Funny thing about BlueBreeze64 - he said he trained personally with Higoanna Sensei in the seventies & eighties - considering his profile says he is 32 years old, he must have been a very talented infant!
BlueBreeze, FWIW, have you considered what you may be like at the age of 70 in the martial arts? Will you be as critical about yourself as you are Higaonna Sensei?
Martial arts definitely takes a toll on a body. So what if he doesn't do a spinning back kick, I can only imagine that I would STILL not want to be attacking him from behind anyways. I am willing to be his karate now may resemble Okinawan Te as it was first developed. No flash, pea cocking, just straight to the point and effective.
The physical difficulties of this kata are now beyond Higaonna. His balance is no longer adequate as he no longer does the final spin kick. We all get old and @ 72 he is setting a bad exmple for others who copy his technique.
Also i agree with JFKCotter Higaonna is not a 'living national treasure' and you should not call him.
@Bluebreeze64 Very disappointed at your arrogance and lack of respect. Yes, Sensei is aging, but don't forget that what most of us know as Goju Ryu in the world today is BECAUSE of him. He is and always will be a "treasure" in the minds of thousands of traditional Okinawan Goju Ryu practitioners. You should be ashamed to post something like this. I am leaving it up so the world can see your true character.
Again we have this unthinking fanboy worship. Of course you will not have trained with Higaonna in the 70s and 80s (I did) or with Miyazato at the Jundokan as I did so let's not go around calling names until you really know what you are talking about. I'll give you some good advice. Do as I did. Find a young Higaonna in his thirties training hard in Japan right now and go train with him. Don't look for a 72 year old to make your karate better. They can't. They had their day.
We do not care about your opinions of masters. We only know our place as students to these masters. Karate is not just about skill it is about loyalty and dedication also. I hope one day you will understand this. I do not know your age or rank or even skill level, nor do I truly care. But what I do care about it the etiquette of Budo. And I know for sure, disrespecting someone in public, even if they were in front of you, is wrong...
Where is the disrespect. Isn't so called budo about truth. The truth is what it is. I simply said what is obvious. I learned from Higaonna when he was 32 and he was the best. If you think he can teach you to be strong at his advanced age now you are wrong. Karate is just physical activity (there is no budo in Karate- that is just a thing Karate copied from the Koryu schools of Japan) Find young strong skillful teachers and stop looking for mythical 'masters'
@Bluebreeze64 you probably trained with Higaonna Sensei hoping to be famous, and you never got there because you never had the ambition, so now...instead of saying the sad and disrespectful things to his face, you mumble them online, as if you are better. It's not just about physical...you have no idea of the true concepts of karate, is it just breaking objects to you?. The youth may be stronger but no one is unbeatable...there will always be someone better no matter what.
Please, correct the name of the kata. thanks.
malasangre 2 months ago
Funny thing about BlueBreeze64 - he said he trained personally with Higoanna Sensei in the seventies & eighties - considering his profile says he is 32 years old, he must have been a very talented infant!
tampamartialarts 1 year ago
@tampamartialarts
In 2010, M. Higaonna is 72, so 40 years ago, when he was 32, Bluebreeze was not even born :)
Or may be he's older than indicated in his profile.
But, Bluebreeze also pretend to practice MMA. So he's the new Randy Couture !!! Or just an other mythomaniac...
Kagemaru999 1 year ago
BlueBreeze, FWIW, have you considered what you may be like at the age of 70 in the martial arts? Will you be as critical about yourself as you are Higaonna Sensei?
Martial arts definitely takes a toll on a body. So what if he doesn't do a spinning back kick, I can only imagine that I would STILL not want to be attacking him from behind anyways. I am willing to be his karate now may resemble Okinawan Te as it was first developed. No flash, pea cocking, just straight to the point and effective.
Natebaber 1 year ago
Karate is just physical activity? What an extraordinarily shallow thing to say!
GojuBob 1 year ago
The physical difficulties of this kata are now beyond Higaonna. His balance is no longer adequate as he no longer does the final spin kick. We all get old and @ 72 he is setting a bad exmple for others who copy his technique.
Also i agree with JFKCotter Higaonna is not a 'living national treasure' and you should not call him.
Bluebreeze64 1 year ago
@Bluebreeze64 Very disappointed at your arrogance and lack of respect. Yes, Sensei is aging, but don't forget that what most of us know as Goju Ryu in the world today is BECAUSE of him. He is and always will be a "treasure" in the minds of thousands of traditional Okinawan Goju Ryu practitioners. You should be ashamed to post something like this. I am leaving it up so the world can see your true character.
tampamartialarts 1 year ago 3
@tampamartialarts
Again we have this unthinking fanboy worship. Of course you will not have trained with Higaonna in the 70s and 80s (I did) or with Miyazato at the Jundokan as I did so let's not go around calling names until you really know what you are talking about. I'll give you some good advice. Do as I did. Find a young Higaonna in his thirties training hard in Japan right now and go train with him. Don't look for a 72 year old to make your karate better. They can't. They had their day.
Bluebreeze64 1 year ago
@Bluebreeze64
Mr. Bluebreeze.
We do not care about your opinions of masters. We only know our place as students to these masters. Karate is not just about skill it is about loyalty and dedication also. I hope one day you will understand this. I do not know your age or rank or even skill level, nor do I truly care. But what I do care about it the etiquette of Budo. And I know for sure, disrespecting someone in public, even if they were in front of you, is wrong...
I hope you understand this...
brasshandmartialarts 1 year ago
@brasshandmartialarts
Where is the disrespect. Isn't so called budo about truth. The truth is what it is. I simply said what is obvious. I learned from Higaonna when he was 32 and he was the best. If you think he can teach you to be strong at his advanced age now you are wrong. Karate is just physical activity (there is no budo in Karate- that is just a thing Karate copied from the Koryu schools of Japan) Find young strong skillful teachers and stop looking for mythical 'masters'
Bluebreeze64 1 year ago
@Bluebreeze64 you probably trained with Higaonna Sensei hoping to be famous, and you never got there because you never had the ambition, so now...instead of saying the sad and disrespectful things to his face, you mumble them online, as if you are better. It's not just about physical...you have no idea of the true concepts of karate, is it just breaking objects to you?. The youth may be stronger but no one is unbeatable...there will always be someone better no matter what.
brasshandmartialarts 1 year ago
Even at the age of 70, Sensei Higaonna is absolutely amazing! No wonder he is considered a living treasure in Japan.
hhk213 1 year ago