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My son practices Karate and attended many seminars including 2 by Rick Hotton. By far they were the 2 seminars where we were the most impressed (i attended as a spectator). What is so different with Sensei Hotton is that he makes a point of applying physics on the physique. And when you know his age, you can't believe how he moves. A true Master
Hotton Sensei has a wealth of knowledge and an incredibly deep understanding of technique and body mechanics. One of the most intelligent karateka on the planet. I could listen to his insights all day.
Excellent, you can really see how aikido principles have helped sensei better express the budo within karate.. As well as excellent understanding and implementation of body dynamics and power generation. Truly beautiful to see.
3:40 you talk about very important traditional Karate principles that many schools forget, you learn a structure to liberate yourself from the structure... in real combat situations, you liberate yourself from the form and it all comes naturally with the training.. this is what many people don't understand, that martials arts teach you the way, but you have to come out of that "box" and see beyond the form to be effective, that's Karate, a constantly evolving art. Your videos are a pleasure to watch, hope i get near your level one day, salutations.
How come after 30 years of training I still don't understand this idea? Though I've been saying this forever. In real life the opponent doesn't stand there waiting for you to do your move. Its all split-second decisions and I don't care how much you work out in the dojo practicing like this will never work very nice in theory but not practical. For any technique to work you have to fight full speed and full contact just like you do on the street. Anything else is useless
@@minkymalka Its okay man, don't force yourself. If you can't do it don't trash it. Just like my friend who doesn't know how to do math, he said he spend time doing it but he didn't really try to understand it at all. He kept saying to himself he won't use it in his life, so he didn't really put in the effort. When he do revise he kept doubting, so at last he learnt nothing.
I have trained with some of the finest karateka and I can say that I believe this individual possesses the essence of the true Budo warrior. He is to be taken very seriously by all those that “think” they understand ..this is a place you can learn the truth about having any chance of understanding “hara movement”. This is great stuff.
This guy is great. easy to see he's as good as they get. I teach but he could be my teacher. I'm humbled. I appreciated the part where he talked about structure. he showed traditional blocks shortened to be more realistic. My teacher calls this spontaneous reaction. I call it having a maximum and minimum of the techniques. essentially the .aximum is the full chamber, and the minimum is a small as it needs to be in order to achieve the desired goal. his way of describing it was very philosophical. Great stuff here.
Rising Phoenix Martial Arts well sir I am so impressed with your ability to be humble I can't stand the people on these RUclips, it's mostly usually there's a lot of people who just disrespect martial arts traditional especially but for you when I read your comment I was very moved I've been in martial arts since I was four years old and it's always been very hurtful to see when people who don't understand Concepts principles and techniques of martial arts try to act like they're a expert in something they have no clue about and then try to argue with you about what they said you are truly an expert in my mind with your ability to let go of your ego I'm so glad there's people like you out there thank you so much for this writing of this comment
"You learn a structure to liberate yourself from the structure." (And what you end up are principles). Martial Arts or Karate aside, they sound like the whole philosophy, meaning, and aim of various kinds of formal learning, and/or education or discipline. Thanks for the unintentional insight
Oss Sensei! thank you for posting this video. My karate journey started when I was 50 years old. I enjoy and more is to watch and trying to understand of techniques you have described and beyond. Oss Sensei Hotton!
I think that karate is overly complicated, flies in the face of natural defensive movement and is for the most part detrimental to your self defense. But having said that, this man is a master, and if I was to learn karate, I would want it to be from someone like him. Much respect.
'You learn a structure to liberate yourself from the structure in order to gravitate towards a principle' this makes so much sense. A bit like the movie Kung Fu Panda where 'the secret is that there is no secret'.
I LOVE this SENSEI HOTTON.. I see so much in HIM of my Old 8TH DAN SENSEI who pasted away of Cancer going 7 years ago. The SPIRIT of TRUE KARATE is VERY STRONG in KARATE MASTER SENSEI HOTTON. MUCH R E S P E C T🙌🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇 for how He TEACHES with PASSION and FOCUS🙏
This training is enlightening and the techniques are very well explained. The dynamics of the moves are amazing yet so logical (once they have been explained by Sensei Hotton). I find that I learn something new with every episode that I watch does everyone else also find this to be the case?
