Andre Bertel Germany 2012 part 3 of 4

This is Andre Bertel sensei (6th Dan) teaching Asai-ha Shotokan Ryu Karate in Ahrensburg, Germany (February 4th +5th 2012). This video gives an impression of the seminar with this outstanding Karateka. Andre's mission is to promote and teach the Karate of his mentor Tetsuhiko Asai Shihan (10th Dan).
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[@MrPortlyfellow]

Damn you are so fast, accurate and crisp, would have loved to trained with you in my younger days, the epitome of a sensei! Thank you for the pure pleasure of watching you and the excellent points made.

[@ClassicModernGentleman]

Thanks for posting your latest seminars on here. Fantastic viewing - well worth the wait. Keep them coming Andre!

[@essywilly8426]

Andre is an amazing master

[@stephenosingo9099]

Excellent training! Amazing skills building techniques. Keep it up Sensei.

[@KONAMAN100]

He is truly outstanding. Amazing technique and fitness.

[@raymundmartincarboneda3120]

No to uk

[@myilttv3336]

Hmm

[@myilttv3336]

Hmm

[@myilttv3336]

😭

[@bumpdunlop]

It is so very impressive to watch him kick a static target.

[@spirgtudsrubec7776]

bumpdunlop very good. Nicely put.

[@Bennmourad]

subtil and original technics who send us to the roots of karate...i admire so much Asai sensei as i admire Kanazawa , Kase, Higaonna seinseis...I will be very happy to learn from you if u came to Morroco...Best reagards...Oss

[@khamariblair7284]

A real master of shotokan and also a real gentleman. Way to go Master!

[@enska1000]

Excellent his kata appilcation is fantastic a pleasure to watch

[@amadouhassane6749]

Quelle magnifique démonstration avec une maitrise parfaite du corps.

[@andrebertel]

One thing that is for sure is that I am definitely not a master. I am simply trying to master my techniques, but that is just a dream goal. My target is to one day have good karate, which is hard because I am not a natural. I just try my best. Kindest regards, Andre

[@kylemacarthur9863]

Your humble comment doubled how much I admire you now! It is easy to see immense speed like yours and become envious and focused on imitating that level of skill.... a real challenge. Inspiration without imitation is hard. But you inspire me.

[@alexandreviol]

Your karate is amazing man.

[@vigneshks1]

Sensei Oss. Pl dont answer people who cannot understand Karate and fighting Spirit.

[@zebbanister2348]

ANDRE BERTEL okay it has been 6 years do you have "good karate" yet?

[@robertop3779]

Oss. Very good

[@ririoncam3288]

this guy is very fast, and his punches are very accurate and powerful and this is the real karate , only a fool would be crazy to have a confrontation with him ! few people can reach that level in karate !

[@luka2298]

Ririon cam an experienced mma fighter or kickboxer or wrestler wouldn't have any problems kicking his ass. Boxer would have superior hand technique. Those slaps he's doing are ridiculous, those are not punches that shit is just cute

[@tashamiftahkhatulistiwa752]

Ririon cam silat

[@johnlovric5896]

@@luka2298 I think you really dont know what you are talking. Probably he would kill you in one second.

[@joeljoanne8714]

I like youtube comment. slaps,boxing, mma & etc...blablabla. Did you even fight? lol.

[@trumplostlol3007]

@@luka2298 No, boxers don't have superior hand techniques. And Boxers don't do kicks. Many kickboxers learn their kicks from karate, Muay Thai, and Taekwondo. Boxers have better footwork in some cases (like Manny Pacquiao and Mohamed Ali). Without the gloves on, karate is very strong. Some UFC champions have karate background, like Machida. Many boxers have very slow hand speed cause they do hooks. Hooks are powerful but very slow and easy to defend against. Watch some Russian MMA fighters who have learn Wushu (Kung fu). They block hooks easily using their elbows, not fists. You don't seem to know anything.

