Yep, traditional arts have their place. Yes MMA and modernized martial arts have their sparring and conditioning and they can become an effective fighter in a short amount of time but the older arts can teach a martial artist the finer points of fighting which can make all the difference in the world. The Chinese fighting arts have a lot to offer. Never should be underestimated, there are several styles of Kung Fu especially the internal arts that can teach today's fighter a thing or two. I have learned a lot. Better ways of movement and pressure points as well as techniques that can cause severe and even fatal damage. This is not mainstream martial arts from America.
@@punisher7772 Exactly. Takes time with Budo. Life long path, but of course, gives so much more in Every way vs going McDonalds style quick and easy with no Substance!
Yeah. Not everything is about a confrontation between opponents in a boxing/ Muay/ fighting stance. There’s all kind of situations when one may be under attack
He mentioned James Thompson 👍 One of the genuinely nicest most humble men you could ever hope to meet, and has forgotten more about MA than most of us will ever know. He practiced aikido with my sensei and incorporated much of it into his Uechi ryu. If you ever happen to be near Kalamazoo MI a trip to visit Thompson sensei would be well worth your time.
Very informative. This instructor is very good. This reminds of some more " traditional teachers " who were actually very practical and on top of the big picture of combat i have known; most folks would just dismiss this Sensei out of ignorance these days. This is one of the great things about your show. It is great you are doing this. Thanks for doing this
Excellent! Uechi Ryu is awesome and Sensei Don is amazing. Love being able to train with him at our dojo here in Grand Rapids, and it was really cool to have our members sending me this video today! Great work, Sensei!
I received this very lesson in 1992. I was just a teenage green belt at the time. My instructor was in the process of moving the dojo to a new location. So he had arranged for us to use his friends dojo for the summer. It was a small but very nice traditional dojo with wood floors and all of the traditional training equipment like makiwara etc. One thing that stood out to me was what looked like a truck tire cut in half and mounted on the wall. So it looked like half a tire had driven through the wall! After a few visits I worked up the courage to ask my Sensei's friend the purpose of the tire. He told me, "Oh, that for sokusen practice!". He then went on to explain how to kick with the tip of my toe. And then had me tap the tire with the tip of my toe. After I was done he demonstrated. Effortlessly, he kicked the tire flat to the wall. I could not believe my eyes! He bent the middle of the tire in to the wall... thump... thump... thump... That entire summer I spent after class kicking that tire with my toe. At first all I did was hurt my toe. Then after awhile a little pop, a little bend, it was starting to move. By the end of the summer, I could get that tire to bend all the way to the wall! My toes had become stronger and there was even a callus developing on the tip of my big toe. The next time my Sensei's friend was at the school with us I just had to show him. After I demonstrated my new ability. He smiled and said, "Now let me show you where to strike". He kicked me in the thigh with his toe and said that is your heart line, and started telling me about something called meridians. Then he proceeded to kick the inside of my thigh, calf, and front of my hip. The pain was very unique like getting stabbed but not cut. It hurt inside and the pain seemed to grow in intensity after the strike. As a parting gift he said oh let me show you one last thing. He then bent his big toe in and stabbed it down on the top of my foot between the big toe and the second toe. The pain was like a thunderbolt and I immediately bent down to free my foot. When I did he struck me in the throat with his thumb! It was brutal. I felt utterly defenseless against all of this. It was very humbling an empowering. I felt very fortunate for these lessons and they helped shape how I thought about self defense and practical applications of traditional karate. My Sensei's friend as you may have guessed is Sensei Joyner. I guess its been 33 years since that summer. But I still remember his kindness and patience teaching me these techniques. A great instructor and an honorable man. /bow
@@inside_fighting LOL yeah you like being there dont ya 🙄🤣 I'm doing Kyokushin, the same as you do. Karate has been my longtime dream, since a little kid. Blown away by it. Karate Truly is Magical 😁 Oh and hell of a good for Selfdefense. To bad my dojo doesn't do Oldschool as they did it all back then, and Oyama was on the way to bring it all back - throws and grappling. He was highly skilled. BB Judoka, so this style is frikking awesome! Guess I will start doing some Judo, to compliment it then! Love your channel. Keep it up and that great humbleness you have 🙌 OSU!
It's interesting, we have so many strikes in traditional Jujutsu that would be legal in UFC, the problem is the gloves. They limit so many options, especially those penetrating attacks with the thumbs. One that I was taught is a hammerfist but instead of striking with the knife edge of the hand we throw the hammerfist like a hook and all the force is focused into the first knuckle of the thumb that is braced against the closed fist. It's really good for hitting the liver. He really knows his physiology and how to most effectively destroy it. I think the reason we don't see the toe kick so much in UFC is because of the amount of movement and defense present. You do not want to accidentally toe kick someone's shin. There is a liver kick in savate that is delivered with the toes. My instructor in jujutsu had a condition where the toe beside the big toe was always curled over the big toe, so when he did toe kicks he had further bracing and support from that other toe over the top. This is really cool to see. This kind of stuff is why I always laugh when people say it wouldn't work in the UFC, they don't realise that the reason it doesn't work isn't because it is ineffective, it's because of the equipment required. Bare handed UFC these techniques would be formidable, like Bas Rutten's palm strikes and bone strikes.
