Hi Sensie Rick I saw an interview with you.....I ment to put a message on...so I need to look for that interview really! . I was so impressed . Iv never really focused on where the hands are at times...but after you doing it ..or explaining how to use the movement from body inti the hands was truly inspiring I implemented it with the aikido Thank you so much . !
what I love about this is how he is taking concepts from other styles and applies it to his own karate, it puts things into a different perspective which is really interesting! I hope to be as knowledgeable one day.
Now there's an enlightened teacher I could learn from. It is like a finger pointing a way to the Moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.
Thanks very much for posting this. I found it to be an especially interesting video with quite a few little gems. IMHO the karate world needs more karate teachers like Hotton Sensei, who are not afraid to try and convey 'feeling' into their teaching. Such people would ideally excel at both technique and communication. As he rightly points out, we're often so concerned about getting the various notes 'just right', that the actual music doesn't get a chance to breath.
@@ShotokanKaratePage I am 66yrs oldmand have spent 5 yrs with wing Chun, 15 yrs TKD reaching 3rd dan and at 40 i went to India, spent 20yrs there learning Yoga, one on one with a renowned yoga master, I am back in the UK and have just started Shotokan at a great school as a white belt. Watching Sensie Hotton on You Tube helped me decide. This Sensie is the real thing, i love his attitude and obvious skill' The Shotokan world is lucky to have great masters like Sensie Hotton!
This video could not be more timely for me... I was just honored with my brown belt, but... there is something... missing... “It’s not the shape that is correct… It is the feeling that is correct!” Sensei Rick Hotton Moving my Karate in a whole new direction! Thank you!
It is an honor. Look deeply and always consider the quality of the questions you ask yourself - and remember ...we all walk shoulder to shoulder. sundaymorningkeiko.org
Kimura Shukokai karate is the ultimate! Had trained with him since 1987 until his death on July 7 1995 and also lived in Japan and trained with Sensei Tani and lived in the dojo from 1984 to early 1987 when I joined Sensei Kimura in Hackensack N.J. But enjoy your videos! You show the neutral zone that everyone should have before a reaction! Oss! My students always ask how do I feel before a tournament or if a situation before someone confronts me! I say I feel neutral! I always say the other person has a brain! So I try to stay neutral! Then muscle memory kicks in! I hope you agree. Try watching Sensei George in Finland! Excellent!
IMO this 'feel' is exactly what the Chinese internal arts of Xing-Yi Quan (Hsing-I) & Baguazhang (Pa Kua) tend to develop: relaxation via elimination of any undue tension: keeping just enough tension to maintain form (as opposed to being too relaxed like some gelatinous blob that can't stand). Likewise, movement is relaxed using a whipping motion, throwing motion, or short & sudden impulse (when not using special-use slow motion techniques that require more tension). It's stillness/calmness in motion. And Xing-Yi Quan primarily focuses upon the mind's intent: aligning & moving one's body to carry out one's mental intention so that form matches intent [this is why it's key to know the actual function(s) of a kata/form, otherwise practicing a kata/form is just exercise].
truque de bater pé no chão pra simular potencia do golpe nao vale sensei.....mostre o poder real de cada tecnica.....amo o karatê e nao precisamos disfarçar nada....
Hotton is doing what we were doing in the UK back in the 70s....ain't that special, Terry O'Neill, Frank Brennan, Steve Cattle and others were far better. Problem is that none of this is of any use in terms of real self defence, it's play fighting in pyjamas. Not one video of him doing any sort of freestyle sparring. Nice man but it's same old, same old 70s stuff.
@@mrcadoia Trouble with Shotokan is that it precludes natural movement. I attained 3rd dan before switching to Goju ryu which at the time I thought was all round a better and more practical style. By the time I reached 3rd dan at that I was still unconvinced of its effectivity albeit the body conditioning contributed to ones self confidence and I still practice Sanchin and Tensho katas daily. The whole thing (Shotokan and Goju) was blown out of the water when I trained with Steve Morris. Had met nobody like him then nor since....a real genius and at 76 is still formidable and moves like a 20 year old. Check him out. One of his first vids is on RU-vid - type in NHB 1 - he describes the role of the head as the initiator in any movement....so simple but changes the whole concept of punching, breaks away from the old straight back, shoulders back and down, lock the elbow and first etc. Most complete martial artist I ever trained with
Will,karate is for self defense. The majority of people don't like to fight and hurt or get hurt. If u think fighting is all about proving how tuff one is then boxing,AMA, UFC BARE KNUCKLE etc. Is where people enjoy and like hurting other people. True Shoto Kan as brought from Okinawa to Japan was more spiritual in nature. Then some practitioners got carried away. Do u know what I mean?
@@jerelkenworthy3368 Hi Jeerel, have to disagree somewhat. I started Shotokan back in 1970, back in those days there was great emphasis placed on body conditioning, especially forearms (ude tanren) The late Keinosuke Enoeda was a great one for it. I remember leaving the dojo with purple to back foreams that were twice their starting size! In Okinawan Goju ryu and Shito ryu there was even greater emphasis on conditioning, body and limbs. Additionally, in kumite, the only protection allowed was a gumshield and a 'box' - no shinpads, no headguards and no mitts, just bare fist and feet and get on with it, if you got hit you stayed hit, you still had to carry on! I think my point is that if you don't train for some degree of reality then it comes as a hell of a shock when reality hits you.
Hi Will, I get your point and it's a good point, but when I watched this I see Rick Hotton has moved to a phase of being purely interested in the movement system of karate. It's almost spiritual the way he moves, and he is progressing the art to where it becomes a spiritual exercise akin to chi gung. I think it's necessary progression for someone to make. It becomes a bit old practising it to be the toughest mofo in town when you have moved mentally beyond that. To them practise it in this way it becomes something else, something more worthwhile because it can stay with you for life. But of course to reach that point, you should also know how to fight as well. Wouldn't recommend this stuff for beginners to use. Learn to fight first, then get spiritual.