[@iniestaro]

競技的な組手の練習だけでなく、こういう実践的な練習はとても大事だと思います。 勉強になりました！OSS！

[@MetalJassim]

Great to hear! I came back half a year ago after more than 15 years break, and I can only encourage you to carry on. My humble advice: 1) Practice! Hard! Every day! 2) Get yourself a heavy bag and actually HIT something, best tool there is for power and speed. Hitting the air is never enough. 3) Be patient.

[@revealismeartist9621]

ANDRE IS REAL. I LIKE WHAT HE IS DOING.

[@andrebertel]

Looking forward to the Italian Seminar videos also! Erik Cannizzo took heaps of footage while his father Silvio trained very hard. Thanks Eric.

[@matteolivraghi9167]

So fast, precise and effectfull

[@nightrider5109]

I am hooked on Sensai Bertel's videos ! Incredible

[@MagDiSante]

Very beautiful and inspiring, Thank You Sensei Bertel ... :-) !!! All Your videos give a very impressive idea of how effective Traditional Karate can be and they should be seen by those people who criticize traditional way saying that You could never use it in a real fight for self-defence (that imho is one of the purposes of a martial art but NOT the only one, nor the most important, anyway ...) ... Unfortunately it happens (at least in my country, Italy) that traditional Shotokan is often taught and practiced in a way that brings a certain degree of stifness and hardness to Your body, following a certain "false" idea of strength and "kime" ... And people after 40 start to have some serious problems in the joints of knees and back, suffering for pains, etc ... it happened to me (and many other people) despite i keep doing stretching and exercises every day ... ON the contrary, Your way focuses on fluidity and softness, despite the power expressed by the techniques and i think that this is the way one should practice in order to have a good karate even when he's getting older ... Now i found a school that fortunately has this type of "setting" ... anyway, very beautiful video !!! And Amazing Ushiro Geri :-) ... i'm a very poor 2nd Dan and i wish i was taught that way when i had a coloured belt !

[@jankitzos115]

Andre u r the best !!

[@andrebertel]

There will be more videos, I believe also from my classes in Venice, Italy. It was a fantastic time both there and Germany. It is wonderful to recieve so much positive feedback from those who trained.

[@radmad9097]

i wish to be ur student 🙏🙏

[@jdt8983]

hi Sensei. Oss!. I have been in many brawls, usually protecting a female. I recently got in touch with my previous sensei and I have really used a mix of Jiu Jitsu and karate for street fights. I don't know if he is ok with what I've done, but I know you have used yours as a protector type too. It was literally your job. I see the efficacy in your movements and I would truly love the chance to attend a seminar some day. I started Shotokan at age 9. I've done some MMA and (stupidly) street fights. I truly see that you walk the walk. OSS! Additionally besides trying to focus on Jiu Jitsu a bit I have tried to make sure that if I throttle a heavy bag that I am fully aligned and not trying to show off. The architecture and biomechanics behind your karate techniques aren't ego only (we all have one) - they're literally mathematical. Alignment and physics will knock a big dude out. Structural efficiency saves energy and kicks ass

[@raphaelaegis8305]

You are absolutely fantastic Andre, so great to see such martial arts aesthetics.

[@mikafelix7519]

You're a Master

[@andrebertel]

I am happy to here that! Kindest regards, Osu! Andre

[@vahabhazin2079]

باسلام خدمت شما عزیزان واقعا که بسیار عالی است باتشکر از شما

[@K-Ensai1529]

thanks andre bertel

[@faizultyvlogs5044]

Hello sir. Take my salute.hope you are well. I'm faizul islam. From, Bangladesh. I'm a small karate fighter. I watch your videos every day. Your style, balance is awesome.and your a very good teacher. Oss

[@calogeromini4142]

Oss Sensei Bertel! Sie sind der beste Lehrer in Deutschland. Ich wuensche Ihnen alles gute!