Wow, I've always pooh-poohed the hammer fist to the body as I thought it was just so much more effective to just do regular direct knuckle punches to the body. But, that's an interesting point that you have found them effective. I guess something like the liver or ribs wouldn't be that bad.
I did something similar in my first sparring with gloves. In the japanese style/school I trained we had a strike called "koppo-ken" that were done with the first knuckle of the thumb. It can be thrown in all types of ways but one is like a hook, often trageting the side of the head and neck. It is mainly used as a "setup strike" to push the balance for a second strike. Like move the head to the side to expose the neck and then with the same hand in one fluid motion execute a hammerfist or knife hand the neck; the first strike have little body weight behind and the second have all bodyweight behind. It is often quite effective. So I threw this punch and it hit beautifullt on target just behind the eye, infront and above the ear. No reaction from my sparringpartner what so ever. I was really suprised because this is usually not a strike you do not react to at all, even if you do not hit spot on, because the whole area is very sensetive. Then I remembered that I had gloves on and that my thumb was like a big soft cusioned ball and because I had not commited much body weight behind it nothing really happen. A hook would, because of the gloves, been a much better choice. My first lesson in the difference between fighting with and without gloves 😄 Icy Mike had a nice demostration though on how you could delive a "edge/knife hand" or "hammer fist" to the neck or jaw from inside a guard with gloves on in like a MMA setting. This is stuff we did all the time in the old japanese school/style I trained, so it was fun yo watch it being reinvented with gloves in a MMA setting 😊
'If he's hard and I'm hard.. its not going to work.. we want to penetrate..' 😂 I like this guy, wealth of knowledge and very humble. Uechi has wicked finger clawing strikes into circular blocks straight into grabs, similar to Enshin, but.. meaner 😉. Reminds me of Kenshiro Fist of the North Star.
I loved it everytime you get hit with that toe kick 😂. Great video! I would love to see more Okinawan styles featured here, especially the Motobu style made famous by Motobu Choki.
Uechi Ryu was the hardest style I ever trained, and so so practical. I had to use it a couple of times to defend myself and it was VERY effective - leaving me unscathed and the others thoroughly repentant.
Sifu Fong in AZ used to say "grab anything, hair, beard, shirt". Just never said what to do after, up to us he must have figured. I enjoyed this. Thanks.
That man is definitely no joke but the ”if he’s hard and I’m hard, we wanna penetrate” bit had me rolling 😂 Martial arts vids get so serious they can use a bit of levity, whether intentional or not.
While younger Karate influencers play down other arts, and want to believe that BJJ, for example, is not worth the effort, this Shihan (Master), not sensei by my understanding, can show us all a thing or two about keeping our minds open. Anyone who has studied Karate and then studies a Japanese grappling art, (many others I’m sure are equally worthy), but the Japanese grappling arts, and I include BJJ in this, allow the Karateka to close the circle and connect so many of the dots that have been missing through a focus on striking and an lack of understanding of the roots of many of the techniques that are found in the Katas etc. the strikes lead to connection which lead to takedowns and ground fighting. It’s always been that and it always will be that. You may try to avoid certain situations but we have to train for them. Aligned to this, and not counter to this, is the Karate vision of the one lethal strike that ends a fight before it even begins. A wonderful video and what a story this man must have.
Reminds me very much of Okinawa Goju Ryu, which is sort of a sister art to Uechi Ryu. I trained under a 7th degree Goju black belt for three years and a lot of it is very similar. He's an older guy, ex military, freakishly strong and feels like a stone slab. It's like his whole body is totally hardened, you'd spar him and hurt yourself on his forearms, shins etc. Hard to explain, like fighting a gorilla. The style teaches a bunch of stuff you don't really see in modern combat sports, it's very self-defense oriented and they do some things a bit differently, so you need to be open minded when you're getting into this stuff. Very big on conditioning and hardening and practicing stuff that's designed to cause maximum damage immediately. It's not easy to find a real Uechi or Goju school that's truly dedicated to training the style in a serious way, but it's definitely worth putting some time into if you're interested in expanding your martial arts beyond pure combat sports.
I study Isshin Ryu but have cross trained with Uechi Ryu folks at the Shimbukan Kobudo seminars held in the USA. Much respect as the way they approach their style is the same as we do.
@@inside_fighting grrr.. YT comments can be so frustrating. That's not surprising as there are only a few dojos in the country that teach "old school" Isshin Ryu. I was lucky that one of the first-generation Marines was from a town a half-hour from where I grew up. Our annual seminar is usually the first week of August. It's open to any style.
Yes, Sensei Don Joyner used to have Isshin-ryu great Sherman Harrill-sensei at the dojos in Grand Rapids, Michigan quite a bit in the 1990s. The Sherminator was one of the great pressure-point people on the planet. Uechi-ryu and Isshin-ryu masters enjoyed the cross-training.
