The journey which the old ways have travelled to what we have now is a maze within a maze . Seeing the old ways being watered down and morphing from their original methodology and intent is why this video is so important . Thank you for another gem Chadi .
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@m5a1stuart833 жыл бұрын
This is why old Judokas were more technical than current Judoka. Even at their old age they still can show the throws perfectly.
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
100%
@socalbeachieboy61353 жыл бұрын
They've been around for awhile. So they know what's up
@scarred103 жыл бұрын
Complete nonsense, kata of any kind can never perfect techniques it's totally ineffective as a training method in all arts.The old lads have good technique because they've done decades of randori and uchikomi.
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
@@scarred10 uchikomi and nage komi can be considered a form of kata, drilling also, kata back then was not the presentation you see today.
@m5a1stuart833 жыл бұрын
@@scarred10 Kyuzo Mifune
@bartfart38473 жыл бұрын
I trained at the Kodokan 2004-2010 and once a month they would have a Kata Day where we all focus on only Kata. On that day we would train and get advice from all the old timers for our Kata Test. We needed to do different Kata to get shodan, nidan and so on. There is a meditative beauty to Kata. as I get older, I appreciate it more and more.
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing
@SoldierDrew3 жыл бұрын
Repetitive Kata drills are 'key' to programming very deep neuropathways, muscle memory and the central nervous system. When anyone criticize Judo kata as useless and ineffective they're ignorant. They don't understand the purpose of repetitive Judo Katas. It's like saying western boxing katas, drills, are useless & ineffective: drilling boxing combinations, drilling bobbing & weaving, drilling slipping and footwork. It's like guys saying practicing guitar scales & cords are useless or piano scales are useless to playing music. Imagine telling Infantrymen that drilling magazine changes, dry firing, performing dry tactical maneuvers were useless to learning how to perform in battle. Repetitive Kata is key to programming good Judo. Randori is the test.
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100%
@blakewangler2303 жыл бұрын
Yes sir I agree 110%
@scarred103 жыл бұрын
Totally incorrect,uchikomi is the equivalent of shadow boxing, not kata.There is no equivalent of kata in combat sports because it doesn't work on muscle memory,you need huge reps at real speed to do that.
@jestfullgremblim80023 жыл бұрын
Yo, this channel is everything i dreamed for. I gotta tell my friends about you. You should also try to get some advertising so people hear about this channel, Judokas love to see content about their art, they just need to get introduced to the channel.
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much🙇🏻♂️
@talouarnmarc19843 жыл бұрын
I' m fromFrance and I begun too study Nage no kata when I was Orange belt. My teacher was saying it's important to practice kata before brown belt !
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
That's great
@beskeptic3 жыл бұрын
Awesome work Chadi! Agree 100%
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙇🏻♂️
@patrickfowler5903 жыл бұрын
Your focus has been really awesome lately. I like the older and also pre-1900 history videos. Your videos that have the "rare" focus, I think are your best.
@moefinesse98783 жыл бұрын
I had an opportunity to go newaza randori with a Japanese University level judoka. I'm a BB judo and brown belt BJJ. I was surprised how good a -73 kg judoka was on the ground. These guys were B level in Japan. The difference was judokas are more explosive on the ground
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
100% in japan they train long hours
@ispanico3723 жыл бұрын
it's always a Masterpiece.
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@fabfab29913 жыл бұрын
Great video like always. keeping searching please.
@onerider8083 жыл бұрын
You are the best judo/grappling channel around, Chadi. You’re quickly becoming THE guy.
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Mark
@coffeehousephilosopher79363 жыл бұрын
Chadi.. your work is invaluable for casual fans or practitioners.
@Michael-yr5oq3 жыл бұрын
Kata in judo vs koryu jujutsu are so different nowadays. What is kata in koryu is more like a few waza chained together. Then there is ura which is training for different outcomes of the kata like reversals, they do something different etc...
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
Yes back then kata was much different
@ramondiaz28513 жыл бұрын
Beautiful throws!!!!
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
Mifune the one and only
@ramondiaz28513 жыл бұрын
@@Chadi agree man!! I hope I can be fit like him at his old age!! WOW! he was MAN!!!
@shadowfighter64453 жыл бұрын
Good topic, thank you for sharing 😊.
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for listening
@lapd254073 жыл бұрын
When I trained in kodokan ju jitsu class was warm ups,,katas,randoris, then free style attacks. Class was 2 to 3 hours every other day including weekends that’s how you got good and prevented injuries. I have used many of my techniques as a police officer and never got hurt in hand to hand combat,,,but I put the hurt on those bad guys,,,many went to the hospital with broken or dislocated bones. Randori is necessary to teach the mechanics of the technique. They need to bring it back.
