what's the problem? so yeah, they pronounced the words wrong. but most english speakers do, so we'll forgive them, no?
Yeah they were kind of rude interrupting him etc... but I think that - for American guys on a TV show - they are at least trying to be polite. So it could be much worse.
Yeah, right... These two jokers come to Higaonna sensei to become masters of the kara-tay and he is really happy to teach them everything, even the most secret deadliest techniques even before camera and they train like 1 day (maybe 1 week I don't know) and become true kara-tay champions. Well nice bedtime story to have cool martial arts dreams, that is all there is to it.
By the way, they should be very very very honored that Higaonna sensei even talked to them and allowed them to be so rude.
@darkmonkey342 I agree. It's not hard. And it's not ka-ra-tay. It sounds silly when they pronounce the "te" without the rest of the Japanese inflection.
@gordetxe in training, hitting a rock or a piece of wood, isnt oly meant to strenghten your body, but your mind. By hitting a rock many times, you overcome the fear to hurt yourself when hitting something, thus if you really need to hit someone, you wont hold back. Its simple as pie, if you just give it a thought. It strenghtens your body, and your mind.
@Minisatellite as an example, my first thought would be: hitting a rock full power? no way jose. After some years, i know i can do it. Of course, it wouldnt break, but neither would my hand.
@ImIwilliamImI Talking out of your arse. Spend any time with him and you will see this man is a powerhouse. He is also the most humble of men and wouldn't lower himself to make a comment like yours about anybody. Shame on you he is now 71 years old and still fitter and stronger than many men 50 years his junior. A true inspiration to hard training and a clean lifestyle.
My father trained with him in Okinawa and he said the temperatures alone (38degrees celcius) were tough let alone the type of intense training they do too. As a kid apparently legend has it that sensei would go home via the beach and pick a stone and keep hitting it, then if it wouldnt break he'd go back the next day and do the same until it broke- a very tough but amazing man!
this is what its all about, this little old man, if the wrong person messes with him it will be lights out for them. I know alot of people wont agree with me but you have to understand that karate is for defense only and people like this dont go looking for fights. they are good in heart and mind. they are masters of peace
u defeated the creator of karate?? hahahaha bullshit dude and how could u defeat the creator of karate? and who is the sensei of morio higoanna? and if u actually even had a fight with him how old are u?
Size always matter... If he was a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu expert. then I would agree...but size definitely matters..a bigger guy could easily bull rush and take a stand up only fighter down.. It's been happening for thousands of years ever since Greeks fought in Wrestling and Pankration....
if ur in a sport then size matter but when ur intention is to kill and there are no rules then the lighter uy can go for lethal areas like the groin, knees, eyes, throat. No matter how big the guy is these areas will always be vulnerable.
yes but the belt doesnt matter it's the person that carries that belt. i have this guy in my class hes brown belt and he thinks he's so strong and hard but ik that can fuk him up because he's over confident and doesnt train the way he should be, all he wants is the belt and all that i want is to learn as much as i can and i only want those belts so i learn more advanced techniques and be more confident with myself that i won't get fuked up.
so basically i train as hard as i can i only go to my class twice a week but i also work out at home. i lov karate goju-ryu i dont know wt i would do without it, it's part of my life now and i'll follow it ad teach other ppl so they can lov it and pass it on.
The "hand hardening" with the rock reminds me of a Shaolin documentary I saw several years ago. The monks would do similar exercises to harden their hands and body through the most gruelling of methods.