@@AlbertEinsteinSpock Sherm was my first Isshin Ryu Sensei. I was only able to train under him for about 6 months in 1993. I've trained under John Kerker Sensei since 2016.
As my first martial arts from Brazilian Jujitsu, MMA & Boxing then Silat Gayong, Penchak Silat (Bruneian martial arts), Pentjak Silat(Indonesian) , Kali & Dumog (Filipino wrestling and grappling art) then Sanda boxing. Got my ass kicked by a legit Wing Chun dude ( now we are friends). Well my martial arts journey seems going back to the old school system which not as my planned. After watched this Uechi Ryu, i would say this is not another typical fighting method like kick boxing or mma. It is an old school system like i had gone through & i'm very honestly impress with this Uechi Ryu Master sensei. He is truly a mind blowing martial artist. Now i realise old school martial artists are so damn tough as hell. I've heard of this Uechi Ryu but i'm zero knowledge about it, not until i see this. Thank you Elon for bring up this Uechi Ryu stuff.
Seargent Green stuck me in the solar plexes with a toe kick in practice for iron horse days . I couldn't believe how bad it hurt . And he was being nice .
The circular blocks are very unique to the art as are the toe kicks. My sensei dropped me with one of those, too, lol. Keep up the good work. I like your channel. @inside_fighting
Kicking with the toe is stupid unless you have footware on. Close quarters should always be for targets to the vulnerable areas of the body's natural weaknesses; this would shut down anyone since we're all human.
Uechi Ryu (pronounced: Oo etch ee - ree you) If I were start over again I would probably pick this style over all others. I studied Goju Ryu/ Sung Lung Miu, and later Shoto kan and judo/jujitsu, and ninpo- not to mention Chinese styles- that's beside the point; and love them. But Uechi Ryu has kept a lot of its foundation from China, as a style that stems from White Crane kung fu, the influence is seen in their San Chin kata. Also if you train with the old school kihon they will use the urns for their finger training and stance training; that with the iron training they offer and the meridian knowledge, it is just about a perfect system. The only thing that would make it better is the knowledge of a healing system- and they may even offer that- I'm not sure! I love watching the old masters training. Very fit well into their 70s and 80s.
Yep, I know about those toe kicks to the thigh. So many people think it's just Muay Thai style shin kicks to the thigh muscle. A Knee strike is good too because they penetrate and cause more pain. Even with your hand you can do an extended knuckle strike into the front of the thigh As always another informative video on a very interesting martial art.
Have you seen the new Dirty Boxing Federation? It allows all punches, all arm strikes, elbows,palms, and has ground and pound,but no grappling or kicking whatsoever. It is basically what i have been spamming around, an upper body only,boxing extended style. This feels like the perfect envirnoment to see shine underrated styles, like Wing Chun,52 Blocks,Keysi,Panantukan,etc. Imo,it will also be the striking most conductive to self defence. I don't know if ramming and shoulder strikes are allowed tho,so not so sure for Bajiquan. This would be nice even for styles like Uechi Ryu, hand and forearm conditioning is going to be a big thing there, maybe we are gonna see finger strikes KO.
The one thing about Brazilian jujitsu or Gracie Jiu Jitsu that a lot of these other martial arts don’t have. And that it’s beneficial to both people at the same time. Both people enjoy it. That doesn’t always happen with other arts
Ilan keeps running into those toe kicks. The mechanics of it really intrigue me. Mostly, how does it not hurt the one kicking and how does it create so much pain?
It feels like a poker jabbing you;. I think he just conditioned his toes so much that they are different. His toe is deformed a bit and hard as a rock lol
@@inside_fightingJesse the " karate nerd" had few episodes on that subject recorded on Okinawa and in China. Worth watching, as episodes of " how karate stole everything from Kung Fu and savate boxing
Thanks for the video. Will there be a break-up of sanchin. The basics application. How he showed striking feet when stepping in at the beginning. Many thanks.
I think with that toe kick that requires practice and conditioning whereas other options such as round kicks with shin may requires less conditioning to be effective
MMA learn grappling for BJJ, Muithai for striking, freestyle wrestling for wrestling and then figure out yourself how to combine. Okinawan karate - complete, but harder to master. Filipino martial arts usually have everything just don't require so much of hardening.
Because it takes years of intense conditioning. It's not a beginner attack. Bruce Lee's finger jab was devastating, but it's because he did lots of iron hand conditioning.
Sanchin is also the most important kata in Goju Ryu, I remember observing Uechi's training methods and man oh man I was hurting just watching. Uechi Ryu sadly is not available where I am based.
Ilan: Benjamin, the Pak Mei practitioner, appeared on Jesse Enkamp's channel, and demonstrated how to apply Pak Mei in a sparring session; his movements remind me of this sensei's movement at 13:30. You might like to review it.
I practice Chow Gar which is a southern praying mantis style, all southern styles has similarities, I bet Okinawan karate was in touch with southern Chinese martial arts.
