Demonstration Shotokan Karate in Hawaii Sensei Shojiro Koyama 8th degree JKA black belt

[Glock2218]

True Shotokan involves the application of your hips. You see none during the kata but not much attention is paid to the hips here as you can see that  his belt is un even. True practitioners know what I'm talking about.

[BelloBudo007]

What the??? I just can't watch this demo any longer. What's the point in him doing the first few moves of Tekki Sandan and then demonstrating something completely different against an assistant? Perhaps the guy is incredibly clever and I'm missing something here.

[topoderoso]

i started to train martial arts in 85 under one of his students in Hermosillo in Mexico at age 5 now i live of and from the martial arts i am a 4th degree in American Kenpo and own my dojo i teach MMA sport karate, kenpo, and kick boxing but where i learned to love the martial arts was with sensei Cesar Figueroa, and many times i had seminars with sensei Koyama and had all my test under him, great memorys from my time in shoto kan

[1nyer]

Koyama has always been a great teacher. He not only shows you karate, but incorporates ancient stories, and life lessons as well. I'm a Judo black belt and brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete but i have profound respect for Sensei Koyama's JKA Karate.

[AndrewTooyak]

I remember training with him back in the day :) I love his ki ai! Ossu

[1nyer]

@AndrewTooyak

I used to train with Sensei Koyama at ASU back in the early 90s. Excellent teacher.

[AndrewTooyak]

@1nyer I always remembered his warm-up drill where you would swing your arms back and forth and then throw a choko-tsuki :)

I agree, very inspiring teacher.

[1nyer]

@AndrewTooyak Do you remember his black belt assistant, the bald guy with a black beard. His name was Terry. He was Excellent as well.

[AndrewTooyak]

@1nyer No, I don't think I met him. How about Sensei Yaguchi or Okazaki, has anyone trained with them before? We are so lucky to have met these wonderful people, no?

[Bassai]

Cool. Very rare a JKA teacher would demonstrate bunkai like this. I wish there were more of the likes of Koyama sensei in the organization. This is a great demo of classical Shotokan Karate as taught by Funakoshi himself. You could see more of the Okinawan roots and less of the Japanese sport influence. Refreshing! Ossu!