Firstly, this guy is amazing, not gonna bother going into detail, he just is! Secondly, you can't compare this to MMA, they're totally different things, Karate is an ancient martial ART, MMA is a SPORT, and has no-one thought about the fact that mma means MIXED MARTIAL ARTS!!! Some of those guys probably use shotokan others, mui thai, whatever, dont compare them!
@OMFGDmanrules 1 person uses shotokan sucessfully,machida,1 person in 17 yrs.Yahara is a great karateka but this isnt fighting,its a points match with heavy contact allowed by appearance.
With Yahara Sensei, the fight isn't over until your opponent has stopped moving (or breathing!): he is just as dangerous on the ground as he is on his feet. And I have great respect for the"ukeni" - his training and demonstration partners: Sensei Yahara's version of control is to leave bruises, rather than lay you out cold. Very much looking forward to training with him in a couple of weeks - and just a bit scared, too!
@twodeltas he has never done any substantial grappling training,hed be totally useless on the ground as would everyone without years of training.He has a great spirit though and could be trained for mma if he was motivated and in his prime just like machida.
I wish people would stop this comparing, MMA is a SPORT not actual life and death fighting. Some things work and some don't use what you can when you can in plus it's called Mixed Martial Arts so it's whatever you wanna throw together to make your own unique style.
for those who thinks that only mma is the only right way.. think to this, in a real no rule fight any blu belt or better may defeat a lot of mma fighter with NUKITE in an eye. (for those that don't know nukite, the first time you study nukite in shotokan is at yellow belt , HEIAN NIDAN)
real karate teach mortal technics, but the laws and the modern training methods avoid to teach those blows.
MMA teach to have real good timing and the feel whit blows
for those who thinks that only mma is the only right way... think to this, in a real no rule fight any blu belt or better may defeat a lot of mma fighter with NUKITE in an eye. (for those that don't know nukite, the first time you study nukite in shotokan is at yellow belt , HEIAN NIDAN)
real karate teach mortal technics, but the laws and the modern training methods avoid to teach those blows.
MMA teach to have real good timing and the feel whit blows
ichi geki hisatsu ,killing with on blow sensei yahara is one of the masters in it.he could be so badass the ufc or mma fighters never dreamed of it .either Permanent it could be damages or death.
i wonder how many of the muay thai guys who comment know that even their style originally had "kata" or some type of forms before it became commercialized and sport focused? hmmmm
i love these people who come out with these comments,if you do judo,watch judo highlights,if you do muay thai,watch muay thai,but to make stupid comments about this particular karate-ka then,you have not done your research,better still save up the air-fare,go to the K.W.F in Tokyo and voice your opinion to Yahara Sensei in person!!
I do not know but I can tell you that the champion from brasil desndency figths in the MMA uses powerful punching and kinking that many of then have knock down separing from jujitsu that brasilian is dangerus standin up I think posible that guy learned in japan
ok hahaha none of this hapens like that the real life is alot faster and believe me you dont have time to jump around chairs and kick the best demostrations are the kumites between high level black belts where they rlly fight for points like in half vid. XD
Ok people like fireking9934 make me laugh lol. MMA fighters train for competition (sport). Martial Artists train for self defense and combat. In the "cage" they maybe wouldn't win, but on the "streets" the are many death blows and trapping that can stop all the strikes from an MMA fighter. I have seen it.
Im a judoka ( dont have any relation with muay thai or kickboxing), and i have to tell you that muay thai trains lots of killing techniques (elbow in the head, round kick to the neck....) not even to mention muay boran!
Long live Judo!! :) but ya iv trained both traditional and modern muay thai im not supper impressed with the modern but baron and Chaiya are very good. Traditional is very different from modern. i have a lot of respect for the art, and for judo too ;D OSS!
perhaps modern muay thai is not extremely impressive, but you have to see the fact that it´s a competition sport now, and that´s the why it might seem "softer" than traditionnal, because they have forbidden lots of techniques....however MT is very effective!!! be sure if i hadn´t weak knees I´d train some MT 2! :)
if you are training for ring fighting and full contact training with in the same fashion is very important
thai pads and mits are very important for developing good free flowing combination's
and i my self do work a lot of knees and elbows. did you know in fact all the exact same techniques are available hidden within the kata of karate im just asking cuz most ppl have no idea.