I've had the honor of training under his instruction at the international gasshuku in Poland, last October. It was intense, and I was sore for days afterwards with the workout I got. I have to say it was by far the best experience of my life.
goju ryu and karate is the most underated martial art nowadays. it is not a sprt and not a weapon based system. it makes you hard, id like to see some naysayers go into a black belt sparring sesion and see how long they last.
that's the thing though man, everyone is so butthappy about UFC and "zomg teh octagon" that they've forgotten what martial arts are really about. My favorite are the guys who wear the Tapout shirts and took 1 MMA class, and now they think they're chuck lidell lol. People will never learn unfortunately :(
theres nothing wrong with competing, you compete in karate as well, but to learn how to harden your body, to make yourself stronger and tougher than your opponent will only make you that much better in competition.
nope, there's definately nothing wrong wtih competing. Most people however don't compete for the reasons you mentioned with the intention of learning what you mentioned either. There's exceptions to every rule of course, but most people don't fall into those :(
so jealouse of these guys.. Higaonna sensie would be the best sensie to learn under.. he has a better Shiko Dachi stance than most of the 20 year olds ive seen
These sort of "Ok i'm going to learn a martial art in a week and take on a black belt." documentary In a way are quite disrespectful and have a cocky, arrogant sort of attitude kind of feel about them.
In way its sad because without realising it they are creating an image of Americans (or westerners in general) saying that they are so much more superior in fighting than other countrys. What happend to the old school style BBC documentary on martial arts?
nice how the russians threw them a bone when they went to learn sambo :)
if i remember correctly they were expecting the atomic bomb and recieved a small slingshot pellet to compete against.
i see your point, but it's also an opportunity to showcase the traditions, discipline and effectiveness of training a martial art, be it karate or krav maga
mr higaonna is awesome , but those yanks are asses , its an insult that they cant even prenounce the words correctly ,mr higaonna inspires me every time i watch him .
Hi I've been studying GOJU RYU for about five months now in New Zealand and in that time asking a lot of questions. So my comment is on the belt grading my sensei John Whitby 6th Dan say's that black belt is the only one you get to keep, if you were to stop training for say over 2 years you would have to start all over again
Higaonna is awesome! wish I can be half that at his age, my sensei trained with him for twelve years in Japan. Does any know what that stone is made of that he is hitting?
back in the days , in my country Peru , in the dojo we had this makiwara , what being like 50 cm of the wall, nobody never could move it more than 5 cm. Sensei Higaonna came to visit us and he hit the makiwara and the makiwara hit the wall ,living marks over the wal.l
I do goju too my sensei is a sandan 3rd degree and my other sensei is a 5th degree but remember its not all about rank once a white belt beat a black belt once believe it or not
I am looking for new members of a group whose primary focus is to establish Karate Do as a restriced label based on a list of guide lines that must be fulfilled before any dojo can use the name of Karate. As a member you have the rights to add ideas to the guide lines or debate some of the current ones. in order to become a member you must believe in the priciple that Karate Do is a true marital art and not just a sport.
Kyusho is an integral part of all traditional karate. It is not studied as an academic endeavor but rather in order to understand where and how a human can be injured. This is one of the many differences between real karate-do and western fabrications that should not even be called karate but are for the sake of egocentricity and money.
It's great to know there are some who know these differences. I see ignorance even among some of the older generation of practitioners. I tend not to use the term "traditional" anymore as to me, it doesn't truly represent the mindset I hold. I use Koryu.
Karate Do is an art form that we all need to help preserve reguardless of your sub-style. It dose not matter if you Kenpo,Kyokushin,or Shotokan, corruption of Karate Do in the West is something we must all correct. I strongly believe that we should do away with the point sparring system and make Karate Do a restricted label based on a list of requirements. 90% of the "Karate" dojos in the U.S. have at least 85% Olympic TKD in their corriculm. That's just how extensive the damage is.
Oh and Docterr Zack, your suggestion that Karate practioners go to a Pediatric hospital and do what you suggested to do? Not cool. have a little boy that was and is still sick, but alive thanks to a pediatric hospital. I spent many nights where I almost lost him. Nothing to joke about. So how about this suggestion: How about YOU hooking YOURSELF up to an ECG and let any martial art practitioners wishing to perform this feat, visit YOU!
Science is not set in stone that is how we progress. If some one claims that a traditional medicine can cure some ailment then it is testable. If it is shown to be so then it is brought into the fold of science, if not then it is what called cargo cult science.
