This video brings back memories of my black belt grading, in this very dojo, in 2010 and sensei Bruce & Terrance just pushing me. I miss practicing so much and this video just always brings a smile to my face - what a gem! Osu!
@@AlanGoldberg I agree. I’m deeply entrenched in Thai Boxing, Eskrima, and Combatives… so my time is very limited. Every time I see karate like this I see effective combatives. Very effective self protection skills. I would have to work with a very understanding Sensei who would take into account my limitations in mobility due to injuries. There is a very good Shotokan club in town… who knows, maybe I can make some time to expand my background.
Eigentlich ist es keine übermässige Kraft, sondern Technik. Die Bewegungen des Körpers werden physikalischen Gesetzen untergeordnet. Wenig Muskelkraft - Viel Energie. one punch - one kill
@jaimeneves Left gear is a way to twist your body before a technique. The opposite is the right gear. Sensei Kimura introduced it in the late 80´s. If you take a look in our video, you can see I´m in the left gear before I do the most puches and kicks. In upper block applications I´m in the right gear. Please note: It´s not so important where your hands are, it´s the wind up in your body that´s makes the gears . So you use eighter right or left gear in any techniques. OSS
Beautiful Every single punch and kick trained and honed to the inhuman strength and brutal efficiency of an instant killing blow. Able to crush and splinter bones, rupture organs, even stop the heart dead. I find it the most impressive form of martial arts
Absolutely beautiful karate style, should be starting this Monday, glad i left the unnamed infamous Mcdojo of which i cannot name before it was too late. OSU!
terrific vid.nice to see direct maekeri,and relaxed kamae to gyakuzuki..and the good old double slide to close the mae,gap.S.A..budoryu was my old style,goju now.OSS.
Why don't they teach these "double hip" punches in kyokushin? Or do they? The guys at my dojo emphasise a central "jiku" (axis) rather than moving the punching side of the body about the front hip, like slamming a door (?). The punching sit-ups @ 2:40 seem like a good way of putting out the watts; getting more aggression and power into an abs work out. Thanks.
@AspiringSanta No, the Samurai Dojo is part of Kimura Shukokai. Kimura Shukokai International today is headed by the late Master Kimura's four most Senior students, Shihan Eddie Daniels 8th Dan from Great Britain, Shihan Bill Bressaw 8th Dan from U.S.A, Shihan Chris Thompson 8th Dan and Shihan Lionel Marinus 8th Dan both from South Africa.
Had the privilege to train under Sensei Kimura in the US 40 years ago. I don't remember many throws, but the sparring was tough. Unfortunately I moved away and stopped training. RIP Sensei Kimura.
I agree. If a fast kick comes to the groin, it´s long way to block (and otside the dojo or ring you usually don´t wear groincups/-protect). And as every man knows, it dosen´t need a hard kick between the legs to drop somebody...
Very nice video! Impressive explosiveness, speed and power! Could you explain a bit what are the main differences between this style (Shukokai Karate) and styles such as Kyokushin or Seidokan ? Arigato goza imashita!
Thanks for the best example of Kimura Shukokai (also Sensei Jorge - Finland) on the web. Sadly most "traditional" karate has gone non-contact & every one believes that their technique works. How would they know - tournaments?? Ha. I've been privileged to train under Shihan Chris & Shihan Lionel & received their hits, thus I completely appreciate the science behind IMPACT. Because the method is somewhat contrary to the "traditional" way, many are closed-minded to it. Too bad - their loss.
I recommend controlling the knife hand from the backside of the arm to avoid getting poked in the back. I like using wrist control to ude hishigi waki gatame.
this is interesting. To me this looks like an expansion on shotokan technique, a different way to apply it so to speak. If i can find someone to hold pads for me again i'm going to integrate this into my training :)
I'm all for getting creative with resistance band training, but, respectfully, I have some reservations about attaching the band to your head @ 3:29. It places a huge amount of unnecessary stress on the neck flexors. Repeated over time, this can cause muscle imbalances and other neuromuscular issues. I would suggest attaching the band to the mid-section, which will work the primary movers of the kick: quads, calf muscles, hip flexors, external and intrinisic core muscles, etc. OSU!