Wow...that really opened my eyes. I always thought that learning the structures of karate or any martial art was simply so you could have the technique and make something different from there. Kind of like having a white canvas and learning karate was like receiving the supplies like paint and brushes and etc. to make art. but after watching this video, it made me realized that its good to have the paint and the brushes there but, art necessarily doesn't have to me made simply from those materials. it can be made from anything. Just like karate, its good to know basics but in reality, anything can be done so long as it is affective. Sensei Rick, please come to British Columbia, Canada ( more specifically Vancouver) sometime! It would be an amazing experience and an honour to have you here! Many karatekas could learn quite a few things from you :)
Jeffrey Wise a good question ..... I look at other martial arts 🥋 channels, arts that are far more practical and less harmful to your joints but as I did karate and tkd styles for 10 years I still have a compulsion to look at them .... but I started training 40 years ago and even then we were questioning the karate idea and now if I could do it all over I would go with mma/ jiujitsu/judo/kick box ..... I hope that answers your question you nosey twat
the wide stance give more power and balance. every strike in karate is suppose to be with intent to maim. it not a sport so the movements will be more willful. the strongest mind win in any senario.
Well, It's karatedo and not intended to be purely utilitarian. Like chado is not simply based on overcoming thirst - it is a vehicle to engage the "way". Although with that said, we do see how many karate technique have worked their way into the practical mma world. I have sustained a practice for 49 years because I find great depth in the pursuit of this art and how the principles extrapolate into everyday living. I think this was also the approach of Funakoshi sensei. Somehow folks equate karate-do with a fighting science..I would disagree. I must say however, that I have defended myself on two occasions and it seemed to work, but that is not why I practice.
Ok.´super Guy in his own field. Now what would all that lead to in a Muay Thai ring or in the midst of an all out street fight ? I have had enough of this simplistic approach of karate. Makes no sense if no additional, rules-less fight training is added to it.
I think he coved the point pretty well in regards to attacking should it be be needed and made the point I felt has not to be so clinical when doing so , I thing he would fair pretty well in a street situation as well as up against another marshal arts practitioner , And I am sure he as studied other forms of marshal arts has it's a passion
Never fails, these MMA butt grabbers come in here and start to shit on a art they don't like. Ok we get it , MMA good , everything else is bad . Now go back to your video games.
@Jeffrey Wise I’m a karateka myself. I know about karate (and other fighting sports). I also know about its limits. If no real hard fighting techniques and spirit is added to it, it is not worth too much. I have seen so many guys in dojos thinking they were it and could sustain real street fights, it would get painful at times... Karate vs MMA ? Well, karate is one part of MMA. My perfect training session ? I suppose it could look like pure traditional training for warm up, and then transitioning to more hard core fighting, ending with sheer street fights with protections while trying to use karate techniques, short fights with karate techniques reviewed and applied for each configuration. And even using video to realize what people do wrong and how they can improve their reactions, becoming more technical, more precise, even before some nut attacking like crazy. For’instance : 30 second fight with video, telling one guy to attack like a nutcase and the other one to respond with karate techniques - watch the video - what have you done well, what could you do better, what should you do - back on the tatami, trying to repeat the attack and the counter attack from what has been advised - again and again. Sen no sen. Working on various attack styles : from drunk guy, from fast guy, from muscular guy, from vicious guy, from two guys, left handed, right handed, etc, etc... Have you been in a fight before ? It’s sheer chaos...
So accurate, is this really shotokan? has a very traditional and grounded feel. I thaught shotokan was mainly competition oriented. The explainations make so much sense, thank you so much.
Thats a meditative word you said sensei... thanks for that. Now time for my liberation. No more forms. Be the moment... thank you so much.. for this wonderful vedeo. Hosss... senseiiii...