@EverydayKungFu Yes, exactly. The legend is that Okinawan karate is an amalgam of Southern Chinese Kung Fu (namely, white crane from Fuzhou) and the fighting arts that were native to Okinawa.
Don is super-friendly. He loves to pick Tadashi Yamashita's brain whenever they get together. Yamashita-sensei used to train with Shinjo (Uechi master) in Okinawa, worked out with Bruce Lee, etc.
Hi Ilan. I think that I'm making out on your gi in the left chest area Uechi ryu, Florida. Most of my Uechi ryu training was in Boston under Sensei Rich Baptista, a student of George Mattson. But I trained some years in Florida under Sensei Joe Marzilli, now no longer with us. Did you know him?
@@inside_fighting My wife and I are making Aliya in a month. I lived in Israel many years ago, and we're returning. I was in the IDF and my best friend in the army was from an Iraqi background. His mom would make the most delicious kubbeh for me when I'd visit over Shabbat. Stay well brother.
It's fun to watch after the MMA revolution, people start going back to older systems to learn instead of criticize.
Right? It's like a dream come true
Yep, traditional arts have their place.
Yes MMA and modernized martial arts have their sparring and conditioning and they can become an effective fighter in a short amount of time but the older arts can teach a martial artist the finer points of fighting which can make all the difference in the world.
The Chinese fighting arts have a lot to offer. Never should be underestimated, there are several styles of Kung Fu especially the internal arts that can teach today's fighter a thing or two. I have learned a lot. Better ways of movement and pressure points as well as techniques that can cause severe and even fatal damage. This is not mainstream martial arts from America.
Yep real Budo is and Always will be Superior as its just that BUDO 🙌
Kyokushin is my Way!!
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@@punisher7772 Exactly. Takes time with Budo. Life long path, but of course, gives so much more in Every way vs going McDonalds style quick and easy with no Substance!
Yeah. Not everything is about a confrontation between opponents in a boxing/ Muay/ fighting stance.
There’s all kind of situations when one may be under attack
great man, without a doubt. a 9th dan and insatiably curious about other masters. humility is the key to greatness.
He mentioned James Thompson 👍 One of the genuinely nicest most humble men you could ever hope to meet, and has forgotten more about MA than most of us will ever know. He practiced aikido with my sensei and incorporated much of it into his Uechi ryu.
If you ever happen to be near Kalamazoo MI a trip to visit Thompson sensei would be well worth your time.
A good friend of mine just recieved 8th dan under Sensei Thompson
Kazoo✊❗
James Thompson and Don Joyner are pretty legendary in West Michigan. A lot of tough Karate dudes came out of those schools.
He reminds me of my uncle Mike. 9th degree and hard as hell, their enthusiasm is also shared. Good stuff!
Uechi Ryu is my favorite style of karate tied with my system of Kenpo.
Very informative. This instructor is very good. This reminds of some more " traditional teachers " who were actually very practical and on top of the big picture of combat i have known; most folks would just dismiss this Sensei out of ignorance these days. This is one of the great things about your show. It is great you are doing this. Thanks for doing this
Excellent! Uechi Ryu is awesome and Sensei Don is amazing. Love being able to train with him at our dojo here in Grand Rapids, and it was really cool to have our members sending me this video today! Great work, Sensei!
Uechi Ryu is a beautiful art. Has strong roots directly to its Gongfu roots.
Decades back, it was still known as Pangai Noon Kungfu.
I received this very lesson in 1992. I was just a teenage green belt at the time. My instructor was in the process of moving the dojo to a new location. So he had arranged for us to use his friends dojo for the summer. It was a small but very nice traditional dojo with wood floors and all of the traditional training equipment like makiwara etc.
One thing that stood out to me was what looked like a truck tire cut in half and mounted on the wall. So it looked like half a tire had driven through the wall! After a few visits I worked up the courage to ask my Sensei's friend the purpose of the tire. He told me, "Oh, that for sokusen practice!". He then went on to explain how to kick with the tip of my toe. And then had me tap the tire with the tip of my toe. After I was done he demonstrated. Effortlessly, he kicked the tire flat to the wall. I could not believe my eyes! He bent the middle of the tire in to the wall... thump... thump... thump...
That entire summer I spent after class kicking that tire with my toe. At first all I did was hurt my toe. Then after awhile a little pop, a little bend, it was starting to move. By the end of the summer, I could get that tire to bend all the way to the wall! My toes had become stronger and there was even a callus developing on the tip of my big toe.
The next time my Sensei's friend was at the school with us I just had to show him. After I demonstrated my new ability. He smiled and said, "Now let me show you where to strike". He kicked me in the thigh with his toe and said that is your heart line, and started telling me about something called meridians. Then he proceeded to kick the inside of my thigh, calf, and front of my hip. The pain was very unique like getting stabbed but not cut. It hurt inside and the pain seemed to grow in intensity after the strike.