Kimura Shukokai definitively encourages Tensegrity throughout the body and in that exercise they were working on the Superfacial Back Line (SBL) connections. Hence, it is not actually working solely on the neck flexor but. The SBL of muscles trains which has chains to the Superficial Front and Lateral lines muscles trains,thus in fact they are pulling with the entire body and not the neck solely to pull.
This video is just excellent. This is how it should be done. Always. It saddens me that this kind of training is now a rarety and not the norm in most Karate schools. Can I share and use this as an exemple of how it is properly done? Many NEED to see this
There is no guard up as comentators state because these are basic pad work techniques to develop power, its about being powerful, fast and relaxed until the point of impact. Itook this into kick boxing and have gotta say most people a came across didnt have the power, they were some very powerful guys but you have got to feel these impacts through a pad, once you get the basic technique you can throw it from a boxing guard position with great effect
Isn't that in itself Jeet Kun Do or MMA? Taking principles you understand and applying them to other scenarios or situations/techniques? I believe you were on to something.... It's too bad most don't see it that way
@@revariox189 yeah I agree, it's what Jeet Kun Do is all about, taking what works, adapting it to fit the situation and your personal ability to use it in that situation.
hello,i used to be a member of shukokai,iv been training with sensei mymoena toffa till the age of four till 11,i was black belt but then left to a new karate wer i am nw a green belt,i jus wanted to knw if ther is a dojo in tableview,because i want to move back ro my old karate
I also study shukokai karate nice video. Excuse me but I think some of techniques are far from original and what I wanted to ask is are those have less impact or same? And kick techniques that made in this video does not have any techniques or impact.
I'm a practitioner of Shotokan karate and I've been interested in the technique of the Shukokai style. Please, could someone answer the following questions: - What is "left gear" of Shukokai? - Only serves to implement Kizami Zuki (punch with the front hand) or other techniques? - Is there a book or DVD explaining the technique of Shulokai that we can acquire? Thanks. Great video. OSS
Guard hands are where they should be. Remember that a boxer keeps it high since there are only punches coming. In Karate, and real life self defense, there is also the dimension of kicks. You want to keep the guard down a bit so you can quickly block a medium/high kick. Also so you don't block your field of view too much. Osu!
Wish I could punch so well :( I've got my 2nd kyu grading this weekend, which I'm really excited for, and if anything is going to let me down it's my punching impact.
keep your stance low and relax everything in your body especially the shoulders tense the fist only on impact for a split second then relax everything again immediately. breath in through your nose before the punch and out hard though our mouth as you apply the punch do at least 50 each side every time you train. (I did 3-5 times a week) ask Your sensei if you are doing it right!
Hey, I trained with Matt and Sensei Mymoena as well as the Claremont guys. She still has a small club in Brooklyn, but hasnt been taking the classes for a while as she's working full-time. Though I heard from her a few weeks back by email and she's planning to get back into training properly this year. If you want her email I'll send it to Matt via Fb if you like. just remind me via PM.
How does reversve punch exactly work in Shukokai? In boxing to throw a right cross we pivot the rear foot and hips but here I can't see that sort of movement. And yet they have amazing impact and speed. I have been looking all over youtube for Shukokai videos and couldn't find anything solid. Could somebody explain the mechanics?
There aren't really good videos of people executing Kimura's technique. You're right -- it's very different from boxing. It's quite late here my time, so maybe we can talk later, but yes, it's extremely an nuanced biomechanical maneuver; one of his former students (who I've held the bag for dozens of times) told me it took them 2 years to learn Kimura's reverse punch... a version which was itself two steps removed from the original Shukokai punch that Mr. Tani developed & in turn taught him.
It´s difficult to explain with just words...but all techniques mainly starts from legs, then hip and finally the hand (or leg in kicks). We do use hip twist but very often it´s difficult to see it because tension in stomach makes the hip movement smaller but not less effective.
My only question as a novice to this is. Why are there such great powerful punches and little in the way of keeping your hands up in defensive posture for counters like a boxer would?
@AspiringSanta I was training under Sensai Paul Mitchell just today, and he was explaining a similer concept. this guy is right, it is not under Sensai Paul Mitchell
@piano0011 Hey, I am currently 3rd Kyu soon to grade for 2nd Kyu. We are definitly talking about the same Paul Mitchel, as he also has a son of the same profession called Sensai Ronan. No sorry, although i have family in Austraila and visit often, I live in Auckland New Zealand, and train under Sensai Andrew Kowanjko, who is a major student of Paul.