[@andrebertel]

By the way, I respect all approaches. Nevertheless, I practice karate as a martial art for protection, not for play. Karate as a martial art is `not for everyone', Training is hard, there must be contact, and practice is focused on effectiveness outside the dojo. In my experience, many people claim to follow this Karate way, but their physical training doesn't. These videos are reflective of karate as a traditional Japanese martial art. Waffling and theory doesn't make a martial art.

[@clemencemadzi4469]

I agree 100percent sensei, and my respect on the flow of your technique sensei it's indeed something spectacular

[@sylvanusjoseph1140]

I admire your technique and karate but you have much to learn in judging by your control of technique. It takes more skill to cut a leaf in the wind than a bamboo tree rooted but wavy. It is amateurish to kick a still opponent in demonstration just to show a technique. Sadly it shows little of your martial arts knowledge in whole.

[@andrebertel]

@@sylvanusjoseph1140 I agree, but imagine if I wasn't kicking slowly and lightly. The fact is that I am not hurting anyone, otherwise no one would return to my seminars and certainly no one would offer to demonstrate. Yes, there is a little more contact like here in Japan, but to injure a stationary person for a demonstration is disgusting. I would never do that and haven't. Best wishes from Japan.

[@jandoe2576]

@@sylvanusjoseph1140 These were senior students, so being able to take hits should be part of their skill set an judging from the footage here it is. That is why you practice body conditioning in Karate, it should be part of every single training session from the get go, and after years of toughening, body conditioning and let's not forget building the muscle to protect the tissue underneath you might be amazed what your body can take. That's not theoretical internet chit chat, it's just what i see at my Dojo every other day.

[@lucabarbati537]

Straordinario grande andre osu sensei

[@martinalcala3573]

I see Whipping Hands in the techniques of Master Bertel and that is a good thing because the universal strikes only add to your arsenal. I am seeing a complete Karateka with advance thinking in the arts.

[@HF3A]

andre~I'm Dr.Wang's student from tobu Kai in chch in 2002.m sam eddy(son of Dr.wang r now living in Taiwan.So happy to watch ur films here ,we miss u~haha^^

[@joseestalella8318]

This kind of techniques are very accurate and too powerful to apply on opponent that try to attack you this vídeo is awesome.

[@andrebertel]

It looks like I will be teaching in Europe again next year (also seminars in New Zealand, South Africa and Japan). So for those of you who attended my January/February 2012 seminars in Germany and Italy, see you again! Next time, another "Level Up" on Asai-ha Shotokan-ryu. Regards, Andre Bertel

[@mimolabi]

peace on you I like your work , i like karate and this is the first time that i see a nice demonstration like this.Good work and i hope see you in Tunisia to give us a cours. ;) peace on you

[@hadidta]

This Video Has Inspired Me To Get My Gi Back On After 20 Years,Excellent Tutorial,As A 50 Year Old Man,Any Advice On Building Up Hand Speed Would Be Very Much Appreciated

[@MichaelSchubert_posts]

Top camera work, camera movement! Thump up!

[@ivanpetrov5696]

Klasse und Geistvolles Karate God bless!!!

[@oum5410]

Amazing . Bravo . Boncourage

[@exequeldinoy897]

I like to see this man in UFC or ONE in action like royce gracie.. I can tell that this man trully has talent in karate.. Snappy salute to you.. From philippines..

[@TheRogueSquid]

5:45 *beautiful kick time stamping for reference

[@davidobrien7794]

You're incredible man, I've never seen bunkai like this before, massive 😁🇳🇿

[@scarred10]

its pure theory,not bunkai,do you see him pulling any of that off in a real match with very few rules like karate combat for example or mma or even kudo karate.

[@luisarturogarciadaza7947]

Impresionante excelente

[@stephanegentric933]

Congratulations, Sensei, for your huge knowledge and dońt forget the french practicioners, please ! Go to France as soon as possible :-)

[@dutinh7843]

Ññmññ

[@JZH1111]

Nice work Andre. Sharp,focused and fast. No wasted movements.

