Hi guys, my name is Jason Leung. I am classically trained in Shotokan Karate Do in the USA. I hold the rank of 4th Degree Black Belt in Shotokan Karate. In this video I present to you guys "The Classic Kata" of Shotokan Karate. The karate kata or karate forms included here, are part of kata series currently in progress, in which I will be filming the various other Shotokan Style Kata. Kata performed in this video in order: 1. Taikyoku Shodan 2. Heian Shodan 3. Heian Nidan 4. Heian Sandan 5. Heian Yondan 6. Heian Godan 7. Enpi 8. Jion 9. Bassai Dai 10. Kanku Dai In my humble opinion the purpose of kata, may have been originally for self defense, but the way many schools teach it now, and specifically the way I was taught was never in this context. Many who have experienced this amnesia of kata application attempt to go looking in the past, diving into history (which is not bad), but at the same time, I thought, why look back? I thought it was much better to look forward into the future of karate. Nowadays, I don't try to contemplate cookie cutter applications or bukai of the karate kata of shotokan. Rather I use them to help me develop a higher awareness of karate principles and my technique. Now when it comes to self defense, I just straight up practice self defense, and there have been many concepts and applications that are widely taught in other disciplines and styles. I'm talking about judo, jiu jitsu, kickboxing, wrestling, boxing. In conjunction with my karate, I incorporate what I find useful in all these styles, and make an entirely new one. Now your question may be is kata still relevant? My answer would be yes, but only to those seeking a martial arts lifestyle, for those seeking perfection of character, and especially to those who abide by the laws of budo and bushido. If you just however want to learn to punch and kick, join a kickboxing gym. Kata to me is the bridge between the physical and spiritual in martial art, it is like a mantra that one repeats, or a passage that one recites over and over. This in turn reveals the multitude of secrets that are only unlocked by the great. Many will read this, but only few (the true martial artists of the world) will understand. OSS! ~ My Amazon Store: www.amazon.com/shop/senseijason Channel Sponsors: www.xmartial.com/?ref=senseijason (Discount Code: sensei) glovepurifier.com/?ref=jason (Discount Code: Sensei)
Those are some bad ass moves - thank you for sharing! For gaining the level of focus, balance, self-confidence and muscle memory required to utilize any of these blocks or strikes in a real-world exchange, nothing comes close to Kata. You have to learn how to use any and all of them correctly in a controlled setting before doing so against a live opponent. Well done.
Love that comment so much, and totally can relate to what you are saying that things must be mastered in a controlled setting before trying to figure it out in real time sparring or combat. Though sometimes getting hit is the best way to wake up and make adjustments.
I once had a training partner 10 years ago who did nothing but kata. He didn’t practice Kumite at all. And keep in mind he was a shotokan guy like me. I always asked him to spar when we’d meet up with our usual group but he would always say no, that he was either too busy, housing injuries, or just not in the mood. I wasn’t pressuring him or anything, just like a friendly sparring match as I would with a few others in that local meet up group. Then one day after a year of him telling me no, he finally said yes. When we started he just stood in his kamae looking real stoic and zen like lol. I ended up faking a punch low and came over the top with a mawashigeri to the head. What happened next completely blew my mind. He basically did a high block and swept my kick down and up like the motion in Bassai dai and I was completely shook!! After that day I never underestimated him again and realized the importance of kata.
I mean sparring at least a little goes a long way to make sure what you learn and practice is applicable for real fighting. Not for sport mind you but in case you need to defend yourself in any scenario, it’s good to make sure you understand how certain strikes or blocks or counters work to fully implement what the forms provide. For example, I learned there are actually ton of grappling in the forms and are meant to takedown opponents.
That’s great to hear brother, the interesting and beautiful thing about karate training like this, is that it never leaves you. Especially if you came from a great school that really drilled and focused on the true principles of karate! Enjoy mate! -Jason 🥋🔥🙏
@@SENSEIJASON hello master Jason, wish you could do bunkai Kata combat. Thanks so much once again for this valuable lesson God bless you and your family and friends 🙏🙏
Yow samee, i regret not continuing it As a kid i made a mistake decision now i cant get in easily theres no people teaching now in our place But If i got a chance I'll take it
Thank you for this! As you, I learned all these traditional kata and several more.. I have to tell you, I don't like the way fighting looks in the current times of sport karate. However, watching you do these kata brings me back to the clean powerful roots of Shotokan. To a point, I really appreciate how you move through the knee keeping low and the same level as you step. It's the little things that separate great from good.
Yes, the way the sport karate competition executes kata is more of a gymnastics routine and drama show. What I look to bring back to the table of shotokan and the karate world is the purity of basic training and fundamentals. These are the fundamentals that once made karate a force to be reckoned with. Unfortunately many martial artists and modern fighters almost look down at karate like it's a joke. I do not believe this to be the case. Because if you adapt your karate to more modern styles, by also incorporating them into your training you will become a very powerful martial artist. -Jason
You never cease to amaze me bro!...the best line you mentioned in the description is, “kata is the bridge between the physical and the spiritual.” With my experience that is so true and couldn’t be any much farther from the truth! 👊🏾
It really does something that shadowboxing and just other combat practices/techniques cannot do. It really is the mystical element of traditional karate, and as my Sensei said “the heart” of karate is found in the kata. OSS!
