Bryson Keenan - Sensei: Masters of Okinawan Karate International Edition

Bryson Keenan is a master of gojuryu karate. He was an Australian serviceman, then worked in executive security around the world.
Although he has a very particular set of skills, skills he has acquired over a very long career, he is now studying Zen, and finding a more peaceful life.
During one of his visits to Okinawa to train with Taira Masaji we asked if he could stop by the Asato Dojo in Naha City so that we could have a quick chat.
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Sensei: Masters of Okinawan Karate is a crowd-funded documentary series about the amazing martial arts teachers living on Okinawa, the birthplace of karate. It is completely free to watch on KZbin. Learn more about the project here and how you can help here:
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The documentary series grew out of the Karate Masters Portrait Project which began in 2012. The portrait project allowed amazing access to the sensei, but it was only Chris Willson and James Pankiewicz who got to hear their stories. The documentary series is a way for us to share that unique knowledge with the international karate community.
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[@kaz5150619]

Bless u guys for these videos

[@MartinJutras]

Karate & Zen have been my path for more than 35 years.

[@lececamara]

Very interesting Bryson...took me a while to get me used to you clean shaved, though 😂 Hope you are doing well and happy in Japan. Best regards from Spain from me and my son, Ice, he always remembers you.

[@kaz5150619]

Ive been addicted to martial arts since i was a kid through Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (fave was Red Ranger then White Tiger)

[@satheeshkumar6865]

Awesome 👍🏻.very interesting. Thank you for sharing your thoughts 🙏

[@stevemason6524]

That was really interesting and Keenan Sensei shared a lot of himself. Hope he finds some peace on his journey.

[@WhatDoYouReallyMean]

"we are not the author of our own thoughts" This is a very scary statement... As the saying goes "If you don't know yourself, then who does" One's desires manifest first in thought and then become actions, over time repeated actions becomes one's character. We are all the authors of our own character no matter our thoughts.

[@TheReverb1]

My question is how these types of students and sensei still have teeth with all these soldiers training and hard Karate training...My 2 Sensei do not have teeth due to punches...Shotokan ryu that some how was "more" sporty than these other styles. I had fissure ribbons in practice days and somehow full contact Karate guys do not have it most of the times so I do not know.

[@ukenagashi]

Very nice - I learned a lot watching this

[@bajuszpal172]

Yes Sir, a beautiful career from trainee via coach and now to a Zen practitioner. A fulfilment of grand masters, whom many of them were monks or priest, to my humble knowledge. I think lots of multilevel trainings are structured very similarly like language aptitude test , i.e. starting from solving the obvious (for beginners), via facing options to be chosen and dealt with (intermediate) through whati-ifs, as you mentioned (for advanced) involving hypothetical solutions or sevaral equallly good solutions or doing nothing at all. Paul, 67, retired instructor of Goju ryu *Karate and techer of technical English.

[@kaz5150619]

YAAAAY Bob Jones Godfather of FMA in Australia

[@alastairfraser8177]

Interesting interview

[@kaz5150619]

FMA meaning Freestyle in that context

[@garycpriestley]

I have fond memories of being a skinny, snotty, cocky teenager training under Bryson in the late 80's. Good times and a fabulous instructor.

[@BrysonKeenan]

I’ve just seen this; hello mate

[@NewEnglandBudo]

6:22 Very nice interview of Bryson Sensei 👌 👏 👍

[@mikeclarke3882]

An interesting conversation Bryson...thank you! I wish you well in your studies.

[@BrysonKeenan]

Thanks Mike; best regards 🙏

[@vijaybansod186]

Knowledge stuff.

[@NeonBlade]

Great interview.!

[@MossMusic777]

Lovely thank you 🙏

[@roloduarte3100]

Awesome channel.