Sensei: Masters of Okinawan Karate - Greg Lindquist

In 1968, at age 19, Greg Lindquist began training under Seiyu Oyata, a karate master who had moved to small-town Kansas from Okinawa, Japan. Greg Lindquist would study under Seiyu Oyata until his teacher passed in 2012. Greg Lindquist founded Zensekai Karate Kobujitsu Renmei which aims to preserve the legacy of Oyata's teachings.
Seiyu Oyata had been trained for combat during WWII, and afterwards learned a particularly effective and brutal style of traditional karate that had been used by elite guards at Shuri Castle. Oyata Sensei become famous for his demonstrations where he showed techniques that would incapacitate opponents with rapid precise blows to vital points. Greg Lindquist for many years was the "knockout king" taking the painful brunt of these demonstrations.
Enjoy the video and let us know in the comments what's your favorite piece of wisdom from the interview.
A 51 minute extended version of the interview will be available at Bujin.tv
Sensei: Masters of Okinawan Karate is a documentary series about the amazing martial arts teachers living on Okinawa, the birthplace of karate. It is completely free to watch on KZbin, anywhere in the world! Series One has more than 1,000,000 views and a fan community of 30,000+ on Facebook.
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GOALS OF THE SERIES
1. Document the stories of Okinawan karate masters and their philosophy on life and their martial arts practice.
2. Record in the highest quality possible. Ideally 4K or 8K, RAW, multi camera, multi audio
3. Store the original data as an archival record.
4. Transcribe and translate the recordings to spread knowledge of Okinawan martial arts, history and culture.
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The documentary series grew out of the Karate Masters Portrait Project which began in 2012. The portrait project allowed amazing access to the sensei, but it was only Chris Willson and James Pankiewicz who got to hear their stories. The documentary series is a way for us to share that unique knowledge with the international karate community, and to archive aspects of Okinawan culture before they disappear.
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SERIES TWO SPONSORS
Martin Pinto - Essex Goju Ryu Karate
Doug Perry - Okinawa Shorinryu Karate
Cezar Borkowski - Northern Karate Schools
NOVA Okinawan Karate Dojo
Seikichi Iha, Okinawa Prefectural Intangible Cultural Asset - Beikoku Shidokan Karatedo Association
Neil Stolsmark - Authentic Ancient Arts
Okinawa Kobudo Doushi Rensei Kai & Shorin- Ryu Shorinkan.
Zensekai Karate Kobujitsu Renmei / Oyata Preservation Foundation
Series Two - Key Supporters
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[@sramdeojohn4428]

The human body can be its own friend of it is own enemy

[@Widdowson2020]

I’m a former student of Tashi Logue. Training since mid 1990’s. I’m still pulling technical lessons from exercise 1 and 2!

[@truthserum9456]

He was a good technician? He had no equal in this in this century. 😮😮😮😮😮

[@tonyslaughter8954]

I've met Hanshi Lindquist many times. He has always been a wealth of knowledge. His passion for Kobudo shows very much. I hope that I can learn from him for many many more years!

[@budokarate6212]

Amazing video. Would love to see more about Taika Oyata.

[@yogi8337]

Seiyu Oyata is great martial artist, have a big name throught the classic martial arts circle Thank you for the video

[@ryukyu-kenpo]

He kinda forgot Bill Wiswell who supplied Oyata with an income and John Newton who supplied them with most of their members and black belts.

[@TheInvisibleSensei108]

Another excellent interview with a wonderful Martial Artist, humility and deep knowledge🥋🙏🏽

[@OkinawanSpirit]

Looking forward to interviewing you and learning about Māori culture in the future!

[@joumasepoes88]

Met him a couple months back. Sat and had a nice chat with him. Really nice guy with a wealth of knowledge

[@DooBees-ub1me]

The first time I seen Taika and Greg was at a demo in Ottawa Kansas for Dave Jones school. 1988 something

[@Reihokan_student]

Excellent video, thank you for sharing. It was an honor to meet Lindquist Sensei last April while he was on Okinawa. He is a true gentleman.

[@OkinawanSpirit]

Glad you enjoyed it Mark! Thank you for all your support with the series.

[@vijaybansod186]

This is for fighting.

[@КаратеСевастополь]

Сейю Оята обучался боевым действиям во время Второй мировой войны, а затем изучил особенно эффективный и жестокий стиль традиционного карате, который использовался элитными охранниками в замке Сюри. Оята-сэнсэй прославился своими демонстрациями, на которых он показывал приемы, выводящие противника из строя быстрыми точными ударами по жизненно важным точкам. Грег Линдквист на протяжении многих лет был «королем нокаута», принимая на себя болезненную тяжесть этих демонстраций.

[@skipskiperton4992]

how can i train in this style?

[@rock3times]

Search keyword Ryu-te...there are many dojos in the USA ..

[@roopchandraschaurasia4595]

👌🙏

[@dennismelendez113]

Thanks for sharing. Awesome 👏🏼 knowledge

[@milonjano]

Thanks Greg

[@MichaelReif-wm5ue]

Thanks

[@ПРОВЕРЕНОНАСЕБЕ-э9ф]

Уважение и честь Мастеру🙏🙏🙏Осс!