Stepping basics for Goju Ryu: San Bon Kumite

[@wolfgangmrazek3997]

Thanks for posting your videos, they help me a lot. I'm 67 and starting again from scratch after a pause of about 40 years...

[@luisloaiza0425]

If you guys are going through all kumite, i can't wait for the irikumi go kumite in your channel.

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

Thank you for the video suggestion! We will put it on our shooting schedule for when Brian gets back from his travels 👊

[@shawnharris6888]

Can't wait to follow you down the worm hole. Keep the videos coming.

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

Aww, thank you, Shawn! We hope to be back in full swing soon - thank you for your patience between videos :)

[@shawnharris6888]

@GojuRyuKarateCentre of course, your content is well worth the wait. I hope all is well.

[@danielhsamuelsson]

Genuinely appreciate you guys sharing your stuff, shows a level of self awareness / confidence / competence that very few have. Never easy putting your stuff out on the internet and leaving commenting turned on!

[@themadrazorback2019]

Yep, true courage right there!

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

Thank you so much, Daniel! This is truly such a wonderful comment to receive, and reaffirms that we aren't suffering from Dunning-Kruger syndrome, at least! Occasionally we get a troll in our comments, but overwhelmingly our comments are positive and come from like-minded people, which means we must be doing something right! And it is hard (for me, Zoe, especially) to keep putting ourselves out there, but its also important to have a thick skin in life, otherwise we will be beset and beaten by even the smallest criticisms and challenges. Lovely to hear from you!

[@andrewwhynott9863]

I am so glad I found this subscription and these videos. I so relate to the philosophies that you give. And your instructional videos speak to me and I use a lot of these in my Dojo and teach it to my students. Great respect Sensei.

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

Ah, what a special comment! Thank you so much for the truly lovely words, Andrew - your support means the world to us, and we are so happy that we can give back to Goju Ryu practitioners all over the world 🗺

[@themadrazorback2019]

Love the basics from cat stance, first time I have ever seen this. This is the kind of basics that sport karate threw away.

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

Honestly, the worst thing to happen to karate (in my opinion, not Ché's) is sport karate. It introduced the worst elements of sport (ego, money, medals, ableism) and didn't even help the style grow. We didn't get a single sign-up from people watching karate in the Olympics, but every time there is a new season of Cobra Kai, our dojo grows. There's a reason the old founders were grumbling about it when it started - I think they would be dismayed to see it now.

[@user-Mixan08]

Спасибо за вашу работу очень нужная в обучении часть.

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

Для нас большая честь и радость получить такой приятный и добрый комментарий! Спасибо, что нашли время посмотреть и поддержать наш канал - мы надеемся вскоре представить вам более аутентичный контент Годзю-рю :D

[@whocares499]

Good old fashioned dojo pounding, spent hours and hours on that back in the day, putting the Zen into Zenkutsudachi

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

"Putting the Zen into Zenkutsudachi" should be on a shirt! Sometimes we need to simplify our lives - there's nothing like physical repetition to calm the mind and build the spirit 💪

[@sergiodanielarg]

Thank you Sensei Che, excellent exercise San Bon Kumite, to practice basic technique, strengthen the body, improve positions (dachis). Hugs and greetings to all your family. Sergio from Argentina.🥋

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

San bon kumite is the vegetables of karate! The more we do them, the better everything else gets :) Thank you for always leaving such beautiful comments, Sergio! Love from South Africa :D

[@Kiwigeo8339]

Very handy san bon kumite drills thanks Sensei(s).

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

Glad you like them! San Bon kumite gets neglected, so we're happy to give it a bit of love and space on the internet 🥰

[@themadrazorback2019]

Hello to our hosts, Sensei Zoë and Sensei Ché, fellow karateka and Martial Heart-ists! Much love from Tom and Max!

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

Ah, Max, our American mascot!

[@arturolopez299]

Excelente, un maestro, es un trabajo didáctico, práctico y muy motivador.

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

Ah, ¡muchas gracias por estas amables palabras! Así esperamos que nuestro trabajo sea recibido por el mundo del Karate :)

[@suniljupiter4949]

Very good methed❤❤

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Burvedys]

Methinks, new camera sucks. It looks like a mist. Maybe there is some mist in that time of the day? Or lenses should be cleared. On a positive note, no brian was harmed in three steps during this performance. :o)

[@kennethwendt854]

Think it was Che sweat that turned the dojo into a steam room 😅. PS well done Sensei on be able to continue teaching while doing all that physical work

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

We're getting the hang of the new camera, tweaking some settings as we go! Yes, Brian finally had a reprieve (and yet he still keeps coming back for more lol)

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

Kenneth! We miss you!

[@themadrazorback2019]

Are there any basic drills where you simply move from one stance to another through all the stances, only "basic" footwork?

[@Burvedys]

It's called tachi-gata based on fukyu-gata footwork. But not all Goju-ryu schools practice it. Mine from Jundokan does, including both fukyu.

[@themadrazorback2019]

Thanks so much!@@Burvedys

[@GojuRyuKarateCentre]

Couldn't have answered it better myself! We try do these drills with the kids - their footwork isn't great, but we have to start somewhere, and we're always planting seeds for the future :)

[@jonasjpm1989]

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