Gogen Yamaguchi 2.

[Lee7676]

gogen yamaguchi sensei was the teacher of oyama masutasu kyokushin karate founder.

[DrDM1]

I was a student of Gogen Yamaguchi, Sensei. The reason you do not appreciate the cat stance is because you do not understand it or practiced it long and hard enough to appreciate it. The nekoashidachi is the most difficult stand to use correctly but also the fastest!

[midgeman18]

At like the 45 second mark are those elbows to the face?

[mmacritics]

You can truly sence the spirit of Karate in this video. Amazing to see what kind of discipline they had in those days.

Thank you for the video :)

//mmacritic

[Sasukingu]

2:49 The footage of the forest and later the waterfall are beautifull, makes me feel really really proud student of Goju Ryu.

[dyania23]

@Sasukingu damn right you are. me too!

[ITTOLING]

Si Kucing, pendiri IKGA

[tokaidosan]

Jyu Kumite scene was ridicuolous. Too weak . These fighters probably wont afford a jka FIghter or any other Professional from Martial Arts.This is Karate at their worst

[WarriorBoy]

@tokaidosan: Learn some respect. These are videos of young men practicing, everybody looks awkward while learning. But in these days martial arts were practiced in earnest, and to say that this is Karate at it's worst is as much an insult as it is a miscalculation.

Karate at it's worst would be the black belt factories and McDojos that many American schools have devolved into since the 80's. This was a time when the art was truly respected.

[LeComte13]

Wonderful Kumite scene! Really like cats!

Oss!

[shadowwarrior03]

Is it true that Yamaguchi once killed a tiger bare-handed, after shrugging off being tortured by his Chinese captors?

[OkinawaT]

Todo un documental historico

[ivanster1]

this is a fukin old shit!

[kungfuxdrummer]

wow..osu!

[psp1c]

Okinawan goju is better yamaguchi really wasnt that good he messd up katas and made them all wired -i mena think about it they wer form japan to okinawa yea yamaguchi didnt have anyone to ask if anything was wrong --i mean he couldnt call him --well this is a bad interpitation of goju -

[SleepyMastermind]

Wow... The Cat himself ! And the music is inspirational ! What's the name of the track ? Who's the composer ? Good video !

[shogunmark]

songs called Ceylon Winds

[SleepyMastermind]

Thanks buddy.

[Khomradeigor]

Even his mullet was badass.

[SON0KONG]

ahhhhh damn i have to agree freegin hilarious the other funny thing is just how shows what you should strike with

[melomalomix]

oss

[wapcake]

I really like the cat stance for kumite. i do not go as low as i do in kihon but i think because i have strong legs and a small upper body it is eraser for me than for others. I like it because it allows me to keep my head back and out of range.

[shogunmark]

We take what works for us. Cat stance is mostly a defensive stance, we all do a version of it as we back away.

[anhkhoinguyen]

yeah the cat stance is great, its the only stance we really do in muay thai if you ever seen a muay thai fight we we do the tiger walk or what you guys would call the cat stance. great video btw karates a wonder style.

[roundhouseJIZZ]

wait, did he have toenails?

[singhakabuttar]

it didnt look like he had any toenails.

[logpos]

I never believed in cat-stance kumite, even though i've been in the ikga for years.

[shogunmark]

No, not comfortable for me, don't like to be on the back foot .

[clashb]

Goju ryu owns!

[SallyMyers1991]

Love 'The Cat'. Read in a martial arts' book called From lee to Li that he stopped someone shooting him by kicking the gun out of their hand, and once killed a tiger empty-handed.

[blueprophet9]

A tiger? ehhhh...

[mrrayco]

LOL... You have no idea what your looking at do you....

[majin2912]

@SallyMyers1991 yeah the tiger story is actually true from what my instructors say. Pretty scary to think that Yamaguchi sensei killed an 800lb animal with his bare hands

[GojuBob]

A fascinating glimpse of how things used to be! Thanks for this, McCarthy san!

[nethaji79]

Real salute to my Grand Master,OSHU.

[caguamamon]

the cat! what beautifull techniques!

[twokon]

woow

[mightydagon]

The Cat himself!!

[gojupsy]

Great post!!!!

Thx a lot