There are several techniques in Wado that use empi which are quite nasty. Just like any good tai fighter will tell you, using your elbow to strike someone in the face will end the fight. Teisho is also pretty effective too and Wado's employment of Shindo Yoshin Ryu in combination with these waza make it a practical form of karate.
Yes can confirm the partner is Kobayashi Sensei. The video was filmed at Nichi Dai Karate Club mid 90s. In other films in the same series you will also see the late Hideo Tanabe Sensei as Suzuki Sensei's partner who was Nichi Dai Club coach.
I wonder if there is anyone here who knows who Sensei's partner is ? It looks like Kobyiashi Sensei but as it is a little grainy I can't be sure. Kobyiashi is now back in Japan but was our Club Instructor whilst he was here.
Interesting style. I did Goju for a while but from the look of it, Wado also encompasses JuJitsu and Aikido type principles. Also, looks much more close combat with some ground fighting. I could be wrong but what I've read up on it seems to indicate this. Looks like a balanced form of karate,
@KaratesDisciple What an arrogant claim to make from a completely biased viewpoint... You should know that it is the martial artist that determines the efficacy of any art - It's not the song, it's the person that sings it. Oss!
U must rememer that many martial arts are considered self defence as well as an art form, we all know a kata won't help u in a fight, it is just a demonstration of technique and skill
I was 14 years old when i saw Tatsuo Susuki at a meeting in Birmingham.early 70s He did a kata and kicked through a 4inch block of wood. At that time it was amazing.
This guy used me in a demonstration once on a karate training day in UK, and he laughed at my ability to fall over on purpose LOL! He punches like lightening, incredible xx
a great sensei and demo ! if karate techniques overall work as self defence ( which is a bit doubtfull when u look k1 and other free fights) these techniques done with good timing are worth training. osu!
all karate techniques are practiced full power against targets,makiwara etc,then u can practice maai(distancing),tasabaki(bodymanagment,shifting)in other drills.
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Do your 18 or so katas, practice your kata bunkai,do your prearanged kumite and your hojo undo.than go to church and pray to god you never get into life and death situation
your right, I know nothing well maybe only one thing in a survival situation if it comes down to it you or me you can kiss your ass goodbye. am a survialist first and than a martial artist
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your right I dont know you. Post a vid of yourself and what you do. As for me i grow up as a street kid and had to fight to survive in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city I lived in. I have 25 years experience shorin ryu and judo under instructors who were street savy and cut out a lot of the traditional bullshit and came up with eclectic forms that actually work in real life. don't walk into a biker bar and do your kata you will be carried out. LOL
Many karate practioners do come into life and death situations. if you are taught the right attitude and techniques you will control the situation- and defeat your opponent. karate without reality is useless and meaningless, no decent instructor will grade up a student who doesn't demonstrate this knowledge and understanding
uraken in karate may "stun" but it wont deliver the KO like these exercises pretend.....it must be seen as a move to disorientate the aggressor before the "killer"technique is delivered...... compare with "atemi" in aikido?
Some what true, with all type of Karate do, you are not trying to Ko people, but Hurt them so thay can not hurt you, Wado, Aikido, Go Jo, its the same for all these and more.
its interesting to see how very different suzuki moves compared to ohtsuka.
suzuki is very fast and dynamic in his movements,ohtsuka was much more relaxed and free flowing.mind you i have only seen videos of ohsuka in his old age so he may well have been very different in his youth.
yes there is, i train with one of sensei suzukis' students, David Allsop. there is full contact in wado ryu but you must do as little movement as possible
Oh my god!!I hate traditional Karate like this! You cant use any of that in a real fight!Unless your fighting a guy who is going to take his right foot and step it wayyyyyy out as he throws a slow telegraphed punch.
in lessons we learn to aim for certain targets, you clearly haven't been so i wouldn't expect you to know, but we aim for the bridge of the nose or the temple or throat or jaw depending on the head punch floating rib or solar plexus etc from a front punch and the spleen etc from a punch from behind, to name but a few
I understand quiet clearly. You said I dont aim for certain targets. Im a wrestler. So there are diff targets I aim for. like a takedown or submission. All that traditional stuff doesnt work.
I hope you never fight anyone. I think you will be very disapointed in your abilitys. You guys should just stick to breaking bricks.
Leave the real fighting to real martial artist like me.
Sorry but it doesn't look like you did understand him, he meant target areas on the body, not achievement based targets like a submission or takedown.
Also you seem to have little understanding of how powerful wado ryu is, I have a great appreciation of wrestling but since your moves rely on power and close quarters I think you'd find a wado ryu master would have broken your nose your knee and a couple of ribs before you even got close enough for one of your lovely chokeholds or leg locks.
ha you could not be more incorrect.If you have much power in your hands,elbows,knees or legs.And you hit them solid in the floating ribs or on the jaw or chin.Then yes it only takes one hit to stop a man.I'm sorry but I think you have been watching to many kung fu movies.