The same thing goes for claims of chi or ki the magician James Randy has put up something like $1,000,000 maybe more now, to anyone who can prove the existence of something like Chi no one has done it so far. If they do then it comes into the remit of science and is investigated.
Some yrs ago I was in Athens in Greece, I saw a strong man there bend iron bars on his throat and hammer nails into wood with his head and hands, he wasnt claiming to be doing chi he was just a strongman doing his act. All the information seems to suggest the heart can be stopped by blow in a child at a certain moment in its beat cycle, but an adult!!! I would expect to see this in contact sports, which we dont, And that is it.
I too am a sceptic when in comes to claims of certain special techniques causing instant death etc. Unfortunately, many untested theories are handed down in martial arts and blindly believed.
Considering the heart strike, could this be analogous to inducing VF when DC shocking on the R wave of the ECG?.. I wonder. A good friend of mine who made the Mind Body Kick Ass moves series on BBC 3 travelled to Japan and learned this technique. The 'vital point' was simply the apex landmark.
Over the course of only a couple hundred years has the field of medicine and treatment been revolutionized, and in my opinion, overcomplicated. Ki, or chi, meridians or paths, DO exist through recent scientific proof. My point is this: just because you can't prove through "modern" science that something works, doesn't necessarily mean that its claims are false. It is said that humans, on average use only about 15% of their brain. You would be below average, er Doc-terrr.
Let me pick at your brain ONE more time, genius. How many times have Western science and medical institutions been wrong about many number of things throughout the last several hundred years, notably health practices and treating the symptom instead of the problem and using unnatural remedies. Only recently has the medical industry started to imploy Eastern medicine into their teaching facilities as an important and credible means of treatment.
chungdokwanTTCA First of all Im sorry about your child, it can be very stressful when they are Ill, I know because Ive been in the same boat. However I was playing on the ironic. Never the less you entrusted your son and I entrusted my daughter to scientifically trained medics not some Sharman. It has taken us 10,000 yrs to get to this point in our knowledge 10,000 yrs of the worlds greatest minds every culture
Colour and civilization has contributed to what we call science.
You say he needs proof to back up his claims? Okay, prove me wrong. If you are a doctor in the medical profession, then I am curious to your response to my next question. If I were able to exert over 1200 lb of force onto a major pressure point or artery exerting it over a 2-4 square inch area of my knuckle, would I be able to, in fact, kill a person? And why or why not?
3) It matter not one bit if he, you or any of his students could beat me, I'm not the one making any claims, there are plenty of untrained hard bastards out there that could do all of us.
4) As for proof, you lot seem to accept on faith that these guys can do all that they claim. On the grounds they've been performing ritual combat moves for decades. Well I'm saying where's the empirical evidence. i.e. real bare knuckle fights.
5)I am not a medical Doctor, if you knew anything then you would know that Doctorates for medics are honorary. Everyone else has to do research for their's .
Next the unit for Pressure is the Pascal, Force is the Newton. These are S.I. Units & are metric based.
6)I don't know if you've noticed but he is doing an Open palm strike.
I'm going to assume that you are talking about the punch where the force goes through the index & middle knuckle. & the amount of deaths in free sparing from these are?
Sensei Mario Higaonna is directly related to Miyagi Sensei(The Gentleman Warrior). I know people who have trained with him and consider him an amazing man.
I trained in Goju Ryu for 4 years. It was the best experience I've ever had. It is not only a sport or a method of self defense. It is a way of life.
Drzacksmith - Your missing the point. Thai and western boxers WEAR GLOVES!! There is also an eye gouging strike that for obvious reasons is not used. Your going to do less damage to your opponent if you wear padded gloves.
gateway1965 Yes they do wear gloves, & the reason that they do so is to protect the hand. Right lets start with the eye gouging, this particular nasty is not unique to the Eastern Arts. In fact it has been the mainstay of many a street punk.