I miss the Shukokai power training. Nobody has even heard of it here in Japan. Who ever is holding the pad would be better off standing in Zenkutsu dachi whith the wider deeper stance. They way you won't move back so much on impact.
You've all got a tendency to come up/elevate yourself when delivering a strike. This would indicate that some of your kinetic energy is behind projected upwards, and is therefore lost, being of no use to you.
Have you looked at the impact when they hit on the pads?!? You stand in front of these guys and tell me the Kinect energy lost from their gradual elevation during their punches are useless, when you are on the receiving end of the the strikes! Perhaps, you post yourself to display how effective you are at maintaining your kinetic energy during movement for a strike!!!!??...
Morningstar the practice of striking with a wind up is just practice for the techniques when done without, it's just a practice routine, not the end result, which is next to no wind up and a double hip movement prior to striking...it's probably one of the most high impacts in traditional martial arts
There is no rotation of the fist? They all seem to be punching with vertical fists.. which is somewhat unusual since I do Shukokai and have been taught to turn the fist upon impact.. Also the fist does not seem to be in chamber on the hip? I guess things are done very differently even within the same style..
Goldberg san. A bit late in the day but Excellent video!!! I had 2 questions: 1. What style is this? 2. At about the 1 minute mark, I see the black belts hitting the foam pad with a vertical fist. Is this intentional? Why are they not twisting the punch? I love the way they are practising being almost limp before they throw their punches
Hello Indraneel. We practice Kimura Shukokai. And as for the vertical fist. Sometime we just practise the throw of the extremities, with the power generated out of the ground through the hara and dropping weight. What you saw was obviously a snippet of what we do. Sometimes we practise perfect form. Sometimes... we just hit. Osu !
@@AlanGoldberg Thank you for your reply Alan! The vertical fist was of interest to me as I practise Isshinryu, a karate style that exclusively uses the vertical fist. Your dojo and your colleagues are awesome. Respect from India!! Domo-arigato .......
in 3 days I'm going for my first Dan i Shukokai so i am in no way an expert so i have a question, at 5:20 where the guy touches the floor, turns around and hits the pad, his elbow is out, a swinging action. now I'm told that your elbow is meant to be in, am i wrong or this just a training technique i have yet to uncover. OUS!
to attain effectiveness, proficiency, one must attain some higher level of efficacy, along with general overall fitness. So many , now including myself at 73 .....have that huge waistline indicative of greater need to be mentally robust. I see NOT that here.
OSU. We're all a bit older from the time we recorded this video. I'm approaching 70 this year... waistline is mainly under control, but we still train... and train... and train
@alang0ldberg Thank You, I was just curios since if I recall right Paul Mitchell's organisation was named Samurai Karate International.. That is why I asked my question. I keep coming back to this video :P my Sensei liked it very much as well, said it reminds him how they used to practice real karate :)
does anyone out there remember the old polystsyrine pads we used to use no give in them at all sure toughened the holder (or killed them ) lol only kidding gr8 vid by the way :-)
We disagree... Unfortunately I find too much technique not enough power in most peoples and styles. 6 months of MMA should not allow a Black Belt of many years to be defeated easily. On this occasion, I have a high confidence these guys can actually fight... Not just do demos. But I understand your point of view.
This video brings back memories of my black belt grading, in this very dojo, in 2010 and sensei Bruce & Terrance just pushing me. I miss practicing so much and this video just always brings a smile to my face - what a gem!
Osu!
Started Shukokai in 1973, was graded to Shodan by Kimura Sensei in 1976. At the time, my punch was massively strong for my size. Pure technique.
Erstaundlich? Nein, Shigeru Kimura war Dr. Physik
This is some awesome work guys ! Love how controlled your kicks and especially your ura mawashigeri's were !
Absolutely terrific. Looks like a VERY effective art inside or outside the dojo. Great stuff.
I loved this video. Your dedication to Training and Conditioning is well received. Thank you for sharing a small part of your evolving system. Osu!
OSU!