I didn´t know but i suppose Karatedo must be also much more complex, but certainly suffers the same restrictions of competition than other martial arts, and that have pushed karate to seem the gay brother of muay thai because of including too much techniques into kinshi waza...how many katas exist in karate?
in shotokan by its self 26. but if karateka want to fight in full contact and with less restrictions k1, sanshou, muay thai, mma, kyokushin, boxing are all open for them to compete in and would not require any or much adjustments.
but i do think that maybe more karatedo dojos should make it possible for students to train for those events and make the necessary types of training available but lately there have been more karateka fighting in full contact events
thank you so much for your nice comment man....finally someone that knows about martial arts and respects muay thai even if he does something different ....i am a muay thai but i really respect grabling
i have trained with Yahara many times, I have also been his opponent during the class, let me tell all of you this guy is the business, he can hit like no other, If you have not trained with him, dont make comments about how he is not that great , believe me he is.
vous croyez encore au pere noel,in y a que des combattants qui s entrainent dur pendant des annees ,mais les invincibles ca n existe pas ,et surtout pas lui,va faire un film c est du cinema ,il serait bon ,allons arretez de rever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Je faisais partie, avec quelques amis, des clients dont il parle lors de ce fameux combat contre ces 34 yakuzas . Je confirme donc tout ce qui est dit à ce sujet et ce qu'il en raconte. Par contre il n'a pas été bodyguard mais, dès le début (en 75 si mes souvenirs sont bons) patron de sa compagnie de sécurité et, il s'est toujours impliqué physiquement dans les actions délicates.
haha lol yeah normally also it is a gift people like those profs are gited with it they are born with it in their genes and of course also a lot of training!
hmm, nah I don't believe in "it's into their genes" the only difference between those people and others is how much they are willing to sacrifice to reach their goal.
the only difference between successful people and non-successful people is that the successful people are willing to lose something to reach what they want while the non-successful people are wondering what they're doing wrong while sitting safely at home.
hmmmmmmbwaaaah yeah ok u gotta a point but certainly the most are gifted with it lol for beeing a good karate-ka u must have everything the basic things from beginiing u can pick up direclty one somebdoy who is new and u can see already f he can do it or no
it really amaze me too read silly comments like this. My friend, I am also a first done and I just noticed that my learning of Karate has just started, even I practised it about 8 years. 4 years in Turkey, 4 years in England.
1st Dan in Shotokan and you make a comment like that? Perhaps you should do a little research into Sensei Yahara and some of the old school JKA instructors. If you aren't aware of their legacy and contributions to Shotokan, then I wonder which "McDojo" gave you your Shodan...
Sifu Yang Ming would rip these guys apart. Of course, Master Funakoshi would rip Sifu Yang Ming Apart; from what little Kata footage I saw of Funakoshi, he wasn't "sharp" or "ferocious," but damn it was well near flawless. Smooth and perfect. Being a wuss sucks; not strong enough to do a Kata 1,000 times in a day like you're supposed to.....
Yahara has a private security company now, but when he was in his 40's he was working as a bodyguard. One day, 34 low-rank Yakuza members wanted to beat up one of Yahara's clients. Yahara faced them and defeated some of them in hand-to-hand combat, while the rest escaped. He was threatened for death by the boss of the Yakuza that Yahara beated up because he refuesed to pay the hospital of those men. After more than 20 years Yahara still alive...
does anyone know how to do a Kiai that doesn't involve screaming? Let me explain myself; a scream is a scream, but a Kiai is a Kiai. There is actually a difference. If your vocal chords are sore after doing a Kiai, its not being done properly. There is a specific way to do it, but, no one in either Japan or Okinawa knows anymore.... how terrible.
OK I know what you're talking about but saying "no one in either Japan or Okinawa knows anymore" is just ignorant. Basically a Kiai a moment of total concentration, the shout is just very helpful but not obligatory.
I used loud Kiai only during exhibitions, the rest of the time it is just letting all the air in your body out and firm muscular contration. It comes naturally once you use your body properly. The power must come from the stomach and hips, it is what gives you the power to use your limbs a fast as possible.
with so many karate master look-alikes it's a joy seeing a true karate master in action here. What i see here is not only a superb fighter but also an artist at work.