I would really like to know upon what evidence is he basing his assumptions on. Other then his belief in tradition. For a start you would have to know what force is needed to stop a human heart, in order to see if mere mortals can generate that amount of force. If not then, whether he is capable of generating that amount of force!
Some medical research indicates that the amount of directly applied force to stop a heart is in the same order of magnitude or maybe somewhat higher than the force required to restart the heart after stopping. Since paramedics often use punching in hammer motion when everything else fails, there may be some logic behind this claim. However, Higaonna is a legend not bc of this claim, but due to his contribution in maintaining Goju-Ryu's integrity and karate in general.
goma3 This is the kind of reply that I like, well thought out & logical. However my original conjecture is & remains that enough combat arts, have since antiquity involved strikes to the thorax. Yet do we see thousands of dead from such encounters, in fact I'd like to know how many have been killed in this manner in recent times. Even by accident, you'd expect a considerable number given the large number of fights.
I wasn't really talking about the Integrity of the Arts. However I'm all for people maintaining historical methods of self development. I tell you what I'm not for though Hype!
I agree that we would see more of it if stopping a heart was so evident, however there have been some instances of a strong blow being able to stop a heart. Although far fetched, there's still a logical possibility. The same cannot be said about the scam artists of "no-touch" KO, while themselves are in ridiculous physical shape. You can see that Higaonna Sensei does what he preaches. I mean, at over 60 he's capable of some serious damage and at 40, in his peak, the man was a killing machine.
goma3 I think we can agree that it is possible to stop the heart, however against a fit young male especially a fighter I think the evidence says that it is very rare, a heart condition is another matter. What I'm not buying into, is that this drill is going to kill someone without evidence to support it, no conclusions can be drawn that it will work.
Unless Mr Higaonna has supporting evidence nether he nor anyone else, can make the claims that this is technique going to work. Now with regards being 40, yes there are champions in all sorts of sports in their 40's but you are past your prime. Killing machine is it. May I ask how many real bare knuckle challenges did he fight? I've often wondered just how well most of these guys would have faired in an all in, against the likes of a Lenny Mclean or a Roy shaw in their prime?
First of all, give respect where it is due. It is Sensei Higaonna, not Mr. He has been in martial art training probably longer than you have been alive. He earned that title. Second: Why don't you volunteer yourself for an experiment to test that you are right, or wrong. You wouldn't, know why? Because you and I both know he can and could kill if he wanted to.
1) He is only a Sensei when he is teaching you lot, when he is out side of the dojo he is Mr, unless he has another title.
2) The amount of time within a martial art, is no indication of the ability to fight, that is especially true of the TMA which are for self development.
It's possible for impact to cause cardiac arrest, but it certainly can't be done on purpose. It's called "commodio cordis" and there are several very precise requirements for this to happen, almost entirely relying on the time of the impact being within milliseconds of a certain point in the cardiac cycle, and there's no way for a person to tell when this is going to happen, and even if you could, you'd still be lucky to pull it off. Frankly, there are much easier ways to kill with your hands.
Finally, here is a video that shows Karate Do for what it really is. It aggravates me to see so many macdojos teaching the sport oriented and watered down version of Karate and claming that it is Karate Do. In fact most "Karate" schools in the U.S. are at least 80% WTF Tea Kwon Do[which is notorious for its sport orientation] in their curicullum but are still labeled "Karate". I strongly believe that it is necessary to establish a list of guide lines that must be fulfilled in order to place the
all ya mma followers can laugh at my comment about the kick to the chest killin someone, i was a cop , and am aware of that killng people on the street
Sensei Morio Higaonna. Una cosa es verlo por la Tv y otra estar en una clase con El. tiene una fuerza impresionarte una energia que irradia a todos, tuve la suerte de estar en su clase hace 14 años en Lima-Perú en la Academia GojuKan en Barranco con el Sensei Juichi Kokubo.
....I would like to know what Sensai Higaonna really thought of these two egotistical Hotdog munching American wimps.
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peter007taylor 1 year ago
what's the problem? so yeah, they pronounced the words wrong. but most english speakers do, so we'll forgive them, no?
