Hirokazu Kanazawa · Heian Shodan

[phoenixtrue]

Good video, master Kanazawa.

[academiadragaopnn]

Kancho Kanazawa is the best...

[dvdmillenium]

@academiadragaopnn He is one of the great masters of Shotokan Karate-do.

[aZombieXB360]

this is very much like kihon kata

[ClelmoCastor]

Por muito tempo assisti este vídeo e achava o máximo, depois que aprendi um pouco da essência do Karatê... As bases são horríveis!

[VictorGuitarZ]

@ClelmoCastor Depende de qual academia você fez , cada um tem sua maneira de ensinar. A base do gedan barai e soto uke tem que ser boa!

[ClelmoCastor]

@VictorGuitarZ, cara, não tem diferença de academia não, o estilo é um só, ou é certo ou errado!

[VictorGuitarZ]

@ClelmoCastor shoto uke*

[thmsvrgs]

he forgot topull his leg back before hammer fist? stands up everytime he steps?!? and moves his feet like hes stomping roaches!?!?!?

who tf gave him a black belt? in my dojo he'd still be white.

[njtr]

@thmsvrgs So... if Hirokazu Kanazawa came to your dojo, he'd have to put on a white belt? That must be some place.

[njtr]

@thmsvrgs So... If Hirokazu Kanazawa came to your dojo, he'd have to put on a white belt? That must be some place. LOL Also... FYI he got his black belt from Nakayama.

[njtr]

@thmsvrgs He got his black? belt from Nakayama. If Nakayama were alive would he also be white belt material, in your dojo?

[njtr]

@thmsvrgs He trained with Funakoshi and Nakayana. It stands to reason that he got his black belt from one of them. But if, in your dojo, he would be a white belt, that is your policy. You are entitled to it. Maybe you can go to one of his seminars, and show him how its done. However, I think most people would be paying attention to him.

[thmsvrgs]

@njtr yeah. just like how einstien would get a dunce cap in any modernday physics class. they have have been the best then. but their aren't anything special now. the poineers always have the lowest standards held against them, because there is no one before who was better. haven't you ever watch some of the so called legendary masters fights from when they first invented motion pictures? they just slapped at each other. it embarressing.

[ClelmoCastor]

@thmsvrgs, I agree with everything you said

[spacecadet35]

What the?! So many basic errors and nobody has really commented. I don't care how deep the stances are, I am worried about how narrow they are and the foot placement. That narrow means there is no power in the technique. And the punches are not jodan or chudan, they are at shoulder height. This means that the technique is incorrect and without meaning. The kiai are just shouted and are there only to make meaningless noise. Pass at yellow belt grading . Fail if presented at any other grading.

[njtr]

@spacecadet35 Please post a video of you doing heian shodan. Please show us all the right way to do it.

[spacecadet35]

@njtr I'm trying to track down a video camera as we speak.

[sbowesuk]

@spacecadet35 His form has far less to do with imperfect technique, and far more to do with a gradual shift in emphasis and expectation of the years.

If you think the guy is a slacker or just not that good, you are seriously misinformed.

[amberswann1]

Does anyone know what year this was filmed?

Thanks.

[JhonnyxX0]

Well done :)

I have to learn this first shotokan kata for my yellow belt and its very helpfull!

Thanks a lot!

[VavaFunkStyle]

Muito bom !!!

[jokefajita]

very good, im very impressed :)

[KoziRed]

Some schools in the ISKF or the JKA now have looser stances (higher off the ground) when I was in the Dojo I was in the longest we had really severe stances and I loved it. I tried to go back a few years later and they were more floaty, even in Kumite. This video however was done flawlessly in my book, even if his stance is floating. That's just the style in some schools,

[njtr]

In my training, we do the very traditional low stances for conditioning purposes. In free sparring, our stances are whatever is comfortable and mobile. One difference between Master Kanazawa's kata, and the way I was taught, is that, we draw the leg in, and than step out to the opening downward block. Do you know anyone else that does it that way? I'm not questioning Master Kanazawa. He's MUCH more accomplished and qualified than me, by several decades. I'm just curious.

[KoziRed]

Yes, we trained with low stances and the hip rotated and pulled the leg in close. The hip rotated again and the leg came out while moving in stances as well as in kata. In the opening I see what you mean, yes we did the leg in for that too.

And yes, it would still kill me and be an honor to be taught by Master Kanazawa.

[njtr]

OK... So, I'm not the only one. But if I ever had the honor to train under Master Kanazawa, I would do it exactly as he would teach it. I'm sure that you feel the same way. It seems that there are often variations between instructors, associations, etc. I don't think that will ever change.

[mrbriscoe2001]

KoziReid:I met a gentleman well respected in Karate by the initials S.S. at a Karate retreat; I asked him about stances;my instructor was one of those "the lower the stance ,the better";; S.S. told me, basically,a stance is no good unless you can move from it;;but when HE went to different Dojos, and they corrected him,telling him to go lower,he bowed and complied,UNTIL he was sparring or doing the aspect of Karate that's less "controlled"; "Never Let Anyone Mess with Your Stance" ,he said;

[acerwk]

No good!

[karategirl71]

un momento...notiamo il tetsui uchi ma la posizione renoiji dachi com'e'?

[AcademyOfJustice]

Blocky

[theewatchman]

oh thank you so much for posting all the katas. what a great treat. and from an excellent master as well. thanks again :) please leave them up :)

respectfully, peter

[dharok1337burrows]

extremely good but i think he can stay lower to the ground not being offencive or anything

[FreshHareUSA]

I'm just beginning and even though this seems easy, it isn't o.o I mean, and can do all the techniques, but I never can remember which WAY to go.

[njtr]

This is a simple kata, but a VERY important building block in shotokan. So much technique is built on these simple moves, and footwork. This kata becomes more difficult when extra technique is added.

[jippzmcghee]

watching kanazawa do this reminds me why i always practice lower kata. his form is perfect. typically heian shodan is a boring kata to watch, but his low blocks and punches are so crisp..true master..osu

[maskcdesign]

Having a 2ft cross on the floor helps.

[Prescient15]

His steps are perfect, he ends in the exact same position as he began.

[Wishmastercr555]

perfect

[christianbrecht]

This is the least fancy Heian kata but is the hardest to perfect.

[juxtapositioning]

Just basic variations of form one from kenpo as well as others.