Always looks great when you know the attack huh rick? Noone on earth attacks at shotokan distances and issues a single punch. Great art but highly lacking in reality. I know because I dud it for 25 years. Also Rick why not be honest and admit that you are using Chinese concepts blended with shotokan.
Well, It's karatedo and not intended to be purely utilitarian. Like chado is not simply based on overcoming thirst - it is a vehicle to engage the "way". Although with that said, we do see how many karate technique have worked their way into the practical mma world. I have sustained a practice for 49 years because I find great depth in the pursuit of this art and how the principles extrapolate into everyday living. I think this was also the approach of Funakoshi sensei. Somehow folks equate karate-do with a fighting science..I would disagree. I must say however, that I have defended myself on two serious occasions and it seemed to work. The relaxed heavy characteristic was inspired by Shigeru Egami sensei of the shotokai,...but it is of the same nature as many Chinese martial arts. It seems that many paths lead up the same mountain...at least that's what I've been told. Have a great journey fellow traveler..
@@shotokankarate9690 well said and respected. However, many people pursue martial arts for confidence /self defense so do you not think that much of the "traditional" arts that end with do would be pursuing an honest evolution by making their self defense more realistic realistic?
@@truthserum9456 yes, and in a thoughtful dojo that is part of the practice. Ultimately however I think it is the individual that is at the heart of the matter and not the institution. I never was a big Bruce Lee fan but I think he was on the right track placing the spontaneous creativity of the martial artist at the epicenter - a good dojo simply gives you tools to construct your own experience. Seems to be the Zen of it.
My son practices Karate and attended many seminars including 2 by Rick Hotton. By far they were the 2 seminars where we were the most impressed (i attended as a spectator). What is so different with Sensei Hotton is that he makes a point of applying physics on the physique. And when you know his age, you can't believe how he moves. A true Master
Lucky you.
Hotton Sensei has a wealth of knowledge and an incredibly deep understanding of technique and body mechanics. One of the most intelligent karateka on the planet. I could listen to his insights all day.
Excellent, you can really see how aikido principles have helped sensei better express the budo within karate.. As well as excellent understanding and implementation of body dynamics and power generation. Truly beautiful to see.
Rick Hotton is the best Sensei I have ever seen in my life
What a luck to be trained by such sensei. I like his style a lot.
3:40 you talk about very important traditional Karate principles that many schools forget, you learn a structure to liberate yourself from the structure... in real combat situations, you liberate yourself from the form and it all comes naturally with the training.. this is what many people don't understand, that martials arts teach you the way, but you have to come out of that "box" and see beyond the form to be effective, that's Karate, a constantly evolving art. Your videos are a pleasure to watch, hope i get near your level one day, salutations.
Truth
How come after 30 years of training I still don't understand this idea? Though I've been saying this forever. In real life the opponent doesn't stand there waiting for you to do your move. Its all split-second decisions and I don't care how much you work out in the dojo practicing like this will never work very nice in theory but not practical. For any technique to work you have to fight full speed and full contact just like you do on the street. Anything else is useless
@@minkymalka Its okay man, don't force yourself. If you can't do it don't trash it. Just like my friend who doesn't know how to do math, he said he spend time doing it but he didn't really try to understand it at all. He kept saying to himself he won't use it in his life, so he didn't really put in the effort. When he do revise he kept doubting, so at last he learnt nothing.
@@minkymalka bit of a difference dojo to the street. Most karate people don't realise this.
كيفادربتالحقية
The man is a Karate genius, when you can feel the power from just watching I think you have a achieved your purpose.
It's so great seeing a sensei take the time to explain how important and functional all the movements in a kata are.
I have trained with some of the finest karateka and I can say that I believe this individual possesses the essence of the true Budo warrior. He is to be taken very seriously by all those that “think” they understand ..this is a place you can learn the truth about having any chance of understanding “hara movement”. This is great stuff.
The speed skill and more so the passion the guy shows is mesmerising
This guy is great. easy to see he's as good as they get. I teach but he could be my teacher. I'm humbled. I appreciated the part where he talked about structure. he showed traditional blocks shortened to be more realistic. My teacher calls this spontaneous reaction. I call it having a maximum and minimum of the techniques. essentially the .aximum is the full chamber, and the minimum is a small as it needs to be in order to achieve the desired goal. his way of describing it was very philosophical. Great stuff here.