Yeah they were kind of rude interrupting him etc... but I think that - for American guys on a TV show - they are at least trying to be polite. So it could be much worse.
InformatikSuperheld 1 year ago
And why does one has to be bald and sorta tough, two assholes.
diman75 1 year ago
@diman75 if he looks kinda like steve austin (yeah the prowestler) it's publicity
laokon 1 year ago
Are these guys from the same TV incubator the guys from the Fight Quest came from?
diman75 1 year ago
My Sensei George Andrews follows this regime and he learnt from Higaonna himself. If you doubt it, search for "George Andrews Goju Ryu". Osu!
ArtyRandomGuy 1 year ago
Yeah, right... These two jokers come to Higaonna sensei to become masters of the kara-tay and he is really happy to teach them everything, even the most secret deadliest techniques even before camera and they train like 1 day (maybe 1 week I don't know) and become true kara-tay champions. Well nice bedtime story to have cool martial arts dreams, that is all there is to it.
By the way, they should be very very very honored that Higaonna sensei even talked to them and allowed them to be so rude.
87jesiak 1 year ago
great martial art
chentaichiacademy 1 year ago
even for white dudes, these crackers cant pronounce Japanese worth a crap.
darkmonkey342 1 year ago
@darkmonkey342 I agree. It's not hard. And it's not ka-ra-tay. It sounds silly when they pronounce the "te" without the rest of the Japanese inflection.
majin2912 1 year ago
Yeah, that's the stuff. Real karate. Legend! Osu Sensei!
GameOf2Halves 1 year ago
Больно наверное...
renovacio9 1 year ago
How much did those stone weights way at 2:36?
meric2 1 year ago
@meric2 depends on how many times you have lifted them.
fracturedfist 1 year ago
I had been train by Sensei Higaonna. Oss.
p.s. im from Denmark
devilneji123 1 year ago
the real deal where is mma now
foxybrown2 1 year ago
My sensei told me: why do people hit a rock or a piece of wood? Thet won't attack you. It's more logical to train with real people.
gordetxe 1 year ago
@gordetxe in training, hitting a rock or a piece of wood, isnt oly meant to strenghten your body, but your mind. By hitting a rock many times, you overcome the fear to hurt yourself when hitting something, thus if you really need to hit someone, you wont hold back. Its simple as pie, if you just give it a thought. It strenghtens your body, and your mind.
Minisatellite 1 year ago
@Minisatellite as an example, my first thought would be: hitting a rock full power? no way jose. After some years, i know i can do it. Of course, it wouldnt break, but neither would my hand.
Minisatellite 1 year ago
@ImIwilliamImI Talking out of your arse. Spend any time with him and you will see this man is a powerhouse. He is also the most humble of men and wouldn't lower himself to make a comment like yours about anybody. Shame on you he is now 71 years old and still fitter and stronger than many men 50 years his junior. A true inspiration to hard training and a clean lifestyle.
oufcyellows 1 year ago
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You don't know what I'm talking about... I wasn't talking about Higaonna, I replied to a comment, so shut up and stop wasting my time.
ImIwilliamImI 1 year ago
I'm gonna train with him this summer in Denmark! :D I'm so excited :D
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ugliestalmanac4 1 year ago
My father trained with him in Okinawa and he said the temperatures alone (38degrees celcius) were tough let alone the type of intense training they do too. As a kid apparently legend has it that sensei would go home via the beach and pick a stone and keep hitting it, then if it wouldnt break he'd go back the next day and do the same until it broke- a very tough but amazing man!
TheRunningmark 1 year ago
Hey look combat ki training...except not quite as intense...I imagine he Higaonna didn't show them the real shit
ncphillips19 1 year ago
Now this is proper old school Karate. Long live Sensei Higaonna! OSS!
joe232avi 1 year ago
this is what its all about, this little old man, if the wrong person messes with him it will be lights out for them. I know alot of people wont agree with me but you have to understand that karate is for defense only and people like this dont go looking for fights. they are good in heart and mind. they are masters of peace
ferisbcamfrye1 1 year ago
I really wish to train with Higaonna-sensei, a huge honour wouldn't be enough to describe the opportunity.
