Okinawan Karate Masters Kata Demonstrations - Karate Day 2019

[@jimhughes2439]

For those asking about the kata, they are, in order: Chinto, Gojushiho, Seisan (Shorinji-ryu), Wansu, Seisan (Uechi-ryu), lastly, this is Nakamoto Masashiro's double nunchaku, his own kata.

[@sergek-ov2900]

the kata performed by Nakahodo-sensei is Sanseru, not Seisan

[@jimhughes2439]

Thanks@@sergek-ov2900

[@dodgesportsman772]

I'm 52 and still practice today and teach but these masters are on a higher level... Enjoyed watching..thank you

[@edgardocarrasquillo9]

It is great to watch Okinawan Kata from this students of the Art. Thank you. The music would be better if the mix were less loud.

[@darinjames3313]

Sensi Sakugawa....Wunshu Kata....Shorin Ryu. ....They re all amazing. Thank you for the inspiration from these great Masters....

[@marceloalejandropaz9403]

Gracias, saludos desde Argentina. Son todo un ejemplo a seguir!!!

[@ceazarpetty1169]

I enjoyed and greatly appreciate these martial artists for sharing their skill, dedication, and passion for their discipline. You don't reach 9th dan,10th Dan, and Grand Master without years of training, instructing, and teaching, with that being said,unless you began your martial arts at a very young age you won't reach 9th,10th,or Grand Master until you reach "old guy" status. Much respect for "old guy" martial artists. I'm 57 and a year ago I started taking martial arts. My instructor is an "old guy" with several degrees of black belt in 5 different disciplines and he is a 9th Dan in one discipline. Much respect!

[@kbanghart]

Great job, I started studying at 45, I feel really out of shape so I'm glad I'm doing it. Really proud that the head of the system I'm currently studying in is featured in this video.

[@timopenttinen3020]

I was there at the time and it was awesome to see the Masters live. Not to mention when you got to practice at the Masters ’Dojos. Timo from Finland

[@linwoodmorning8992]

I love everything About kata because your mind body an heart feels great an helps to relives pressure kata is a great sport for protection an diserplent

[@kbanghart]

Agree. I love how I can keep developing my breathing, and make movements more precise.

[@vincentcarvelli1086]

Well done. Appreciate your journey and sharing so much perspective!

[@carlossantos3450]

Que Maravilha! É de fato maravilhoso ver o mestre de cada estilo apresentar o melhor kata de sua arte marcial.

[@robertstclair244]

Inspiring and motivating. Thank you for sharing. Respect from West virginia

[@darinjames3313]

Awsome.....RESPECT Our Masters of Love.....If it wasnt for them......this world would be a much darker place.....WARRIIORS of LIGHT!!.....I thank OUR Loving Creator for these BEAUTIFUL People.......

[@matarisambia8771]

** That's how the majority of old dudes look and perform after a live time dedication to the martial Arts. So keep training 💪 there is nothing to lose. OSU.**

[@carlossantos3450]

Praticar o kata é lutar contra um adversário imaginário. Praticar o kata é praticar o nosso estilo com os antepassados de nosso estilo. Amei a apresentação do Mestrão da Escola Uechi Ryu!

[@4shunhere]

There are reasons for their ranks. If you thought their performances were poor by mistake, please watch this video again when you became their age (mid 70's) too. Your opinion will change greatly.

[@kbanghart]

Lol exactly!

[@lindastokes9492]

Tiara doing Chinto is currently in his 80s. Amazing.

[@loknathkhatry4815]

Respect to them from Dubai.

[@glaucobrayner8564]

Fantástico, à todos estes grandes mestres, o meu mais sincero respeito e admiração.

[@shevetlevi2821]

Thank you to Senseis everywhere.

[@AceHardy]

Greatness 💯

[@danielhaire6677]

The problem with our society and respect is that we give unfounded respect to people who play high school games/sports for millions of dollars or bash each other in a cage, but we give don't give enough to men like these who dedicate their lives to the mastery of an art or craft.

[@lucasmonteiro8070]

Amazing! Thank you for posting!

[@tonybutts3874]

There is so much more to martial arts than fighting,SMB a lifestyle

[@kbanghart]

Yes, people who try to compare it to MMA just are not getting the point

[@wonfighthapkido815]

Admirable, motivador,sin palabras 🙏...

[@Rizaldjohan]

all the negative comments must be coming from MMA fanboys. That's the kind of attitude that will make them old fart when they're old. That's the difference with traditional martial artists, no matter how slower they get when they are old, people respect them even more

[@tyronekim3506]

Most of the negative comments are based on reality and I would agree with some of them. The Kata performers are good for their age but their performance is disappointing for their level of rank as masters.

[@kbanghart]

@@tyronekim3506 please explain? I disagree completely.

[@Rizaldjohan]

Tyrone Kim you do know that they are more than 70 right? Do you see how Rickson perform now? Or Helio at his last years of life?