Rising Phoenix Martial Arts well sir I am so impressed with your ability to be humble I can't stand the people on these RUclips, it's mostly usually there's a lot of people who just disrespect martial arts traditional especially but for you when I read your comment I was very moved I've been in martial arts since I was four years old and it's always been very hurtful to see when people who don't understand Concepts principles and techniques of martial arts try to act like they're a expert in something they have no clue about and then try to argue with you about what they said you are truly an expert in my mind with your ability to let go of your ego I'm so glad there's people like you out there thank you so much for this writing of this comment
"You learn a structure to liberate yourself from the structure." (And what you end up are principles). Martial Arts or Karate aside, they sound like the whole philosophy, meaning, and aim of various kinds of formal learning, and/or education or discipline. Thanks for the unintentional insight
Everything is everything :)
that illustrated with the first move of kanku dai, too
দুধ চোষা কেমন লাগে
That's perfect. I really like the techniques of karate.
Oss Sensei! thank you for posting this video. My karate journey started when I was 50 years old. I enjoy and more is to watch and trying to understand of techniques you have described and beyond. Oss Sensei Hotton!
I think that karate is overly complicated, flies in the face of natural defensive movement and is for the most part detrimental to your self defense. But having said that, this man is a master, and if I was to learn karate, I would want it to be from someone like him. Much respect.
Wow this guy is a great living master!
'You learn a structure to liberate yourself from the structure in order to gravitate towards a principle' this makes so much sense. A bit like the movie Kung Fu Panda where 'the secret is that there is no secret'.
I agree with Tom he applies hi energy release affectively the person he mentioned was 30 years ahead of his time you are close good job
You are a master, meaning that you excel in pedagogy. A true professor, my best to you and your students
Nice
This guy makes me want to start karate even though im 30 years old
It's never late , u should start man ! 😊😊
It's never too late to learn no matter how old you are.
I started Karate at 55...it's all good.
Start my friend your never to old
A thousand mile journey begins with a single step.
Hotton Sensei, thank you for posting these videos. They get so far to the root of things that they really inspire practice at a deeper level.
you are very welcome, and thank you for your kind words. In the end we all walk shoulder to shoulder.
I LOVE this SENSEI HOTTON.. I see so much in HIM of my Old 8TH DAN SENSEI who pasted away of Cancer going 7 years ago. The SPIRIT of TRUE KARATE is VERY STRONG in KARATE MASTER SENSEI HOTTON. MUCH R E S P E C T🙌🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇 for how He TEACHES with PASSION and FOCUS🙏
This training is enlightening and the techniques are very well explained. The dynamics of the moves are amazing yet so logical (once they have been explained by Sensei Hotton). I find that I learn something new with every episode that I watch does everyone else also find this to be the case?
Wow...that really opened my eyes. I always thought that learning the structures of karate or any martial art was simply so you could have the technique and make something different from there. Kind of like having a white canvas and learning karate was like receiving the supplies like paint and brushes and etc. to make art. but after watching this video, it made me realized that its good to have the paint and the brushes there but, art necessarily doesn't have to me made simply from those materials. it can be made from anything. Just like karate, its good to know basics but in reality, anything can be done so long as it is affective.
Sensei Rick, please come to British Columbia, Canada ( more specifically Vancouver) sometime! It would be an amazing experience and an honour to have you here! Many karatekas could learn quite a few things from you :)
If you would like to get Sensei Hotton for a seminar, please contact him at info@westwindshotokan.com
osu! thank you very much for this information! i will contact him very soon :)
Man ur speed is wow u remained me with master Bruce Lee and ur given me the best motivation wish I can get training with people like u thanks
Although I went through TM styles and this man is a master .....it seems so unrealistic to me now .... as it did when I was doing them
Then why are you here ???