Your pace is incredible! I love how you keep all the movements completely relaxed, yet very powerful. This is what a decade of consistent practice looks like.
I’m 40 now - Taking me back to my teenage years, this art of self defence gave me courage and self confidence to beat of the Bully’s . I thank my grandmother for suggesting it to me , and my sensai 🙏🏼💚
Omg so many memories from my karate journey…due to covid i was only able to get a month of training and a white belt but totally can’t wait to move on by spring! Shotokan is the style of karate i was taught,and I remember learning these techniques in the dojo
Wow thanks for watching! I totally understand how the pandemic delayed so many things. But I’m glad you are watching my video! Hope you can continue your training soon!
Boy does this bring back memories. My original training was in this but I am an Okinawan student now. This makes me want to go back and relearn these, just for myself.
I Graduated black belt in shotokan karate almost 11 years ago Thanks Sensei for this video Greatly executed Kata Helped me bring back all those memories ❤️
I stopped at green belt as a child and my sis a brown belt.... But at 30 years old can still remember a Kata and feel a pull to shotokhan. Thanks for this I will be praticing from here on out
@@SENSEIJASON very different from wtf taekwondo..I like shotokan bcuz we do blocks punches n kicks where as in taekwondo we kick only very little punching but good kick combos. The poomsae isn't anything like shotokan kata
Great Video's. I started training in Shotokan back in 1974 when I was in college and continued for about 13 yrs on and off. Although I'm 68 now, I still remembering practicing all of those kata's.
Beautiful to hear, kata is one thing I hear many retired practitioners never forget and always remember. Maybe not remember every kata step by step, but the feeling of training and the memories of kata training will always resonate. I know the feeling you speak of, when my instructor would always say one more time, and we'd do the kata..then he'd say one more time, so on.. But those trainings built my foundation and my character as a martial artist that can only uniquely be developed through hard Kata training. Many view kata as a dance or impractical. To me, anyone who says this has not practiced hard enough. I believe kata has many benefits, however my view is that is most beneficial in bridging the gap between the physical and spiritual in Budo. It gives the practitioner a sort of essence that can not be developed any other way. Thank you for watching and God Bless!
Great, I was born in '74, learned shotokan kata lesson 2 years sence '91. But the feeling is almost the same when I watch your presentation . I'd like to practice again but unfortunately in my area are no dojo's for shotokan... Good job, thanks for letting me remember those days
I learned/practiced Shotokan Karate rigorously for 5 years until sadly, our Sensei passed away 2 years ago. I am using your video to practice my 'Classic Kata' which sadly, I mostly forgot...thank you for this, extremely helpful and inspiring and helping me get back into it!
I'm a black belt from india after this pandemic i forgot my steps after watching this video it's very useful to start and remember my basics and kata .. Thank you sensei jason leung👏👏
Reminds me of my younger age 1995 I got my 1st belt. Still remember my masters teaching me.. Very very similar to you Jason. Great power and perfection. So good to see it reminds me all the Kata again... I'll use your vedieo to recal back 👍
I've been kickboxing for 20 years and I've started shotokan karate for 2 weeks now, now I regret that I only started it now and not 20 years ago. As you posted, the "budo" aspect comes up more in the sport and is therefore more interesting without me wanting to break down other martial arts. It also makes me calmer, I think. Very nice and informative video by the way.
Very happy to hear you have switched. For me it was never about switching but more about the expanding and evolving as a complete martial artist. Best of luck on the never ending journey!
One time, 44 years ago, I was very attracted to this sport but for many reasons I had to quit. The way you perform these katas has brought back all that interest in this sport. Well done sir.
I trained under lacy'y shotokan when I was 18.and I haft to say you look good.thanks for the learning material.im gona get back into it.iv all ways regretted that I dident at least get my black belt.
Sensei Jason I enjoyed your video very much, I have trained in Shotokan Karate for 50 years. I also liked your comments and the comments of some of your viewers as well. You have very good form while performing the Katas I am very impressed. I can tell that you train with your heart! Keep training hard, and I wish you the very best on your journey...Osu!
Hello Jason, for this time, yours explains are more importants than vidéo. I agree with you, karaté is rich, kumite, kihon, Kata...when you grow , you understand the whole karaté. Before a kumite, you feel sensations, before a Kata , you get the spiritual wealth., it is a whole and when you know it, you improve. Thank you for your vidéo. Phil.
