Ji'in - Shotokan Karate

[sonic2832]

that person that wears black belt he called a sensi because im karate

[wankan2010]

Mis respetos !! Esto muestra la entrega de un verdadero maestro a traves de los años en investigar, hacer y aportar al mundo.

Sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa

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[wankan2010]

Mis respetos !!

[celiovianaeoliveira]

esse feio é fera mesmo arrebentou mano valew pelo o video velho........

aqui é o mezenga de marabá- pa Brasil

[chrisfromdacrib]

@celiovianaeoliveira vc trena com quem amigo? Machida?

[christiankungfuman]

i love doing this kata. :)

[Vicky16Lizzy]

Easy Peesy :D

[Archfiend1900]

damn, i have a hard time with this kata and he does so smoothly, i wish to be half as good as he is someday

[DrKillaser]

im learning this kata at the moment.. :P

[donoberloh]

No instructor want syou to perform kata exactly as they do after about godan level. By this time you should be able to understand the myo  and the art eventually become your best teacher. The subtleties that Kanazawa sensei exhibits are his own, you will and should have your own. The mimic stage ends after about Nidan/Sandan.

[MegaNewbie100]

@donoberloh Formally, I would argue that it ends after yondan because it's the rank of "technical expert". But just formally. Of course, the mimic stage could end even if you are a shodan when you never did another exam after the shodan exam, but trained for many years all the forms and techniques thoroughly to get to the stage beyond the mimic-stage as you mentioned. So, I have the same opinion as you, just want to explain further (in a way also according to my own point of view).

[janinahagg]

he is doing the kata so beautiful! one of the funniest to do also.

I hope that my kata will look like his in the future, not likely but I can always dream...

[xxoxhannahxoxx]

going for my black belt really soon and v nervous, this video really helped

[xotwilightchicxo]

Don't worry about it!

I'm sure you'll do fine.

I got my shodan on Sunday.

The hardest part is getting over your nerves.

[SKIFTIGER]

OSU,We were all nervious for our Shodan Grading.Kancho Kanazawa video are very helpful for developement.Good luck.

[thomo1888]

dont be i got mine when I was 11 you should do fine just concentrate

[zakariadguitarfreak]

Its my fav kata......Nice steps....

[xMadSkillzx]

Love the motorbike handles bit :P I could never keep a straight face when the higher grades did that : )

[annielees10]

this is my katafor grading to first kyu along with bassidi and sanshin itsa good kate i think

[TranquilDome]

Hmm i've been taught this kata but it keeps slipping my mind, i need to get the basics of this kata learned so it's stored in the old memory bank.

[macikab06]

il te reste bocoup a f'aire tu n'é q'un debuton

[CGiehl]

Unfortunately he does a wrong Kosa-Uke (Gedan-Barai, Ude-Uche-Uke)...he does it with the wrong side...some kind like "gyaku-kosa-uke" :-)

[thankful2one]

CGiehl - this man is a LEGEND. Few people in history are as good as Kanazawa. He has his OWN international organization. He can decide the correct way to do this kata.

[brunosanchez1]

The great thing about Mr. Kanazawa is the way he snaps the wrist for blocks and punches. Beautiful kimes in his techniques. This man studied tai chi which he says shows a karateka how to breath. This is important part of shotokan karate-do.

[vikasbhardwaj007]

chuck norris wud kick his ass

[galatsanos]

Kanazawa is one of the living legents of karate. It is very hard for a non expert to judge his kata.

[bluecube007]

everyone listen to victor9302 this is the master i respect this man so much

[Victor9302]

Please show some respect. This is Sensei Kanazawa who is a great master of karate. "This dude looks a bit sloppy?" Learn some Karate tradition before you start slagging off Masters.

[ParadoxPunk]

His kiba dachi looks rather sloppy. The outsides of your feet must be straight, which incidentally often causes your toes to point slightly inwards. He definitly had the outsides at angles. That's probably not just an inter-club difference either, that's a pretty standardized stance...

Either way, he does Ji'in well, however there's nothing I can take out of it.

[MOGojuRyu]

the dude looks a bit sloppy

[mooseven]

Nah, I think it just looks that way because Mr Kanazawa's a bit lankier than most japanese karateka. He was a top karate guy in his prime - kicked loads of ass across the world.

I bet your instructor's heard of him - ask if he's heard of Hirokazu Kanazawa.