Masao Kagawa The Greatest Shotokan Sensei 9th Dan

Masao Kagawa is regarded as one of the top karate competitors and technicians to emerge from the Japan Karate Association (JKA). A winner of numerous titles, he has developed into one of the best instructors in the world.
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[@johnh6532]

Kagawa Sensei is the definition of awesome. His sen no sen and sen sen no sen are the best.

[@2021kyoto]

Maseo Kagawa is one of the great Karatedo grand masters from Japan. I have great respect for his tremendous achievements in the Martial Arts.Domo Arigaro Gozio Mas Sensei Maseo Kagawa.OSS.

[@SK-bk3yh]

Shotokan has so many great teachers. He is my favorite along with Kanazawa and Naka

[@joseluisromero2878]

Todo mi respeto a este gran maestro

[@jorgezunigadiaz56gun]

Impresionante su tecnica !! Un Rayo !!! Muy Bello !!!

[@chrisl442]

Love that stick to the leg at 9:18. That's the way!

[@KarateandFun]

Oss sensei, really outstanding balance and fight techniques

[@DiamondEagle73]

Simply awesome

[@francismubanga9560]

Thanks for sharing. Great technician and teacher.

[@khamariblair4898]

Everybody has their favorite Shotokan Master. For me it was Kanazawa, Nakayama and Oishi

[@barneymaurirere9592]

Magnificent.

[@domingosantucho5379]

Muy bueno,me recuerda a mis comienzo hace bastante tiempo. Fui primer DAN a los 19 años ,se practicaba mucho en especial estás técnica que sirven mucho para estos tiempos violentos . Enseñe durante 30 años ,y en la actualidad solo prático para mantenerme en forma a los 65 años . Saludos desde Argentina

[@fabiocampos9954]

Oss Sensei. Awesome demonstrations from one of the best

[@philipcornelius235]

Great masters of the art.

[@uwinnaing8723]

The best good master 💖

[@bijulalbhasker9784]

Perfect foot movement's..🙏🙏

[@stevebrindle1724]

Absolutely superb karate do

[@ernestobarragan6105]

Amazing sensei!!

[@ahmedalik370]

من اروع ما رايت

[@larsgibbon3327]

Impressive!!!

[@iancognito6920]

fierce and fearless

[@harlemdeni]

THE GOAT of Shotokan Karate!

[@ivanpetrov5696]

oss God bless

[@moenibus]

Just a side note: Karate-do is NOT a "sport". It's a martial art, a real one.

[@carlcanmore2658]

It is both which isn't wrong as long as potential students & long time karateka acknowledge the difference.

[@kamelbelnlamara9819]

Respekt Grande maester OSS 👍👍👍💪👍

[@michaeljoerns8293]

impressive, really top master

[@tempusfugit7560]

Very very impressive.

[@dkasto7429]

Keren

[@marcosbaracca3001]

Esse merece o 9° Dan....

[@carlosandrade5065]

Sem palavras, suas técnicas, Oss!

[@chrisipacs2091]

He is beyond a shadow of a doubt The Greatest Master of Shotokan..My Senseis sensei studied under Oshima

[@vitorsousa1940]

Neste tempo isto era karaté puro e duro, nos dias de hoje essa mística morreu. É mais Componente comercial. Opções.

[@Trovao13]

Masao kagawa ! Oloko bicho

[@user-np6jy9eg4f]

Hello from Bulgaria Sliven

[@rod.hsystem2696]

Oss 🙏🇧🇪

[@mariotazo2860]

King Master

[@adnandkarate6578]

Osu Sensei amazing 👍

[@jorrisaddy6769]

Awesome

[@manueltav.154]

Oh yes..

[@Seburo77]

Oss!!

[@murtazkutalia578]

Osss!!!

[@williameusoufortedasilvara8908]

OSS! !!