As far as I'm aware there have only been 3 films made using wado ryu style karate and I seriously doubt you've seen any of them. Why are you assuming that because someone disagrees with you that they're wrong and you're right? A little egotistical don't you think?
Thank you for showing this videos because I always interested in Karate's traditional sparring methods....I mean it seems karate resembles kickboxing and pugilism with kicking techniques added.
it's awesome i must say but it's so fast so i keep have to replay it.. :"(
ikdoemavowawilje 2 weeks ago
They stole his name for a car company!
ELLIS53567 2 months ago
R.I.P sensei
inoth79 4 months ago
There are several techniques in Wado that use empi which are quite nasty. Just like any good tai fighter will tell you, using your elbow to strike someone in the face will end the fight. Teisho is also pretty effective too and Wado's employment of Shindo Yoshin Ryu in combination with these waza make it a practical form of karate.
majin2912 5 months ago
FATALITY
alexlordcool 5 months ago
Yes can confirm the partner is Kobayashi Sensei. The video was filmed at Nichi Dai Karate Club mid 90s. In other films in the same series you will also see the late Hideo Tanabe Sensei as Suzuki Sensei's partner who was Nichi Dai Club coach.
arfer1959 6 months ago
*sigh* Definitely need a better camera than this. Not GREAT techniques....Just OK.
nyvietnam 7 months ago
HD Camera ;D
LuddEEnHns 7 months ago
I wonder if there is anyone here who knows who Sensei's partner is ? It looks like Kobyiashi Sensei but as it is a little grainy I can't be sure. Kobyiashi is now back in Japan but was our Club Instructor whilst he was here.
talwanboy 7 months ago
brodipaiper - I can't find any details regarding Sensei's demise in the news, is there a website regarding his funeral arrangements please ?
talwanboy 7 months ago
@talwanboy The Funeral has been arranged for Friday 22nd July at 10 am at the South London Crematorium Rowan Road London SW16...
vwr78 7 months ago
today Tatsuo Suzuki passed away...R.I.P
brodipaiper 7 months ago
R.I.P sensei Tatsuo Suzuki
1111champion 7 months ago
With great sadness and with affection and a deep sense of gratitude
O-sensei / Professor Dr. Tatsuo SUZUKI, Hanshi Geboren: 27 april 1928 te Yokohama, Japan - † 12 july 2011 London, England.
ohrj 7 months ago
Interesting style. I did Goju for a while but from the look of it, Wado also encompasses JuJitsu and Aikido type principles. Also, looks much more close combat with some ground fighting. I could be wrong but what I've read up on it seems to indicate this. Looks like a balanced form of karate,
majin2912 8 months ago
@majin2912 Wado Ryu is the mixed of Okinawa Karate and Shindo Yoshin Ryu Jujitsu...
vwr78 8 months ago
This is very beautiful - an internal style of Karate-Do.
letterboxes108 8 months ago
great vidio! this goy is ace
rubberjohny1 9 months ago
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Remarkable techniques! Tatsuo Suzuki makes them all look so easy to perform and yet I still struggle with both Sokuto and Nagashizuki...
Thank you so much for the upload!
Stephanie
05nixonsryu 9 months ago in playlist Wado-Ryu
Remarkable techniques! Tatsuo Suzuki makes them all look so easy to perform and yet I still struggle with both Sokuto and Nagashizuki...
Thank you so much for the upload!
Stephanie
05nixonsryu 9 months ago in playlist Wado-Ryu
@05nixonsryu I’m glad you like it...
vwr78 8 months ago
this is extraordinary! thank you so much for posting..
afroken1992 9 months ago
Incredible! Where did you find this footage? My old grandmaster, Sensei Milner Hanshi trained under Suzuki =]
TarranNorthernBunkai 9 months ago
Super vidio mate! Great. it realy is a shame pic is a bit poor. But you can still see the tecniques
rubberjohny1 11 months ago
@rubberjohny1 Yes the footage is very old...
vwr78 8 months ago
only the best Martial Art in the world i would know cause its my style, my life.
KaratesDisciple 11 months ago
@KaratesDisciple What an arrogant claim to make from a completely biased viewpoint... You should know that it is the martial artist that determines the efficacy of any art - It's not the song, it's the person that sings it. Oss!
PnutButter1986 11 months ago 3
EXCELLENT-NOTICE HOW WAD KEEPS HIGER STANCE-VERY FAST COUNTERS-SIMLE BUT DIRECT
xingichaun007 1 year ago
These are realy nice techniques!