[@andrebertel]

Osu, you are always welcome! Best regards, Andre Bertel

[@adhimat526]

So hard karate, and the movement is. Fleksible this is the good traning..congratulation sensei for your intructions

[@boredasfook]

WOW!!!!! words cannot describe

[@murraycampbell4043]

Wow, Andre sensei is sharp and fast! Very impressive!

[@bumpdunlop]

Impressing is the purpose.

[@luisarturogarciadaza7947]

hermoso entrenamiento desde venezuela

[@premjitnarzary6338]

I love karate nice training

[@jaco7819]

Formidable professeur de karaté

[@KANKU5353]

Never seen you before, but I'm impressed Oss

[@niteshshetty5893]

Excellent..he is sensei tetsuhiko asai's personal student...speed, power, accuracy, precision, balance -all in one

[@heneryfabarushe8687]

Kata basaidai

[@antonioalvarezcotan9833]

Es muy bueno mucha velocidad y esplocion y control 🙇🥋

[@trumplostlol3007]

Really solid foundation training!

[@yeromambykeita8509]

des techniques à un niveau très élevé merci maître

[@kinguaddidassademe3267]

fantastic

[@Rahjiggyblah]

nice, how he treats his puppets sometimes. a true master...

[@sochin7777]

In practical martial arts, these are the types of people you want to avoid. They cause injuries.

[@sochin7777]

@Martin Turner It's humiliating for the student to be hit in front of his peers like that. Anybody can yoko geri a stationary target. He should be demonstrating full control and he should be hitting pads with full contact, not the other way around. Don't you agree? Imagine if he came to a bjj place and wanted to learn something and the coach demonstrated something on him, in front of his peers, but instead of putting the focus on the technique he choked Andre out. What is the reasoning behind pulling through with a technique during a seminar for you?

[@fabienbordes7788]

@@sochin7777 He control a lot, but put to each hit some power. You learn a lot when a sensei hit you a little like that. This can look rough, but you are pretty happy to take some light blow like that. :D If Andres didn't control, they would be hurt. He is not even using 10% of is power. With a strong stance in karate, you can take without injurie some light kick.

[@gilbertogarcia509]

esse aí é professor mesmo treina igual o exército parabéns muito bom Deus abençoe você toda sua família em nome do senhor Jesus 😃

[@khronicaltv6523]

Evey video I watch of Andre Bertel he seems to hurt his partners?

[@matteolivraghi9167]

Sensei your postures and movements are Simply Amazing!

[@emekmek3197]

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[@ronaldlee7566]

The movements speaks for itselves. 🥋👊🤛🤜

[@dava8345]

Very impressive karate

[@PardeepKumar-xb4cd]

Very nice karate I want to learn

[@aliwafa5324]

Really Guru...

[@tindyebwalaban2729]

Very wandarful

[@andrebertel]

That's true, but this mentality leads to achieving a higher level and maximizing oneself. This type of psychology is what I take to training every day, and even though I am far from happy with my karate, it has helped me to get where I'm at now. Kindest regards, Andre

[@netchapa]

Parabéns!

[@stevelam7519]

The head of my organization come to see me. I thought I was the real deal. No I am not. You are the real deal Andre Bertel.

[@HaiTran-gx2fz]

Very good master

[@gatsinzichafique1814]

This him, he's very good teacher

[@nishadevinisha3507]

Very nice video 👌👌👌👌💪💪💪💪🤛🤛🤛🤛🤛

[@joseroberto6171]

Excelente Oss 👏👏👏👏👍

[@heslopalex]

Impressive!

[@celimasantenaturel1327]

Buen trabajo

[@franklynjimenez1860]

good explanation of defense technique

[@lakmal1st]

he is damn good.. live long....

[@paulruprai1274]

Great target Mr Bertel

[@ruthsantos6257]

Muito kimê, recomendado.

