Basic Karate Blocks - Part 1

[@mooiwiele]

For neophytes like me, your instructions are invaluable; Thank you very much, Sensei! For reference, I have posted the beginning time of each section Age Uke/Rising Block 0:30 Meaning of the word "Block"/"Uke" 1:40 Age Uke slow: from 3:27 Soto Uke/Outer Block 4:44 Uchi Uke/Inside Block 5:37 Gedan Barai/Downward Block 6:33

[@tatangwahyun7837]

Hein Bertram BAGUS

[@nxvshin]

thx

[@ShotokanSensei]

Thank you very much for your kind comment. All the best to you!

[@nonisanangel]

I'm taking karate classes but when i want to practice at home i forget the moves ... Your videos helped me so THANK YOU Sensi 💖

[@ninthkaikan1544]

Neen ss I Hope since it’s been a year now your techniques have improved greatly and you are still continuing the art of Karate.

[@cutiehis300]

Same

[@danielocallaghan3240]

Same, what belt did u get to

[@vignesh7974]

Me also

[@harhas3443]

Same

[@ivanalfaro]

Thank you very much for all the effort you put in these videos. I just started karate 2 weeks ago at my 44 bday, and your videos make it easy to understand the technical movements. Thanks

[@luisribeironeves1]

This guy is real Master. I am astonished at the way he teaches.

[@JuanSoto-ws5ch]

Jesus Christ loves you amen

[@kamdynb.5940]

@@JuanSoto-ws5ch Wrong video buddy, this is karate not Christianity 101.

[@luisfernando-xx1jz]

Yes. Taking in mind the japanese way of thinking uke web can be more efective in our karate performance.

[@richardphillipssinger3970]

Karate is pure intelligence and so are you, Master! Thanks.You've changed my mind.

[@respawnexpress9173]

Its sensei

[@bobstar6717]

Knife king lol ok kobra Kai ass

[@respawnexpress9173]

@@bobstar6717 i guess it is but karate kid better

[@raulcampiglia]

I've satrted karate this year. The way you teach is remarkable. Thank you very much!!! Oss!

[@MarkChapmanDr]

Thats a clear , concise description very well presented, you can see the focus and passion for the art, very impressive thanks Mark from South Africa

[@lynzg6819]

You're the best karate instructor on KZbin. Thank you :)

[@bossskyboygamer2881]

Lynsey Rotherham you are so right

[@sajolray2591]

for every person studying shotokan this is a must

[@ogengamichael4321]

they are the best karate instructors in the whole world

[@juvenciojaimes4384]

I dont think so

[@kamdynb.5940]

@@juvenciojaimes4384 🙄, do i smell hate?

[@justinadams9165]

Thank you Obi-Won. Wonderful breakdown of how to "receive" and "redirect"- and I am learning how to use my hips correctly as well and twist the wrist at the right time

[@gentmatthe]

I used to train in shotokan karate when I was 11 I stopped because my big brother left due to shoulder problems, but I have been meaning to re-learn everything again, these videos are very helpful because I only remember a few blocks, punches and sequences from karate as I only trained up to blue belt before I left and to be fair it was 5/6 years ago. Thank you for your demonstration in this branch of martial arts

[@jmi1189]

Thanks a lot for shaing all these videos! As a beginner I would despair without it :)

[@GosokuRyuYodan]

This Instructor is actually quite good. His movements are crisp and he explains well. Nice job!

[@Kevvvinus1]

Great job , loads of people in my dojo are watching your videos, very professional, OSU Sensei

[@chandermanisharma3690]

Thank you Sensei. You have explained so nicely. My Regards

[@raysnyder1757]

I've often referred to your videos - very helpful

[@damiendelatorre1512]

Shotokan Karate, one of the best martial arts in the world! Thank you sir, this was very helpful!

[@mroudemus410]

Thank you for such a great explanation, and for making this available to all who wants to learn.