[@tyronekim3506]

@@kbanghart You are completely missing the point. When a person reaches a 9th or 10th dan level, the form and execution of movements should be perfect, irrespective of age, and no exceptions. If you allow for exceptions, you cheapen the rank by allowing high ranks can be bought with age without the necessary increase in skill level.

[@tyronekim3506]

@@Rizaldjohan if you allow people to be promoted to high rank, 9th or 10th dan, without an increase in their skill level, you basically are buying the rank (9th or 10th dan) by getting older and no increase in the skill level is required.

[@lifamily9325]

Great respect for you Grandi Masters, utmost respect for Okinawa, thank you

[@名前のない護身武道怪人あ]

ヌンチャクの型とかあまり見る機会がないのでとても勉強になりました。もっと武器型が見たいです。

[@tschr979]

Would love to see applications of these maneuvers.

[@emilystamm8421]

As a student of Ahagon sensei, this shouldn’t have been posted in the first place. It is fascinating to see the different styles of karate, but technique is not supposed to be posted anywhere online

[@salvatoreplacidoplumari3840]

Sensei Taira = (Tomari no) Chinto Sensei Ahagon= Gojushiho Sensei Shimabukuro = (Seibukan) Seisan Sensei Sakugawa= (so called ) Koryu Jion Sensei Nakahodo= Sanseiryu Sorry, I don`t know the last shown kata with the nunchaku(

[@raymondfrye5017]

Sai? Nunchaku.

[@salvatoreplacidoplumari3840]

@@raymondfrye5017 ah, sorry, of course, you are right:) Was a mistake. I will correct.

[@raymondfrye5017]

@@salvatoreplacidoplumari3840 No hay problema. Io non escrivo ni parlo Italiano

[@salvatoreplacidoplumari3840]

@@raymondfrye5017 grazie:) Thanks. Stay safe, greetings from Germany.

[@cordezio06]

Thankyou Chris and thank you Sensei ans masters of Karaté

[@markbonner3360]

The first demonstration looked like Chinto. The third demonstration was one of the versions of Seisan

[@Shannon23455]

Sounds like he does say chino in his kata announcement

[@warrickdawes7900]

That third one looked more Hangetsu to me, but I am open to interpretation and correction.

[@markbonner3360]

Hangetsu is actually the Shotokan name for Seisan. Funakoshi changed many of the kata names to better suit a Japanese audience

[@skyfiiire]

Mark Bonner yes! And chinto (not to be confused with chinte) is related to gankaku.

[@lindastokes9492]

Mark Bonner Taira is definitely doing Chinto. I can’t speak to the others.

[@alexsb2772]

Mantap jiwa serasa ingin kembali karate

[@claudiomeini5364]

Respect oss🙏

[@AndresGarcia-sl1dr]

El.arte.marcial..karate.do.es.unico.e.incomparable.!.todo. un.proceso.y.largo.camino..es.la.vida.misma.armonia!.paz!.calma!.

[@JdawgMMAblog]

Arigato. Would you be able to add the kata names to the video description. That would be great. Again, arigato.

[@OkinawanSpirit]

Hopefully some of the viewers can help out and write in the names as I can't remember.

[@SpaceFox93]

The only one I recognize is Naonobu Ahagon demonstrating Gojushiho

[@MalamMakan]

@@OkinawanSpirit Fifth kata is Sanseiru.

[@creatifetudes8553]

Wow Tsutomu was amazing

[@christianyee9689]

Does anyone know the name of the kata at 4.23? Very powerful 👏

[@jimhughes2439]

I am surprised no one has answered you. It's Seisan, it is Zenpo Shimabukuro doing it.

[@johnleonard3806]

Can you list the name of the kata's? I only recognized two. Chinto and GoJo Shiho.

[@akashkrishnan8074]

Great keep this energy senseiss ossss....

[@doganb34]

Thank for sharing such a great video! Can i ask what is the name of this soundtrack? Thanks!

[@johnleonard3806]

Awesome.

[@salvatoreplacidoplumari3840]

Does anybody know the name of the drum- music?

[@ЕвгенийРыбин-п7ъ]

Thank You dear friend Chris Willson for wonderful work

[@clFer777]

beautiful

[@vincentlee7359]

Damn for a bunch of old dudes they sure move fast for their age

[@buekibueki492]

I have seen it life😁

[@beedoubleu]

The Shuri Castle has burned down. What terrible thing.

[@kbanghart]

I wish I could have seen it. Ugh now I'll hope to see the rebuilt version.

[@pressloh]

I love it

[@aaronharris8093]

Very inspirational! OSU

[@tonybutts3874]

Dont have to be the best just do your best

[@kbanghart]

Yes, compete against yourself, make yourself better than before.