As a parting gift he said oh let me show you one last thing. He then bent his big toe in and stabbed it down on the top of my foot between the big toe and the second toe. The pain was like a thunderbolt and I immediately bent down to free my foot. When I did he struck me in the throat with his thumb! It was brutal. I felt utterly defenseless against all of this. It was very humbling an empowering. I felt very fortunate for these lessons and they helped shape how I thought about self defense and practical applications of traditional karate.
My Sensei's friend as you may have guessed is Sensei Joyner. I guess its been 33 years since that summer. But I still remember his kindness and patience teaching me these techniques. A great instructor and an honorable man. /bow
Holy crap just found this channel and am subbing immediately for that AMAZING intro song! Absolutely hilarious!!
This guy is so skilled that he managed to steal Ilan's pants without him realizing it
A true Master
I only train naked on the bottom 🙏🏼 it’s all those years doing bjj
Wrong he managed to put the jacket on without him noticing to help in the grabbing 😂
@@bobk8465 😂
@@inside_fighting LOL yeah you like being there dont ya 🙄🤣
I'm doing Kyokushin, the same as you do. Karate has been my longtime dream, since a little kid. Blown away by it. Karate Truly is Magical 😁
Oh and hell of a good for Selfdefense.
To bad my dojo doesn't do Oldschool as they did it all back then, and Oyama was on the way to bring it all back - throws and grappling. He was highly skilled. BB Judoka, so this style is frikking awesome!
Guess I will start doing some Judo, to compliment it then!
Love your channel. Keep it up and that great humbleness you have 🙌
OSU!
Very cool! I live in Kalamazoo about a half mile away from Master Thompson's school. I started there this past summer.
It's interesting, we have so many strikes in traditional Jujutsu that would be legal in UFC, the problem is the gloves. They limit so many options, especially those penetrating attacks with the thumbs. One that I was taught is a hammerfist but instead of striking with the knife edge of the hand we throw the hammerfist like a hook and all the force is focused into the first knuckle of the thumb that is braced against the closed fist. It's really good for hitting the liver. He really knows his physiology and how to most effectively destroy it. I think the reason we don't see the toe kick so much in UFC is because of the amount of movement and defense present. You do not want to accidentally toe kick someone's shin. There is a liver kick in savate that is delivered with the toes. My instructor in jujutsu had a condition where the toe beside the big toe was always curled over the big toe, so when he did toe kicks he had further bracing and support from that other toe over the top.
This is really cool to see. This kind of stuff is why I always laugh when people say it wouldn't work in the UFC, they don't realise that the reason it doesn't work isn't because it is ineffective, it's because of the equipment required. Bare handed UFC these techniques would be formidable, like Bas Rutten's palm strikes and bone strikes.
@@nightshade7240 i do that book like you said i call it a Russian hook. That’s how it was taught to me
Wow, I've always pooh-poohed the hammer fist to the body as I thought it was just so much more effective to just do regular direct knuckle punches to the body. But, that's an interesting point that you have found them effective. I guess something like the liver or ribs wouldn't be that bad.
I did something similar in my first sparring with gloves. In the japanese style/school I trained we had a strike called "koppo-ken" that were done with the first knuckle of the thumb. It can be thrown in all types of ways but one is like a hook, often trageting the side of the head and neck. It is mainly used as a "setup strike" to push the balance for a second strike. Like move the head to the side to expose the neck and then with the same hand in one fluid motion execute a hammerfist or knife hand the neck; the first strike have little body weight behind and the second have all bodyweight behind. It is often quite effective.
So I threw this punch and it hit beautifullt on target just behind the eye, infront and above the ear. No reaction from my sparringpartner what so ever. I was really suprised because this is usually not a strike you do not react to at all, even if you do not hit spot on, because the whole area is very sensetive. Then I remembered that I had gloves on and that my thumb was like a big soft cusioned ball and because I had not commited much body weight behind it nothing really happen. A hook would, because of the gloves, been a much better choice. My first lesson in the difference between fighting with and without gloves 😄
Icy Mike had a nice demostration though on how you could delive a "edge/knife hand" or "hammer fist" to the neck or jaw from inside a guard with gloves on in like a MMA setting. This is stuff we did all the time in the old japanese school/style I trained, so it was fun yo watch it being reinvented with gloves in a MMA setting 😊
'If he's hard and I'm hard.. its not going to work.. we want to penetrate..' 😂 I like this guy, wealth of knowledge and very humble.
Uechi has wicked finger clawing strikes into circular blocks straight into grabs, similar to Enshin, but.. meaner 😉. Reminds me of Kenshiro Fist of the North Star.
It does look like Enshin a bit for sure.
@@inside_fighting They both come from the same root art.
I loved it everytime you get hit with that toe kick 😂. Great video!
I would love to see more Okinawan styles featured here, especially the Motobu style made famous by Motobu Choki.
I am hoping to do a video on Motobu Choki
Uechi Ryu was the hardest style I ever trained, and so so practical. I had to use it a couple of times to defend myself and it was VERY effective - leaving me unscathed and the others thoroughly repentant.
That is a beautiful system!
