Male kata Final L.Valdesi vs. A. Diaz.....Serbia 2010

Excelente trabajo de nuestra representación venezolana de karate do. Antonio sigue así--- Valdessi si tenias con que ganar pero en el tiempo 3.20 tambaleastes un poco la pierna... " VENEZUELA PA` LANTE QUE PA` ATRAS ESPANTAN"

[@amhurtad]

@wamc007 recuerdo que en un campeonato nacional en caracas, (tengo 15 años sin entrenar) eran cinturones negros, habia preparado seinshi, y al ver la calidad de los competidores, hice empy cata de cinturon marron, pero lo dominaba a la perfeccion, gane el oro, el cata se evalua por la precision y limpieza de sus movimientos, no por su dificultad.

antonio diaz..... eres el mejor en el mundo del kata. felicitaciones.amo el karate.. (you are the best in the world of kata...congratulations. i love the katare.)

[@kitten3666]

Shotokan is a modern interpretation of shuri te and tomari te. Katas that funankoshi learnt in Okinawa. Lucas interprets this to the perfection. He is athletic, powerful and dynamic. But Antonios Kata is just magnificent

[@zachkarate1]

thanks for uploading!!!

[@samsgz]

Impresionante en esta ocasión Antonio Diaz. congratulations..!

[@Luis1968Alberto]

congratulatios Antonio, good, very good Kata.

[@BRUNO32936]

man,these guysi fight karate too Antonio is my inspiration

[@zachkarate1]

@shitokaidenmark do you have any of the 3rd place kata matches?

[@Gabriel1o1]

@shitokaidenmark i am new at this but do you know the names of the kata's performed here, specialy the second guy. He did the longest kata i have ever seen

[@shitokaidenmark]

@madgecic yes I have ... they will be uploaded soon..

[@alexanderantillano]

Antonio owned valdesi...here`s a tought: valdesi did Gankaku at the finals in japan 2008, antonio did a different kata, Now at 2010 finals Valdesi goes with gankaku again and antonio does a flawless suparimpei, my point is shouldn`t valdesi have mastered gankaku by now?, don`t get me wrong, gankaku is a very difficult kata and valdesi has a very explosive performance but antonio`s technique was far superior. I`m just telling it like I see it.

[@TheBrenda0414]

@wamc007 ,no creo que lo correcto sea medir el arte, todos son dificultosos pero con fuertes diferentes y características específicas que diferencian un tipo de otro!! esta bien que tengas preferencias pero no que rebajes las demás opciones porque creas que la que te parece mas a ti! es mejor que las otras.

[@zachkarate1]

@ArtesdeCaballeria gankaku (valdesi) is definitely not a harder kata than suparinpei (antonio). Antonio's kata was a lot more controlled and his technique was better and more efficient. I meant by "Regardless of the slip." that antonio would have won, even if valdesi did not unbalance.

[@IosonoKaosYta]

What I've just read? Just go watch previous World Championships and you'll see that Valdesi always won with Gankaku because it is the most risk kata and pays a lot when you don't lose balance, even if Valdesi lost balance this time he got some flags so don't try to discuss about katas, I can see you are not a real Karate's connoisseur.

[@zachkarate1]

@shitokaidenmark cool. thanks again!! :)

[@GojuMagalhaes1]

Gankaku is the first one, by Luca Valdesi from shotokan style Suparimpei is the second, yes one of the longest, by Antonio Diaz, from Goju-ryu. if you are interessed in long katas, try see Annan and Chatanyara kusanku. they are long too. Cumps

[@BRUNO32936]

the guys is awsome

[@lunternaut]

@Gabriel1o1 Gankaku from the fist guy Luca Valdesi Suparimpei from the last one Antonio Diaz

[@ArtesdeCaballeria]

@madgecic I don't understand the term "Regardless of the slip." Yes, better because Antonio has made a easy, simple, facile, effortless, light, kata. Luca a difficult, hard, complicated, etc. kata. No entiendo bien la expresión "regardless of the slip". Mejor porque Antonio ha hecho un kata facilísimo y Luca dificilísimo.

