Karate girl "Mahiro Takano" 11 years old. incredible awesome performance.

[@mghee5694]

I'm here after watching Sia's video, Alive

[@blackjedi954]

The power, speed and precision...is amazing

[@gld1010]

Speed and Precision yes, power no. Too quick for proper hip, arm, and shoulder rotation for power. Her strikes would be only slaps and not powerful kinetic strikes. New Karate especially that of the WKF is like something between XMA and Traditional Karate. Kiais are not yelling matches like seen in XMA and WKF, they are natural and don't seemed forced like Mahiro's or the rest of the Karateka seen in WKF.

[@khalil4968]

exactly, I hope she doesn't choose speed over the perfection of techniques!

[@jimmyseraphin7314]

The next yuki mumura:) hope her to be world champion and olympic champion in the futur. Prefer shito ryu but she s an amazing shotokan player

[@jimmyseraphin7314]

@@drkmaster70 poor guy. She s actually the best 11years old shotokan player of he world. Maybe you are jalouse or just ridiculous.

[@jimmyseraphin7314]

@@gld1010 lol she must have more real power than an adult like you

[@BeeeHonest]

She has grown up so much! I still remember watching her performance when she was 4. Still amazing!

[@PRINCESS444]

I felt how powerful the movements are just from watching

[@johnc343]

Oh she's growing up so fast still doing it absolutely fabulous job

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

Very impressive, especially for that age! The only two real improvements I could see would be steadying her hips more and some of the hand movements where she might not have enough muscle yet to create the right amount of tension. But her breathing and especially her balance and her footwork are incredible!

[@DARKNESSrbg]

U can tell she has trained hard for years!

[@drkmaster70]

and a children should never be trained THAT WAY

[@MZH47]

So glad to see her continuing her karate.

[@mewzoey]

I so love her. I do karate too, my favorite kata is Enpi, but I didn't do that kata because I'm orange 1 belt😂, but I love Enpi. This girl is my favourite karate kid. Thanks to her, I do lot better, because I have seen her a lot, and because I do like her, I always win medals at competitions. Mahiro, you are my favourite karate kid 😉❤💪

[@toraguchitoraguchi9154]

4 years ago she was above average now she is really quite good. You have to remember she's 11, some leg and body exercises she shouldn't be doing too much of until she's older, that'd improve her kata even more.

[@grandmacat1994]

great: timing, stability, combinations and posture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@drkmaster70]

timing.... VERY POOR TIMING in this kata COMBINATIONS ? HE this is karate, not PS4.. there are no combo posture.... posture is mess.. but she is still a child.

[@Bayezhaze]

Gianluca Culot why are you on every comment bashing this little girl?? She is 11 years old. STFU.

[@drkmaster70]

@@Bayezhaze BASHING ??? What the hell are you talking about ? cannot you read ?

[@sedok891]

Excellent, amazing...👍👍😊💪💪

[@craigparrott828]

She is so fast it's crazy good

[@Leon-Leon]

すごい！

[@FreedomDogs]

Very good job👍✨✨✨ We enjoyed watching and big like👍💗

[@AustraliaRealEstateRevolution]

The 3 people who voted this down are morons who know nothing about Martial Arts. Mahiro is fantastic. And thank you to the camera person who just let Mahiro do her thing in a wide shot - without the need to edit/zoom/cut angles etc.

[@kenohcom]

Thank you so much!

[@drkmaster70]

I voted down, and though you consider me a moron I'm 2dan shotokan karate and 3dan sankukai karate. Consider this. you can teach almost everything to a child. and this irl is learning very greedly the movements. But Gankaku is not a kata for children. breath control is a must. contraction and ki control is all in this kata. and a child cannot have any of these. Maybe I'm a moron, bue you know nothing about Gankaku

[@yorth8154]

@@drkmaster70 But why the vote down tho?

[@drkmaster70]

@@yorth8154 consider this. you can teach children almost EVERY movement. there are children who are better than adults, at gymnastics, at horseriding, etc but children do not have consciousness of what they are doing. they cannot transmit, they can just repeat and repeat so there are kata who are made to be repeated over and over but other kata are made to be learned. and to learn the kata you must understand... something. enpi is just one of those kata. you cannot just execute the movement. you must understand and become an "enpi"

[@yorth8154]

@@drkmaster70 oh that makes sense, thank you.

[@ジンジャーエール相互いたす]

まひろちゃん……会ってみたいな。私弱いから…夢の夢なんだけどね

[@workoutwithjason2458]

I think she is better. She is showing more control rather than rushing. Sotokan is supposed to be hard and strong it is the style. And the kata she is doing is very practical. Only trained martial arts people would understand the application for the kata.

[@rustydj]

Look at all the these "Shihan" criticizing her kata....as if they moved better than her at age 11.