[@dreamwarrior93]

Hello, Shotukan Sensei. *Bows* :) My name is Brittany, and I have SEVERAL REASONS why I wish to learn Martials Arts. Particularly, Karate and Filipino Martial Arts (FMA). I have been wanting to learn Martial Arts for a long time. My father is a 5th Degree Black Belt in Karate and earned Certificate of Fierce Tiger, along with First Place in a FMA Tournament. But he is not alone. There are some other relatives who knows Martial Arts as well. :) This video is helpful. Thank you, sensei. *Bows* :)

[@PeterSodhi]

So superb you cannot know how helpful this is. Best wishes Sense

[@mohaindeensikkandhar3962]

This boy is real master....😐😐😐 l am astonished at the way he teaches Very very good super master

[@jordanmarriott5639]

Taekwondos roots are primarily from Tang Soo Do, Martail Arts are amazing to be a part of no matter what style enjoy your training place all your effort and become the best you possible through your training.

[@babisinha943]

I liked this video 📸📸 Best karate sir

[@garykenpo4510]

He's a very good teacher I like his videos I can respect his videos

[@sajeedabanu560]

You are really awesome and you teaches really very well and the best karate teacher ever seen in my life ❤❤❤❣

[@janvierizabayo4549]

Master, you really explain very well. Thank you for your hard and important work!

[@Martin716]

Very pedagogic sensei, you can learn so much by studying others. Thank you! //Taekwondo student.

[@jacksonmbwago7250]

Thank you for being the best instructor on karate

[@declannufc7779]

Thank you Sensei am starting to do karate in a few days but start training early before I go if that makes any sense

[@MartialArtsLifeStyle]

Before mastering martial arts it is so important to have good basics. Great video !

[@yan2x4517]

Shotokan Sensei you are great

[@layanaltaheri301]

I just started , and your videis are anazing and you are a true master thank you

[@jagarfi]

I love your videos! Theyre so helpful, even if slightly different from the style I learn. Thanks!

[@cameronbrown1911]

Wow job well done Sensei Sir actually found a Shotokan Karate club not too far from were i stay and iam very fascinated as well as intrigued to study this discipline really soon great video!!!

[@Anton_the_Vampire]

Well, I come from a different (but related) style, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video! I am keen to learn more about Shotokan Karate, because I see it as a parent style (perhaps an Honoured Uncle) to my own, & the quality of demonstration and explanation here was amazing. Thank you! I hope you take this as the compliment it is intended, but I would put this video on par with Shihan John Richards...it's THAT good!

[@vincentsmith1076]

Thank you sensei I study ur teachings now I teach my son and daughter at least 11 years

[@folayemiakintunde8714]

Thank you very much Sensei.I do forget some of my moves while practicing at home but your videos really helped me in understanding the techniques.

[@mmsalketbi6181]

I am surprised in your explanation way in easy to understand. Thank you so much and keep going

[@chrisjones3152]

I found part one and part two very well done. Thank you!

[@jacksonsangea7139]

Wonderful videos training on blocking techniques......easy to understand and applicable demonstrating expertise of the sensei!

[@youngcashregisterakalilbro3261]

Great Explaining Sensei I'm still up to date with your videos in 2019

[@1banryukyu]

Shotokan Sensei Sir Thank you for sharing this video with us. 下段払い(げだんばらい) or Gedan Barai is a downward sweep. The 漢字 or kanji 下段(げだん)GEDAN:means downward and 払い(ばらい)BARAI:means to sweep. Osu

[@acbhannemann]