Most of the footage of the young Yahara is from approximately 1982 or 1983. He was 35 or 36 years old. He was apparently at his most rattlesnake like at age 29 or 30, in 1976. At that point, anybody who took a 3rd or 4th dan test (any Japanese guy, for sure) probably had to fight him. That couldn't have been amusing. He was a dangerous guy at age 40.
UFC is still a sport with rules. I don't think that Yahara Shihan as a professional body guard, is a sportsman, even though he used to compete. Lets face it, how often is a street fight one on one, wrestling on the ground is a sure way to get your head stomped in by ones opponents buddy. Real fighting karate transfers perfectly to the street. Change the gyaku zuki with the fist into a nukite attack, and check the results. If proper karate was allows in MMA there would be a lot of fatalities.
Who cares about MMA? Every martial arts video on youtube is followed by shed loads of comments about how the person would do in MMA. Mikio Yahara is a hard man and has proved it on many occasions. There's nothing wrong with MMA, but it's not the be all and end all.
i disagree is he was allowed in MMA alot of people will b accidently knocked out if not crippled...look at his he truly practices the "the one hit kill" my theory, he had pretty much incorperated into his instincts, any challenger that takes him on gets injuried if not knocked out by strikes, my guess is any fighter: ufc or not that gets in range are as good as road kill unless they have very good plan for being in his circle
Awsome.Yahara Sensei in UFC? If you look at any Karate Kata there are a lot of strikes that, while ideal for the street, would be considerd illeagal in the UFC - collar bone strikes, various strikes to the neck, groin & joint stikes as well as pressure points. All of these techniqes would not be allowed in the UFC therefore negating a very substatial part of Karate. UFC is just kickboxing & wrestling, its strenth Vs strenth with most of the equilising techniqes removed.
What makes you think someone fighting in the UFC isnt also capable of collar bone strikes, neck strikes, groin and joint strikes as well as pressure points? It's not limited to karate you know, and someone with an understanding of grappling will be able to execute a many other illegal moves if you happen to get close.
Philmoscowitz , I too would like to see this guy in an MMA arena. Sadly, while it's an excellent exhibition, the truth is he would be marmalized! Shotokan tournament fighting bears no resemblance to the skills needed in MMA.
i'd like to see someone like Yahara enter the UFC/Pride. the MMA rules would put a lot of constraints on what he could do, but maybe his punches and kicks would be enough. plus, give him 9 months of BJJ or other grappling training.
Firstly, this guy is amazing, not gonna bother going into detail, he just is! Secondly, you can't compare this to MMA, they're totally different things, Karate is an ancient martial ART, MMA is a SPORT, and has no-one thought about the fact that mma means MIXED MARTIAL ARTS!!! Some of those guys probably use shotokan others, mui thai, whatever, dont compare them!
OMFGDmanrules 7 months ago
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I AGREE...THIS ART HERE IS SACRED AND MORE BEAUTIFUL
merikareimhotep 2 months ago
@OMFGDmanrules 1 person uses shotokan sucessfully,machida,1 person in 17 yrs.Yahara is a great karateka but this isnt fighting,its a points match with heavy contact allowed by appearance.
scarred10 1 month ago
wow no wonder those asain make good fighting movies there alwas fakeing it
mdimmok 7 months ago
With Yahara Sensei, the fight isn't over until your opponent has stopped moving (or breathing!): he is just as dangerous on the ground as he is on his feet. And I have great respect for the"ukeni" - his training and demonstration partners: Sensei Yahara's version of control is to leave bruises, rather than lay you out cold. Very much looking forward to training with him in a couple of weeks - and just a bit scared, too!
twodeltas 9 months ago
@twodeltas he has never done any substantial grappling training,hed be totally useless on the ground as would everyone without years of training.He has a great spirit though and could be trained for mma if he was motivated and in his prime just like machida.
scarred10 1 month ago
the swiftness of his strikes astound me.
no, really they do. my eyes are like this O_O
piggypoo 11 months ago
Wow very excellent Video ! ! !
Thank You for posting on the YouTube..
Such an incredible athelete with so many great accomplishments..
5 STARS all the way around ! ! !
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Studied under Sugimoto with Frank Cruz. Florida U.S.A.
patrizia1usa 1 year ago
I wish people would stop this comparing, MMA is a SPORT not actual life and death fighting. Some things work and some don't use what you can when you can in plus it's called Mixed Martial Arts so it's whatever you wanna throw together to make your own unique style.
