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Well, Ueji Ryu bailed me out of a couple of bad situations.

Hand and foot conditioning really hurt Karate, and the Japanese changed what came to them from Okinawan, and its focus was health to college ages kids and health. One must seperate Okinawa, and Japan. Karate, and power, and all that are not the same. Even Kara is different. I have studied Isshinryu, and it was focusing on real world use as taught by the founder. But I also studied Tang Soo Do, and that is a branch of Shotokan, and one can see how much things changed. Also when they added and focused on adding kicks into Karate that were not a part of the art, it in my view changed many things in Karate. And all that evolved into Tae Kwon Do. This was a good talk sir, thank you.

Great video man. You bring up a lot of really important points. Something that I think is really relevant here is that traditionally martial arts really had a lot more to do with weapons. The unarmed stuff played a small, supplemental role. That or it was more like a sport or pastime. This a problem I have with a lot of “practical” karate type rhetoric. There’s this underlying assumption that martial arts were originally more functional and directly applicable and I think this is true in a general sense. What’s often overlooked though is that as martial arts developed in modern times, and the emphasis became more on the unarmed stuff, that’s when this new approach that was more about self-development came to be. I would really suggest checking out Andreas Quast’s books. He has one that gives a general overview of Okinawan martial arts history and it’s mostly about weapons based stuff.

Sanchin should be done with ibuki sanki breathing

Wish in America we took karate serious like the Japanese, kyokushin, ashihara karate. Love those styles I would kill to have a dojo like that around my area in America

At the end of the day a punch is a punch and a kick is a kick I seen about every technique work once. So if it works for you then use it.

Both u guys are wrong. Ryu beats both y’all’s ass with hadoukens and a shoryuken if u jump. 🤷‍♀️

His ridge hand thoughts are definitely wrong. He shoukd look into Bas Ruten

I trained karate since I was 5 years old and transitioned to kickboxing when I was 25 and since then I am doing it. And I really experimented with lots of techniques. But I agree with him. Because many karate techniques take lot of years to develop, and have higher risk for injury. I know that because I also teach martial arts and also teached karate techniques for combat sports (full contact). And actually what he is saying is from efficiency point and from point of time that it takes to develop. And I know this from experience I am 42 and have 15 years of teaching. Although I do all this techniques (because of my 20 years in karate) they are not that useful for many people that are not in martial arts fom young years and that are not training methodically like it's done in karate. Although the back fist is more for boxing for that I agree, but for kick boxing and mma not so much (except the turning back fist).

Very well done.

ill take Varga's advice thanks.

All these things a lot of people say about karate is because they don’t understand how ORIGINAL karate was practiced. They conditioned everything in the body to the point that hands and feet were like bricks. If you condition your hands the old way I guarantee you can know anyone out with let’s say a ridge hand. If you don’t believe me, search Shijo Kiyohide sensei from Okinawa. 9 times karate full contact champion.

The yama suki is neither a takedown nor a double punch. That move is an anti grappling technique. You shift the leverage of the lead hand to get out of a wrist grab and the overhand punch is basically the most realistic available weapon

Hm...a reaction Video for such minor corrections, seems a bit clickbaity

Thanks for this resource! Read Patrick’s bubishi last year

Uechi guy here. It’s def been fun conditioning and surprising people

Alis jab is called a flick jab.. it is not a back fist. In karate it is taught to use the blade of the foot to strike with ALL side kicks. Wich is wrong regardless what the original intention was. The ridge hand in the karate combat clip was just a sloppy overhand. He had a closed fist and just landed with the wrong part of the fist. Joker.

The ridge hand in the clip of karate combat was a sloppy overhand right with a closed fist..it just so happened the punch hit with the side of the fist. Terrible takes from you

Im late to the party, but i just found this video. Using the blade of the foot os twight when throwing all side kicks to any part of the body in karate. Like Gabriel said,this is dangerous to rhe kicker. Second of all, the fact that this guy is demonstrating side kicks to the knee as the correct way to do it shows he has zero understanding of actual combat. You dont throw side kicks to the knees at extreme close range, there are many other techniques that are much mlre effective. Tou would throw a side kick to the knee from range, not in close quarters. Gabriel Vargas is a world champion fighter. You keep seperating the "sport"side of Gabriels argument.. but the fact is he is tried and tested in full contact fighting. I heard a qoute before, karate only works if your opponent is also doing karate. Very true.

At least the president of this thing is willing to handle business given the circumstances. Still, not a great look. I'm an older karate guy and this ain't what I remember for the "spirit" of it, if you will.

this karate guy showed me a backhand counter. and it was quite exaggerated looking and the backhand was meant as a power punch. and imo a boxing counter is just better than what he showed. there was really do reason to do this parry and backhand to achive the goal he wanted. which is to siimply counter. boxing covers it all anyways. Its got power, speed, saftey, smooth flow. etc. ur not reaally gonna get some speical secret counter that is better than what boxing has already trained. and the youtuver here. saying htat u can use a backhand in these little ways. but i think gabreil is just saying like hey a slip to a overhand right is better than some kind of backhand thing. which i can get behind 100%

Good double shoot is when you trow a hook and hide the high kick behind it, that land right after (maybe not double att, but it follows so close to hook its kinda double attack), also I think it happend in UFC (Gathye vs Porier 2)...

Hey man i don t know you but i m pretty sure you don t have te amount of full contact fight of Gabriel who is a plurychampion.So he is right.

Wrestlers are typically the toughest guys, they are. If you do boxing and wrestling for 6 months you can beat a lifelong martial artist.