OSS, yes Phil. Although the history of karate is fascinating, many become to scholastic and rather spend too much time theorizing about the “secrets” of karate. The only way to attain high level is to train. Kata kihon and Kumite. Bunkai for me is just trying to be creative or for show. Even Sensei Rick Hotton agrees with me that many people spend too much time contemplating the nature or correct bunkai of kata. He agrees with me that it is more of an exercise of the mind body and spirit.
I did Karate do for a few years as a kid and now I'm considering joining my local dojo (probably not a dojo but idk what else to call it...) again. This really brings back some memories! :) Thanks for sharing!
Well done it’s good to see Karate kata Being done so well, Many teachers who teach kata don’t teach the practical applications of kata and there students don’t know what kata is for so the students spend 3 or 4 years learning kata as if it was a dance pattern and not knowing what the moves are for
I'm so grateful for this I'm a blue belt in Shotokan and I've quited for 2 and a half years due to covid now I returned and still had stay with my blue belt And considering the fact that we have to do kata to upgrade our belts I'm so grateful for this ty
I used to train as a kid and got until brown belt then my parents made me stop. I've been looking for someone who is still doing classical Kata so I can follow and retrain in the Katas I learned as a kid. Most videos are so old with bad quality, this was amazing! I'm saving it so I can practice again and find my strength... and maybe find a class when I feel ready.
Excellent presentation(s), thank you. Nothing like this was available in my time. I studied Shotokan in Santa Barbara, CA in the late 60's, finally reaching I-Kyu before reality got in the way... I was tested for I-Kyu by Yaguchi Sensei (AAKF/JKA, Los Angeles, under Hidetaka Nishiyama). I was assigned Bassai Dai for my black belt, but really wanted Kanku Dai. When I got to the main dojo of JKA in Tokyo (long story) to train for my black belt, the sensei asked me what kata had been given me. I hemmed and hawed, and eventually said "I don't know - I seem to have forgotten") He took one look at me and said "Bassai Dai". Oh well, what did I know? The teacher I started out with in SB (who eventually became a bounty hunter) used to say "If you want to get good in bar fights, you have to go into bars and choose guys off.... :) I remember everyone (including me) trying to get as far down the line as they could from Frank Smith during formal sparring in training sessions in LA... I am 83 now, at least more experienced, if not wiser....
fun fact Okazaki LITERALLY stood up from his chair and applauded my little brother (RIP) for a "perfect kata" during our test. I am so proud of him to this day. I can't imagine too many people can say this. I myself, concentrated on the kumite part and did very well in that aspect. If the wars overseas hadn't broken down my body as they did (prosthetic body parts, gunshot wounds, etc.), I would still be practicing.
Nicely done! I started Shotokan when I was ten and earned my shodan when I was 17. Now 21 years later, I’m looking back at this like “why did I ever leave?” Truly brings back very fond memories. Thanks for the different angles!
Hey brother thank you for watching! You know the beauty and art of shotokan, because you have been through the grit and fire of this type of training. Some of the most exhausting (and rewarding) karate lessons of my life were through the continuous repetitions of kata. Never too late to get back in to it brother! Oss! Jason
@@SENSEIJASON Right on! No matter how hurt and exhausted I was, there was something special about being in the middle of an entire class of students performing katas in unison. It was a deep well of energy to draw from. Thanks for the encouragement bro! I look forward to shaking off the old rust!
They have a small room with tatami in the gym i go to now. Used to do a ton of Shotokan and im trying to reintegrate the katas into my workout. This video jogs so many memories!
@1:26 great moves for Kata. My trainer always said that you have to keep your fingers packed together including the little one. This give more strength when striking, compared to when your fingeres have gaps between them.
Thank you my friend, it is intended to be watched by many for many years to come. Karate practitioners of new and old I believe may benefit from studying this.
I am learning from your videos because I have always loved karate, but my school banned it for the girls, and when I transferred schools, it has no karate, and it will take my parents a while to be convinced that I need to go to separate classes for karate. I wish my school did karate classes, and I am desperate to convince my strict parents that karate is important. But while that is being settled, I will be watching this video and the rest of the playlist. Love your videos, you have inspired me.
Wow, I’m super happy my videos can help you during these tough times. It sounds like you’re doing a great job with training, most people from my experience do not have the drive you have to keep going. I’m sure if you kept it up you will be great one day! OSS! Jason 🙇🔥🥋
Hi Jason, nice presentation, good postures👍. My own style is different, but in the end its all same kara-te = empty hand as weapon. Shuto especially. My own belt is San-Dan. Karate training since 1981. Sweat, bruises and hits, given and taken. And some good fightning friends surely. Keep it up your good budo sprit✌️
Hi, I am Yoshi, karate practitioner from Japan. I watched your fantastic Kata of Sochin with a nice back music several years ago, and would like to watch again. Can I see it again somewhere?
Hello friend, I’ve deleted that video a while back. I wanted to consolidate my video library, and unfortunately that was one of the videos I let go. I plan on making a new sochin video on my new channel here: RUclips.com/ultimatekarateofficial
Great video very similar to the Katas I've learned here in Mexico karate shito ryu and I also pratcticed shotokan very little though but I did achieve my black belt it was a dream come true.