Ich glaube dass der Dank auch Shigeru Kimura gilt
Excellent training. Good to see you practicing the principles of your style with such devotion. A pleasure to watch
Osu! Our style is always evolving. Even though this was filmed only 3 years ago, some of the techniques now look outdated to us. Onward and upward.
ive studied Shukokai for over 20 years and that gentleman was a pleasure to watch. Thanks for posting
OSU!
Great video! I used to train under Sensei Bruce (in the video)... an amazing teacher. I really wish I didn't quit.
Superb video, different class!
Excellent footage and impressive techniques. Well done to you all Gareth Edwards 6th Dan Shukokai Zanshin Karate Cymru.
Very impressive display of control and force!
Well, Alan, that's how I used to train. It was great to watch. Good to see Josh inspired to comment. (Legend). Gimme new knees and I'll get my bag!
I absolutely love this!!!! This is the karate that makes me wish I had trained karate when I was was younger. So much power in those strikes.
I don't know how old you are, but I started at this dojo when I was 53. I'm 69 and still going strong. Never to late to start.
@@AlanGoldberg I agree. I’m deeply entrenched in Thai Boxing, Eskrima, and Combatives… so my time is very limited. Every time I see karate like this I see effective combatives. Very effective self protection skills. I would have to work with a very understanding Sensei who would take into account my limitations in mobility due to injuries. There is a very good Shotokan club in town… who knows, maybe I can make some time to expand my background.
Eigentlich ist es keine übermässige Kraft, sondern Technik.
Die Bewegungen des Körpers werden physikalischen Gesetzen untergeordnet.
Wenig Muskelkraft - Viel Energie.
one punch - one kill
@jaimeneves Left gear is a way to twist your body before a technique. The opposite is the right gear. Sensei Kimura introduced it in the late 80´s.
If you take a look in our video, you can see I´m in the left gear before I do the most puches and kicks.
In upper block applications I´m in the right gear.
Please note: It´s not so important where your hands are, it´s the wind up in your body that´s makes the gears . So you use eighter right or left gear in any techniques.
OSS
one of the best styles of karate, all speed and power..........
Physik
Beautiful
Every single punch and kick trained and honed to the inhuman strength and brutal efficiency of an instant killing blow. Able to crush and splinter bones, rupture organs, even stop the heart dead.
I find it the most impressive form of martial arts
Absolutely beautiful karate style, should be starting this Monday, glad i left the unnamed infamous Mcdojo of which i cannot name before it was too late.
OSU!
This is a really fantastic video showing some amazing Karate-ka
Lee's Karate Channel OSU!
If Karate can be tought as a tiger, then Kimura Shukokai is Siberian Tiger. the biggest and most fearsome.
Great video, makes me want to get back into training. Thanks for sharing :)
This looks like a brilliant club. I'd love to train there if I spent time in Cape Town
some fierce power displyed there nice
I really, really enjoyed that...thank you
terrific vid.nice to see direct maekeri,and relaxed kamae to gyakuzuki..and the good old double slide to close the mae,gap.S.A..budoryu was my old style,goju now.OSS.
Why don't they teach these "double hip" punches in kyokushin? Or do they? The guys at my dojo emphasise a central "jiku" (axis) rather than moving the punching side of the body about the front hip, like slamming a door (?).
The punching sit-ups @ 2:40 seem like a good way of putting out the watts; getting more aggression and power into an abs work out.
Thanks.
Really powerful striking.
Time for some new videos ? This one is really great !
Estonian shukokai practicer.
Märt Tali We think so too : )
nice video. What a great dojo !
@AspiringSanta No, the Samurai Dojo is part of Kimura Shukokai. Kimura Shukokai International today is headed by the late Master Kimura's four most Senior students, Shihan Eddie Daniels 8th Dan from Great Britain, Shihan Bill Bressaw 8th Dan from U.S.A, Shihan Chris Thompson 8th Dan and Shihan Lionel Marinus 8th Dan both from South Africa.
Einer der ältesten Schüler von Shihan Kimura war auch Urs Spörri, 8. Dan, aus der Schweiz.
Er hat Shukokai bei Kimura in Südafrika gelernt.
