Jodan age uke

[deathskunk3]

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[OXCerberusX0]

this guy is so god damn good.

[picoaga]

the first block was in less than a sec, wow!

[Grantboy11]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrTerryKay]

Please tell the camera man that more focus on your great technique is more impressive than the greyness of your belt. I found it hard to watch your skills to the full. This is purely constructive to the film crew. We are interested in the technique and not the belts decay. Experience is obvious to those with knowledge. Those without will be more impressed watching Tom Cruise or The Matrix etc for their inspiration. GREAT TECHNIQUE. MORE MORE MORE!!

[chrissic21]

@MrTerryKay-are you referring to the focus on the hip rotation?

[MrTerryKay]

@chrissic21

The technique is an absolute thing of beauty. The camera work, however isn't. You see a split second of technique and a long, long, ponderous, lingering look at his belt. I personally ain't interested in what washing powder he uses or how his belt hangs. I am more eager to see his actual technique on screen.

[AtzemitderGlatze]

@MrTerryKay

I agree that a longer view of the full technique would be nice, nonetheless i think chrissic21 is right when he says that the camera man wanted to focus rather on the hip rotation than on the belt. After all the hip is where the power of this technique comes from. And kagawa's hip usage is absolutely breathtaking.

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[MrTerryKay]

@AtzemitderGlatze

I can see your point, but that same foundation of a strong hip rotation is just as obvious without microscope close up detail. It's probably even better enhanced when seen in relation to his legs. A bit like those guess the object pictures from very close in. Sometime closeness, instead of showing something off, masks it. To truly admire a painting or, for that matter, any other work of art, we step back.

[L0rdTT]

in our karate we call it just jodan uke

[brinnonvallere]

im really starting to like this instructor, his techniques are exceptional

[lin2k4]

Those sound effects are real!?

[term02]

wow! listen to that gi snapping!

[44IsoO]

A kime like HELL! O_O

[alexgracey]

Nice block and hip twist. Also very solid front stance. Glad to see some real martial arts. And as well all know, MMA people are morons when it comes to any sort of real martial arts.

[cumanagoto]

Real Karate! Are you talking about Shuri-Te, Tomari-Te or Nahate? Or are you talking about the karate taught by Sensei Gichin Funakoshi upon his arrival in Japan or the Karate that he developed and taught to the Japanese.

[Pressurecorpus14]

mma guys say karate blocks dont work- i say, fight this man and find out! :)

[masserby]

Usually in sparring I use light blocks or evasion, and never quite understood why we put such power into these blocks. Then the other day I was attacked in the street and as I had my back to a railing couldn't evade. So I stepped in with all my weight behing age uke as this guy tried to punch me in the head. He bounced off fell over and then ran away. They work.

[osensei2987]

@masserby They also make good arm breakers! If you ever wonder why we put our chambering hand on our hips, It's so that you can get used to grabbing and pulling with the chambering hand while you use ur free hand to strike or break. Age uke, chudan uke, soto uke can all be used to break a limb while it's being pull by the chambering hand. But ppl think we chamber our hand for the purpose of preparing to punch. No! That hand is supposed to be pulling something (cloths, limbs, etc.).

[wapcake]

THese videos of Kagawa sensei make all the others look like garbage. This is real Karate.

[nintai79]

great kime!!! especially the first one

[vsean2u]

is this guy human

[DanielWebsterCollege]

Wow amazing! when he executed the Jodan age uke it looks as if for 0.1 of a second he was in the air by the momentum of his arm.

[feher75]

this is the best jodan age uke i never see

[Crashbandicootlover]

woah, we call it Jodan uke

[charger089]

Age mean rising.

[nintai79]

uke means block jodan is only the hight of a technique and the right name for this block is age uke

[charger089]

Jodan is for the head level

Age is for the rising motion

Uke is for blocking

So Jodan Age Uke mean rising block to the head (or something like that, my english isn't really good, as your japanese).

[jalwardo]

Another translation for "uke" is accept or receive. Which makes sense given the redirection action these blocks should have.

[osensei2987]

@nintai79 Correct you are! Jodan mean upper level. Whereas age uke means rising block. So saying "jodan age uke" is actually being redundant as in "upper level, rising block".

[shatterhandeve]

@Crashbandicootlover is the naming so important ? 

[Crashbandicootlover]

@shatterhandeve No, did I say that it was important?

[Hotora86]

Wow, excellent hip movement!