R4F10 1 year ago
Guys i do mma and i was wondering if Wado Ryu would help with stand up striking
GuitarLegendov96 1 year ago
@GuitarLegendov96 yes wado ryu is built for standing fighting and to keep of the ground
KaratesDisciple 11 months ago
my favourite is spinning low kick against mawashi, but you must have good reflexes
MrGuachipei 1 year ago
nice but yoseikan is better XD
HomerGlop 1 year ago
kool
mandlbakr 1 year ago
@ zukioi
U must rememer that many martial arts are considered self defence as well as an art form, we all know a kata won't help u in a fight, it is just a demonstration of technique and skill
lukostelloe 1 year ago
Very similar too Kyokushinkai.
newburyg 2 years ago
@ newburyg
I don´t feel that it´s very similar to Kyukushinkai.
Wado feels more flowing. I have always felt that the difference is that Kyukushinkai has more focus on power and less on agility.
Maybe I´m wrong, but that´s the way they taught us in my country.
sneakerpimp13 2 years ago
@newburyg sorry to disagree but Wado is nothing like Kyokushinkai.
Weston1968 1 year ago
@newburyg nothing like kyokushin
cryingindian 1 year ago
Tatsuo is great, I love the Wado Karate techniques.
RossTaylor09 2 years ago 3
I was 14 years old when i saw Tatsuo Susuki at a meeting in Birmingham.early 70s He did a kata and kicked through a 4inch block of wood. At that time it was amazing.
loggy59 2 years ago 2
I just love 0:58 - It reminds me of Jet li ^^
Uberboy07 2 years ago
I feel so lucky to have trained with this guy, complete ledgend!
thebillfan4ever 2 years ago
Not exactly 'free sparring'.
flibadob 2 years ago
Yeah, it's cleary a demontration. A good one at least.
aiepoposorp 2 years ago 3
This guy used me in a demonstration once on a karate training day in UK, and he laughed at my ability to fall over on purpose LOL! He punches like lightening, incredible xx
Abbymjj 2 years ago
3:02 is so cool :)
m4a1cantkillme 2 years ago 2
Susuki is amazing, i train with one of his oldest students, sensei David Allsop. he is an inspiration to me :) he makes this look so easy
AutomaticAbsence 2 years ago
Interesantes tecnicas!
felicam2001 2 years ago
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Wado Ryu is just Shotokan performed incorretly
ronin954 2 years ago
OMG!
lezmos 2 years ago
a great sensei and demo ! if karate techniques overall work as self defence ( which is a bit doubtfull when u look k1 and other free fights) these techniques done with good timing are worth training. osu!
ccthedragon 2 years ago
I agree with you 100% , when you pull your punches and kicks you will do the same in a real fight or self defense situation.
zukioi 2 years ago
no,no,no!
all karate techniques are practiced full power against targets,makiwara etc,then u can practice maai(distancing),tasabaki(bodymanagment,shifting)in other drills.
and it all comes together perfectly.
lezmos 2 years ago
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zukioi 2 years ago
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Do your 18 or so katas, practice your kata bunkai,do your prearanged kumite and your hojo undo.than go to church and pray to god you never get into life and death situation
zukioi 2 years ago
YOU NO NOTHING!
lezmos 2 years ago
your right, I know nothing well maybe only one thing in a survival situation if it comes down to it you or me you can kiss your ass goodbye. am a survialist first and than a martial artist
zukioi 2 years ago
now,now less of that,u cant jump to any conclusions,u dont even know me so that talk is nonsense.
listen,have u ever trained with tatsuo suzuki ???
this man can defend himself against most.
lezmos 2 years ago
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your right I dont know you. Post a vid of yourself and what you do. As for me i grow up as a street kid and had to fight to survive in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city I lived in. I have 25 years experience shorin ryu and judo under instructors who were street savy and cut out a lot of the traditional bullshit and came up with eclectic forms that actually work in real life. don't walk into a biker bar and do your kata you will be carried out. LOL
zukioi 2 years ago
im questioning your mentality.
lezmos 2 years ago
Welcome to the Sigmund Freud Page
zukioi 2 years ago
it says your 38years old.
you sound like a 16 year old whos balls have just droppped!
im finished!
lezmos 2 years ago
Many karate practioners do come into life and death situations. if you are taught the right attitude and techniques you will control the situation- and defeat your opponent. karate without reality is useless and meaningless, no decent instructor will grade up a student who doesn't demonstrate this knowledge and understanding
electricsheep0191 2 years ago 3
Krama is Krama and life and death are the same.say what u will but nothing ever turns out like u want.OSU
zukioi 2 years ago
Do you mean Karma?
electricsheep0191 2 years ago
but k1 isnt self defense!
lezmos 2 years ago
uraken in karate may "stun" but it wont deliver the KO like these exercises pretend.....it must be seen as a move to disorientate the aggressor before the "killer"technique is delivered...... compare with "atemi" in aikido?
kendoscot 2 years ago
Some what true, with all type of Karate do, you are not trying to Ko people, but Hurt them so thay can not hurt you, Wado, Aikido, Go Jo, its the same for all these and more.
andrew6318 2 years ago
Sweet! What beautiful uraken!
gobbycoot 2 years ago 13
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"excuse me sir"..."do you mind if i kick you in the ribs"?