Jeffrey Wise a good question ..... I look at other martial arts 🥋 channels, arts that are far more practical and less harmful to your joints but as I did karate and tkd styles for 10 years I still have a compulsion to look at them .... but I started training 40 years ago and even then we were questioning the karate idea and now if I could do it all over I would go with mma/ jiujitsu/judo/kick box ..... I hope that answers your question you nosey twat
Excellent sensei, Osu.
I want to move to Pittsburg for this man😂
0:37 that's a systema type strike. Don't hate brother, it just is. Excellent video as always
Jesus do you hear that snap?
When i look at him or Andre Bertel i have the feeling that i’m looking at the same person!
Very Impressive Karate Instruction
Top level Karate! Thank you very much for posting!
با ارزوی سلامتی و موفقیت های بیشتر برای شما استاد عزیز
Very good techniques, thank you very much
Rich Hutton and Andre Bertel Very Good Stuff ... ☺😊😀/👍👌👏
Excellent video, love the teaching and style
He reminds me of my very first sensei.
Can this guy defend against a Mix Martial artist? I think karate stances are very open making them inadequate.
the wide stance give more power and balance. every strike in karate is suppose to be with intent to maim. it not a sport so the movements will be more willful. the strongest mind win in any senario.
@@CephlonMayngrum Sure, those are the claims. Karate is filled with hyperbolic claims.
Sure he can, in what rules are we talking about? Street or standard UFC?
Well, It's karatedo and not intended to be purely utilitarian. Like chado is not simply based on overcoming thirst - it is a vehicle to engage the "way". Although with that said, we do see how many karate technique have worked their way into the practical mma world. I have sustained a practice for 49 years because I find great depth in the pursuit of this art and how the principles extrapolate into everyday living. I think this was also the approach of Funakoshi sensei. Somehow folks equate karate-do with a fighting science..I would disagree. I must say however, that I have defended myself on two occasions and it seemed to work, but that is not why I practice.
Um verdadeiro mestre, bom demais! oss.
Ok.´super Guy in his own field. Now what would all that lead to in a Muay Thai ring or in the midst of an all out street fight ? I have had enough of this simplistic approach of karate. Makes no sense if no additional, rules-less fight training is added to it.
Yes
I think he coved the point pretty well in regards to attacking should it be be needed and made the point I felt has not to be so clinical when doing so , I thing he would fair pretty well in a street situation as well as up against another marshal arts practitioner ,
And I am sure he as studied other forms of marshal arts has it's a passion
Never fails, these MMA butt grabbers come in here and start to shit on a art they don't like. Ok we get it , MMA good , everything else is bad . Now go back to your video games.
@Jeffrey Wise I’m a karateka myself. I know about karate (and other fighting sports). I also know about its limits. If no real hard fighting techniques and spirit is added to it, it is not worth too much. I have seen so many guys in dojos thinking they were it and could sustain real street fights, it would get painful at times... Karate vs MMA ? Well, karate is one part of MMA.
My perfect training session ? I suppose it could look like pure traditional training for warm up, and then transitioning to more hard core fighting, ending with sheer street fights with protections while trying to use karate techniques, short fights with karate techniques reviewed and applied for each configuration. And even using video to realize what people do wrong and how they can improve their reactions, becoming more technical, more precise, even before some nut attacking like crazy. For’instance : 30 second fight with video, telling one guy to attack like a nutcase and the other one to respond with karate techniques - watch the video - what have you done well, what could you do better, what should you do - back on the tatami, trying to repeat the attack and the counter attack from what has been advised - again and again. Sen no sen. Working on various attack styles : from drunk guy, from fast guy, from muscular guy, from vicious guy, from two guys, left handed, right handed, etc, etc...
Have you been in a fight before ? It’s sheer chaos...
So accurate, is this really shotokan? has a very traditional and grounded feel. I thaught shotokan was mainly competition oriented. The explainations make so much sense, thank you so much.
Watch the left hand an atacker wants to hit with a left and a right if you block the right the left is coming
Thats a meditative word you said sensei... thanks for that. Now time for my liberation. No more forms. Be the moment... thank you so much.. for this wonderful vedeo.