Ninjamateo 1 year ago 2
I PRACTICE MMA AND SHOOKAN SINCE 20 YEARS
for those who thinks that only mma is the only right way.. think to this, in a real no rule fight any blu belt or better may defeat a lot of mma fighter with NUKITE in an eye. (for those that don't know nukite, the first time you study nukite in shotokan is at yellow belt , HEIAN NIDAN)
real karate teach mortal technics, but the laws and the modern training methods avoid to teach those blows.
MMA teach to have real good timing and the feel whit blows
nico52015 1 year ago
I PRACTICE MMA AND SHOOKAN SINCE 20 YEARS
for those who thinks that only mma is the only right way... think to this, in a real no rule fight any blu belt or better may defeat a lot of mma fighter with NUKITE in an eye. (for those that don't know nukite, the first time you study nukite in shotokan is at yellow belt , HEIAN NIDAN)
real karate teach mortal technics, but the laws and the modern training methods avoid to teach those blows.
MMA teach to have real good timing and the feel whit blows
nico52015 1 year ago
ichi geki hisatsu ,killing with on blow sensei yahara is one of the masters in it.he could be so badass the ufc or mma fighters never dreamed of it .either Permanent it could be damages or death.
tonay9 1 year ago
muito legal
willalbuqueruque 1 year ago
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itotsu1 1 year ago
Which kata is he doing around 6:00 ?
Troelsff 1 year ago
@Troelsff That would be Unsu, by many considered as the highest kata.
my2opinion 1 year ago
@my2opinion Wonder why :P the jump at 6:24 seems hard to perform
Troelsff 1 year ago
@Troelsff Kata Empi.
itotsu1 1 year ago
@Troelsff That kata at 6:00ish is Unsu judging by the jump.
NATOFOXX 3 months ago
Excepcional.
jjav1975 1 year ago
Mikio Yahara would kill any mma guy literally...
FLCL4EVER1 1 year ago
@FLCL4EVER1
Lol you watch too many movies man
4c00h 1 year ago
Lo admiro buen Espiritu Guerrero.
sotomayor108 1 year ago
i wonder how many of the muay thai guys who comment know that even their style originally had "kata" or some type of forms before it became commercialized and sport focused? hmmmm
karatemanbeau 1 year ago
i love these people who come out with these comments,if you do judo,watch judo highlights,if you do muay thai,watch muay thai,but to make stupid comments about this particular karate-ka then,you have not done your research,better still save up the air-fare,go to the K.W.F in Tokyo and voice your opinion to Yahara Sensei in person!!
itotsu1 1 year ago 2
weak
newsungod 1 year ago
o q é isso?:D
ronaldo87cruz 1 year ago
This is man is one BOSS!!!!!
TITAN081345 2 years ago
OS.
MoCcIoSa93 2 years ago
AWESOME
jimmcom 2 years ago
I do not know but I can tell you that the champion from brasil desndency figths in the MMA uses powerful punching and kinking that many of then have knock down separing from jujitsu that brasilian is dangerus standin up I think posible that guy learned in japan
masterartes 2 years ago
Respects to this man. Oss!
telbanage 2 years ago 3
Legend
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ok hahaha none of this hapens like that the real life is alot faster and believe me you dont have time to jump around chairs and kick the best demostrations are the kumites between high level black belts where they rlly fight for points like in half vid. XD
raulurrutia 2 years ago
1 vs 34 yakuzas :o
AxeKickOnYourFace 2 years ago 2
fuck me dead. superb!
shorin2006 2 years ago
do you guys think he could do good in mma, like could he beat chuck lidell or something
fireking9934 2 years ago
Machida does good in MMA, same art. and yahara etc has a way bigger name in Shotokan Karate as Machida does.