@jestfullgremblim80023 жыл бұрын
But aren't randoris and free style attacks the same thing?
@jehoover30093 жыл бұрын
@@jestfullgremblim8002 Surely it’s a mistype he means bring back Kata to practice ala his training? I guess free-style attacks is a kind of combination ie a free style Kata practice?
@stefanschleps87583 жыл бұрын
Yep, Tues. & Thurs. from 4:00-6:30 & Sat. 10:00-12:30. After one year we were tested for white belt. Lots of warming up, drilling basics endlessly. Drenched in sweat after twenty minutes. One of the best times in my life.
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
My next stop is kodokan
@jestfullgremblim80023 жыл бұрын
@@jehoover3009 idk
@stefanschleps87583 жыл бұрын
Thank you Chadi. It's always a pleasure to see what new offering you have for us. I can only add from my own experience in Karate. There kata was almost supremely important. I asked my teacher one day when we might be allowed to spar. Having been training for six months I thought it must be soon. And very curtly he snapped, "Not before Black Belt!" I had the temerity to then ask when we could expect to earn a Black Belt. And he thundered, "Not for at least ten years!". One of his own teachers, his last teacher, had been Nishiyama. Old school huh? My own take on this issue is that without kime and kata sparring will produce bad habits. Which in turn lead to disasterous consequences in actual combat. Without sharp form, and keen focus, the student is at a disadvantage. However there is great nuance in fighting which can only come through experience. I see no shortcuts in training. Only dedication and perseverence elevate ones skill set. Thanks again for the old photos and films of our progenitors. All the best.
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
That's such a valuable story, i agree, thank you for sharing
@scarred103 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately your teacher had no idea what he was talking about,nothing wrong with 10 yrs to black belt but 10 yrs of kata and kihon is entirely unrelated to combat of any kind,sport or otherwise. You should do limited light sparring as soon as you have decent fundamental movement and defense and ramp it up gradually. Your teacher was only repeating the mistakes of his teacher.Eastern martial arts have some valuable life lessons but most cannot teach effectively.
@mikeverdugo10393 жыл бұрын
Good job I like this one :)
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@steffen33 жыл бұрын
Best upvote/downvote ratio on youtube. Chadi --> Kimura of Judo documentary ;)
@highchamp13 жыл бұрын
Learning Learning from others (fastest way) practical, hands on (better than technology) Get the gist (from mountains of research / experimentation) you can get the general idea. Over time (short videos (Chadi) I've learned a lot from. System (good organization, teachers, program, training, (best) equipment) saves a lot of time. 1993 UFC1 to now think of the time messing about and how the next generation will pick things up much faster.
@jestfullgremblim80023 жыл бұрын
i'm still not so used to english so i'm having a stroke trying to read this haha.
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
Need to learn all aspects
@leospinelli65423 жыл бұрын
Oss!!!👏👏👏
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
🙇🏻♂️
@ismaelferrer26963 жыл бұрын
Hi Chadi I saw old judo photographs and some show a short-sleeved jacket and short pants. Can you discuss the topic for a video? Was comes to my mind is because some of the techniques were different or there was more focus on leg grabs like morote gari and wrist grabs. Great video as always.
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, it's actually the ķata guruma that evolved the gi, i have a video on the evolution of kata guruma i tell the story
@SamTheSentinel3 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie, click like before I even watch the vids these days 🤷♂️😅
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
That's why I love my audience
@onerider8083 жыл бұрын
Me too
@elijahhatcher88403 жыл бұрын
That's what always annoyed me about martial arts in general where there are so many misconceptions that came from it being watered down. Techniques and application being lost and being taught without a clear understanding of them, and of course things that are taken out of context.
@Tentaisei3 жыл бұрын
my students begin learning Naga no kata after the first month.
@davielias44043 жыл бұрын
Dochmentary name? I watched it some years ago, but lost it...
@terciary3 жыл бұрын
There is an widely recognized opinion that free randori in karate is modern (XX century) invention as the art morphed to sport. What about traditional jiujitsu, was it also limited solely to kata (prearranged sparring)?
@onerider8083 жыл бұрын
That opinion would be wrong, at least as far as Okinawan karate goes. Always was and is plenty of kumite...not just ippon kumite. My old sohombu (main dojo) had plenty of cool pictures of older fighting, and the old guys told us cool stories of “back in the day”. Kata alone is meaningless.