[@TetaroSeth]

Restita DeJesus So true. I teach Karate. In my experience you can always find fault with anyone’s kata, no matter who. Nobody is perfect. That’s what makes practicing karate so fun! Constant improvement without any end in sight. My kata has steadily gotten better over the years, but it still feels pretty sloppy sometimes 😕 This girl has some stuff to work on sure, but I wouldn’t want to go up against her in a kata completion! She is very good.

[@edwardmckenna3607]

A brilliant little girl

[@Martin_Kitahara]

A small dislike for the belt. The rest is absolutely amazing. Respect!

[@nicolasgoldring7128]

She may look innocent on the outside, but on the inside, she's a fearsome and powerful fighter with a ferocious kiai.

[@drkmaster70]

kiai is NEVER ferocious. kiai is the spirit of the BUDO becoming movement and energy in this world

[@65simonc]

Pure .

[@robertgrenier5735]

totally awesome

[@maitregiressecentkilosdias5823]

formidable démonstration

[@happy-man888]

Touching 感動👍👍👍

[@bochakim]

Alita going a real life

[@sanpogiri777]

What a remarkable young lady! However, try watching, say, just the opening few moves at 0.25 speed and you'll see that in her desire for speed, she doesn't complete her movements in the correct form. Her arms seems to 'flail' around rather than running along tram lines of precise movement! There's a lack of 'kime' in her movements She's only young and I'm doubtless being too critical. I look forward to seeing her Karate in 10 years time when she's improved even further, which I'm sure she will!

[@BelloBudo007]

I don't think you are being too critical at all. You simply speak the truth on what it is that you see. IMHO it could be that what we're seeing [of an 11 year old athlete], is the need for the brain to adjust to the body growth and development that is occurring. Personally I'm not a fan of kata done this way, but there's no questioning the fact that she has done good things to help promote interest in JKA karate. For example, I prefer kata announcements that can actually be understood. My preference is for kata that actually completes each and every movement, and avoids 'clipping' for the sake of speed. And finally I don't like too much posing. To me this is what's wrong with WKF. If the kata is good, then people will appreciate it's qualities. Having said all of that, I think she's a wonderful ambassador for karate, and wish her all the best in her karate future.

[@drkmaster70]

you are one of the few who recognized the first issue in the trining of this poor girl

[@johnmartlew5897]

Gianluca Culot Thank you all for your insight. You speak truth from the heart, with much understanding. If she reads this she will appreciate.

[@おかもとじん-h8n]

引き手と手と足を一挙動にする事でもう一歩進めると思います。

[@jimclarke1108]

Her dad wont have any boyfriend issues ))

[@vigneshk198]

hahahahaha good one

[@sn20]

Something I worry about a lot.

[@johnmartlew5897]

I beg to differ please. SHE will have no boyfriend issues.

[@edwardmckenna3607]

Thank you

[@weirdo4653]

Haha so cute

[@mykmcgrane]

It's official, I truly, do not understand downvoters. I legit, appreciate it's thing, they're allowed, I'm glad they're allowed, really. But, I won't say I understand them.

[@katsuxd]

good job

[@katsuxd]

yeah

[@katsuxd]

good kata

[@katsuxd]

so good

[@katsuxd]

so cool

[@sorinhaa]

Oh. My. God.

[@darrellbrock5687]

Focus. Don't play to the audience. Power over speedy haste gives true form.

[@animakuz]

Speed IS power.

[@ChimChim-iv2rc]

What kind of karate 🥋 does she do

[@Themisterfran58]

Shotokan

[@eliasjacobs1711]

Shotokan

[@eliasjacobs1711]

And she’s doing Kankudai

[@keylanbryer14]

this little girl scares the shit out of me, im 21. i would give her my wallet, house keys, car keys, banking information..

[@marti2568]

She is only 11 years and here`s black belt is becoming white!

[@bekayediarra9038]

Marti2

[@isabellehoghall2186]

👍🏻🥋

[@hasanyigit9412]

Süper başarılarının devamını dileriz

[@eduardosilva-wf5ce]

🙌✌👍

[@ВладимирСтефанчук]

Дуже красиво....тільки до чого тут чорний пояс на неї? Я не повірю, що в 11 років вона захистила чорний пояс. Це смішно

[@tonysquires4903]

mahiro I wouldn't mess with you on the streets you are good :-)

[@ob8z]

can you please challenge joaquin montes to a karate match.,he is a taekwando champion in the phil.

[@alvaroantoniodecarvalho3340]

Queria ter uma filha assim.

[@WaterSeesWater]

体が大きくなると、やっぱり動作のスピードが遅くなるね。

[@kenohcom]

移動距離が大きくなるから物理的にやむを得ないんでしょうね、

[@WOok2a]

When will she get into MMA?