[@GiC7]

Nice

[@noelklaus2977]

I was there for that he must have been in front of the tent

[@OkinawanSpirit]

Yes I was positioned just to the left of the tent for the guests.

[@Lestergamer21]

gien estudia carate do chitorui

[@thkun33]

salute

[@rogueshinobislash]

I dunno. Rika Usama has set the bar too for katas. Respect, nonetheless.

[@tyronekim3506]

I'm not sure what the Kata demonstrations by the old masters were supposed to signify. The old masters performed well for their advanced age but considering their ranks as 9th and 10th Dans, their performances were not commensurate of their rank.

[@kbanghart]

Not sure I understand what you mean?

[@tyronekim3506]

@@kbanghart I will repeat again. The old masters are 9th and 10th dan level. They perform well for their age but their performance is far below for their rank level. For comparison look at a performance of a younger master, such as, Tatsuya Naka when he does kata.

[@kbanghart]

@@tyronekim3506 sorry, disagree. All of these people here are respected by their peers.

[@kbanghart]

@@tyronekim3506 I watched a couple videos with tatsuya naka. I don't know what you mean. Also, why would you compare someone much younger with someone much older? Doesn't make sense.

[@tyronekim3506]

@@kbanghart You still don't get. I'll try to explain one more time. In martial arts, higher the rank means higher the skill level, regardless of person's age. But in this case the old masters have been promoted to high rank based on age and the length of time doing Karate while their skill levels have been on the decline. You have seen the young masters of lower rank performing better than the older masters of higher rank. Do you get it now? The old masters didn't earn their high rankings from achieving higher skill level. The old masters were promoted to higher rank for their many years doing martial art regardless of their skill level even though their skill level were on the decline. The point that I'm trying to make is that earning a high rank in marital arts should be based on skill level, not based on age. A new student in martial arts starts at a white belt level, and as skill level increases the student is promoted accordingly, and the promotion continues as skill level increases. Promotion should never be based on the age alone or the length of time in martial arts alone.

[@imroniimroni7950]

I love its...Ossshh

[@mickangel3945]

Why was Higaonna Sensei not there?

[@regien61]

his health hasn't been too good lately

[@mickangel3945]

@@regien61 Thank you.

[@carlosaugustonunes9852]

Oss

[@royetteyyy4013]

Heihachi Mishima is quaking

[@macdaddy1617]

No crane kick?

[@kbanghart]

That is highly secret! Cannot be performed in front of the general public.

[@aleksejkashapov9054]

Ката,- фундамент.

[@hectoraplicano5736]

I hate kata. . Kata is like kung fu , its to artistic to have any real aplication . Yet its amazing watching those guys move so well. And makes me wonder if my tkd instructur was right when he said . When young you learn kata but dont use to much of your time with it , kata is for older people to keep their skils

[@Rabidshore]

That is wrong. If you know a little bit about karate. You know the sparring came first, the "bunkai" then the katas was made to practice these Technics on your own. If you don't think kata "works" you've never done bunkai..

[@fabienbordes7788]

@@Rabidshore Bunkai is the essence of kata. When people say you should pass 3 year on a kata before you learn an other, this is about bunkai :) I am not surprise people think kata is useless. Most of karate school don't teach bunkai. And because of that, kata is only artistic now day. We clearly see that is competition.

[@kbanghart]

I love kata. I'm studying that, and bunkai and kumite. Good stuff.

[@hectoraplicano5736]

@@Rabidshore kata is beautiful but has relation to fighting . Kumite is good teaches timing , distances ,footqork and reacting but then you have to take the next step and do open sparing (60% ,power) with other martial arts styles ( bjj , wrestling boxing )

[@KingOfTheUraken]

REI to the sensei's.

[@山城久]

日本語の名前表記間違えてます。 正しくは、 仲本守　教士八段→❌ 仲本政博　範士十段→⭕ お間違え無きようお願いします。

[@OkinawanSpirit]

Yes my mistake! In the picture I used the Japanese name and rank of his son. It is correct in the description. Thanks for telling me.

[@tonybutts3874]

Exercise with a purpose

[@japastyle2475]

@wonderboy

[@nicholasarvanggavaleromita5999]

OSU!!!

[@omersaglik6691]

Böyle bakinca cok sacma geliyor

[@oh-gun7173]

뭐고? 경로당서 칠갑잔치 하나??

[@gyanendrasapkota4583]

Useless dancing karate kata in real fight

[@DONTHATETHEPLAYA321]

Way too political for my taste

[@sahoang8240]

All fake .

[@DavidTheFlyingGuy2000]

Go get yourself kicked by UFC Karatekas and we'll see if it's fake.

[@sahoang8240]

@@DavidTheFlyingGuy2000 in 1981 whole world of human blood type O took Nobel COWARDS . If you want to be Karate black bell , you must defeat a strong tiger in few seconds .

[@largatecacas8207]

Obsolete

[@kbanghart]

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