i'm surprised Higaonna sensei can still practice in his old age with such a rough training...my elbow and shoulder joints hurt from just seeing him hit the makiwara
Hi I'm so thankfull of finding this on the web, been training goju ryu for 14 years now, it has widen my spirit, strengthen my body and cleared my mind, from that experience I can tell that there is no other way to train in order to reach a good martial level. Thank god for having such a great masters to follow... by the way, karate is not intended to fight, by if you have the disgrace of doing so.. your whole body becomes the weapon...
I really enjoyed this video. I totally agree with the difference between traditional Okinawan Karate-do as a true martial art and the so called western tournament karate as a sport. I agree that Okinawan in the old years has been the meca of Karate, I respect that and I will thank forever for that. However I disagree with comments saying that all western karate means tournament and all karate in Okinawa is true martial art. To be continued...
Karate for competition Always gets so argumentive & misinterpreted. I practiced from 68-97 (bad motorcycle wreck). I gained So Much in my training. Health, friends, traveling, meeting interesting people. Trained with famous Senseis, in their dojos! I attribute my surviving the accident, to mental & physical training. However, as a Sport, it could be fun, but some people took it way to serious, thinking they could fight!
This is how several styles were developed in the first place. Motobu, Miyagi, Uechi, Itosu Funakoshi, Oyama...all the masters took what they learned and made it their own. Those of us like myself who are still in the learning phase aren't on that level, won't be for a while. What never changes is the basics. When we master them, then work to transcend them, then we'll understand true karate.
Part 2. There have been great karate teachers from Okinawa that came to the western world and taught and keep teaching real Okinawan traditional Karate-do like my Sensei Shoei Miyazato(10th Dan), with continuation guaranteed by his son Sensei Masatoshi Miyazato (9th Dan). Surely must be some others around the world doing an awesome job teaching the real spirit martial arts in other places beyond Okinawa. To be continued....
@IEKUKATAKA Worst part is since they seen like business in north america teachers fear pushing their students , people cant even do push-ups on their knuckles here . One of the biggest issue are the competition , students are trained to score points in a most primitive and ridiculous ways instead of actually fighting .
@finnurth Mate I Agree... I started around 5 months ago (in my mid 40's) and have now passed the 1st grading - yes it was tough going, but it's like anything if you set your mind to it... it can be achieved. Was really unfit at the start - but now that's changing real quick. Arigato gozaimashita (Thankyou very much)
@finnurth I started my Goju Ryu training almost 13 years ago when I was 5. I'm still running strong and even teaching youth classes in my Sensei's dojo. I was lucky enough to start learning before the the decline of Traditional Art demand for the rise of Sport Combat demand.