Thank you for these. I was looking for the classic shotokan karate kata to remind myself of all the sequences. This is brilliant. Where do I find volume 2? :)
osu! very nice work, i like your spirit!!! Kata are concentration and study of slow movements like tai-chi, then with the time you can execute them as you did well, but the speed is not fundamental in my opinion it is very important the Kimè the awareness of a KIAI and the look towards the enemy without slamming the feet. ..osu! i love also Kyokushin even if i currently practice traditional shotokan karate called jitstu karate...osu i like your idea to go forward a philosopher said, Life can be understood only backwards but it must be lived forwards...osu!
Hi guys, my name is Jason Leung. I am classically trained in Shotokan Karate Do in the USA. I hold the rank of 4th Degree Black Belt in Shotokan Karate. In this video I present to you guys "The Classic Kata" of Shotokan Karate. The karate kata or karate forms included here, are part of kata series currently in progress, in which I will be filming the various other Shotokan Style Kata. Kata performed in this video in order:
1. Taikyoku Shodan
2. Heian Shodan
3. Heian Nidan
4. Heian Sandan
5. Heian Yondan
6. Heian Godan
7. Enpi
8. Jion
9. Bassai Dai
10. Kanku Dai
In my humble opinion the purpose of kata, may have been originally for self defense, but the way many schools teach it now, and specifically the way I was taught was never in this context. Many who have experienced this amnesia of kata application attempt to go looking in the past, diving into history (which is not bad), but at the same time, I thought, why look back? I thought it was much better to look forward into the future of karate. Nowadays, I don't try to contemplate cookie cutter applications or bukai of the karate kata of shotokan. Rather I use them to help me develop a higher awareness of karate principles and my technique. Now when it comes to self defense, I just straight up practice self defense, and there have been many concepts and applications that are widely taught in other disciplines and styles. I'm talking about judo, jiu jitsu, kickboxing, wrestling, boxing. In conjunction with my karate, I incorporate what I find useful in all these styles, and make an entirely new one. Now your question may be is kata still relevant? My answer would be yes, but only to those seeking a martial arts lifestyle, for those seeking perfection of character, and especially to those who abide by the laws of budo and bushido. If you just however want to learn to punch and kick, join a kickboxing gym. Kata to me is the bridge between the physical and spiritual in martial art, it is like a mantra that one repeats, or a passage that one recites over and over. This in turn reveals the multitude of secrets that are only unlocked by the great. Many will read this, but only few (the true martial artists of the world) will understand. OSS!
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Those are some bad ass moves - thank you for sharing!
For gaining the level of focus, balance, self-confidence and muscle memory required to utilize any of these blocks or strikes in a real-world exchange, nothing comes close to Kata. You have to learn how to use any and all of them correctly in a controlled setting before doing so against a live opponent. Well done.
Love that comment so much, and totally can relate to what you are saying that things must be mastered in a controlled setting before trying to figure it out in real time sparring or combat. Though sometimes getting hit is the best way to wake up and make adjustments.
Profound wisdom, from a young master. Destined for greatness 🥋
Wow reading this is truly shows your genius
Nice bro kick RUclips lo upload chandai
I once had a training partner 10 years ago who did nothing but kata. He didn’t practice Kumite at all. And keep in mind he was a shotokan guy like me. I always asked him to spar when we’d meet up with our usual group but he would always say no, that he was either too busy, housing injuries, or just not in the mood. I wasn’t pressuring him or anything, just like a friendly sparring match as I would with a few others in that local meet up group. Then one day after a year of him telling me no, he finally said yes. When we started he just stood in his kamae looking real stoic and zen like lol. I ended up faking a punch low and came over the top with a mawashigeri to the head. What happened next completely blew my mind. He basically did a high block and swept my kick down and up like the motion in Bassai dai and I was completely shook!! After that day I never underestimated him again and realized the importance of kata.
It totally sound like you were fighting Mr. Miyagi LOL
@kasuku mcheshi osu 🙏🏿
I mean sparring at least a little goes a long way to make sure what you learn and practice is applicable for real fighting. Not for sport mind you but in case you need to defend yourself in any scenario, it’s good to make sure you understand how certain strikes or blocks or counters work to fully implement what the forms provide. For example, I learned there are actually ton of grappling in the forms and are meant to takedown opponents.
You was bored the day you wrote this because you are lying smh lol
!This is what I needed to read Osss 🔥🔥🔥
Don't know why I'm watching this... just brings back memories from when I was training as a kid lol
That’s great to hear brother, the interesting and beautiful thing about karate training like this, is that it never leaves you. Especially if you came from a great school that really drilled and focused on the true principles of karate! Enjoy mate!