WhatToNameMyselfTV 1 year ago
damn guys r lucky!! wish i cud hve a job like dat
xxbiznatch101xx 1 year ago 2
"This guy is like the rocky of okinawa"
C'mon, DO NOT COMPARE specially
using this stupid quot
Zaul2410 1 year ago
@Zaul2410 Agreed:-)
GameOf2Halves 1 year ago
@khairuleven even tho he looks old and slow, i still bet he will you will make u squeal and squirm
takitezy7 2 years ago 2
when bill said he felt kinda honored if i learned anything like that from sensei Higaonna i would be far beyond honored
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Csabrus 2 years ago
6:20 note how fast & fluent master Higaonna's shotei strike is. Awesome.
63yogi 2 years ago
maaaan i train under his student's student :D
which makes me his student's student's student LMAO seriously tho >_>
xHASSUNAx 2 years ago
dude ur sad allow it making some shit up about u were 7 yrs old when u defeated him "apperantly"
BeedonProductions 2 years ago
u defeated the creator of karate?? hahahaha bullshit dude and how could u defeat the creator of karate? and who is the sensei of morio higoanna? and if u actually even had a fight with him how old are u?
BeedonProductions 2 years ago
no he is not weak. y are u even so sure u'll win?
BeedonProductions 2 years ago
Morio Higaonna is the sensei of my sensei
thenubip 2 years ago
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The Sensei Is Hilarious in his speech xD
Moobeeerg 2 years ago
this video is very informative,
and sensei is very talented
MrsILY1EDWARDCULLEN 2 years ago 7
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that man is a living legend>>>>>>>>>!!!!!!
sicker123456 2 years ago
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that sesei is short like a kid
khairuleven 2 years ago
it doesn't matter how he is. he can fucking own you anyways! he is a black belt 10º Dan
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he cant punch my face,and he needs to do a jump kick to kick my dick..
khairuleven 2 years ago
@khairuleven
if u never knew but size doesnt matter he might be tiny but he'll fuk u up anyways
BeedonProductions 2 years ago
Size always matter... If he was a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu expert. then I would agree...but size definitely matters..a bigger guy could easily bull rush and take a stand up only fighter down.. It's been happening for thousands of years ever since Greeks fought in Wrestling and Pankration....
RobbieH02879 2 years ago
if ur in a sport then size matter but when ur intention is to kill and there are no rules then the lighter uy can go for lethal areas like the groin, knees, eyes, throat. No matter how big the guy is these areas will always be vulnerable.
dhyleck 1 year ago
@thenubip
yes but the belt doesnt matter it's the person that carries that belt. i have this guy in my class hes brown belt and he thinks he's so strong and hard but ik that can fuk him up because he's over confident and doesnt train the way he should be, all he wants is the belt and all that i want is to learn as much as i can and i only want those belts so i learn more advanced techniques and be more confident with myself that i won't get fuked up.
BeedonProductions 2 years ago
@thenubip
so basically i train as hard as i can i only go to my class twice a week but i also work out at home. i lov karate goju-ryu i dont know wt i would do without it, it's part of my life now and i'll follow it ad teach other ppl so they can lov it and pass it on.
BeedonProductions 2 years ago
"Mokuso" isn't the breathing exercise. It means close your eyes.
nstrikefromnerfhaven 2 years ago 4
Mokuso (黙想, mokusō) is a Japanese term for meditation, especially when practiced in the traditional Japanese martial arts. - Wikipedia
DarkestDragonNL 1 year ago
This is nice real karate. Oss.
njtr 2 years ago 26
The "hand hardening" with the rock reminds me of a Shaolin documentary I saw several years ago. The monks would do similar exercises to harden their hands and body through the most gruelling of methods.
