Traditional Shotokan Karate Class 2009 StrengthTraining

[dasburzum]

@ShowYourWorking when martial artists talk about strength, they mainly refer to slow twitch muscles (holding low stances, repeating moves hundreds of times) and not fast twitch power muscles like lifting 50 kilos.

[unag]

I have trained for over 30 years mainly with the JKA. I'm sorry to say that of all JKA instructors in the US, Mr. Koyama leaves a LOT to be desired. Personally, I would train with someone else.

[victom111]

@ShowYourWorking Do you do martial arts??? Well try it out and actualy have a go and do your best then say that again.

[istocco]

viendo esto me doy cuenta que las artes marciales están en retroceso en todo el mundo...yo creí que el karate, que practiqué durante 5 años, habia logrado sobrevivir...ahora me doy cuenta que ese karate no existe más.

The karate I knew twenty years ago doesn't exist any more...it's a general decadence of all the martial arts, sorry to say

[OkinawaT]

@istocco Pues no veo por qué. No veo aquí mas que un clip de ejercicios de karate. En los campeonatos de Europa o del Mundo de Karate, no se ve que esté precisamente en decadencia. De hecho, es mucho lo que ha evolucionado Si no explicas las cosas, no creo que se te pueda entender muy bien

[istocco]

@OkinawaT , no quisiera ser tan terminante, pero me da pena ver lo liviano del entrenamiento para los cinturones negros. No quiero ponerme en juez de nadie, pero esas patadas no tienen demasiada fuerza ni velocidad. Así entrenábamos en Buenos Aires hace 20 años cuando éramos cinturones amarillos, pero se esperaba mucho más de los cinturones avanzados. Yo quisiera creer que siendo primer dan ya las patadas estarían listas para un combate real, pero parece que estoy equivocado, con todo respeto

[OkinawaT]

@istocco Bueno, si. Pero eso dependerá del lugar donde practique uno. Si estamos en un Dojo donde el saco y el makiwara brillan por su ausencia y se practica sin ganas, pues seguramente será un Karate light.

¿Pero de qué Karate hablamos? Cuando se hace un Karate con contacto y con un entrenamiento duro, la cosa cambia radicalmente, ahí está el ejemplo del Kyokushinkay, el Uechi Ryu, y otros.

[tokaidosan]

Karate in USA is too weak....

This is a shame....

[4rmtinc]

Tokaidosan there's some truth to your comment. This has a lot to do with culture, attitude and mental orientation and legal issues in my opinion. This is were the East and West collide. It is sad to see some black belts who are not really qualified to be a black belt. I sometimes feel sorry for them when I'm watching them do the kihon, kata and basic kumite. There are however some who really are exceptional karatekas and I give kudos to them who really live up with the spirit of karate.

[aidan92m]

i like the man with moustache

[AndrewTooyak]

I remember training with Koyama Sensei! He had the coolest kiai XD

[ryu1036]

wtf? this is not strengthening. smh! u want real strength training check out MMA training and shorinji ryu kenkokan karate dojo here in new york 1473 richmond ave in staten island,ny. push ups, jump squats, sprints, finger tip push ups, sit ups, pull ups and duck walks till u fucking die. thats a real karate strength traning session.

[brasshandmartialarts]

I see you know nothing about martial arts. ...Haha. Have fun dancing around like a puppet thinking your strengthening yourself...

You cannot just have a strong external shell. That is nice but you need both a strong inside and outside.

[ryu1036]

i already know u have to be strong inside and outside. what our training focuses on is to toughen you mentaly and physically. our training builds explosive power and strong muscles at the same time. karate is very athletic and it involves hard mental and physical training with your own body weight.

[brasshandmartialarts]

Body weight...hmmmm, I disagree, respectfully. One's training does not just end within the dojo, this is the mental training. The training in dojo is an implement that complements your personal training. We teach the technique...it is up to you to make it work, in your own mind set...if to you that means body weight training.

[ryu1036]

ive been to different shotokan dojo's to watch the advanced classes and i seen some real powerful black belts. at some of the dojos their kicks and punches had so much speed and their katas were done with soo much power. but that really came from the hard physical and mental training that they do. they work their asses off. thats real training. its not no puppet bull shit

[brasshandmartialarts]

As I said, the training in dojo is an implement to complement ones own personal training.

[kakionas]

Master Koyama 8th Dan?????? this isn't maigeri...this is like kicking ball... maybe this guy bored doing this... :S

[MrMikeod]

Can someone explain the senseis maigeri demonstation at 3:10 re technique?

[taigyokushodan]

That looks so much fun