Sifu Fong in AZ used to say "grab anything, hair, beard, shirt". Just never said what to do after, up to us he must have figured. I enjoyed this. Thanks.
Loving the Uechi Ryu content, fascinating martial art. Watching from Argentina btw, i like your channel
Appreciate that! Thank you
Good video. Thanks for highlighting Uechi-ryu!
Wow, this guy is really good! 😀
Great documentary, just great! Thank you for sharing! Respect for this Grandmaster! 🙏
Toe kick in some systems called kin geri
Uechi ryu is a very solid karate system.
That man is definitely no joke but the ”if he’s hard and I’m hard, we wanna penetrate” bit had me rolling 😂 Martial arts vids get so serious they can use a bit of levity, whether intentional or not.
Have this guy back! Awesome content
I train with him every week
While younger Karate influencers play down other arts, and want to believe that BJJ, for example, is not worth the effort, this Shihan (Master), not sensei by my understanding, can show us all a thing or two about keeping our minds open. Anyone who has studied Karate and then studies a Japanese grappling art, (many others I’m sure are equally worthy), but the Japanese grappling arts, and I include BJJ in this, allow the Karateka to close the circle and connect so many of the dots that have been missing through a focus on striking and an lack of understanding of the roots of many of the techniques that are found in the Katas etc. the strikes lead to connection which lead to takedowns and ground fighting. It’s always been that and it always will be that. You may try to avoid certain situations but we have to train for them. Aligned to this, and not counter to this, is the Karate vision of the one lethal strike that ends a fight before it even begins. A wonderful video and what a story this man must have.
He’s had a wonderful lifetime in martial arts and has a very open mind. He’s been training over 50 years which is amazing
@ while I have your attention, have you ever read the novel Musashi? Based on the Samurai’s life. You’ll love it.
@ yes it’s fantastic and i have a tattoo of musashi on my arm oddly
@@inside_fighting 👍 nice one!
So cool that you're training karate.
Fast flowing water,throwing sharp shards. All respect
Reminds me very much of Okinawa Goju Ryu, which is sort of a sister art to Uechi Ryu. I trained under a 7th degree Goju black belt for three years and a lot of it is very similar. He's an older guy, ex military, freakishly strong and feels like a stone slab. It's like his whole body is totally hardened, you'd spar him and hurt yourself on his forearms, shins etc. Hard to explain, like fighting a gorilla. The style teaches a bunch of stuff you don't really see in modern combat sports, it's very self-defense oriented and they do some things a bit differently, so you need to be open minded when you're getting into this stuff. Very big on conditioning and hardening and practicing stuff that's designed to cause maximum damage immediately. It's not easy to find a real Uechi or Goju school that's truly dedicated to training the style in a serious way, but it's definitely worth putting some time into if you're interested in expanding your martial arts beyond pure combat sports.
Should do an episode on Cimande Silat.
I think his episode with Darren Felsott was Cimande
I study Isshin Ryu but have cross trained with Uechi Ryu folks at the Shimbukan Kobudo seminars held in the USA.
Much respect as the way they approach their style is the same as we do.
Thats awesome! It's hard to find an Isshin school here in Florida.
@@inside_fighting grrr.. YT comments can be so frustrating.
That's not surprising as there are only a few dojos in the country that teach "old school" Isshin Ryu.
I was lucky that one of the first-generation Marines was from a town a half-hour from where I grew up.
Our annual seminar is usually the first week of August. It's open to any style.
Yes, Sensei Don Joyner used to have Isshin-ryu great Sherman Harrill-sensei at the dojos in Grand Rapids, Michigan quite a bit in the 1990s. The Sherminator was one of the great pressure-point people on the planet. Uechi-ryu and Isshin-ryu masters enjoyed the cross-training.
@@AlbertEinsteinSpock Sherm was my first Isshin Ryu Sensei.
I was only able to train under him for about 6 months in 1993.
I've trained under John Kerker Sensei since 2016.
Luv this vid, thank you Shihan for sharing your Uechi with us. Oss
always enjoy watching and learning from others. Been in martial arts now for 47 years, sure I still have another 20 or so left in me.
Great stuff buddy, love the content!!
@@TheUnkBoogie thank you 🙏🏼 glad you enjoyed this one
As my first martial arts from Brazilian Jujitsu, MMA & Boxing then Silat Gayong, Penchak Silat (Bruneian martial arts), Pentjak Silat(Indonesian) , Kali & Dumog (Filipino wrestling and grappling art) then Sanda boxing. Got my ass kicked by a legit Wing Chun dude ( now we are friends). Well my martial arts journey seems going back to the old school system which not as my planned. After watched this Uechi Ryu, i would say this is not another typical fighting method like kick boxing or mma. It is an old school system like i had gone through & i'm very honestly impress with this Uechi Ryu Master sensei. He is truly a mind blowing martial artist. Now i realise old school martial artists are so damn tough as hell. I've heard of this Uechi Ryu but i'm zero knowledge about it, not until i see this. Thank you Elon for bring up this Uechi Ryu stuff.