[@aries9791]

But does she understand the meaning of those katas...?

[@TetaroSeth]

aries979 Bunkai is the soul of karate IMO

[@animakuz]

she's part of JKA I'm sure she knows the bunkai for every single kata she does.

[@buggyfanatic6918]

How did her belt worn out so fast only after 4 years??? usually takes around 15+ years to worn out like that from training 🤔. Nonetheless incredible performance.

[@GCShen007]

Clear the girl is very talented, however, in the very beginning she needs to control her kiai from her diaphragm rather than from her throat. Her punch then formarm block, was poorly executed, because she did not extend her punch to have the power it needs to have. I have seen this kind of Kata demonstration often, it's more for show rather than practice of karate.

[@tlvlogs7072]

Bạn này đẳng cấp thật nhưng lực của em vẫn mạnh hơn hehe

[@yourrandomcommentfromagirl7756]

If she get a boyfriend... I don't think they would want to cheat on her... Unless they want to die😂😂

[@dennylui]

Lay Sheep One of her uncle already dead for not giving her candy.

[@filip4639]

Black Belt in this age...

[@tamsacne6915]

My advice to you laddies and gentlemen: please don't mess with her. I won't be able to rescue you :-)

[@unapersona5096]

Sia alive

[@laurencelance586]

For a child she does well, but I would suggest to her that she slows down. As for the "black belt", that's not something for a child.

[@RenatoFontes]

Cobra Kai!!!

[@tonyb5469]

She is good, very good, but if she screams like that in a fight she would get her butt kicked. Well over the top, standing there screaming with her eyes closed does not belong in a martial art.

[@CinamonChina]

she is gone....brainwashed by sports Karate.....sad......she used to be soooo much better

[@BelloBudo007]

Careful now Cinamon, people [especially fans] don't like to hear the truth. But in all seriousness, I hope that you are wrong but fear that you're probably right. I say this because I have seen it all my life, where young people enjoy some success, enjoy the recognition and stray from the real karate into the sports karate mentality. Hopefully her coaches and Sensei bring balance to her karate training, and ensure that championships and demonstrates are completely seperate to real karate. But to be honest sports karate 'mentality' is now so prolific among karate-ka and karate Sensei, that they honestly don't believe they are even doing Sports Karate.

[@johnmartlew5897]

Bill Blinky Very investing comments. I do understand your concerns. I have heard it said that it is not necessary that any one outside of your dojo should ever know that you are karate practitioner. It bothers me to see children still in their gi on the street after dojo. The world is of two ways.

[@CG-vh8zw]

@Billis Tester Fully agree with you and those with concerns. Karate is awesome, but let the children be children and not little robots. Let them play, develop a balanced personality, do other things as well and by this become happy adults.

[@animakuz]

This REEL karate nonsense is so old. I don't even know WTF OP is talking about. She's doing kata almost exactly the same way as she did 5 years ago only stronger. Unless you want here to look like the Okinawa grandmaster just kicking and punching away at thin air. Kata is an aesthetic demonstration of an imaginary combat. People add pauses and slow deliberate moves for dramatic effect. I will never understand why people get their panties in a bunch over that

[@eoojkk76]

演技の前に形の名前を叫ぶのは禁止した方が良いと思います。特に子供は。声帯をいためる可能性があるので。空手だけが人生ではないと思います!

[@sn20]

Heir apparent in the making.

[@fivedee5D]

OMG why with the screaming.

[@ddchandler]

Five Dee ...LOLOL! .it’s called “Kiai”. Pronounced “Kee-eye”. There are two reasons a martial artist uses his/her kiai. One....they use it to scare, distract, or otherwise throw their opponent off focus. Don’t laugh! It works! And two.....when you kiai, you tighten up all the muscles in your body, and that helps to protect your body, and makes it more difficult for your opponent to throw you off your stance (fighting position. ie: ready stance, horstance...etc. ). I hope this helps. Peace out. ✌️✌️

[@ddchandler]

Ummmm.... She is clearly not a singer! Kiai is traditional in most all forms of martial arts. If I have to explain it...... You probably wouldn’t understand!

[@ddchandler]

Five.....try googling Krav Maga. Less screaming.....more ass-kicking. Pronunciation tip: All of the “a’s.....are short sounds. English 101. 😉

[@drkmaster70]

@@ddchandler Kiai is not that....... scream kiai is interiourness coming out kiai is the spirit of the karateka coming out and becoming power and force in this world kiai is the final completion of the movement. kiai is not screaming

[@drkmaster70]

@@ddchandler no you do not know or understand what a real KIAI is. kiai (you do not know for sure) can be completely silent

[@peterander581]

This girl needs another haircut!

[@bingur5431]

really bad stances