Taika Seiyu Oyata RyuTe Naihanchi Shodan Technique 

I remember once, at the end of a long seminar, we were all lined up, Taika walking down the line, discussing day's training. I must have zoned out a little when he was passing in front of me, and he popped me in the face. Not hard, just enough enough to shock me back to the present. I looked at him, he's looking into my eyes(probably to see if they had crossed! 😅) He gets this HUGE smile on his face, smacks me on the upper pec, and says, "Ha! I sorry", and continues to walk down the line! I'm standing next to our senior student, and he's just giggling. I miss those seminars! Such a learning experience!

Hello, I enjoyed your teaching very much. I am a student of Torite Jutsu, and am under the direct training of Master Tom Muncy, whom trained with Master Oyata for many years. He is also a teacher who teaches without revealing everything. I believe that this way creates a learning process which puts the emphasis on the student. Some strive for deeper understanding and some do not. We do Naihanchi Shodan almost identical, with a few small differences that I plan to look into to discover why that is the case. I have been told that great martial art is a like a cup of strong black coffee. When this Master teaches, some student will have strength and will to practice and slowly the Master will fill their cup with strong black coffee and one day the student becomes a Master with perhaps not a full cup yet but understands that only time, practice and the evolution of thought will fill it. Other students will see how difficult it is to become as your Master is, and will leave. They commonly begin teaching and whatever was lacking from their other training they simply added water until the cup was full. My point is many, many schools teach this watered down version which benefits no one except for the instructor's bank account. I appreciate you sharing some of your strong black coffee, and I look forward to more content to examine. 👍👍

not only a great demonstration, but your presentation style is perfect. no nonsense, but still honoring the way the oldtimers saw things. There was a wing chun guy (passed away two years ago) out in Norfolk Virginia that your presentation style reminded me of. Definitely following your channel

never heard of this style

Years ago I began studying karate. We were taught by a 3rd degree head instructor and first degree black belt. When the head instructor demonstrated sparing against the first dan, he started bouncing on his feet, throwing jabs and crosses. No karate thrust punches or back fists. The first Dan tried defending with his karate style inside and outside blocks. He was getting tagged all the time. So when it came down to fighting, our head instructor abandoned all of his karate training and used western boxing techniques instead. After that class, I quit karate, bought a book on kickboxing, and started working on a heavy bag. I never regretted it!

Fascinating, my own analysis of this kata gives almost identical principles to those in this drill.

Thanks for sharing, and teaching this! You have my thanks! One question, will you teach more katas of this system? Thank you!

This is interesting, thanks for sharing this 🫶

Great explanation, demonstration & techniques 🤜🤛

Nice thank you.

Great! Thank you for sharing, looking forward to more

Ostogie with a student of Taika's for about 27 years, plus seminars, and BB testing twice with Taika.Taika always wanted us to plan several moves at a tiny. Not just 1, 2, but more like, 1-2-3-4, etc. What would it look like if the opponent took, maybe 2, or 3 steps forward, with a punch each time? I can see the hand being able to intercept, but how/ when would you integrate another leg sweep attempt? Especially if you miss the leg sweep? Could you do a video, or a short addressing an advancing opponent? Thanks!

I never sparred Oyata because he was about killing and brutally hurting you but I was his test Dummy..and he was scary.

Very interesting, thanks for the video. The applications looks too similar wing chun for me.

Discounting the old forms of any style is a massive mistake They are the books and manuals of centuries of knowledge . How do you pass motion down when there is no such thing as cameras and video? How do you hide secrets from the prying eyes of oppressors ? You create and teach forms . Everything in them is there for a reason

Nice I enjoy watching your form, keep up the good work...Sifu Bryan

Hah! I made the gate on the wall behind!

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how can one train in the Ryute system?