[@alexandervladimirovich7833]

👍👍👍

[@godaikan-martial-arts-com]

🤝

[@mouradzeghdoud5518]

👍

[@abrahamlobaina1929]

It’s an art of War.To defend and to Kill if necessary.That’s what Karate is all about.Not a Sport

[@laurenteuphis6254]

the greatest shotokan master of all time

[@jameshunter4366]

No chance

[@FKSRJ]

👊🏼ss !!! 🇧🇷

[@santannakarate]

Último Samurai da JKA

[@SuperDeepak121]

Sir really fantastic i want practice marshal arts from you sir please teach me. I am from India.

[@cutedash1354]

8:28 that kick was insane

[@vvlogs4Uofficial]

👏👏🙏👍

[@federicozilio9308]

Oss.. Sensey Arigato top Kime Wazà

[@momabemomabe801]

I will meet him soon my sensei invited him and he will come 😁

[@DonAl9114]

Legend. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻

[@dowayigu1277]

locked loaded ready to fire at anytime

[@antetutic3600]

super.foll austreniert.

[@user-wp8ws4lz8c]

Masao Kagawa is truly amazing so very highly skilled his power is incredible. can you imagine a mugger picks on him hahaha oh my poor mugger lmao.

[@Aslan-2017qISLAM]

Sansey большой вам поклон.ОСС

[@savvasperisanidis]

Nishiyama, Kase, Asai are the 3 greatest shotokan ryu teachers of all Even Kagawa would agree

[@sadatrafsanjani]

I am direct student of his elder brother, Masayoshi Kagawa

[@dpeshy6719]

3:19 OMFG! A death punch in slow motion.

[@abinmmj]

Oss

[@supriyomondal5119]

How do I contact with your organization for new affiliation? Please.

[@doctor_derecho]

! Que fiereza la ese katateka ! Parece kiokusinkay

[@supriyomondal5119]

Hansi Oss. I m from India. City Kolkata

[@amk8411]

_"How can she slap?"_

[@coach56]

Одни "встречи"... второй номер

[@Luigibett]

Träum weiter...

[@guntoronawawi7262]

Like...

[@carlcanmore2658]

Anyone who thinks Shotokan is sissy should try the JKA instructors program or enter a shiai like this one, keep track of all your cuts & bruises, I did during thirteen years in a genuine Shotokan dojo with an old school Japanese Sensei, karate was not a game or sport with him & it got me over the hill of being fearful of fighting, not anymore.

[@hh-kq7iq]

חקי חיון , המורה הזה הינו קארטיסט טוב.

[@Ronin6876]

I wouldn't say THE GREATEST. One of the best, yes. But everyone is entitled to their own opinion.✌️

[@ahmedelabassy3881]

I don't like karate shotoken but I play karate shotoken because I don't found another syle karate in my country Egypt

[@catsangel1027]

It's basic for bunkai...👍👍

[@aguiluchorojo3496]

Lo del golpe del shinai al final recriminándole al alumno, está de más.

[@victoreduardoravinesrobles3840]

supongo que es para resaltar su forma de entrenar, es parte de la marcialidad

[@aguiluchorojo3496]

@@victoreduardoravinesrobles3840 pues yo a eso no le veo marcialidad alguna, es humillar al alumno, vamos una falta de respeto en toda regla, impropio

[@victoreduardoravinesrobles3840]

@@aguiluchorojo3496 cada uno su opinion, antes si se trabajaba así, mi sensei me comentó que era bastante comun, ahora con la deportividad del arte marcial eso ha ido desapareciendo

[@aguiluchorojo3496]

@@victoreduardoravinesrobles3840 Ok. Lo tengo en cuenta. Yo no practico Karate deportivo, y eso no lo he visto nunca, pero en fin... Un abrazo.

[@aguiluchorojo3496]

@@victoreduardoravinesrobles3840 Lo acabo de ver ahora otra vez, y ya te digo yo que eso, a mí no me lo hace nadie por muy maestro que sea. No voy con ese tipo de "señor", eso o, se come el shinai... Saludos.

[@alekx58]

Wang she nan Sau gu she Wang Wang Wang te

[@iga279]

the guy with the glasses must've felt very confident ...

[@Trump-all-the-way]

Chit technique!

[@bgeorge5688]

@ 9:09 when you don't listen.