Had the privilege to train under Sensei Kimura in the US 40 years ago. I don't remember many throws, but the sparring was tough. Unfortunately I moved away and stopped training. RIP Sensei Kimura.
Thanks for commenting.
I agree. If a fast kick comes to the groin, it´s long way to block (and otside the dojo or ring you usually don´t wear groincups/-protect). And as every man knows, it dosen´t need a hard kick between the legs to drop somebody...
Very nice video! Impressive explosiveness, speed and power!
Could you explain a bit what are the main differences between this style (Shukokai Karate) and styles such as Kyokushin or Seidokan ?
Arigato goza imashita!
very very very nice video
Thanks for the best example of Kimura Shukokai (also Sensei Jorge - Finland) on the web. Sadly most "traditional" karate has gone non-contact & every one believes that their technique works. How would they know - tournaments?? Ha. I've been privileged to train under Shihan Chris & Shihan Lionel & received their hits, thus I completely appreciate the science behind IMPACT. Because the method is somewhat contrary to the "traditional" way, many are closed-minded to it. Too bad - their loss.
Nice and innovative.
though I love the conditioning with the resistance band around the head doing lunges. great fitness there!
Super 👍
I recommend controlling the knife hand from the backside of the arm to avoid getting poked in the back. I like using wrist control to ude hishigi waki gatame.
Zack Desroches Thank you
this is interesting. To me this looks like an expansion on shotokan technique, a different way to apply it so to speak. If i can find someone to hold pads for me again i'm going to integrate this into my training :)
I'm all for getting creative with resistance band training, but, respectfully, I have some reservations about attaching the band to your head @ 3:29. It places a huge amount of unnecessary stress on the neck flexors. Repeated over time, this can cause muscle imbalances and other neuromuscular issues. I would suggest attaching the band to the mid-section, which will work the primary movers of the kick: quads, calf muscles, hip flexors, external and intrinisic core muscles, etc.
OSU!
Kimura Shukokai definitively encourages Tensegrity throughout the body and in that exercise they were working on the Superfacial Back Line (SBL) connections. Hence, it is not actually working solely on the neck flexor but. The SBL of muscles trains which has chains to the Superficial Front and Lateral lines muscles trains,thus in fact they are pulling with the entire body and not the neck solely to pull.
@Basketbaka1031 I just started shukokai in auckland,new zealand and noticed the vertical punch at full extension as opposed to standard punch too
This video is just excellent. This is how it should be done. Always.
It saddens me that this kind of training is now a rarety and not the norm in most Karate schools.
Can I share and use this as an exemple of how it is properly done? Many NEED to see this
OSU, thank you. We shot this over 10 years ago... hard to believe how time passes. And we're just as committed today as we were then.
@@AlanGoldberg
I can only hope Kofuan here in canada works as hard. Doing tryout with them this weekend.
6:45 Ouch!
this is why I can punch holes in people. he he I am a Shukokai black belt since 1984.
im since 1998 senpai
so you have 7 dan?
Osu. The Samurai Claremont Dojo was established in Cape Town in 1967
damn i love kimura shukokai
onya Sensei Bruce!
Thanks for the positive comments
amazing...
Good stuff.
those strikes have some pop to it
@FightClubBingen You're 100% right. Real knives cut. That's why we train.
@1968brianjarvis Thanks for the comments. Alan
There is no guard up as comentators state because these are basic pad work techniques to develop power, its about being powerful, fast and relaxed until the point of impact. Itook this into kick boxing and have gotta say most people a came across didnt have the power, they were some very powerful guys but you have got to feel these impacts through a pad, once you get the basic technique you can throw it from a boxing guard position with great effect
Isn't that in itself Jeet Kun Do or MMA? Taking principles you understand and applying them to other scenarios or situations/techniques? I believe you were on to something.... It's too bad most don't see it that way
@@revariox189 yeah I agree, it's what Jeet Kun Do is all about, taking what works, adapting it to fit the situation and your personal ability to use it in that situation.
hello,i used to be a member of shukokai,iv been training with sensei mymoena toffa till the age of four till 11,i was black belt but then left to a new karate wer i am nw a green belt,i jus wanted to knw if ther is a dojo in tableview,because i want to move back ro my old karate
I also study shukokai karate nice video. Excuse me but I think some of techniques are far from original and what I wanted to ask is are those have less impact or same? And kick techniques that made in this video does not have any techniques or impact.