Do the math ;)
Eterud 2 years ago 2
Ok people like fireking9934 make me laugh lol. MMA fighters train for competition (sport). Martial Artists train for self defense and combat. In the "cage" they maybe wouldn't win, but on the "streets" the are many death blows and trapping that can stop all the strikes from an MMA fighter. I have seen it.
kfresh2themax 2 years ago 3
i completely agree with you i was reading up on kuimite in shotokan and it says that in kumite you are training to kill or cripple your opponent
kebabkid46 2 years ago
i think he not only could have beat him but he could have killed him if they were fight
kick boxing only train for knock out karate trains for killing and sensei yahara is good at those techniques
NakhitX 2 years ago 9
Im a judoka ( dont have any relation with muay thai or kickboxing), and i have to tell you that muay thai trains lots of killing techniques (elbow in the head, round kick to the neck....) not even to mention muay boran!
patrickangus16 2 years ago
Long live Judo!! :) but ya iv trained both traditional and modern muay thai im not supper impressed with the modern but baron and Chaiya are very good. Traditional is very different from modern. i have a lot of respect for the art, and for judo too ;D OSS!
NakhitX 2 years ago
perhaps modern muay thai is not extremely impressive, but you have to see the fact that it´s a competition sport now, and that´s the why it might seem "softer" than traditionnal, because they have forbidden lots of techniques....however MT is very effective!!! be sure if i hadn´t weak knees I´d train some MT 2! :)
patrickangus16 2 years ago
i totally agree with you
if you are training for ring fighting and full contact training with in the same fashion is very important
thai pads and mits are very important for developing good free flowing combination's
and i my self do work a lot of knees and elbows. did you know in fact all the exact same techniques are available hidden within the kata of karate im just asking cuz most ppl have no idea.
NakhitX 2 years ago 5
I didn´t know but i suppose Karatedo must be also much more complex, but certainly suffers the same restrictions of competition than other martial arts, and that have pushed karate to seem the gay brother of muay thai because of including too much techniques into kinshi waza...how many katas exist in karate?
patrickangus16 2 years ago
in shotokan by its self 26. but if karateka want to fight in full contact and with less restrictions k1, sanshou, muay thai, mma, kyokushin, boxing are all open for them to compete in and would not require any or much adjustments.
but i do think that maybe more karatedo dojos should make it possible for students to train for those events and make the necessary types of training available but lately there have been more karateka fighting in full contact events
NakhitX 2 years ago
@NakhitX How is ring based sports full contact??? You still have mits/gloves, and linitations.
shikeyboy 1 year ago
thank you so much for your nice comment man....finally someone that knows about martial arts and respects muay thai even if he does something different ....i am a muay thai but i really respect grabling
corfiot21 2 years ago
i have trained with Yahara many times, I have also been his opponent during the class, let me tell all of you this guy is the business, he can hit like no other, If you have not trained with him, dont make comments about how he is not that great , believe me he is.
wulliephimister 2 years ago
He's great, so fast and strong!
GuilhermeBlassioli 2 years ago 3
I've seen a couple of other video clip of Yahara Sensei... one word...ferocious! I especially like his Unsu kata at the end.
rajanaga 3 years ago
he is amazing o.O'
japanese power!
SnipeZ850 3 years ago 3
Awesome video. Name of the last song, please ?
LinuxFr 3 years ago
Yahara is awesome!!!!! :)))
kuronokei1982 3 years ago
va te coucher il a un nivo largement suffisant pour etre maitre.
HBSisGAYY 3 years ago
encore un soit disant maitre,un malheureux,monte sur le ring avc ton cinema et on va voir,tous ca c est pour les profanes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
belovac 3 years ago
ce mec a battu des yakuza armés et a créez sa propre organisation de garde du corps. Ya été bin plus que sur le ring, ya été sa rue !
sonnychiba654 3 years ago
vous croyez encore au pere noel,in y a que des combattants qui s entrainent dur pendant des annees ,mais les invincibles ca n existe pas ,et surtout pas lui,va faire un film c est du cinema ,il serait bon ,allons arretez de rever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
belovac 3 years ago
Je faisais partie, avec quelques amis, des clients dont il parle lors de ce fameux combat contre ces 34 yakuzas . Je confirme donc tout ce qui est dit à ce sujet et ce qu'il en raconte. Par contre il n'a pas été bodyguard mais, dès le début (en 75 si mes souvenirs sont bons) patron de sa compagnie de sécurité et, il s'est toujours impliqué physiquement dans les actions délicates.
