Semi free kumite - Shotokan Karate

[BloodyBay]

Man, this brings back memories. I was training in Shotokan Karate back in the Air Force back around '95, my sensei was a Nidan and due to the base rec center's limited time constraints he could only hold one class twice a week. His class consisted of a bunch of little kids, a couple of tweens and me, the only student who shared our sensei's age group and approximate size.

Guess who had to be his partner for every last kumite demonstration. ;-p

Yeah. Good times.

[negoni08]

Thanks very good

[DantasDesignervideos]

principais tecnicas de combate.

[ZEN824]

nC way of to gathering up all techniques that learned. i should train like this!

[Matakoshi]

A lot of the comments seem to be missing something here...every think that this is a training video? Sorry, but I can tell from his movements that the 5th dan is much quicker then he demonstrates here. He's obviously using one of his students to demonstrate what jiu-ippon kumite is like at a basic level, with a few more challenging counters thrown in.

The aim for this kumite is to eventually develop to da-ai and senosen reactions, where you don't block and counter but take the offensive.

[broddle]

fantastic judo demo, some of the best throws i''ve seen in a long while

[DantasDesignervideos]

boas explicações, karatê

[ranianisaroyani]

Cool

[redneckninjanc]

lol I love it when Kyus try to correct dans....especially a Godan and Nidan....

[dodgingaces]

that dimension of white space your sparring in echos alot.....trippy lol.

[avampostoromano]

questi qua sono due grammoni se loro sono cinture nere io sono il maestro yamada.

[tattoocory]

first off, i'm not a black belt, but I would like to make some comments if they would be heard... firstly at 0:53 why would you make that kind of kick on it's own? It is slow, puts you off balanced, and is seen a mile away. It would be slightly better if he had done something else first to distract the bigger guy then kept the kick below the waist so it would be harder to block, secondly, the small guy rai's his head down too low at the end, other than that very nice

[DonalPhelan]

The purpose of semi-free kumite is to allow attacker & defender to practise. Since individual techniques are being practised here, it follows that sometimes you must practise techniques that you would not use alone in a "real fight" nor in freestyle. That in itself does not take away from the benefit of this type of training, but it must be understood this is just one stage along the way to developing full fighting training.

BTW, if shiro-geri leaves you off-balance you need to train more :)

[karatefightr15]

@DonalPhelan the guy on the left kicked the guy on the right in the leg when he threw the back kick. the back kick didnt make him lose his balance

[DonalPhelan]

@karatefightr15 .. yes, thanks I know. I was responding to the comment by tattoocory who said "why would you make that kind of kick on it's own? It is slow, puts you off balanced, and is seen a mile away." Shiro geri should not put you off balance if you have trained it often enough. Cheers!

[100lithuanian]

in 0:53 kick was called Ushiro-Geri

[Philmoscowitz]

Great technique! i hope you don't mind some criticism, and i offer it with all due respect, but i think in this video the attacker is attacking from too far away. if you look closely, the defender doesn't even need to block because he's always out of range. if you don't pay attention to maai (distance) in kumite, then there's little meaning to the training. no disrespect intended.

[Devoti]

it's quite typical for japanese MA to practice with greater distance than needed, for reasons i won't tell u :p

i don't know if they did it on purpose here though...

[IEKUKATAKA]

@Devoti They are JKA deritives, they train at a distance. It continues that way and, contrary to remarks here, it never changes. Sen no sen, tai no sen and go no sen, JKA hallmarks, are all from the outside. They never do real irikumi because it is a sport. They never really approach training as a martial art even though they say they do. This type training is patterned after kendo. A JKA trained person can not perform actual close quarter kicking, they don't practice it and don't teach it.

[WestBfella]

@IEKUKATAKA JKA! These are KUGB boys. Dont really need to say more than that

[ShotokanKarateMan1]

Raye is the man!

[cman1233214]

awsome

[Boladinh01]

Esse negocio uma porcaria ki videoo d epoha nao tem nada a ve

[clauclaux]

LOOOL you great sensei how do you step for yoi dachi ? Respect but i cant forgive this :)

[Karatesensei007]

This is woosie style semi free!!

[zsombikaa]

lol semi contact is bed but the fiull contact kyokushin and ashihara is the best

[rookie66]

when it came to the kicks the defender would've broken his hand on the mawashi geri and the back kick in real life or if the attacker was actually trying to hit him. thats what i reckon anyway

[ryanbrouillette]

there is no kime and he is snapping back when he punches on the counter techniques.

[wallewaad]

bad kiai on the small guy

[buklao215]

is this not one step??

[Urbanninja3]

its just very porly performed basic semi free i think since they do move around abit.

[paragonmartialarts]

Semi-free!!! The clue was in the title!

[Urbanninja3]

all im saying is that i was poorly done without much stance. so its hard to tell and they dont really move aound much.

[4leksand3r]

LOLZ what a bad kiai on the smalest guy

[alexmald]

nice background

[KooorbanDallas]

yes i absolutely agree. Very nice background

[Hotora86]

nice