They need to have a school in Philadelphia pa

You are just lame

Are u a 6 time kickboxing champion?

I take that back. Sexy side kick pose, yep you win.

Varga is right get rid of it ( that style of side kick ) in reality it might be useful 1 in 2million fights. Ridge hand is awesome and useful. Ridge hand is designed for the neck. It will drop you or break your trachea. Different forms of ridge hand for different angles. Back fist can be used to escape and my back fist style will break a cheekbone or Jaw. With that, it will and has KO’d some MoFo’s. 1 he is right you are wrong. 2 you right. 3 you are right. I train nut kicks in a different way. It will crush pubic bones. It’s kind of like the toe kick You win.

Varga is right get rid of it ( that style of side kick ) in reality it might be useful 1 in 2million fights. Ridge hand is awesome and useful. Ridge hand is designed for the neck. It will drop you or break your trachea. Different forms of ridge hand for different angles.

I would like to see more dojos in America do the iron shirt conditioning. It’s very rare especially in the Midwest unless you’re in a Kyokushin dojo.

Interesting application of the bladed foot side kick... I can see a situation where you're controlling the hands from range, or in a loose clinching situation (what we see Jon Jones or Anderson Silva excel at). Similar to the teep to the thigh/hip, or throwing an oblique kick to the knee, the bladed side kick can also be throw towards the inner thigh or knee to disrupt base/balance and set up more savage attacks. In conclusion, I can see an interesting use case in MMA or even Muay Thai, but you would obviously need to excel at range management, hand controls, clinching, and fighting in general. Gabriel should spar with Wonderboy for some fun Karate vs. Kickboxing content.

Apparently Gabriel never saw the blood and gut days of karate tournaments were the ridge hand knocked a lot of peoples out,i myself have taken peoples out with it,it is a very sneaky technique to loop around your opponent from different angles it is definitely one of my favorite techniques.Gabriel Vargas has the opinion that most tournament fighters have and that is they are very limited and un knowledgeable when it comes to real martial arts techniques.

Aikido is that of higher intelligence it is not meant for two-dimensional thinkers, of which most people are who have a problem understanding aikido along with the fact that they are the same people who have a problem with other forms of self-defense that they themselves do not understand and then Dean ineffective! Aikido is more than just a one-on-one encounter defense system it is more than a one on multiple encounter defense systems! If you approach it from the classic westerners new day hip hop theory that lingers everywhere now like sauce from drippings that are left from a turkey in a roasting pan then you will never understand you will never get it and it wasn't intended for you! You must commit yourself to the learning of it wholeheartedly from beginning to end! From cover to cover one word at the time one concept at a time 1:30 at a time one philosophy at a time one meditation at a time! You must embody yourself with it you must become the art that you study! Forget all the preconceived notions that you have and those things that you have learned prior to and forget about those as to allow yourself to totally grasp that which is new and foreign to you! Only then will it begin to make sense! You cannot scan through it as you would a textbook in hopes of passing a final exam! It must become life!

It can but it really needs a huge overhaul.

I have yet to find an art that does head conditioning

In Muay Thai's defense, they spend a lot of time in the clinch, grinding away while eating knees every single day. They aren't at power or done with hard bone, but they definitely condition your body through sheer volume.

That's why Akimoto is so good

Thanks for the video. Silly question. What brand Gi are you wearing? Thanks for your time.

Pretty solid video. Missing a sexy looking uke though 😎

That nukite is an uppercut into the throat.

I rewatched some parts and I would like to say you're totally right about Savate. I practiced Shotokan during 7 years when I was kid/teen, and 1 year Savate when 20'. After 3 mounths, Savate became my core/base system, and Karate became auxiliary. I gives me so much so fast, particullary about guard, protecting the face, and using/defending against low kicks, that are lacking in Shotokan and sport Karate. Savate's main limit is probably the throws aspect you can find in Sanda. For now I study Krav Maga, and our teacher trains us mostly on some complementary aspects as Judo/Aikido/Jujutsu, some basic boxing and Muay Thaï stuff, and eventually some aspects you can find in wing chun/tai chi.

Can you do a video on keyboard warriors or the mma fanboys

Ik im late but i feel like Gabriel doesn’t understand karate

Thank you so much sensai 🎉🎉🎉🎉

About getting the position to use the technique, I learnt something very interesting from chess. You never look to get the position to apply the special technique. You just use some unbalances advantages or counterplays and tries to improve your position to be better and better, and your opponent whorst and whorst, until an opportunity cames to you. And when it cames, most of the time, the good move is quite simple, and using a special move or just following to improve your advantages leads to win anyways. And that's why a lot of begginers or intermediate players are very frustrated to be technically/tactically skilled but never have the opportunity to use it and been beaten by some basics/easy ways. It seems to be the same with martial arts and combat sports.

Sanda is missing despite being relatively popular. Another core base system. What about "Ju-jutsu fighting system" and "ju-jitsu contact" (like this : ruclips.net/video/Ji9y8LG9tu0/видео.html) ? What do you think of Muay Boran, Letwei, Bokator and other muay thai derivates ?

I would have picked Andreas Quast over Hokama Tetsuhiro, personally

This was a pretty fair breakdown. I just started karate, Tang soo Do style the side kick was spot on, and in boxing The back fist is our flicker jab, and it does help firing it from a cross guard or philly shell especially with speed, it can setup combos or blind the opponent to angle out and get distance from your opponent.

Thank you for having us Leonard!