[@BurakkuFezzaFan]

@toanthony well wad can we do about that? if the judges like him? then its the final decision right? :O

[@wamc007]

-Suparimpei nunca se va a comprar con Gankaku ya que Gankaku se trata de mucha preparación, mas equilibrio y presicion y vendría siendo mas dificultoso, en cambio que Suparimpei la mayoría de las posiciones son suaves y se trabaja mas fácil, en fin Lucas Valdesi devino ganar ese primer lugar

[@zachkarate1]

@chickboy411 hmm...i still think he would have won. it may have been a bit closer though.....probably 3:2.

[@shitokaidenmark]

@sk8oriel Shitoryu if you mean Antonio Diaz..

[@shitokaidenmark]

@madgecic YOU ARE WELCOME

[@zachkarate1]

@ArtesdeCaballeria not true at all. antonio was better regardless of the slip.

[@toanthony]

@BurakkuFezzaFan Yes that's right. And what makes it so dissappointing

[@barnehagefanden]

@barnehagefanden but as an athlete, of course, Luca is a great athlete. just wish he had picked up contemporary jazzdance or something... :P

[@barnehagefanden]

@orenciojames Yes you are right. I was a bit disrespectful in my post. I just find I have a grudge against theese "kata/kumite specialists". All in all I guess its just that I dont like sportskarate. Especialy when someone like luca adapts a wonderfull kata into something wierd and "staged" just to get more points from the judges who are impresed by this stuff. If you take a video of Luca and run it at superslow speed, you wil find that he is not fast at all, he just fil the gaps with extras..

[@toanthony]

@gghhap You are right. I could not do better. But i am not holding the mantle of World Champion now am i? My point is how disappointed i am at WKF judges that they dont seem to have a grasp of great kata.

[@PhoenixSpain]

Lastima Luca, grande Antonio

[@ArtesdeCaballeria]

Antonio no ha ganado, ha perdido Luca. Si Luca no se hubiese desequilibrado, le habría ganado más fácilmente que en otras ocasiones. Antonio has not won, Luca has lost. If he were not unbalanced, he win more easily than other times

[@toanthony]

Terrible decision!!! How does Antonio Diaz get to the final. His shiko datchi (sumo stance) is appalling. He is almost standing up every time. His sanchin is not rooted to the floor... a light wind would knock him over. Not to mention his sanchin is way too wide. How can everyone not see how flawed his kata is. I feel like i am in the twilight zone

[@ArtesdeCaballeria]

@madgecic jajajajajaja, no tienes ni idea! Intenta hacer gankaku la mitad de bien que Luca y después me cuentas qué tal te ha ido. Suparimpei la puede hacer una vieja artrítica.

[@CacoalShitoRyu]

bueno ANTONIO DIAZ... VIVA VIVA VIVAAAAA

[@javiercaracas1994]

Ese kata de luca es pavo gankaku

[@toanthony]

@AAntillano Are you blind? Diaz has no stances. You could push him over. Shiko dachi and nekoash dachi are supposed to be low. He is standing virtually! & his sanchin dachi is appalling. Too wide, no centre, his hips arent rotated upward and his legs move too much when he punches. He doesnt do full mawashi ukes (no wonder they look fast). He looks like a snappy shodan doing a much higher grade kata with no understanding or ability. Just being fast and snappy doesnt make great kata.

[@pampermanneke]

MILON please...

[@IosonoKaosYta]

Drug, please.*

[@Pigeon7211]

これはひどい

[@alfredos011]

ese kata e muy feo!!.. el de luca!!... y ma preparacion q superenpei??.. ahi i ve en puro moto torcido!!...

[@barnehagefanden]

YEY!!! Finaly, Luca got beat :D I realy don't like his karate. Brings shame to shotokan!

[@davidcepeda7094]

No me parecio esta decision, sin duda el trabajo del campeon (Antonio Diaz) es exelente pero no pueden desmeritar el nivel de un kata como gankaku... Fue un robo :(