-Jason 🥋🔥🙏
Exactly
@@SENSEIJASON hello master Jason, wish you could do bunkai Kata combat. Thanks so much once again for this valuable lesson God bless you and your family and friends 🙏🙏
Yow samee, i regret not continuing it
As a kid i made a mistake decision now i cant get in easily theres no people teaching now in our place
But If i got a chance I'll take it
Me too but hated Kata
Thank you for this! As you, I learned all these traditional kata and several more.. I have to tell you, I don't like the way fighting looks in the current times of sport karate. However, watching you do these kata brings me back to the clean powerful roots of Shotokan. To a point, I really appreciate how you move through the knee keeping low and the same level as you step. It's the little things that separate great from good.
Yes, the way the sport karate competition executes kata is more of a gymnastics routine and drama show. What I look to bring back to the table of shotokan and the karate world is the purity of basic training and fundamentals. These are the fundamentals that once made karate a force to be reckoned with. Unfortunately many martial artists and modern fighters almost look down at karate like it's a joke. I do not believe this to be the case. Because if you adapt your karate to more modern styles, by also incorporating them into your training you will become a very powerful martial artist.
-Jason
You never cease to amaze me bro!...the best line you mentioned in the description is, “kata is the bridge between the physical and the spiritual.” With my experience that is so true and couldn’t be any much farther from the truth! 👊🏾
It really does something that shadowboxing and just other combat practices/techniques cannot do. It really is the mystical element of traditional karate, and as my Sensei said “the heart” of karate is found in the kata. OSS!
Your pace is incredible! I love how you keep all the movements completely relaxed, yet very powerful. This is what a decade of consistent practice looks like.
Thank you so much!
Thank you for the video - I am just starting back at karate after a 47 year gap, so feeling a little rusty and the videos really help :)
Welcome back! Best of luck on your journey!
I just started back up after a 15 year gap!
28 gap for me.
@@MrDarknesstolight it's never too late Thaddeus...I am loving the training again!
@@cubs1908wsc welcome back to the club @samm88 ...hope your flexibility comes back quicker than mine 😀
Since covid, I haven't been able to continue my karate lessons so watching you do these katas help jog my memory and gives me so much nostalgia
Thank you for watching!
I’m 40 now - Taking me back to my teenage years, this art of self defence gave me courage and self confidence to beat of the Bully’s . I thank my grandmother for suggesting it to me , and my sensai 🙏🏼💚
God bless!
I remember doing this Kata in 1975 when I started Shotokan Karate.; brought back memory.
Omg so many memories from my karate journey…due to covid i was only able to get a month of training and a white belt but totally can’t wait to move on by spring! Shotokan is the style of karate i was taught,and I remember learning these techniques in the dojo
Wow thanks for watching! I totally understand how the pandemic delayed so many things. But I’m glad you are watching my video! Hope you can continue your training soon!
Oh man , in my early 20s I loved doing katas , watching you. Is a privilege. Wish I had kept at it …
Start slow, and go step by step, you can try!
Boy does this bring back memories. My original training was in this but I am an Okinawan student now. This makes me want to go back and relearn these, just for myself.
Hope you can get back into it!
I Graduated black belt in shotokan karate almost 11 years ago
Thanks Sensei for this video
Greatly executed Kata
Helped me bring back all those memories ❤️
OSS! Thank you for the wonderful comment!
I stopped at green belt as a child and my sis a brown belt.... But at 30 years old can still remember a Kata and feel a pull to shotokhan. Thanks for this I will be praticing from here on out
Wow that comment made my day! Best of luck on your journey 🙏🥋
@@SENSEIJASON very different from wtf taekwondo..I like shotokan bcuz we do blocks punches n kicks where as in taekwondo we kick only very little punching but good kick combos. The poomsae isn't anything like shotokan kata
Thank you for the video. Today in age of 50 I have started on karate. My son is 11 and has green belt. He help me with kata :)
Keep it up
Thank you so much. I took this for four years as a child 30 years ago and now my son just started. This helps me practice with him.
God bless, and thank you for sharing!
Great Video's. I started training in Shotokan back in 1974 when I was in college and continued for about 13 yrs on and off. Although I'm 68 now, I still remembering practicing all of those kata's.
Beautiful to hear, kata is one thing I hear many retired practitioners never forget and always remember. Maybe not remember every kata step by step, but the feeling of training and the memories of kata training will always resonate. I know the feeling you speak of, when my instructor would always say one more time, and we'd do the kata..then he'd say one more time, so on.. But those trainings built my foundation and my character as a martial artist that can only uniquely be developed through hard Kata training. Many view kata as a dance or impractical. To me, anyone who says this has not practiced hard enough. I believe kata has many benefits, however my view is that is most beneficial in bridging the gap between the physical and spiritual in Budo. It gives the practitioner a sort of essence that can not be developed any other way. Thank you for watching and God Bless!