Confident and insightful, really enjoyed this. Thank you :)
More Sensei Joyner content!!!
Mate, brilliant. Thank you
Toe kicks are no joke. Okinawan karate is vicious
Seargent Green stuck me in the solar plexes with a toe kick in practice for iron horse days . I couldn't believe how bad it hurt . And he was being nice .
Masters at his level absolutely are scary.
Love the karate content
Really enjoyed this one!
LOL, I love it! He hit some of the BEST hard karate skills I know in like 5 minutes. AWESOME.
Those little shots don’t look like much but they hurt 😂
Yuka Yozi hits with his toes too, great video here man
It hurts way more than people realize.
Uechi Ryu is very impressive. It's like a Butcher, striking like a surgeon. See a lot of similar strikes, that are done in White Crane and Wing Chun.
Uechi Ryu definitely has a Hakka vibe to it. It reminds me most of Mantis (Cho, Chow, Jook Lum)
Well done brother Don!
Never heard never saw this channel but now with this jingle with this song it's great
HAHAHA Much appreciated
@@inside_fighting 💪🏻
I like this style. Never practiced it but seen some amazing stuff
This is such a nice video. Shared knowledge with humility.
Forever student! Much respect!
He’s awesome and a great guy
I'd love to see you work with Evan Pantazi
I’ll try and get in touch with him
16:31 I was curious how they do that two-hand strike movement so it's great that he demonstrated it.
Good stuff. I practice Uechi Ryu. I'm glad I stuck with the system. Very practical art that compliments Escrima.
@@micahgriffith1343 yes the circular movements overlap well
The circular blocks are very unique to the art as are the toe kicks. My sensei dropped me with one of those, too, lol. Keep up the good work. I like your channel. @inside_fighting
Amazing how well he moves
Kicking with the toe is stupid unless you have footware on. Close quarters should always be for targets to the vulnerable areas of the body's natural weaknesses; this would shut down anyone since we're all human.
Uechi Ryu (pronounced: Oo etch ee - ree you) If I were start over again I would probably pick this style over all others. I studied Goju Ryu/ Sung Lung Miu, and later Shoto kan and judo/jujitsu, and ninpo- not to mention Chinese styles- that's beside the point; and love them. But Uechi Ryu has kept a lot of its foundation from China, as a style that stems from White Crane kung fu, the influence is seen in their San Chin kata. Also if you train with the old school kihon they will use the urns for their finger training and stance training; that with the iron training they offer and the meridian knowledge, it is just about a perfect system. The only thing that would make it better is the knowledge of a healing system- and they may even offer that- I'm not sure! I love watching the old masters training. Very fit well into their 70s and 80s.
Yep, I know about those toe kicks to the thigh. So many people think it's just Muay Thai style shin kicks to the thigh muscle. A Knee strike is good too because they penetrate and cause more pain. Even with your hand you can do an extended knuckle strike into the front of the thigh
As always another informative video on a very interesting martial art.
Great video, Like & Subscribed!
first to comment! Great content Ilan!
@@KasaiFilms8 thanks brother. I have a spot outside here for us to train btw
11:21 Sanchin Kata
Awesome!
Good content we learned alot of these theories and techniques in kung fu
Cool video.
He's the original John Kreese
Hahaha exactly
Chinese PanghaiNoon also known as Uechi Ryu of Okinawa.
#ShinjoKiyohideSensei
I’m gonna check this out
Yup! 100%
Have you seen the new Dirty Boxing Federation? It allows all punches, all arm strikes, elbows,palms, and has ground and pound,but no grappling or kicking whatsoever.
It is basically what i have been spamming around, an upper body only,boxing extended style.
This feels like the perfect envirnoment to see shine underrated styles, like Wing Chun,52 Blocks,Keysi,Panantukan,etc.
Imo,it will also be the striking most conductive to self defence.
I don't know if ramming and shoulder strikes are allowed tho,so not so sure for Bajiquan.
This would be nice even for styles like Uechi Ryu, hand and forearm conditioning is going to be a big thing there, maybe we are gonna see finger strikes KO.
The master just likes to hit your meridians. hahaha
Its all about the meridians lol
Urchin Ryu is awesome.
The one thing about Brazilian jujitsu or Gracie Jiu Jitsu that a lot of these other martial arts don’t have. And that it’s beneficial to both people at the same time. Both people enjoy it. That doesn’t always happen with other arts
Excellent
Excellent . Merci 🎉
Ilan keeps running into those toe kicks. The mechanics of it really intrigue me. Mostly, how does it not hurt the one kicking and how does it create so much pain?
It feels like a poker jabbing you;. I think he just conditioned his toes so much that they are different. His toe is deformed a bit and hard as a rock lol
@@inside_fightingyikes!
man very cool
Much appreciated
So interesting to see the Chinese Kung Fu influence on this art.
I think it was once tied into Wing Chun, as they both originated in the Fukien province.
Paiganoon kung fu. its original name.
@@mihailungheanu4631 interesting. So they loom the same?