[@kierondillon4458]

This is tea!. kwondo!!look to these origin!.

[@goranmracevic4897]

ČIM POČNU DA SPARINGUJU, CIJELA TEHNIKA IM SE RASPADA ! NA ULICI BI NASTRADALI !

[@uvw456]

Хороший мастер, но кто сможет жить так как он - в растопырку?

[@baileylee8908]

why do karateka’s tape up their feet and sometimes hands?

[@goranmracevic4897]

DOBRA GIMNASTIKA ALI NE FUNKCIONIŠE NA RINGU I ULICI !

[@hopeisit1347]

Nobody punches like his opponent though in a street fight…I love watching these masters but I think the only way to truly learn is to be sparring as it would feel more real

[@raygsbrelcik5578]

Just how many "GREATEST" Karate masters ARE there, anyways?

[@KEUSHA]

It seems that master Kagava studied at some North Korean masters of Taekwon-Do to perform such excelent kicks technick.

[@kbanghart]

But kicks are learned in more than just TKD

[@shashankkatiha9439]

But, the truth is that most of the foremost Taekwondo masters themselves were apprentices of Shotokan Karate under Gichin Funakoshi sensei. So watch when you say anything just for the heck of it.

[@KEUSHA]

@@shashankkatiha9439 Founder of Taekwon-Do Gen. Choi Hong Hi based his Taekwon-Do technique on Gichin Funakoshi's Karate technique as he learned it while in Japan. But he did not stop at a simple repetition of it. He worked it out as much as possible, developed and improved it. We can say, brought to an absolutely possible level of purity and grace. In addition, the Korean tradition of martial arts tends to pay more attention to footwork than hands. Therefore, now it turned out that masters like master Kagawa in Karate are a single and unique phenomenon, and for Taekwon-Do this is an ordinary level of mastering the technique of legs for 4th dan. Also, how many Karatekas do round kick with the ball of the feet?And in taekwon-do, this is a mandatory and desirable technique to use.

[@shashankkatiha9439]

@@KEUSHA Korea never had a tradition in martial art. The only recoreded martial art of Taekyon on which Taekwondo was named to make it sound more Korean( originally it was known as Tang soo do) remains mired in the concocted historical annals of Korea and has no record of existence. In fact Tkd is only being practised in South Korea and in North Korea noone even knows anything as such. Round house kicks don't exist in Karate... really??There is something called jodan mawashi geri which utilizes rotational motion to generate speed and power. Regards to improvement also I doubt coz taekwondo is always perceived as just a sport, however karate is a martial art and will always remain so... Just because he is a 9th dan doesn't mean he will only show techniques learnt in 9th dan. He must have learnt round house kicks even earlier than 4th Dan. If you really want to know what a karateka can do with his feet then check out the documentary 'the strongest karate' where they easily defeat kung fu and muay thai men. Imagine the plight of tkd masters.

[@KEUSHA]

@@shashankkatiha9439 In the previous post, I used the phrase "martial arts" because it has become a tradition in the West to baselessly apply it to all Eastern fighting sport systems. In fact, all Karate-like fighting systems (including all schools of Karate, Taekwon-Do, as well as Taekyon) are not martial arts. I have no desire to explain why. Consult serious Eastern sources if you want to know. Also, don't be so categorical in your statements. In addition to Taekyon, there have been and are traditional fighting systems and martial arts in Korea. General Choi is from North Korea and studied calligraphy and Taekyeon as a child with Master Han Il Dong. I did not say that in Karate there is no round kick with the ball of the foot. But, firstly, in all the videos on the Internet that I watched (performed by high-dan masters), it is shown as theoretically possible, but far from mandatory. Secondly, they perform it technically in the same way as a kick with the instep of the foot (on an opponent who is standing directly along the line of attack), which is not correct, since it is applied to an opponent located at an angle of 45 degrees from front to side (in General Choi's encyclopedia it is shown , why). This indicates that there IS such kick in Karate's arsenal, but it is not really practiced and used.

[@putty2812]

For me kagawa was never 100% technical but what he did was 100% effective and what I mean by that is he has that special ability to make his karate his own

[@nathanruben3372]

He is beating up the partners for show..