Sweet
Great, I was born in '74, learned shotokan kata lesson 2 years sence '91. But the feeling is almost the same when I watch your presentation . I'd like to practice again but unfortunately in my area are no dojo's for shotokan... Good job, thanks for letting me remember those days
I learned/practiced Shotokan Karate rigorously for 5 years until sadly, our Sensei passed away 2 years ago. I am using your video to practice my 'Classic Kata' which sadly, I mostly forgot...thank you for this, extremely helpful and inspiring and helping me get back into it!
Thank you for sharing, and I’m sure he would be proud of you!
Thank you for this video I remember most of these katas as I learned them as a kid. Such valuable lessons
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm a black belt from india after this pandemic i forgot my steps after watching this video it's very useful to start and remember my basics and kata .. Thank you sensei jason leung👏👏
OSS my pleasure 🥋🔥
Reminds me of my younger age 1995 I got my 1st belt. Still remember my masters teaching me.. Very very similar to you Jason. Great power and perfection.
So good to see it reminds me all the Kata again... I'll use your vedieo to recal back 👍
I do Wado Ryu and it's quite fascinating how the fundamentals of our katas are the same, with varying nuances. Incredible video!
This is a great resource for Shotokan practitioners. Well done!
I appreciate you thank you for watching !
I've been kickboxing for 20 years and I've started shotokan karate for 2 weeks now, now I regret that I only started it now and not 20 years ago. As you posted, the "budo" aspect comes up more in the sport and is therefore more interesting without me wanting to break down other martial arts. It also makes me calmer, I think. Very nice and informative video by the way.
Very happy to hear you have switched. For me it was never about switching but more about the expanding and evolving as a complete martial artist. Best of luck on the never ending journey!
@@SENSEIJASON Thank you, I wish the same for you. I see you practice it with a lot of passion. Oss🥋
@@switchblade800x3isn’t it supposed to be ous? 😅 i’m also 2 weeks in, 50% of it is kata and 30% of it is warming up, i hope it gets funner
@@SaikiAUS It depends in which dojo you train i guess. Is it shotokan? If you prefer more contact you better train in kickboxing or so..
One time, 44 years ago, I was very attracted to this sport but for many reasons I had to quit. The way you perform these katas has brought back all that interest in this sport. Well done sir.
Tommorow is my karatte test and its very use ful thank you so much ❤❤
Wish you the best, I hope it went well!
Big love from kenya Africa,I like the way you demo shotoka karate katas.
Thank you so much, god bless 🥋🔥
I trained under lacy'y shotokan when I was 18.and I haft to say you look good.thanks for the learning material.im gona get back into it.iv all ways regretted that I dident at least get my black belt.
Thank you, thank you for sharing. I love Shotokan karate. Hipyahhhh 👍👍😎🥋⛩
OSS 🥷🔥🥋
Sensei Jason I enjoyed your video very much, I have trained in Shotokan Karate for 50 years. I also liked your comments and the comments of some of your viewers as well. You have very good form while performing the Katas I am very impressed. I can tell that you train with your heart! Keep training hard, and I wish you the very best on your journey...Osu!
Very happy to hear that my friend, thank you for your detailed comment and for sharing your experience! God bless, and wish you the best! OSS 🥋🔥💪⛩🙏
I m so happy to see that , thank you so much Maitre Jason for this channel
KATA is really a pleasure to watch.
You have the best content on karate ! Thank you for sharing !
Thank you for the high compliment! I’m very grateful to have your support!
-Jason
Amazing.
Great Video for Shotokan Karate Kata.
Thank you god bless 🙏🔥🥋
Hello Jason, for this time, yours explains are more importants than vidéo. I agree with you, karaté is rich, kumite, kihon, Kata...when you grow , you understand the whole karaté. Before a kumite, you feel sensations, before a Kata , you get the spiritual wealth., it is a whole and when you know it, you improve.
Thank you for your vidéo. Phil.
OSS, yes Phil. Although the history of karate is fascinating, many become to scholastic and rather spend too much time theorizing about the “secrets” of karate. The only way to attain high level is to train. Kata kihon and Kumite. Bunkai for me is just trying to be creative or for show. Even Sensei Rick Hotton agrees with me that many people spend too much time contemplating the nature or correct bunkai of kata. He agrees with me that it is more of an exercise of the mind body and spirit.
I did Karate do for a few years as a kid and now I'm considering joining my local dojo (probably not a dojo but idk what else to call it...) again. This really brings back some memories! :) Thanks for sharing!
Welcome thanks for watching :)
Well done it’s good to see Karate kata Being done so well, Many teachers who teach kata don’t teach the practical applications of kata and there students don’t know what kata is for so the students spend 3 or 4 years learning kata as if it was a dance pattern and not knowing what the moves are for
actually what is it
Thanx for sharing. My daugther is training karate. And she Sensai ask her to train for competions.
Ur video help her improve her moves and teknic.
God bless, and thank you for watching 🥋
I havent watched or practice karate in so long. This was really nice to see again.
Thank you so much!
Thank you Jason this video was there for me in a dark time. I needed this to remember my training.💜
God bless and best of luck my friend!