@@inside_fighting originally just 3 kata as Pangai Noon
@@inside_fightingJesse the " karate nerd" had few episodes on that subject recorded on Okinawa and in China. Worth watching, as episodes of " how karate stole everything from Kung Fu and savate boxing
Thanks for the video. Will there be a break-up of sanchin. The basics application. How he showed striking feet when stepping in at the beginning. Many thanks.
Good way to break all your toes and can't walk later as an adult. Lol I'ma good
I think with that toe kick that requires practice and conditioning whereas other options such as round kicks with shin may requires less conditioning to be effective
Agreed
Hey isn't that the phoenix eye fist?
Yes it is
Shoken
That is one of the Karate Styles that has the Pheonix Eye Fist
7:34 Yes.
MMA learn grappling for BJJ, Muithai for striking, freestyle wrestling for wrestling and then figure out yourself how to combine. Okinawan karate - complete, but harder to master.
Filipino martial arts usually have everything just don't require so much of hardening.
The toe kick seems like it would be good for MMA, but also seems like would cause arthritis in the toe over time
I’d like to see more of this. I never knew this system existed. Looks like Kenpo to me. He reminds me of my Kenpo instructor.
There is for sure some cross over in the systems
That's wild to kick with the toe and punch with the thumb. Why do I feel like I would break them if I tried that.
I did TKD for years and we did the middle knuckle strike.
Because it takes years of intense conditioning. It's not a beginner attack.
Bruce Lee's finger jab was devastating, but it's because he did lots of iron hand conditioning.
Hard tissue applied to soft tissue...he said, you won't break you thumbs
That initial palm strike to the chest is the same [except hand position], as what a former jujitsu master taught me m, and he used kyusho too.
You should have asked him how to defend against a crane kick.
😅 well played
id love to see Shihan spar w/ 1 of professor Powells students.
Much Respect OSU
He probably has.
Good shit. Dude resembles Jeff Speakman.
Sanchin is also the most important kata in Goju Ryu, I remember observing Uechi's training methods and man oh man I was hurting just watching. Uechi Ryu sadly is not available where I am based.
I got this man as a little gem to train privately with weekly
@inside_fighting you are going to become a tank! You will notice in about 10 months people don't want to spar anymore.
@ i think with my combat sports background this will be a great addition for sure. Once i start toe kicking people 😅
I like Uechi-ryu. The have some great conditioning exercises
@@davefletch3063 its very tough conditioning. They don’t play lol
Hello Sir, I loved the video. If you are interested, I think you should do a video on Shorin Ryu Karate
Ilan: Benjamin, the Pak Mei practitioner, appeared on Jesse Enkamp's channel, and demonstrated how to apply Pak Mei in a sparring session; his movements remind me of this sensei's movement at 13:30. You might like to review it.
I practice Chow Gar which is a southern praying mantis style, all southern styles has similarities, I bet Okinawan karate was in touch with southern Chinese martial arts.
@EverydayKungFu Yes, exactly. The legend is that Okinawan karate is an amalgam of Southern Chinese Kung Fu (namely, white crane from Fuzhou) and the fighting arts that were native to Okinawa.
He got that old man toe.
8:30 Kansetsu geri would work
Master has a nice and shiny new jacket/kimono top! Not much training has been done in that.
He has lots of bloody Kimonos too.
If you misbehave or continuously mess up in this guy class I can tell, he will toe kick you in the meridian!
He will toe kick a meridian even if you don't misbehave :)
Don is super-friendly. He loves to pick Tadashi Yamashita's brain whenever they get together. Yamashita-sensei used to train with Shinjo (Uechi master) in Okinawa, worked out with Bruce Lee, etc.
Hi Ilan. I think that I'm making out on your gi in the left chest area Uechi ryu, Florida.
Most of my Uechi ryu training was in Boston under Sensei Rich Baptista, a student of George Mattson. But I trained some years in Florida under Sensei Joe Marzilli, now no longer with us. Did you know him?
I sadly do not. I’m using senseis gi. I would imagine he knows him. I’ll ask him when i see him this coming week
@@inside_fighting Thanks Ilan. Just curious. Sometimes within Uechi ryu it can be a small world. And curious about your first name--are you Israeli?
@ yes i am 🫡 Iraqi Israeli
@@inside_fighting My wife and I are making Aliya in a month. I lived in Israel many years ago, and we're returning. I was in the IDF and my best friend in the army was from an Iraqi background. His mom would make the most delicious kubbeh for me when I'd visit over Shabbat. Stay well brother.
Sensei Don knows George Mattson-sensei and probably Rich, as well.
The kata demonstrated seems to share a lot in common with the first form of southern chow gar praying mantis kung fu.
just keeps kicking you lololol
This was my original martial art form at age 7 and I hated it... So much conditioning and sanchin... 7 year olds weren't ready for that much pain 😂😂
experience also KURODAIYA the revolution in selfdefense and fighting
I'm curious if he began in Uechi ryu and if he started hs training in Okinawa.