"why certainly, go right ahead"
screwit101 3 years ago
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haha, exactly what i was thinking. good point.
xingyimaster1987 2 years ago
Training Techniques guys...
vwr78 2 years ago
Awsome! Loved it, thanks for posting.
Shodan234 3 years ago 9
its interesting to see how very different suzuki moves compared to ohtsuka.
suzuki is very fast and dynamic in his movements,ohtsuka was much more relaxed and free flowing.mind you i have only seen videos of ohsuka in his old age so he may well have been very different in his youth.
zatoichi12345 3 years ago 4
Is there full contact in wado ryu?
Bjjownsu10 3 years ago
Wado Ryu Federations do not support any kind off full contat competition. But we are not forbbiden to participate of them...
aiepoposorp 3 years ago 2
yes there is, i train with one of sensei suzukis' students, David Allsop. there is full contact in wado ryu but you must do as little movement as possible
dhardy158 2 years ago
What he said!! lol
teddybears54 3 years ago
Oh my god!!I hate traditional Karate like this! You cant use any of that in a real fight!Unless your fighting a guy who is going to take his right foot and step it wayyyyyy out as he throws a slow telegraphed punch.
elijahcrigger 3 years ago
I really couldnt agree more. and all this one punch shit. Its like your just head hunting no tech at all.
teddybears54 3 years ago
in lessons we learn to aim for certain targets, you clearly haven't been so i wouldn't expect you to know, but we aim for the bridge of the nose or the temple or throat or jaw depending on the head punch floating rib or solar plexus etc from a front punch and the spleen etc from a punch from behind, to name but a few
booyaka90 3 years ago
I understand quiet clearly. You said I dont aim for certain targets. Im a wrestler. So there are diff targets I aim for. like a takedown or submission. All that traditional stuff doesnt work.
I hope you never fight anyone. I think you will be very disapointed in your abilitys. You guys should just stick to breaking bricks.
Leave the real fighting to real martial artist like me.
teddybears54 3 years ago
Remember people "don't feed the trolls"
We already answered this guy, if he does disagree with us just let him away.
Respect.
aiepoposorp 3 years ago 2
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jaywilde1979 3 years ago
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Sorry but it doesn't look like you did understand him, he meant target areas on the body, not achievement based targets like a submission or takedown.
Also you seem to have little understanding of how powerful wado ryu is, I have a great appreciation of wrestling but since your moves rely on power and close quarters I think you'd find a wado ryu master would have broken your nose your knee and a couple of ribs before you even got close enough for one of your lovely chokeholds or leg locks.
jaywilde1979 3 years ago
okay one hit isnt going to take the guy out. Thats why i dont study much into karate.
teddybears54 3 years ago
Is a Technique demonstration, they are trying to demonstrate them one by one.
aiepoposorp 3 years ago
ha you could not be more incorrect.If you have much power in your hands,elbows,knees or legs.And you hit them solid in the floating ribs or on the jaw or chin.Then yes it only takes one hit to stop a man.I'm sorry but I think you have been watching to many kung fu movies.
elijahcrigger 3 years ago
As far as I'm aware there have only been 3 films made using wado ryu style karate and I seriously doubt you've seen any of them. Why are you assuming that because someone disagrees with you that they're wrong and you're right? A little egotistical don't you think?
jaywilde1979 3 years ago 2
loved the nagashi zuki part at the end.
aiepoposorp 3 years ago
wounderful
A1kataman 3 years ago
Excellence
MasterPervy123 3 years ago
does anybody take wado ryu
withers01 3 years ago
what do you mean by take, practise?
WadoAJ 3 years ago
I practice Wado-Ryu.
FabricatingDeath 3 years ago
master
angelitokrun 3 years ago
5 stars!
gagi1963andjeo 3 years ago
Sensei Suzuki is wonderful, cheers for the video
batjutsu 3 years ago
Wonderful footage - thanks!
nickhts 3 years ago
I am glad you liked it :-)
vwr78 3 years ago
Thank you for showing this videos because I always interested in Karate's traditional sparring methods....I mean it seems karate resembles kickboxing and pugilism with kicking techniques added.
worldworks 3 years ago
yes i had noticed the resembalance if you look at old school pugilism the guard is very simmilar and kickboxing is closely related to both
benwarmaster666 2 years ago 3
Thanks for posting. A pleasure to watch.
shep1379 3 years ago 3