Excellent video! Great performance of shotokan katas👌 Oss🥋
Thank you so much for watching!
Jason, excellent pacing on these kata’s. Karate-Do for life🤜🏽
OSS 🥋⛩
I'm so grateful for this I'm a blue belt in Shotokan and I've quited for 2 and a half years due to covid now I returned and still had stay with my blue belt And considering the fact that we have to do kata to upgrade our belts I'm so grateful for this ty
Best of luck 🥋🙏🎌
@@SENSEIJASON Thanks!!
Good technique. Strong stance and moves. You are intoned mind and body. Great kiaie
Ozzz... Sensei!!! Nice to recall the Kata forms of Shotokan JKA... More power!!!
OSS
I used to train as a kid and got until brown belt then my parents made me stop. I've been looking for someone who is still doing classical Kata so I can follow and retrain in the Katas I learned as a kid. Most videos are so old with bad quality, this was amazing! I'm saving it so I can practice again and find my strength... and maybe find a class when I feel ready.
Ok just tried practicing along you, I still remember every move from kata 1-5... I stopped about 28 years ago. I'm amazed! It's like muscle memory!
Best of luck on your journey back 🥋⛩
Excellent presentation(s), thank you. Nothing like this was available in my time.
I studied Shotokan in Santa Barbara, CA in the late 60's, finally reaching I-Kyu before reality got in the way... I was tested for I-Kyu by Yaguchi Sensei (AAKF/JKA, Los Angeles, under Hidetaka Nishiyama).
I was assigned Bassai Dai for my black belt, but really wanted Kanku Dai. When I got to the main dojo of JKA in Tokyo (long story) to train for my black belt, the sensei asked me what kata had been given me. I hemmed and hawed, and eventually said "I don't know - I seem to have forgotten") He took one look at me and said "Bassai Dai". Oh well, what did I know?
The teacher I started out with in SB (who eventually became a bounty hunter) used to say "If you want to get good in bar fights, you have to go into bars and choose guys off.... :)
I remember everyone (including me) trying to get as far down the line as they could from Frank Smith during formal sparring in training sessions in LA... I am 83 now, at least more experienced, if not wiser....
Thank you sir, you are a veteran and thank you for sharing your incredible journey! OSS!
Sensei Jason you're an insipiration to many shotokan karate lovers
Tnx u so much for refreshing me the kata..iam also a shotokan member here in the phil..god bless sansie
Sounds like each technique creates a sonic boom! Haha
Thanks for the demonstrations, they are very helpful.
You're very welcome!
sensaie you made an amazing and wonderful session here.I have learned Shorin-Ryu and Shotokan and still practising our katas............good luck
OSS happy to hear that, god bless 🥋🔥💯⛩👍❤️
I'll do the 1.Dan in about a month. and this video really helps me, thank you very much Greetings from Germany🥋
Way to go!
My first test was administered by Teruyuki Okazaki himself in the 1980s. He would be proud of you. Keep up the good work.
Good bless, thank you!
fun fact Okazaki LITERALLY stood up from his chair and applauded my little brother (RIP) for a "perfect kata" during our test. I am so proud of him to this day. I can't imagine too many people can say this. I myself, concentrated on the kumite part and did very well in that aspect. If the wars overseas hadn't broken down my body as they did (prosthetic body parts, gunshot wounds, etc.), I would still be practicing.
Ooh nice vid, thank you Jason Sensei 🔥
Thank you buddy 🥋🔥🙏🏽
Nicely done! I started Shotokan when I was ten and earned my shodan when I was 17. Now 21 years later, I’m looking back at this like “why did I ever leave?”
Truly brings back very fond memories. Thanks for the different angles!
Hey brother thank you for watching! You know the beauty and art of shotokan, because you have been through the grit and fire of this type of training.
Some of the most exhausting (and rewarding) karate lessons of my life were through the continuous repetitions of kata. Never too late to get back in to it brother!
Oss!
Jason
@@SENSEIJASON Right on! No matter how hurt and exhausted I was, there was something special about being in the middle of an entire class of students performing katas in unison. It was a deep well of energy to draw from.
Thanks for the encouragement bro! I look forward to shaking off the old rust!
Awesome man🔥From India✌️
Karate 🇩🇿 est le meilleure Sport pour rester en forme , j'ai entrainais ce Sport de ( 1983 - 1995 ) meme International. ( Shotokan + kyoko...)
They have a small room with tatami in the gym i go to now. Used to do a ton of Shotokan and im trying to reintegrate the katas into my workout. This video jogs so many memories!
Wow that is a great training situation
Thank you for creating this video.
OSS, please subscribe 🥋🔥
Awesome!!! Thanks dude
Gracias, bro, después de 27 años retomo la práctica, de estas 10, siete las practicaba con cierto dominio, las 3 restantes, veía a mis maestros.
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Hi sir, Does(Taikyoku shodan) belong to Shotocan Karate? If so, Is it the first kata or the Heian Shodan?
