Sensei Rick Hotton

Sensei Rick Hotton at RSKC Basingstoke , England , 22nd March 2018

[@abdelhakghandour4947]

Sensei hotton I hope you continue to publish more videos

[@animatedlegoherossweeney4077]

Hi Sensie Rick I saw an interview with you.....I ment to put a message on...so I need to look for that interview really! . I was so impressed . Iv never really focused on where the hands are at times...but after you doing it ..or explaining how to use the movement from body inti the hands was truly inspiring I implemented it with the aikido Thank you so much . !

[@lagvin719ify]

is it easy to get a blackbelt in UK?

[@myfavourites3643]

The man is on another level Mind blowing

[@paulbentley2709]

That bit at 18.40 where he shows how he thinks Kata should be performed is incredible. He like explodes each move in the quick sequence.

[@coopersheldon394]

Then take a look at this from someone who had been around for about thirty years upon the earth at the time this pattern took place!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5DLoJuemal7Y5I Now _that_ link shows an explosive and fast pattern! He became _much_ faster, etc. by the time he was on the earth for seventy four years.

[@LysanderLH]

Now there's an enlightened teacher I could learn from. It is like a finger pointing a way to the Moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.

[@BelloBudo007]

Thanks very much for posting this. I found it to be an especially interesting video with quite a few little gems. IMHO the karate world needs more karate teachers like Hotton Sensei, who are not afraid to try and convey 'feeling' into their teaching. Such people would ideally excel at both technique and communication. As he rightly points out, we're often so concerned about getting the various notes 'just right', that the actual music doesn't get a chance to breath.

[@ShotokanKaratePage]

thank you for your comments . oss

[@stevebrindle1724]

@@ShotokanKaratePage I am 66yrs oldmand have spent 5 yrs with wing Chun, 15 yrs TKD reaching 3rd dan and at 40 i went to India, spent 20yrs there learning Yoga, one on one with a renowned yoga master, I am back in the UK and have just started Shotokan at a great school as a white belt. Watching Sensie Hotton on You Tube helped me decide. This Sensie is the real thing, i love his attitude and obvious skill' The Shotokan world is lucky to have great masters like Sensie Hotton!

[@micahgibson5890]

what I love about this is how he is taking concepts from other styles and applies it to his own karate, it puts things into a different perspective which is really interesting! I hope to be as knowledgeable one day.

[@jeanpaulattard1063]

Thank you for the video. Lightening. Like exposing the way between spelling anf talking.

[@sajidrather2811]

I am his fan.

[@RobelinoGomes]

Na hora da porrada isso não serve de nada. Pura fantasia. Seria um bom produtor de cinema, kkkk

[@amospizzey1]

Incredible sensei 🥋⚡️❤️🙏🏻

[@Livefreealways]

Kimura Shukokai karate is the ultimate! Had trained with him since 1987 until his death on July 7 1995 and also lived in Japan and trained with Sensei Tani and lived in the dojo from 1984 to early 1987 when I joined Sensei Kimura in Hackensack N.J. But enjoy your videos! You show the neutral zone that everyone should have before a reaction! Oss! My students always ask how do I feel before a tournament or if a situation before someone confronts me! I say I feel neutral! I always say the other person has a brain! So I try to stay neutral! Then muscle memory kicks in! I hope you agree. Try watching Sensei George in Finland! Excellent!

[@ShotokanKaratePage]

Please send us a link if you have one. Thank you

[@kresimirsijerak6260]

I would love to see you do all kata - it reminds me a lot on Kase sensei!You are deffinetly on the way somewhere far🤔😊!Thanks!Oss

[@jadeastilbe]

This video could not be more timely for me... I was just honored with my brown belt, but... there is something... missing... “It’s not the shape that is correct… It is the feeling that is correct!” Sensei Rick Hotton Moving my Karate in a whole new direction! Thank you!

[@shotokankarate9690]

It is an honor. Look deeply and always consider the quality of the questions you ask yourself - and remember ...we all walk shoulder to shoulder. sundaymorningkeiko.org

[@savvasperisanidis]

En Vie take it from me a JKA 4 dan enjoy the journey The feeling is never 100% correct it gets better but never 100% so enjoy ur journey 😊

Look into Aikido and Wing Chun and you'll find the answer that this guy is borrowing the info from.

[@michaeltaylor8501]

IMO this 'feel' is exactly what the Chinese internal arts of Xing-Yi Quan (Hsing-I) & Baguazhang (Pa Kua) tend to develop: relaxation via elimination of any undue tension: keeping just enough tension to maintain form (as opposed to being too relaxed like some gelatinous blob that can't stand). Likewise, movement is relaxed using a whipping motion, throwing motion, or short & sudden impulse (when not using special-use slow motion techniques that require more tension). It's stillness/calmness in motion. And Xing-Yi Quan primarily focuses upon the mind's intent: aligning & moving one's body to carry out one's mental intention so that form matches intent [this is why it's key to know the actual function(s) of a kata/form, otherwise practicing a kata/form is just exercise].