Funny how Bruce is actually my sensei now
He is the one punching at 0:31
Where are you from?
This is Karate in its purest form here. I love it. I need to be involved there.
I'm a practitioner of Shotokan karate and I've been interested in the technique of the Shukokai style.
Please, could someone answer the following questions:
- What is "left gear" of Shukokai?
- Only serves to implement Kizami Zuki (punch with the front hand) or other techniques?
- Is there a book or DVD explaining the technique of Shulokai that we can acquire?
Thanks. Great video.
OSS
I'm gonna recommend this Dojo to a friend of mine who lives in Cape Town?
You should it is really effective
Я в восторге очень хорошая тренировка!!!!!!!!!
Guard hands are where they should be. Remember that a boxer keeps it high since there are only punches coming. In Karate, and real life self defense, there is also the dimension of kicks. You want to keep the guard down a bit so you can quickly block a medium/high kick. Also so you don't block your field of view too much.
Osu!
Wish I could punch so well :( I've got my 2nd kyu grading this weekend, which I'm really excited for, and if anything is going to let me down it's my punching impact.
keep your stance low and relax everything in your body especially the shoulders tense the fist only on impact for a split second then relax everything again immediately.
breath in through your nose before the punch and out hard though our mouth as you apply the punch do at least 50 each side every time you train.
(I did 3-5 times a week) ask Your sensei if you are doing it right!
thanks for the advice! 1st kyu grading will be around September time, so I'm going to practise loads!
good for you.
gekiryudojo Your advice was particularly useful for my 1st kyu grading which was last weekend. Thank you again!
Hey,
I trained with Matt and Sensei Mymoena as well as the Claremont guys.
She still has a small club in Brooklyn, but hasnt been taking the classes for a while as she's working full-time. Though I heard from her a few weeks back by email and she's planning to get back into training properly this year.
If you want her email I'll send it to Matt via Fb if you like. just remind me via PM.
This style focus on striking
I think I should organize a tour to SA to show these Aussies how karate should be done.
Are you Shukokai?
How does reversve punch exactly work in Shukokai? In boxing to throw a right cross we pivot the rear foot and hips but here I can't see that sort of movement. And yet they have amazing impact and speed. I have been looking all over youtube for Shukokai videos and couldn't find anything solid. Could somebody explain the mechanics?
There aren't really good videos of people executing Kimura's technique. You're right -- it's very different from boxing. It's quite late here my time, so maybe we can talk later, but yes, it's extremely an nuanced biomechanical maneuver; one of his former students (who I've held the bag for dozens of times) told me it took them 2 years to learn Kimura's reverse punch... a version which was itself two steps removed from the original Shukokai punch that Mr. Tani developed & in turn taught him.
It´s difficult to explain with just words...but all techniques mainly starts from legs, then hip and finally the hand (or leg in kicks). We do use hip twist but very often it´s difficult to see it because tension in stomach makes the hip movement smaller but not less effective.
My only question as a novice to this is. Why are there such great powerful punches and little in the way of keeping your hands up in defensive posture for counters like a boxer would?
@AspiringSanta I was training under Sensai Paul Mitchell just today, and he was explaining a similer concept. this guy is right, it is not under Sensai Paul Mitchell
@piano0011 Hey, I am currently 3rd Kyu soon to grade for 2nd Kyu. We are definitly talking about the same Paul Mitchel, as he also has a son of the same profession called Sensai Ronan. No sorry, although i have family in Austraila and visit often, I live in Auckland New Zealand, and train under Sensai Andrew Kowanjko, who is a major student of Paul.
I miss the Shukokai power training. Nobody has even heard of it here in Japan. Who ever is holding the pad would be better off standing in Zenkutsu dachi whith the wider deeper stance. They way you won't move back so much on impact.
You've all got a tendency to come up/elevate yourself when delivering a strike. This would indicate that some of your kinetic energy is behind projected upwards, and is therefore lost, being of no use to you.
Have you looked at the impact when they hit on the pads?!? You stand in front of these guys and tell me the Kinect energy lost from their gradual elevation during their punches are useless, when you are on the receiving end of the the strikes! Perhaps, you post yourself to display how effective you are at maintaining your kinetic energy during movement for a strike!!!!??...