@terciary3 жыл бұрын
@@onerider808 hey I really dont want to start here this omnipresent discussion with good reasoning behind each of both diametral opinions. My question was to Chadi and to situation with ancient Jujitsu in his good faith.
@darylfields3 жыл бұрын
The gentle way yeah sure 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@QuantumMechanic_883 жыл бұрын
Hah hah .. Agreed .
@jestfullgremblim80023 жыл бұрын
Yeah, my fellow Judokas be like "I'll gently smash you to oblivion"
@joshuakeeler823 жыл бұрын
Gentle on you, not the opponent.
@joshuakeeler823 жыл бұрын
I heard "Smooth Pathway" as a good rendering aswell.
@darylfields3 жыл бұрын
@@joshuakeeler82 the judoka doing of course it's gentle but the person getting thrown it's pain
@ronin21673 жыл бұрын
Yes, my ankle was hurt a lot. My son had trouble pulling off a Okuriashi Harai on me and just had to get it. He's like, one more time, one more time. LOL Then there's those that don't know how to protect their uke's when they are practicing a throw. They lose control of you or they fall onto you without meaning to. It's why I hate letting low ranks practice throws on me.
@nuyorican91st2 жыл бұрын
Damn old time uncles were doing John Cena attitude adjustment In practice Ouch
@dwightschrute4912 жыл бұрын
Drillers make killers.
@joshuakeeler823 жыл бұрын
So Kata was trained with aliveness/faux resistance to build muscle memory and reaction time. Interesting. Krav Maga does kata this way a lot then. Gracie Humaita still requires this aswell. They have 98 required self defense sequences that must be memorized and tested before black belt. I've seen Gracie Barra use similar techniques aswell. Rickson Gracie associations have "self defense" compitition where they go through the self defense kata and are judged.
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
I like the fact Rickson preserves this aspect
@scarred103 жыл бұрын
The gracie set self defense is a complete contradiction to what makes it effective in combat,its totally impossible to select from that many techs under violent and unexpected attack,only that which is sparred or pressure tested will work.Dead drills are useless beyond beginner level.
@scarred103 жыл бұрын
Ricksons self defense comps are a joke in terms of performance, the point is to preserve self defense as a goal of training but those comps dont test anything.
@joshuakeeler823 жыл бұрын
@@scarred10 I've used many of the "self defense" techniques live. They are learned more effectively through application during live sparing I agree.
@fredazcrate43623 жыл бұрын
🤔💯👌👊👍
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
🙇🏻♂️
@slaidaniel6283 жыл бұрын
Bushido!
@jestfullgremblim80023 жыл бұрын
What
@cahallo59643 жыл бұрын
That's how Japanese people call Martial Arts
@jestfullgremblim80023 жыл бұрын
@@cahallo5964 yeah, but why would he comment it like that. i don't get it, just like the Harai Goshi
@cahallo59643 жыл бұрын
@@jestfullgremblim8002 cuz he is very enthusiastic about martial arts
@Projectdarksource3 жыл бұрын
@@cahallo5964 sounds more like Autistic!
@henrikg13883 жыл бұрын
What we think of katas in Judo has it's purpose. It's a tradition of the art and something you will have to practice for your black belt, and it preserves techniques not fit for randori or competition. Okey, I suppose. What you are referring to is static attack and defense drills. I find these have low value. Not only are they very outdated, but there is also an option to teach self-defense safely under randori, even with weapons involved.
@stefanschleps87583 жыл бұрын
I strongly disagree with you. That type of traditional training is more effective than you know. The first time men tried to kill me all I had was kata and kime. Without training the mind how useful is training the body? It is never the art that makes the man. But the man who makes art. Real skills have little or nothing to do with sparring. It is all about intention. Especially against weapons. On that note. "Never block swords, unless you have to!"
@Chadi3 жыл бұрын
Kata back then went from static (the stuff we see today as kata) to very much alive drills. In his writings Kano talks about the benefits of kata for reflexes, that should show that kata was different and more dynamic, it's live drilling against attacks, coupled with randori you'd get a good fighter
@henrikg13883 жыл бұрын
@@stefanschleps8758 I am afraid I'm with Rokas on this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gae3ZmCNmsaagKs
@henrikg13883 жыл бұрын
@@Chadi If that's the way it was at a point in time, it makes sense, and Kano's own writing seem to confirm it. But technically it is still the moves that are in Judo kata and various forms of ju-jitsu around the World, including Brazilian. I personally think these techniques really need a modernization. I say those forms of weapons defense are more likely to get you killed than do any good, and striking has come a long way since Judo atemi waza.