[@andrebertel]

Please forgive my typos, and thanks again for the comments! Osu

[@neilcook8774]

Hi, quick question. At 4:25 you show a takedown followd by a kick, then state that stepping in to punch is wrong so you should kick. Isn't moving towards a downed person to hit them unnecessay force for self defence? They are not an immediate threat because of distance/grounded as well as facing away from you.

[@KuuK36]

If you fight against one person that is, yes. But facing multiple attackers you'll need to take each of them down for good. You probably won't win against three attackers by just throwing them to the ground. And also it won't always be possible for you to make an escape, leaving you with no choice but to fight them. Basically you are right - as long as you don't have any particular reason to do so, hitting a downed person is against the law (at least where I'm from). But then again I am not a lawyer so I can't tell you the details. And on a final note, something I have heard very, very often: Fights have to be taken case by case, meaning every situation is different, laws won't always cover for every decision you make. As a rule of thumb, I've been told, it's okay to base your actions on this principle: As long as every decision you make in a fight can be considerd reasonable and as such be presented in court, you won't be the one found guilty. The judge himself is human, too. Though of course, I can't assure you, that this will always be the case. Just what I heard. If anyone has other views or information on this, feel free to correct me. Regards

[@neilcook8774]

PizzaA Hi PizzaA, yes i see what you mean and agree. I just wanted to know if this instructor knew that. Too many martial artist don't know the law and essentially teach people how to go to prison. Maybe it was mentioned but not shown in the video, i don't know, i just have a bug about people doing whatever they want and calling it "true karate"

[@Urakenfist]

+Neil Cook He said "That is Karate", means fight to the death if you need to.

[@andrebertel]

@shogunsan21 I've turned the hips over further and not used the heel... This was not to injure the participants (this is something we used `for training' in the course for kicking accuracy practice, and so we could use a little more force).... I explained this to the participants on this drill. Of course you were not there, so your comments are based on a look through a key hole. If I don't control my ushiro-geri it is a `little different' from what's featured in these videos... ;-)

[@PrinceKasinja-se2oy]

Cool karate

[@hanipuspita3425]

Very Good

[@hajera5488]

I like video

[@AxeTrophy]

haha, true, it is always out of the eyes of the spectator. A white belt seeing a 1st dan, thinks the 1st dan is a master, a 1st dan seeing a 5th dan thinks the 5th dan is a master. But the moment you yourself think you're a master, you stop growing. Karate itself is the master and we are all just it's pupils.

[@turjo7934]

Precious words.🤛👊🤜

[@veersingh2730]

Vary good Master nice

[@vaidmweemba1693]

Karate is good no wonder I am enjoying📌

[@nandananda858]

Super

[@bunkai23]

One word: amazing!! ...like usual should I say. I wish I could've been there .

[@shifathossainnaim6882]

Great

[@pascaljoseph1075]

Super master

[@MetalJassim]

That's kind of interesting. One question, if you don't mind: I practice on the bag very often, and I have come to notice that when doing bag work, I automatically fall into a certain "kickboxing mode", meaning my punches look more like boxing but like "correctly" executed tsukis. My mawashi geris pretty much resemble what Thai boxers are doing. Have you noticed something similar as well? OSU!

[@nivaldomateojamarosado8187]

Exelente me gusta karate q viva

[@embosska]

I just knew about this guy and i like jim. He has bushido-spirit

[@ravichandran9419]

I am a black belt 3rd degree holder i saw his technics and teaching method was too good

[@gerhananusantarabrief2099]

👍 amazing... 🤝🇲🇨

[@vandamme6379]

Asai sensei would be proud!! Do you ever go to Okinawa? I would love to catch a lesson from you. OSU

[@kasoris.tp.6165]

Nice

[@nikkoigawa8057]

this is karate shiaï "sport, no karate jutsu"martial art,for younger.So physical.