent of the participants involved. The opinion of those watching is based on thier knowledge and thier style if they have any. Ten guys watching master oyama fighting may have ten different points of view of what they just saw.
mas oyama smokes cigarrete when he visiting his korean sons and wife. his docter said mas oyama died of lung cancer of genetic. meaning his korean family have lung cancer history.he was born in 1921,so 73 is not young too. mas oyama also had light heart problem after 60years old.so his doctor told him reduce hours of karate training.
lol richard factory he died at the age of 71 in 1994 weird thing was he can kill bulls with his bare hands. they are harder than sledge hammers apparently. he catually hit his nuckles off sledge hammers to make them harder
I am very confident in my point of view of the martial arts and it seems that the 104 people who are subscribed to my channel agree with me. the 97,655 total views of my videos seem to indicate my view is a good one as well compared to those who have been here longer and have far less total views.. i have found several new students through youtube who wish to train from me so I am a happy guy.
@naumutroi I do very well understand kata, again you dont know me. but i can tell you a little about me. I have trained in Kyokushin and im a brown belt. Thats before I did, Muay Thai, BJJ, JKD. If you read my post and not being childisch and tripping over the truth. You would also read that I say that Kyokushin Karate or other Karate like shotokan, wado kai ect. have also good things in them. But I just dont believe in one style. I believe in mastering the ranges in a REAL fight.
well lets see, you just called me ignorant? okay, thats respect? anyway, there are many top fighters that have a tkd base...chuck norris was tang soo do (tkd's close cousin), and billy blanks, and that MT guy Serkan, and david louaseu from canada(UFC) fighter, and the list goes on.
@minasz not superhuman... he showed us what the human body was capable of under extreme training... ppl like me are too lazy to train like that.... i like to go out and meet friends and shit.... this guys life was karate.... hardcore karate... he is famous in more countries than japan....
Building core musculature. Unlike most kata which are like battles with imaginary opponents, kata like tensho and sanchin should be viewed more like an intensive exercise. In almost every move of tensho (when performed correctly) the muscles utilized should be extremely tensed and hard. Before the advent of modern weights, okinawan practitioners used tensho as a way of building muscle power. Master karateka like Higaonna Kanryu were in amazing physical shape, ripped via vigorous kata practise rather than modern weight training.
Osu. I can give you an unusual application. Try to do tensho when you are emotionally stressed. Deep breathing is a old technique for busting stress. Tensho effectively utilizes that.
