Americans don't understand Okinawan Kata, in Okinawa Change is normal, all of masters student who eventually go out on their own will adjust the Kata for each student according to their physical makeup. As long as you stay in your masters Dojo then you follow his way.
Kusanku/Kushanku/Kanku Dai/Kwanku/Kong San Koon...this form goes by so many names and is in so many styles. I have never seen this particular version of it, but the techniques are somewhat similar.
That's actaully how i was taught as well from Master Nick Adler, who was taught by Master Don Nagle. Technically there is no wrong way though, it's just a slight variation. For instance with the double punches i was taught to slide in on them, same with Sunsu. I actually enjoy watching the variations of the Isshinryu Katas.
lol, exactly im so sure MASTER UEZU is performing it wrong lol haha...Although i have trained under Master Nick Adler for 20+ years and I also look right, then left. that's just the way i was taught though. There are so many slight variations from every Master/Shihan/Sensei. Master Uezu def. did not do it wrong. He executed an excellent kata especiialy for his age here! Thank you for the upload. Where was this by the way?
I'm not criticizing but, when I learned back in the 80s. It was done to a much faster pace. His strikes are all quick and hard but the other movements seem a bit slow to me. Anyone out there learn to do this at this slower tempo or was I (and the other dojos I've trained at since) doing it wrong all this time. Side note my original Sensei (one of the US marines stationed in Okinawa that learned Isshinryu back in the 60s and 70s, a 10th dan) that taught me studied under the son, Kichiro.
Hi Rudy. I also learned this in the early 80s. Remember he is demonstrating, not performing. We all did it faster than this, but the speed will vary with each individual's interpretation of what is happening at any given moment. Who was your original sensei? My lineage comes from Armstrong.
@j.r.aiello3702 I did not realize it was a teaching video, the slower tempo makes sense to me now. My first sensei was Don Nash, a 10th dan and owner at isshinryu Karate Club (NJ Shore) I studied under him from about 81-85 or thereabouts.
That is a poorly performed kata by a practitioner having poor understanding of body mechanics. He is flexible without a doubt. But as he is a small man his techniques appear to be strong. His punches lack penetrative power. His timing is way off. In the Chinese fighting arts the stomp is used to increase one's energy transfer but it needs to be timed with the technique it is meant to improve. Angi Uezu's timing is so off the mark that his foot stomp technique becomes a movement made for show only. Just like much of his karate.
Wow. Some fairly bitter words. Do you know what he was trying to demonstrate at this time? Were you there? Did you train with him? Isshinryu is not a Chinese fighting art. I would wonder what your own expertise and training is. You might want to start that before you start tearing down an acknowledged master and arguable the successor to the founder of the style. DO you know Kusanku in this version? Are you certain in this instance that foot stomp is meant to transfer energy or is it POSSIBLY something else entirely? Finally, were you as good as this when you were 51, as he was in this video? You must have been, and have been training for decades to have such an expert opinion.
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Americans don't understand Okinawan Kata, in Okinawa Change is normal, all of masters student who eventually go out on their own will adjust the Kata for each student according to their physical makeup. As long as you stay in your masters Dojo then you follow his way.
Well ole Shimabuku was famous for never doing a kata the same way twice.
Kusanku/Kushanku/Kanku Dai/Kwanku/Kong San Koon...this form goes by so many names and is in so many styles. I have never seen this particular version of it, but the techniques are somewhat similar.
That's actaully how i was taught as well from Master Nick Adler, who was taught by Master Don Nagle. Technically there is no wrong way though, it's just a slight variation. For instance with the double punches i was taught to slide in on them, same with Sunsu. I actually enjoy watching the variations of the Isshinryu Katas.
lol, exactly im so sure MASTER UEZU is performing it wrong lol haha...Although i have trained under Master Nick Adler for 20+ years and I also look right, then left. that's just the way i was taught though. There are so many slight variations from every Master/Shihan/Sensei. Master Uezu def. did not do it wrong. He executed an excellent kata especiialy for his age here! Thank you for the upload. Where was this by the way?
11 years ago... hahahaha wow
I'm not criticizing but, when I learned back in the 80s. It was done to a much faster pace. His strikes are all quick and hard but the other movements seem a bit slow to me.
Anyone out there learn to do this at this slower tempo or was I (and the other dojos I've trained at since) doing it wrong all this time.
Side note my original Sensei (one of the US marines stationed in Okinawa that learned Isshinryu back in the 60s and 70s, a 10th dan) that taught me studied under the son, Kichiro.
Hi Rudy. I also learned this in the early 80s. Remember he is demonstrating, not performing. We all did it faster than this, but the speed will vary with each individual's interpretation of what is happening at any given moment. Who was your original sensei? My lineage comes from Armstrong.
@j.r.aiello3702
I did not realize it was a teaching video, the slower tempo makes sense to me now.
My first sensei was Don Nash, a 10th dan and owner at isshinryu Karate Club (NJ Shore) I studied under him from about 81-85 or thereabouts.
I believe he is. *G*
Uh, I'm sorry, but I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say? Are you saying he is performing the kata incorrectly?
maybe Angi took was following dat example.
So you are saying he is doing it wrong?
That is a poorly performed kata by a practitioner having poor understanding of body mechanics. He is flexible without a doubt. But as he is a small man his techniques appear to be strong. His punches lack penetrative power. His timing is way off. In the Chinese fighting arts the stomp is used to increase one's energy transfer but it needs to be timed with the technique it is meant to improve. Angi Uezu's timing is so off the mark that his foot stomp technique becomes a movement made for show only. Just like much of his karate.
Wow. Some fairly bitter words. Do you know what he was trying to demonstrate at this time? Were you there? Did you train with him? Isshinryu is not a Chinese fighting art. I would wonder what your own expertise and training is. You might want to start that before you start tearing down an acknowledged master and arguable the successor to the founder of the style. DO you know Kusanku in this version? Are you certain in this instance that foot stomp is meant to transfer energy or is it POSSIBLY something else entirely? Finally, were you as good as this when you were 51, as he was in this video? You must have been, and have been training for decades to have such an expert opinion.