Training with the Founder of Shidokan Karate, Yoshiji Soeno 

Sometime for sure!

Me too!

Small world

Actually Mas Oyama studied Goju Ryu, that's where the hard/soft thing comes from in Kyokushin and probably Shidokan

@@EzeHSK all karate originated from southern shaolin kung fu

@@jassimarsingh6505 That's a bit of an overstatement. Oknawan Karate is strongly related to Southern Chinese kung fu (there's even a series about it in this same channel). But it's become its own thing with time. Even their training methods are not exactly the same. So saying Kyokushin's softness comes from Chinese influence is like saying something in French comes from the Greek language ignoring that Latin is in the middle.

Is there a source that I can see because it is very interesting to know Mas Oyama studied Kempo.

I did join in, just didn’t get that on camera

A bit like a religion or cult.

Personally I hate the “OSU!”, but it’s typical of all the Kyokushin based karate styles

Is that for real? If it is then that’s awesome

@@MonkeyStealsPeach Yes it’s completely for real. Look at photos of Mr. Soeno from his younger competitive years, compare to Ryu’s character selection pic in SF2 The World Warrior. He and Oyama together were the base for his character - Oyama for his eccentric personality, and Soeno for his actual martial arts history. The first SF game was Ryu challenging the world until he eventually fought Sagat in Thailand. This was a direct nod to Soeno’s campaign to fight the Thais back in the 70s (Takashi Nishiyama, the creator of SF and several other fighting game franchises, was an avid martial artist who often used real history and fighters as inspiration).

That’s so awesome

People spar/compete, styles contain an encyclopaedia of techniques and strategies

@@MonkeyStealsPeach is there any footage of full contact fights in northern mantis style?

@@MonkeyStealsPeachI’d also love to see any others that Will knows of that are publicly available

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-geTGXMB61kA.html There you go, John. Northern Mantis (albeit Hong Kong tradition) competing and winning !

Lol who cares about that crap? Just put on some gloves and go to an Open mat at ur local mma gym or boxing gym for spar and try

I'd love to at some point! So many projects and only so much funding and time haha

Im not sure about that, sorry

@@MonkeyStealsPeach i look into it. There's a few references to him being based off Ryu. From when he fought "king of Muay Thai." I thought so. I always wished I could have met that guy. Almost traveled out to Chicago 10 years ago to meet him.

It's the grandchild of goju Shidokan >kyokushin >goju-from Naha region in Okinawa

No, it’s different. It’s an offshoot of Kyokushin

@@MonkeyStealsPeach Tnx Sir😊

That "clown" is a descendant of Samurai and he fought against Muay Thai fighters in Thailand since 1970s. You think Shidokan is a fake style? Go to online search and look for a news article called Stage 4 Cancer Surviving Restaurateur Uses Martial Arts Agaisnt Thief Who Stole Patron's I Phone. There is the proof.

It’s called evolving martial arts..the dumbest thing u can do in martial arts is stay”traditional “😂😂

@@AyeJordan7 Very true. My Choy Li Fut master is traditional as you can be, and even he has tweaked the training to fit modern times, for example, he now incorporates ground fighting in the training. And he uses gloves, head gear and chest padding for sparring. And when you think about it, fighting styles have always evolved to fit the times. For example, Gichin Funakoshi tweaked Okinawan Karate to fit in mainland Japanese universities in the the 1920s. It's nothing new.

@@blockmasterscott yes but it’s important to also pressure test when u turn to,Gichin Funakashi did turn karate but he also damaged it,.bc before that karate had a lot of grappling which was called tegumi,and Toutie ,full contact sparring called Bogu sparring,karate was more complete back then,plus back then the realistic application of kata came first,then they taught u the kata,it’s important that if we modernize any art we need to make sure it’ll work and it’s effective.what he did destroyed karate,the effective training methods,and realistic grappling applications,this is why another karate master Kenwa Mabuni said”the karate that has spread to Tokyo is incomplete,those that think grappling is only apart of judo and jiu jitsu and not in karate have failed to grasp the complete art”.