Absolutely awesome Jason love it brother 🤙🏻
Glad you enjoyed it
@@SENSEIJASON absolutely did
Extremely clean! Masterful job!
Shotokhan karate katas are simply superb. I expect your all videos.
Thank you so much 😀
Very crisp with nice power.
Thank you!
Thanks for joining me!
When I watch Sensei Leung, it's always at 0.25x 😉
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Thanks Sensei. Your videos are very useful to us novice
OSS, thank you for watching!
Well done Jason - this is going straight to my students 👍
Bless you my friend, and thank for the support! 🙏🏽🥋
Man this is magnificent form and execution. Much love to my Sensei Abdul Musawwir who started me on my journey into health and wellness.
Thank you god bless brother!
@@SENSEIJASON like wise.
@1:26 great moves for Kata. My trainer always said that you have to keep your fingers packed together including the little one. This give more strength when striking, compared to when your fingeres have gaps between them.
Great advice thank you brother
Very good kata. I’ll be using this video to practice
Another great video. Very well filmed and easy to follow.
Thank you my friend, it is intended to be watched by many for many years to come. Karate practitioners of new and old I believe may benefit from studying this.
I am learning from your videos because I have always loved karate, but my school banned it for the girls, and when I transferred schools, it has no karate, and it will take my parents a while to be convinced that I need to go to separate classes for karate. I wish my school did karate classes, and I am desperate to convince my strict parents that karate is important. But while that is being settled, I will be watching this video and the rest of the playlist. Love your videos, you have inspired me.
Wow, I’m super happy my videos can help you during these tough times. It sounds like you’re doing a great job with training, most people from my experience do not have the drive you have to keep going. I’m sure if you kept it up you will be great one day!
OSS!
Jason 🙇🔥🥋
@@SENSEIJASON Thank you, I'll do my best!
amazing step by step kata its been so helpful
Thank you for watching!
Hi Jason, nice presentation, good postures👍. My own style is different, but in the end its all same kara-te = empty hand as weapon. Shuto especially.
My own belt is San-Dan.
Karate training since 1981. Sweat, bruises and hits, given and taken. And some good fightning friends surely. Keep it up your good budo sprit✌️
Good deep stances, and great punching thank you.
Much appreciated
OSS Sensei
Thank you so much for your excellent show and presentation
Rewatching this, study, and review 🥋
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Very precise technique
Oss thank you!
Absolutely excellent speed, power and focus, with perfect technique. My compliments. Bassai Dai and Kanku Dai - excellent.
Much appreciation 🥋🙏
Is my first kata in year 1990 thank you my friend good picturs
Great video, your technique is really impressive.
Thank you very much!
i practice gtf but i like all. shotokan looks amazing and great.
Thank you brother, there are many roads to the same destination, respect to all styles.
Thank you very much Sir.
Its awesome for me to see this... I'll get a lot of tips with you....cheers.
Thank you for watching my friend, I am grateful for your support!
-Jason
That's awesome man
Thank you brother!
Your Okinawan teacher demonstrated some kobudo which was unique some of that content would be good. I would like to link up.
Excellent Job. You have created a really good reference.
Thank you so much 😀
Hi, I am Yoshi, karate practitioner from Japan. I watched your fantastic Kata of Sochin with a nice back music several years ago, and would like to watch again. Can I see it again somewhere?
Hello friend, I’ve deleted that video a while back. I wanted to consolidate my video library, and unfortunately that was one of the videos I let go. I plan on making a new sochin video on my new channel here: RUclips.com/ultimatekarateofficial
Very good job, sensei. Thank you for this. My respects. OSS, from Brazil.
OSS 🥋🔥
Great video very similar to the Katas I've learned here in Mexico karate shito ryu and I also pratcticed shotokan very little though but I did achieve my black belt it was a dream come true.
Thank you for these. I was looking for the classic shotokan karate kata to remind myself of all the sequences. This is brilliant. Where do I find volume 2? :)
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by! Volume 2 has not been made yet, it will be a future upload for sure!
Supeb.These katas really energetic.
Not bad buddy, it's better, hope you enjoy your journey, well done, 👏👏👏
Thank you so much!
Enjoyed watching your excellent performance.
Thank you fam 🥋🔥
It’s very Good to see the Katas. I going to practins again.
La boxe taillandaise le meilleur sport de combat au monde,mais merci pour cette démonstration
osu! very nice work, i like your spirit!!! Kata are concentration and study of slow movements like tai-chi, then with the time you can execute them as you did well, but the speed is not fundamental in my opinion it is very important the Kimè the awareness of a KIAI and the look towards the enemy without slamming the feet. ..osu! i love also Kyokushin even if i currently practice traditional shotokan karate called jitstu karate...osu i like your idea to go forward a philosopher said, Life can be understood only backwards but it must be lived forwards...osu!
Well said! Thank you for sharing your experience!
i love shotokan kata its more than an art
OSS
Wonderful vidio, thanks for all your efforts, it really helps me.