I love these videos. I appreciate clear and detailed explanations and analyses, and I hope I am this clear with my own students. I do find the comments sections fascinating though, on an anthropological level. Many of the positive comments are coming from new students (white through yellow belts) and from seasoned karateka (shodan and higher). In both cases, the commenters seem to appreciate the breakdown and the detailed discussions of the shapes of the techniques and the physics behind them. However, the most derisive comments seem to come from those who are well passed the stage where they are learning the shape of the form but have not yet earned their black belts or are coming from people who themselves admit to having little to no experience with Japanese or even Asian martial arts. To the blue through brown belts I ask, do you not remember how much difficulty came with learning the various different kinds of coordination, muscle memory, and breakdowns when you first started? To those with no practical experience with Japanese martial arts, such as the boxers or the wrestlers and the like, when you were first learning to fight, did your teachers break down how to punch, how to step, how to defend yourselves and then take those breakdowns and help you put them together to form a solid technique? Or did they just throw you into the ring with no training, precaution, or care for your safety? And how upset would you be if someone with no practical experience of your fighting system came up and told you there was no substance to your style? I am reminded of the definition of sophomore. Literally, wise fool. It refers to those who think they know everything, who don't know how to admit when they are wrong, and know just enough to be dangerous but not nearly enough to have control. Everyone does this at some point in their lives (hence the naming of the second year of high school and college), but no one need stay in a sophomoric state. We are all still learning, and no matter how advanced, we all need to go back and reexamine the basics. So please, don't be that person.

[@larrycampeau109]

Very well put Chris, these videos are mean't to be merely an introduction to the most fundamental aspects of Karate, nothing more. Unfortunately there are those who cannot/ will not see that...

[@alanthomas4586]

Very good instruction in basic blocks, good point about receiving and deflecting as opposed to 'dead blocking'

[@lalitsinghthakur7734]

Very nicely.... Concept Explained Keep it up

[@rodrigocordova9905]

Thank you very much for this video. Has been very useful!

[@John-ob7dh]

I did those blocks in the dojo for over 8 years .that was 40 years ago .They are part of me now .Embedded in my brain.lol

[@robloxbizer]

Thank you so much I really appreciate it I can finally defend my self more! I really appreciate it you deserve a subscribe

[@santhammasivadas943]

The best class i have ever seen💯

[@seanvasquez7457]

shotokan sense I've learned a lot because of you! thank you for the lessons!

[@IHateToTellYou]

I agree, "blocking" concepts are the only thing stopping me wanting to try Karate. In saying that I think Karate is highly under rated and the clarification here as to how the block is meant to be interpreted helps.

[@555hansy]

i realised that most traditional karate like goju ryu uses a lot of circular movements while japanese karate uses linear movements . in goju , we performed our gedan barai using a circular method . also , when we move from stance to stance , we also uses circular movements .

[@luisfernando-xx1jz]

Solo un campeón mundial puede explicar de una forma tan detallada los conceptos del karate como lo hace Sensei Milon en sus videos.

[@josemanantial6984]

este es el mas perfecto arte de blokear al enemigo y salvarte de un golpe. por eso gracias maestro por este video y las personas apredan a defenderse y lo usen para bien. gracias

[@succ6414]

Dude its awesome how u share our karate to other people :) Keep being awesome :)

[@anthonyogundipe9248]

Excellent video, this does justice to many areas.

[@tahleasinparker3660]

Thank you very much. This is nice and clear and very explanatory

[@steffandavies7028]

Just started Shotokan recently. Great video. 🥋🙏😊

[@jordanmarriott5639]

Your roots will be taught by your Instructor listen well! Remember all styles have their place, yet Martial Arts are meant to be taught so do not listen to bashing of systems cause the response makes you sound arrogant and if you dedicate yourself, you should be able to become a better human being as well as more successful and abundant. Have fun Keep up your training and dont count the cost stick with your Sensei and believe in your Sensei he will lead you in the right direction

[@jcsanche]

Sensai Thank you very much for your videos. They are very instructive and helpful. Also thanks for your passion to teach others martial arts Juan

[@williamperkins4279]

Excellent blocking.when blocking larger force two ways to deflect with less force is for block to travel up arm absorbing force of blow instead indexing power directly. another way is to let block recede and rotate with force. in all indexing is not bad if desired for arm strikes if properly conditioned yet it may not always be desired. Also keeping elbows close to centerline increases reaction time as well as power as elbow and body reinforces and drives power along centerline.