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espunk 3 years ago
oooeeeeh wauw 1st dan... how many years did u trained for it? 10 years? haha
zfreak90 3 years ago
It isn't about the belt that you wear or how long that you train but about the progression that you have made.
imo people shouldn't be awarded above 1st dan in under 10 years of training unless they literally train everyday and gain the experience in that way.
Eterud 3 years ago
haha lol yeah normally also it is a gift people like those profs are gited with it they are born with it in their genes and of course also a lot of training!
zfreak90 3 years ago
hmm, nah I don't believe in "it's into their genes" the only difference between those people and others is how much they are willing to sacrifice to reach their goal.
the only difference between successful people and non-successful people is that the successful people are willing to lose something to reach what they want while the non-successful people are wondering what they're doing wrong while sitting safely at home.
Eterud 3 years ago
hmmmmmmbwaaaah yeah ok u gotta a point but certainly the most are gifted with it lol for beeing a good karate-ka u must have everything the basic things from beginiing u can pick up direclty one somebdoy who is new and u can see already f he can do it or no
zfreak90 3 years ago
i heard once he cut a man in 2 half with his bare hand, is it true?
derpestarzt 3 years ago
it really amaze me too read silly comments like this. My friend, I am also a first done and I just noticed that my learning of Karate has just started, even I practised it about 8 years. 4 years in Turkey, 4 years in England.
obuts 3 years ago
correct "done" to "dan". somehow typed it phonetically.
obuts 3 years ago
1st Dan in Shotokan and you make a comment like that? Perhaps you should do a little research into Sensei Yahara and some of the old school JKA instructors. If you aren't aware of their legacy and contributions to Shotokan, then I wonder which "McDojo" gave you your Shodan...
shotokan68 3 years ago
Now THATS Karate!!!! Yahara is my Idol!! Best Shotokan karateka the world has ever seen!
savagewayne1 3 years ago
Sifu Yang Ming would rip these guys apart. Of course, Master Funakoshi would rip Sifu Yang Ming Apart; from what little Kata footage I saw of Funakoshi, he wasn't "sharp" or "ferocious," but damn it was well near flawless. Smooth and perfect. Being a wuss sucks; not strong enough to do a Kata 1,000 times in a day like you're supposed to.....
stardingo747 3 years ago
HE IS THE COOLEST HE IS VERY EXPLOSIF AND HE STILL CNTINU FIGHTING!!! AND HE IS ALOS THE PRETTIEST !!!lol
zfreak90 3 years ago
did he really kill enemy yakuza members and if so for what reason were they after him? Yahara is awesome.
lukkiop 3 years ago
Yahara has a private security company now, but when he was in his 40's he was working as a bodyguard. One day, 34 low-rank Yakuza members wanted to beat up one of Yahara's clients. Yahara faced them and defeated some of them in hand-to-hand combat, while the rest escaped. He was threatened for death by the boss of the Yakuza that Yahara beated up because he refuesed to pay the hospital of those men. After more than 20 years Yahara still alive...
Sheik06 3 years ago 3
wow that's awesome thamks for the info
lukkiop 3 years ago
he's AWESOME !!!
mavin174 3 years ago
great video, shihan yahara is one of my favorites masters =)
juanpiteka 3 years ago
I don't have comment about that Oss from moeketsi lele ezrom tsatsi from South africa under shian malcalm dorfman his my chief instructor
leletsatsi 3 years ago
He is great.
kata33333 3 years ago
He is a good role model for karatekas like me.
kata33333 3 years ago
HAHAHAHAHHA Like you HAHAHAHAHAHA
SteinwayPiano1993 3 years ago
Yes, like him and like me.
makedonija77 3 years ago
A talented martial artist Yahara.
qachaqi 3 years ago
omg nice !! pretty hit in 3 : 56 min ... nice video , amazing! sensei !
alainbenji 4 years ago
does anyone know how to do a Kiai that doesn't involve screaming? Let me explain myself; a scream is a scream, but a Kiai is a Kiai. There is actually a difference. If your vocal chords are sore after doing a Kiai, its not being done properly. There is a specific way to do it, but, no one in either Japan or Okinawa knows anymore.... how terrible.
stardingo747 4 years ago
Really? then tell me, if no one in the world knows anymore, how can you DO know that it is wrong? What are you, funakochi rencarnation or something?