Morningstar the practice of striking with a wind up is just practice for the techniques when done without, it's just a practice routine, not the end result, which is next to no wind up and a double hip movement prior to striking...it's probably one of the most high impacts in traditional martial arts
There is no rotation of the fist? They all seem to be punching with vertical fists.. which is somewhat unusual since I do Shukokai and have been taught to turn the fist upon impact.. Also the fist does not seem to be in chamber on the hip? I guess things are done very differently even within the same style..
Goldberg san. A bit late in the day but Excellent video!!! I had 2 questions:
1. What style is this?
2. At about the 1 minute mark, I see the black belts hitting the foam pad with a vertical fist. Is this intentional? Why are they not twisting the punch?
I love the way they are practising being almost limp before they throw their punches
Hello Indraneel. We practice Kimura Shukokai. And as for the vertical fist. Sometime we just practise the throw of the extremities, with the power generated out of the ground through the hara and dropping weight. What you saw was obviously a snippet of what we do. Sometimes we practise perfect form. Sometimes... we just hit. Osu !
@@AlanGoldberg Thank you for your reply Alan! The vertical fist was of interest to me as I practise Isshinryu, a karate style that exclusively uses the vertical fist. Your dojo and your colleagues are awesome. Respect from India!! Domo-arigato .......
One of them was my sensei
Kimura the judo master?
No, that’s Masahiko Kimura. The founder of Kimura Shukokai was Shigeru Kimura.
in 3 days I'm going for my first Dan i Shukokai so i am in no way an expert so i have a question, at 5:20 where the guy touches the floor, turns around and hits the pad, his elbow is out, a swinging action. now I'm told that your elbow is meant to be in, am i wrong or this just a training technique i have yet to uncover.
OUS!
Hi, my husband Matt Loebenstein trained with Sensei Mymoena Toffa at the Brooklyn dogo. Do you know if she is still teaching and where she based?
OSU. Thanks for the positive comments
decent impact but is not double hip and they are not relaxed locks for impact
Kimura Shukokai progression of Tani-Ha Shukokai's double hip action.
did u reg. those two in my name?
Hmm... Those defensive hands are definitely up there. Not much of a boxer myself, but the guard hand is definitely up there.
ОГУ. Привет из Южной Африки.
Question to the uploader... Does Samurai Dojo mean it's under Paul Mitchell's organisation?
@kidokan111 my Sensei has me train with one. And hold one.. Though tbh I can't remember using the softer ones so can't compare
Super*****
I'll pass your comments on to Sensei. Mail me your name so he knows who it is.
Damn, you could break someone's ribs!
its not the style, its the person.
Regular foam. Well pounded. 1,000 x 1,000!
Osu!
keep your hands up..you need to train good to be a champion
@wapoa There is a Table View dojo... Details below:
Physical Address:
113 Circle Road
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@kingofpopfan1 Kimura Shukokai Karate
to attain effectiveness, proficiency, one must attain some higher level of efficacy, along with general overall fitness. So many , now including myself at 73 .....have that huge waistline indicative of greater need to be mentally robust. I see NOT that here.
OSU. We're all a bit older from the time we recorded this video. I'm approaching 70 this year... waistline is mainly under control, but we still train... and train... and train
@alang0ldberg Thank You, I was just curios since if I recall right Paul Mitchell's organisation was named Samurai Karate International.. That is why I asked my question. I keep coming back to this video :P my Sensei liked it very much as well, said it reminds him how they used to practice real karate :)
@chikarakarate OSU!!
From the beginning, those first punches have no guard hand up at all. They're just taking big shots at the pad with the left hand all the way down.
does anyone out there remember the old polystsyrine pads we used to use no give in them at all sure toughened the holder (or killed them ) lol only kidding gr8 vid by the way :-)
OSU!
kovan näköstä puuhaa...
of course every body can choose how to practice karate, but a little bit more technique and less power would be karate-like
We disagree... Unfortunately I find too much technique not enough power in most peoples and styles. 6 months of MMA should not allow a Black Belt of many years to be defeated easily. On this occasion, I have a high confidence these guys can actually fight... Not just do demos. But I understand your point of view.