Hosss... senseiiii...
Hi Rick, You remind me of my old Sensei via the use of your hips, excellent explanations, great to see in one so young. Regards Tom
Thank you Tom, I'm honored,...and 57years young!
Очень красиво.
Rick you are a very talented martial artist.I think your technique would be a lot better with a more narrow stance.
Fantastic Karate 🙏👍👍
Very good
Rick is a super-sensei.
One of the best modern Karateka, in his principles an concepts
Mantap skill dan teknik nya Osh🙏
i love teknik of karate
Hi Sensei thank you.
That guy is so quick
Muy buena velocidad el sensei
It's excellent video
Thank you, we will consider that suggestion, in the mean time here is the web address of a very skillful makiwara designer;
www.karatemakiwara.com/
his power level... it's over nine thousaaaand!
wish I had this guy as my sensei then I might still be doing karate...
You find motivation only inside yourself if it is really there.
This will totally work in a street fight
Clean..
Shared..
Master 👏👏👏👏🥇
good footwork
real great karate sensei
Can i use it in mma??
Great
karate win done right is amazing
Before i think that karate is only hard tecnica ..dopo ho visto che e ' molto interessante!
"mousey who"..
Bey Eyo..
Zen Te..
"Purple Belt"..
this guy is good
ttt
ttt
Jadore ce sensei
Nice bro
Can u apply this to a fast attacking opponent
Врхунски мајстор.
Me Hu sskheladi Babu sir
Beautiful mastery of the art and evolved human being, but karate's claims mostly will not stand against full contact pressure testing
Just depend on how hard you work.
This guy hits like a semi loaded with cars.
Explicas muy bien
If people laugh when I'm teaching something they have it coming.
You sound like you should not be teaching.
Nice 🇨🇰🇨🇰🇨🇰🇨🇰
very interesting.
Gracias !!!
solo las balas salen directas, y bruce lee dijo las tablas no contestan,
Wow
Thanks👌👌👍👍🙏🙏🥊🥊🥋🥋
oh! i wanna have lesson with him
Suffer is in your head
ترجمة لو سمحت
ivana... ivann.. ivan ivan gerem
Sensai Oss
Oss!!
Koutoko
He’s good but mine is better he’s from Okinawa and teaches here in GA plus I got a Serbian sensi and a Irish one talk about a melting pot at the dojo
Thats looking more like white crane than shotokan
Jetiri
B Shearer
Always looks great when you know the attack huh rick? Noone on earth attacks at shotokan distances and issues a single punch. Great art but highly lacking in reality. I know because I dud it for 25 years. Also Rick why not be honest and admit that you are using Chinese concepts blended with shotokan.
Well, It's karatedo and not intended to be purely utilitarian. Like chado is not simply based on overcoming thirst - it is a vehicle to engage the "way". Although with that said, we do see how many karate technique have worked their way into the practical mma world. I have sustained a practice for 49 years because I find great depth in the pursuit of this art and how the principles extrapolate into everyday living. I think this was also the approach of Funakoshi sensei. Somehow folks equate karate-do with a fighting science..I would disagree. I must say however, that I have defended myself on two serious occasions and it seemed to work. The relaxed heavy characteristic was inspired by Shigeru Egami sensei of the shotokai,...but it is of the same nature as many Chinese martial arts. It seems that many paths lead up the same mountain...at least that's what I've been told. Have a great journey fellow traveler..
@@shotokankarate9690 well said and respected. However, many people pursue martial arts for confidence /self defense so do you not think that much of the "traditional" arts that end with do would be pursuing an honest evolution by making their self defense more realistic realistic?
@@truthserum9456 yes, and in a thoughtful dojo that is part of the practice. Ultimately however I think it is the individual that is at the heart of the matter and not the institution. I never was a big Bruce Lee fan but I think he was on the right track placing the spontaneous creativity of the martial artist at the epicenter - a good dojo simply gives you tools to construct your own experience. Seems to be the Zen of it.
It's excellent video
Masaka kids