Sheik06 4 years ago 2
OK I know what you're talking about but saying "no one in either Japan or Okinawa knows anymore" is just ignorant. Basically a Kiai a moment of total concentration, the shout is just very helpful but not obligatory.
Hotora86 4 years ago
I used loud Kiai only during exhibitions, the rest of the time it is just letting all the air in your body out and firm muscular contration. It comes naturally once you use your body properly. The power must come from the stomach and hips, it is what gives you the power to use your limbs a fast as possible.
Thunderhouse2 4 years ago
with so many karate master look-alikes it's a joy seeing a true karate master in action here. What i see here is not only a superb fighter but also an artist at work.
raminemami 4 years ago 2
This is well-known to some but so what.
Most of the footage of the young Yahara is from approximately 1982 or 1983. He was 35 or 36 years old. He was apparently at his most rattlesnake like at age 29 or 30, in 1976. At that point, anybody who took a 3rd or 4th dan test (any Japanese guy, for sure) probably had to fight him. That couldn't have been amusing. He was a dangerous guy at age 40.
liquidkata 4 years ago
UFC is still a sport with rules. I don't think that Yahara Shihan as a professional body guard, is a sportsman, even though he used to compete. Lets face it, how often is a street fight one on one, wrestling on the ground is a sure way to get your head stomped in by ones opponents buddy. Real fighting karate transfers perfectly to the street. Change the gyaku zuki with the fist into a nukite attack, and check the results. If proper karate was allows in MMA there would be a lot of fatalities.
andrebertel 4 years ago 3
you said it!!
kumitetom 4 years ago
wonderful!!!!
bmas74 4 years ago
AMASIAN!!!
Monarch3436 4 years ago
3:56 .... !!! pffh
mclteam 4 years ago
Who cares about MMA? Every martial arts video on youtube is followed by shed loads of comments about how the person would do in MMA. Mikio Yahara is a hard man and has proved it on many occasions. There's nothing wrong with MMA, but it's not the be all and end all.
mooseven 4 years ago
i disagree is he was allowed in MMA alot of people will b accidently knocked out if not crippled...look at his he truly practices the "the one hit kill" my theory, he had pretty much incorperated into his instincts, any challenger that takes him on gets injuried if not knocked out by strikes, my guess is any fighter: ufc or not that gets in range are as good as road kill unless they have very good plan for being in his circle
AZNKC 4 years ago
great performance
UlfsPOPP 4 years ago
very nice :D
calicoboricua83 4 years ago
Awsome.Yahara Sensei in UFC? If you look at any Karate Kata there are a lot of strikes that, while ideal for the street, would be considerd illeagal in the UFC - collar bone strikes, various strikes to the neck, groin & joint stikes as well as pressure points. All of these techniqes would not be allowed in the UFC therefore negating a very substatial part of Karate. UFC is just kickboxing & wrestling, its strenth Vs strenth with most of the equilising techniqes removed.
TheOneNo20 4 years ago 6
I couldn't agree more! Well said!
shotokan68 4 years ago
@TheOneNo20
What makes you think someone fighting in the UFC isnt also capable of collar bone strikes, neck strikes, groin and joint strikes as well as pressure points? It's not limited to karate you know, and someone with an understanding of grappling will be able to execute a many other illegal moves if you happen to get close.
4c00h 1 year ago
Philmoscowitz , I too would like to see this guy in an MMA arena. Sadly, while it's an excellent exhibition, the truth is he would be marmalized! Shotokan tournament fighting bears no resemblance to the skills needed in MMA.
PaulGappyNorris 4 years ago
ultra awsome
25500 4 years ago
Awsome !
oghabealborz 4 years ago
wow, watch what yahara does at about 3:55. you think he practiced that, or just improvised it? awesome!
Philmoscowitz 4 years ago
i'd like to see someone like Yahara enter the UFC/Pride. the MMA rules would put a lot of constraints on what he could do, but maybe his punches and kicks would be enough. plus, give him 9 months of BJJ or other grappling training.
Philmoscowitz 4 years ago
I think he is a great master in shotokankarate in the world and bring a lot of honords for japan . of course he is a littel fury.
malikarate 4 years ago
The one and only Yahara Sensei, Brilliant!
steven1jones 4 years ago
I liked this a lot, very cool stuff.
WarriorBoy 4 years ago
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GERASIMOS1 4 years ago