[@krukpolny8505]

Self Defense. You Tube.

[@user-io3mm4il4f]

I think he's technically better than Yaharah. Just my opinion 🙂

[@MrJames-eb6rp]

The greatest Karate master? I think the greatest Karate masters come from Okinawa.

[@paulruprai1274]

He lost against George Best .... no one is invincible ,,,,except the Almighty ...Tough Sensei though is Sensei Kagawa ..cool kicker

[@amk8411]

But how could an alcoholic ex-footballer beat him..?

[@Stevemind88]

You drunk?

[@amk8411]

@@Stevemind88 I haven't played basketball for years and I was never that tall. I take it you're an Oriental what with your accent?

[@Samperor]

They fought?

[@jameshunter4366]

Great fight but Brennan was better

[@jerommelewis]

The highest you can get in shotokahn is a 5th degree black belt because Jin Funakashi never got higher than that but ok he is good guess that’s what matters

[@reefhog]

You’re wrong. It’s called Shotokan for a start and it’s been a 10 Dan system for a long time now. Karate doesn’t use the word degree, it’s dan. You couldn’t spell Gichin Funakoshi either.

[@JM-wf7xj]

Karate...BS

[@jorgeestrada5713]

Muy exhibicionista, pero muy básico. 9°. Dan en Marketing.

[@regissudo]

😂😂

[@mauriciovasquez2393]

@@regissudo que ignorantes..me gustaria verlos en un kumite con el exhibicionista..se rekagan..

[@felixkarapetyan4373]

👎

[@NazarenkoSV]

Смешно!!! Ну правда действительно смешно!!! Люди в пижамах орут кривляются и дергают руками и ногами…

[@whatupsun8563]

Посмотри в зеркало на свою рожу и тебе будет смешно!!!

[@dbuck1964]

2nd rate. Not top JKA quality.

[@amk8411]

Who was?

[@oklahoma1232]

What a total waste of time & energy ! It goes nowhere !

[@snd7622]

But problem is that shotokan is useless in real fight. He can be ,,the greatest'' in Shotokan but not even close to real fighters.

[@reefhog]

Prove it. Challenge the teacher in the video and have someone film it, and then upload it here.

[@snd7622]

@@reefhog Is he in England ? I don't think so. But I know that Shotokan is useless that's why they are not in MMA or K1. There is no full contact just touching opponents body ONCE and back to position - point has been scored 😂 ANd no effect at all to opponent. It's useless so they used to shouting loud like they has killed him instead of gentle touch 🤣🤣🤣 In kyokushin full point is for knocking down the opponent. Skotokan is less dangerous than Mongolian ballet.

[@arjunshetty7762]

you need to improve your knowledge in Martial arts. It might be useless in competitions, but here the purpose of shotokan or any other styles is not win competitions.

[@snd7622]

@@arjunshetty7762 Indian guy want teach me about something I'm doing for 30 years 😆Shotokan is useless in real combat that's why they are highly unsuccessful against real fighting styles. I'm kyokushinkai karate black belt and in..friendly'' sparring I have been throwing and knocking out 4th dan in shotokan very easy it was like fighting against beginner. They fight for point, it's nonsense jumping , moving forward and who can touch opponents body first he wins 😄This 4th dan guy was totally unable to fight and to take punches. His body hardening I rate 1 out of ten, he has no ability to exchange many full power kicks and punches. This gut was trained to touch opponents body without even sensible power to destroy the target and to move back. In my opinion against just average fighter they are very east to beat.

[@arjunshetty7762]

@@snd7622 Its not about Indian or American, as long as we are human beings fighting system remains the same, if a Indian guy kicks your balls and viceversa the impact on the person remains the same. Secondly i am not sure what you have done in those 30yrs, also not sure why you are behind belts, if that guy is a 4th DAN it does not mean he should be a superb fighter, here there are also high graded Kyokushin artists who cant even face a colour belt Shotokan fighter. So belt or ranks or country or race does not come into affect when it comes to martial arts. Get well soon