[@DeuceAlchemist]

They are used by trained fighters in competition, but what you get a lot of is fighters who modify the speed and movements to adjust to the speed of competition so they won't look as formal as he displayed them. But these blocks are an essential method to knocking your opponent off balance, so trained fighters don't abandon them.

[@PoseidonKross2009]

Finally! Someone with some answers! Excellent vid

[@keybladewar22]

thanks for teaching about the rising block and more . i will learn all i need to know about martcal arts thanks again .

[@Hombie-f6p]

thank you for these clear and helpful videos. I'm doing some self-study in preparation for starting karate in 2 months. Osu!

[@xubairryan1796]

Thank you sir i understand blocks very nicely and i am allready free style karate player thanks you again

[@Raj-oy5ll]

you are best instructor sir.Thanks.

[@derrickboyd9225]

These ways of block your opponent's strike since it's in attacks are very unique and they're all sets of way very important to defend and also to protect when your opponent start the heat in attacking his ways possible 🥋☯️🙏😌🙏☯️🥋

[@hermitking3718]

Real master , taking karate at my university for pe creds , this helps

[@thelavagod]

now thats what i call 'Master Legend Sensei'

[@fredabrams5596]

I was taught that the fist/hand position at the end of all of these blocks (except shuto uke) is to be as it would if you were punching; first two knuckles in line with the forearm bones, and top of the "back" of the fist in line with the top of the forearm.

[@carlynsmith6887]

thank you for these videos, so helpful . feel dumb trying to learn this while training in my area's martial art school. sometime I just want to cry

[@vyzalfulcolour]

Hi, I am just learning and interesting. You are really good Sensei. Thank you very much.🙏❤

[@insafkheidri1435]

Oss Great sensei

[@historyofwarfare3579]

Great educational video, very good explanations, thank you ! Sensei!

[@Duddeldink]

I have never done Shotokan karate, but I am considering starting it since I often move between countries and need to do a system that is a little bigger than the one I have been doing so far (Shuri-ryu for 10+ years). I was noticing something about the blocks that is very different from what we have always done in Shuri-ryu. There doesn't seem to be any parrying motion with the hand that is already stretched out with any of the blocks. Like in the gedan-barai, it seems to me, that the entire block is the hand that ends up being stretched in the end, meaning that the hand that is already out does nothing. In Shuri-ryu, every block (more or less) has a "parrying hand" which is the one that is already out, meaning that you first parry the attacker with the hand that is closest and then kinda "block him out" with the other hand, rather than having to rely on you being fast enough to be able to first see the attack coming, then bring your hand up to your ear, and then bring it all the way down again to block an incoming kick, before it hits you. The reason this is done in Shuri-ryu is of course too long and complicated to go through in a comment, but the main idea is just to enforce the idea of the blocks being not just blocks, and of basically training two different ways of blocking at the same time. How is this in Shotokan? Is it just because a very basic version with a very basic understanding is being shown, or does Shotokan just not have any parrys in its blocks?

[@garykenpo4510]

For the most part he is correct I'm a first degree black belt in Kenpo and we used similar blocks I like more open Palm blocks open hand blocks you don't necessarily have to break your arm or hurt your arm to learn how to block correctly there are also avoidance techniques so some of these blocks kind of outdated but still kind of useful and you can still do a lot of good damage with a nice open hand Palm block there's also a lot of grappling then you could deal with it too that's why most experienced Fighters really don't do bone on bone block because you can really damage your arms so much but for the most part he is correct I also have a background in Shotokan also Okinawan martial arts

[@John-ob7dh]

I did Shotokan for 8 years from 72 to 80 and we were taught that a block can be almost attack , because the constant one on one we did in blocking hardened my arms so much that when I blocked against newer even bigger guys than me they sometimes winced in pain when my block ,blocked their punch or kick .Nothing to be proud of but I broke a guys arm once with a block .I am only 5.8 and 160 lbs .Our sensei was similar build and had trained since early 60s and we all hated having to line up to attack him and experience his blocks as his arms were like steel .

