Abe keigo Sensei, 9th Dan Chief instructor Of JSKA and his assistant Yahara Sensei 8th Dan

[942N2U]

esta ensenando Mikio Yahara, esos pinche chingsaos dolorosos!, y Mikio era Super chingon tambien, egual que Duran, or Chavez pero todavia sege la honda desde su setenta anos... toda via un champeon bien chingon. Los atletos JKA son super fuertes que no pierdon la fuersa en su edad como hente normal

[Johnny08000bcn]

Pues parece que un poco hijo de la gran puta si era, más que nada por la descripción que da.

[UnbridledF00L]

Keigo Abe has developed a much softer movement and higher stance than JKA karate was taught by Nakamura. Mostly because of his age I think - he is compact and more fluid.

His technique is very good for an older person and he is still flexible and fast.

As a person I think he has inherited a particular way of thinking that is not suited to more open people. Not someone that you would trust in my opinion but consistent with who he is and his traditional past.

[negoni08]

Very good,is true master

[Philmoscowitz]

＠exorcist170383: if you look at the photographs of Funakoshi in the 1930s, i think you'll see that the stances were actually higher back then. i've heard that lower stances were introduced just as a way of building leg muscles. fighting in a low stance really doesn't make much sense. it restricts your mobility. of course, you don't want to stand straight up either. a little bend in the knee, and feet a little more than shoulder width apart seems to be ideal for most people.

[maofas]

The higher stance is more mobile, the lower stance (unless you get stupidly low) helps your ability to explosively lunge forward. Just like all boxers don't use the same stance, it just depends. The crazy low stances during kihon/kata are to build leg strength though.