An allround fighter? relating kata bunkai & full contact

[wrathVchild]

You have a very fine way of articulating and explaining. I like your balanced and tempered views on karate and other martial arts situations. Thank you for the refreshing talk.

[Mirdala]

Two word: Edward Parker

[Koryuhoka]

@Mirdala - who's "Edward Parker"??? Or do you mean Edmund Parker?

[Mirdala]

@Koryuhoka Sorry, my mistake. I meant Edmund Parker. My Head instructer's name is Edward Wilson, so i constantly get their names mixed up.

[Sasuake1000]

To quote a VERY proficent practicioner of Bagua who I am acquainted with "Few arts, studied seriously, are utter crap". It is the practicioner 1st, secondly, the teacher, and then the style that matter.

[spadaydaga]

Joe Lewis, " You are only as good as two things - How good your instructor is and how good your sparring partner is. Style / system...doesn't matter."

[Sasuake1000]

Style or system can and does matter, I think you just misunderstood to what degree, and, you are right, a good training partner matters, but an instructor will do for one. I am an Isshinryu karate practicioner, now if you take me down, and put me in a position where striking is pretty well uselss or weak, and you are a proficent wrassler(Real Wrestling, JiuJitsu, where you learn to hurt ppl if need be, not just pin them) You will probably beat me.

[mustangdriven2ex]

in okinawa wrestling, glappling was common on the island 100 yrs ago

[tw28st]

what's with the reverbe and

the chromakey it's rubbish

do it again with better graphics

what your saying is good but it's letting you down

[mandlbakr]

OUTSTANDING !!!!!!!!

[dadzilla1964]

Very informative and inspiring!

[gagiandjeo]

5 stars!

[streetfightsecrets]

I like the empirical approach

[kirokyukan]

I learned Japanese Goju Kai and we learned plenty of grappling/Weapons techniques.

[Hotora86]

It's interesting how different "grappling Karate styles" actually are. Shito or Goju has the traditional Okinawan grappling and submissions, Wado has Japanese impact Karate combined with Jujutsu. They're different but both work very well. Bottom line is, every style is good as long as you know what you're doing and train hard under a legit sensei.

[kempobrad]

i think you need to learn both striking and grappling. if you study okinawnan karate, you dont have the problem of having to study both karate and judo for example. whats more, okinawan karate teaches impact and grappling, and how to impact 'inside' your grappling techniques. also some styles are faster (shorin) some are more rooted and powerful (goju) its a bit unfair to lump them together. as i was taught in naihanchi to keep my belt level the same (shorin ryu)

[mxbehm]

Sensei, your ability to articulate your depth of knowledge is greatly appreciated. Doumo arigatou gozaimashita. Osu.

[moelicious1]

Agreed. Well said.

[letuanA]

so great clip

thanks , sensei

[trigger1979]

great clip! I think I learned somthing.

[giantsocks]

great stuff

[YuLong9]

This guy knows his stuff ... very glad to see this on here.

[pods52]

VERY interesting.. what was the website he referenced mid-way through the presentation?

[JasonAZ1234]

DownloadKarate dot com

[pods52]

thanks

[TheOneNo20]

REAL Karate.Brilliant.

[wrapadapa]

Thankyou Sensei. My Son and I have been talking about these very issues. Your thoughtful and experienced analysis has been most helpful.

[MischaC]

Interesting ideas.