[@ItaLiaNKiinG94]

I'm learning jiu-jitsu and Judo, this is pretty much spot on like my Sensei teaches me but the only difference is with the rising block don't have your wrist pointed towards your opponent, rather the side of the wrist to avoid getting your wrists slit from your attacker. Like if the attacker has a knife for example.

[@icarusae5153]

Excellent instructor! Thank you for the tutorial.

[@KakarottX]

Thanks for your vids man. Especially the cool explanation of uke.

[@MrAlphaboubacar]

So generous and professional . Thanks.

[@Sreeyukthavs]

Thank you sir ❤

[@TheRasengan300]

You would be shocked. Intelligence does indeed help you, as how do you plan your attack without it? Love does not mean to your opponent, but in your training, we all need compassion when we learn and teach each other. Also some situations can be resolved with a talk.

[@jordangiarratano2706]

Excellent concise, clear information. Thank you.

[@knightveg]

any form of martial arts teachers the body the mind to be peace with yourself. it lets you focus release anger and become a better person. in a real life situation no martial arts perfect as your first line of defence should be able to run rather than engage. is your opponent in fight in a street has many ways of surprising you best to learn ways defending yourself and this instructor is showing great technique how to defend

[@threemusketeersoflife6341]

I am doing karate since I was 7 in age Now I am 16 I know many arts like juda, taekwando, Thi Chi... Etv But I can't always make a effective block Can you tell me how to solve it

[@AZTigerMMA]

if i may brother, i would like to make a suggestion 1) ENSHIN or Kyokushin karate(although others are also fine Shotokan ect- (hard strikes and angles) 2) muythai-unless you dont like to get hit(alot of love play-randori) 3) judo(to be ROCK stable) 4) BJJ or a grappling art- wrestling.(this dosnt mean you go to the ground- you can avoid being taken to the ground-with this most ranges are covered- use krav maga structure to use your techniques as a work out- i suggest this with love and respect

[@ienphu6551]

Karate is scientific, clear techniques. Thanks master

[@PollyannaAlves]

Nice Explication! Thank you!

[@DIEUXDELAPAIX]

+Pollyanna Alves (Polly) explication? lol

[@ithalowillian1658]

+Pollyanna Alves (Polly) kkk explication. R u Brazilian?

[@FitnessKarateAcademy]

Great job my friend sensei

[@CrankyLeopard]

You may be referring to harai uke, which is more circular than gedan barai (harai uke is the 3rd and 6th moves in the geki sai kata). Goju does also have gedan barai, but it's no more circular than this.

[@Truth_Seeker1]

It seems really hard to remember this. I’m thinking about taking karate. Why when showing blocks all the videos on KZbin the person isn’t in the position they would be in a fight?

[@magistomauro9483]

I like the styles how can I learn them. best instructor

[@alevoz9286]

hi..i am from cali, colombia, thanks for the video!!!

[@lauramaotonyane8096]

Nice

[@GoldyG1]

hope i reach the Black belt , still just had my second class in KARATE

[@Themissinghiker]

Are you still training?

[@coolgamerman]

Mirah Oro how are you now

[@batmanthegrower4204]

yeah man do you even still have the same account

[@JG-yd1ys]

And then he vanished

[@Shitareen]

Good description! I think, that People which don't make Karate understand that!

[@poirotellerylane]

so i know that there are like four different major styles in karate, whats their differences and for a beginner what should i choose? and how many days per week dose attend class regularly mean? and if attends class regularly, how long it usually takes for a person to went from white belt to black belt? i know its a lot of questions but i really want to know more since im a total newbie

[@minatoanimelover9601]

thanks for this! It helped me a lot

[@katjapohling2725]

Would be nice to see the techniques in action in kumite. I've just started training karate and have problems receiving the attacks rather than blocking it.

[@talaniel]

This video is awesome. I just wonder if it is possible to learn karate without a teacher (that is just by using these videos and some books like Dynamic Karate) or if I should get myself some decent teacher.