Karate's Secret Weapon - The Iron Shirt

[@amusik7]

That sanchin was intense! I'm impressed and thank you for a super informative and interesting video.

[@StrykeTeamOfficial]

I’m glad you liked it!

[@EastWestFightingArts]

Thank you Leonard san :-) Most gracious of you 🙇

[@StrykeTeamOfficial]

Thank you as well. Couldn't have made this without your help!

[@doge95469]

haha I thought I was the only one hitting my arms while watching TV 😂😂😂

[@StrykeTeamOfficial]

😂🤣😂

[@Miltroon]

Just discovered your channel by accident. Loved the video 🙂

[@StrykeTeamOfficial]

@@Miltroon thank you!!!

[@StrykeTeamOfficial]

@@Miltroon I’m glad you liked it!

[@thomasmoore8505]

I would like to see more dojos in America do the iron shirt conditioning. It’s very rare especially in the Midwest unless you’re in a Kyokushin dojo.

[@benjaminstoute]

Cool video, I think one of the big reasons. Kyokushin does so well in the low kick championships is because of the way they lean into low kicks to take some of the power away. Muytie and MMA guys usually lift up their front leg which they are not allowed to do. In that competition, you have to keep your feet on the ground. So, kayokushin guys have a clear advantage because of n the way they check low kicks.

[@EthanNoble]

Uechi guy here. It’s def been fun conditioning and surprising people

[@StrykeTeamOfficial]

@@EthanNoble they’re never ready for it!

[@josephperkins4857]

Ahh...that babushi up there in the corner😁😁

[@josephperkins4857]

Hey have you thought about doing a video on Okinawan karate 's Hojo Undo methods?

[@StrykeTeamOfficial]

@@josephperkins4857 hmmm I could do that. I could easily do uechi and shorin. I’ll see if I can set that one up

[@DouglasBuenoGomes]

Kyokushin Guys train their Body to a extreme level it's a Karate made For Real Man, If you play their games kick the legs or punch the body will be a hard fight Kyokushin are tough.

[@chasg76]

@StrykeTeamOfficial Could you do a video on any breathing exercises you suggest for iron body training, especially in relation to Uechi Ryu San Chin kata?

[@bladecommando]

Seconded

[@vikctorrkreedd6418]

Shaolin Iron clothing. Also Daoist can cut themselves with blades and draw no blood. Although it's not from technique or physical training it's much more. I'm not willing to delve into tha realm. I know a Daoist personally, he has been studying it for about 8 yrs but was already a seasoned gung fu practiser, from WSL lineage.

[@Cab0408]

Karate loses a lot of its more effective techniques because the majority of schools don't condition the outer surfaces of the hand, the fingers, and yes, the toes. we lose that grip strength and that ability to dig into the soft tissue of an opponents body. The most dangerous strikes in Karate and Kung Fu are delivered with an open hand, not a closed fist.

[@mikehum9563]

What was the name of the kata you were doing on stage ?

[@StrykeTeamOfficial]

Sanchin

[@bladecommando]

Good sanchin.

[@brentpieczynski]

Iron Palm is not Iron Fist, because finger-tip strikes can cause disabling sinus pain without breaking the nose or knocking out teeth.

[@larrygarner2392]

you use any kind of linament?

[@StrykeTeamOfficial]

@@larrygarner2392 I don’t but I’ve heard of others using it.

[@1HistoryDragon]

Some reference from Shaolin Kungfu and other Chinese Kungfu from Chineses nothing relate to Karate for example 2:14, 4:49 or 7:12. You should more carefully when make Clip. The concepts which they use to train body are also different.

[@StrykeTeamOfficial]

@@1HistoryDragon I don’t get what you are saying. At 2:14 I say Shaolin monks or people dressed as monks. And I show a clip of people dressed as monks. I didn’t actually say they were Shaolin monks because I don’t know. They could be or might not be. I have seen monks from the temple do something similar though. At 4:49 I talk about kung fu and show a random kung fu guy doing iron body. At 7:12 I talk about how Uechi took iron body conditioning and made it part of Uechi karate. I am showing a video of 2 Uechi karate practitioners doing one of the Uechi strengthening techniques. All of those clips make sense

[@1HistoryDragon]

@@StrykeTeamOfficial My mistake. I am skip some part of this clip so I though you use Chinese martial art for Karate's Iron body which have different method training.

[@David_Raab]

Even when you were right i don't see why he cannot show the clips. It's about conditioning the body, and many different martial arts do that maybe with different techniques. If you want to condition your body you can pick different method unrelated to whatever you are practically doing. Or will you tell me that i cannot pick a "shaolin body conditioning" because i do Karate, or vice versa?

[@1HistoryDragon]

@@David_Raab It's not what I mean. This clip focus on "The Iron shirt" of Karate so it should focus on what is "the Iron Shirt", when it create, how to train it etc... My mistake is I though he used Chinese Martial art as reference for Japanese Martial Art in training progress. Because the concept is different as well as method to train body. "Or will you tell me that i cannot pick a "shaolin body conditioning" because i do Karate" => That's I called Mix material Art and I have no problem with it. Different method training lead to different body condition. It's not the same. For example: muay thai's kick is different than takedown and Karate even though they are all kick.

[@David_Raab]

@@1HistoryDragon I guess there are multiple ways to achieve "The Iron shirt", not only one way. You call it maybe mixed martial arts, i just call it martial arts. Keep your mind open, use what is useful, throw away that isn't.

[@juanjosuehuascorondinel2000]

Osu!