[@coopersheldon394]

So what is interesting is that Christ Jesus gave some the abiility to make this concept go even further. The pattern here, frameskipped, would appear to be faster than most in real life outside of Christian military tae-kwon-do if it did move that quickly, but there is another portion that involves the human emotions that the LORD gave us. The goal is not to supress our emotions, but rather to control them. All emotion can be used with each explosive move. Now, which emotion is the strongest? It is the persecution of Christianity! The most difficult part of anyone's life is to live as a born-again believer, be persecuted for it, and yet continue to believe. That weakness of being persecuted for righteoutness' sake is what gives me the strength to defeat instructors such as these by using one arm. "When I am weak, then am, I strong." - The Apostle Paul

[@irenegaltung9304]

great, thanks :)

[@edlr4620]

What's the author of the book? Can't find it on Amazon. Thanks

[@RaiGef]

Anyone can tell the name of that sensei that sensei Hotton refers to at 17:17 ? (The music kata... thanks!) Great video , very inspiring!

[@RaiGef]

I figured it out by now : it's sensei Opeloski, Kase-Ha Karate-Do

[@jerelkenworthy3368]

This sensei has great speed which has tremendous power.

[@pressloh]

I love it🥰

[@Leon-kz8wc]

Sensei show yours fight

[@fernogGames]

truque de bater pé no chão pra simular potencia do golpe nao vale sensei.....mostre o poder real de cada tecnica.....amo o karatê e nao precisamos disfarçar nada....

[@Tomasdreams]

Muitos Sensei fazem barulho no chão. Mas chapéu para este Mestre de karaté 🥋 pois para mim é um dos melhores não-japoneses Sensei.

[@misaelrivera2587]

His explanations are so trippy.

[@Will24948]

Hotton is doing what we were doing in the UK back in the 70s....ain't that special, Terry O'Neill, Frank Brennan, Steve Cattle and others were far better. Problem is that none of this is of any use in terms of real self defence, it's play fighting in pyjamas. Not one video of him doing any sort of freestyle sparring. Nice man but it's same old, same old 70s stuff.

[@Will24948]

@@mrcadoia Trouble with Shotokan is that it precludes natural movement. I attained 3rd dan before switching to Goju ryu which at the time I thought was all round a better and more practical style. By the time I reached 3rd dan at that I was still unconvinced of its effectivity albeit the body conditioning contributed to ones self confidence and I still practice Sanchin and Tensho katas daily. The whole thing (Shotokan and Goju) was blown out of the water when I trained with Steve Morris. Had met nobody like him then nor since....a real genius and at 76 is still formidable and moves like a 20 year old. Check him out. One of his first vids is on KZbin - type in NHB 1 - he describes the role of the head as the initiator in any movement....so simple but changes the whole concept of punching, breaks away from the old straight back, shoulders back and down, lock the elbow and first etc. Most complete martial artist I ever trained with

[@jerelkenworthy3368]

Will,karate is for self defense. The majority of people don't like to fight and hurt or get hurt. If u think fighting is all about proving how tuff one is then boxing,AMA, UFC BARE KNUCKLE etc. Is where people enjoy and like hurting other people. True Shoto Kan as brought from Okinawa to Japan was more spiritual in nature. Then some practitioners got carried away. Do u know what I mean?

[@Will24948]

@@jerelkenworthy3368 Hi Jeerel, have to disagree somewhat. I started Shotokan back in 1970, back in those days there was great emphasis placed on body conditioning, especially forearms (ude tanren) The late Keinosuke Enoeda was a great one for it. I remember leaving the dojo with purple to back foreams that were twice their starting size! In Okinawan Goju ryu and Shito ryu there was even greater emphasis on conditioning, body and limbs. Additionally, in kumite, the only protection allowed was a gumshield and a 'box' - no shinpads, no headguards and no mitts, just bare fist and feet and get on with it, if you got hit you stayed hit, you still had to carry on! I think my point is that if you don't train for some degree of reality then it comes as a hell of a shock when reality hits you.

[@shaunclubberlang2887]

Hi Will, I get your point and it's a good point, but when I watched this I see Rick Hotton has moved to a phase of being purely interested in the movement system of karate. It's almost spiritual the way he moves, and he is progressing the art to where it becomes a spiritual exercise akin to chi gung. I think it's necessary progression for someone to make. It becomes a bit old practising it to be the toughest mofo in town when you have moved mentally beyond that. To them practise it in this way it becomes something else, something more worthwhile because it can stay with you for life. But of course to reach that point, you should also know how to fight as well. Wouldn't recommend this stuff for beginners to use. Learn to fight first, then get spiritual.