FredDude27 2 years ago 4
higaonna sensei is very strong :) he was teaching sensei george then sensei linda and now sensei linda is teaching me :) im not kidding.
BeedonProductions 2 years ago 5
they do, but it can only be done with multiple guys in a circle
tonyvandemil 2 years ago
pretty cool to see how old training methods are a lot like new things, like the innovative weights these guys use.
tonyvandemil 2 years ago
see 1:20 that's amazing O.O
Ryushi88 2 years ago
This guy is almost 70?! Holy crap on a pita!
TheColoradoan 2 years ago
@TheColoradoan I agree he makes the rest of us look like nothing I first met him over 20 years ago on one of his rare trips to England.
My Sensei used to say I train to get one blow on Sensei Higaonna. If I think I can get one blow I will try for 2.
He is one of the last of the true masters
oufcyellows 1 year ago
I've had the honor of training under his instruction at the international gasshuku in Poland, last October. It was intense, and I was sore for days afterwards with the workout I got. I have to say it was by far the best experience of my life.
Tyoko5599 2 years ago 3
Sensei Higaonna is a living legend. Osu!
crane76 2 years ago 29
goju ryu and karate is the most underated martial art nowadays. it is not a sprt and not a weapon based system. it makes you hard, id like to see some naysayers go into a black belt sparring sesion and see how long they last.
ozfuji 2 years ago 4
that's the thing though man, everyone is so butthappy about UFC and "zomg teh octagon" that they've forgotten what martial arts are really about. My favorite are the guys who wear the Tapout shirts and took 1 MMA class, and now they think they're chuck lidell lol. People will never learn unfortunately :(
bloodriotiori 2 years ago 8
theres nothing wrong with competing, you compete in karate as well, but to learn how to harden your body, to make yourself stronger and tougher than your opponent will only make you that much better in competition.
a goju master would be an ideal MMA fighter.
imaferretmaster 2 years ago
nope, there's definately nothing wrong wtih competing. Most people however don't compete for the reasons you mentioned with the intention of learning what you mentioned either. There's exceptions to every rule of course, but most people don't fall into those :(
bloodriotiori 2 years ago
One problem with MMA, Is the damage caused to each competitor. (That is my opinion).
TheSangwa 2 years ago
too much damage?...not enough damage?...what exactly is your opinion?
imaferretmaster 2 years ago
a privilage to watch this!
rapture18 2 years ago 7
"hope to clear our minds and heal our bodies"---all in a few minutes!!
bvindh 2 years ago 3
this is not a sport
hondacrazy123 2 years ago 7
nao fales do que nao sabes
bocrta 2 years ago
well copying is bad anyway u should develop ur own style and use people like him as inspiration to aim higher and learn more^^^my opinion
Tschjae 2 years ago 2
so jealouse of these guys.. Higaonna sensie would be the best sensie to learn under.. he has a better Shiko Dachi stance than most of the 20 year olds ive seen
SKINYman153 2 years ago
is okinawa te..
guntig 2 years ago 3
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breathing exercise called "MOK SO"?! lmao... at least learn to prounce it right you fat fuck.
but then again I watch the show to laugh at u.
drunkenpuyo 2 years ago
It's Makuso...
geoffp13 2 years ago
Fight quest is kinda same thing , cool as well :)
QuanYin71 2 years ago
I really miss this show. Having trained in both Jujitsu and Taekwondo I enjoyed learning both about my arts history and some of the other arts
that people practice. I would have loved to have seen Bill and Jason do episodes on Kenpo, Jeet Kune Do and BJJ just to name a few.
midcoast007 2 years ago
why did they take this show of the air
mikedjmix 2 years ago
I agree, it was a great show.
We should petition the History Channel to bring it back!
I heard somewhere that Bill had a training accident and had to stop.
firebat71 2 years ago
super sweet anything i have to do just ask..as long as its..humane
mikedjmix 2 years ago
oh well.. replacing duff-roll wouldn't be too tragic :P
irai1984 2 years ago
mikedjmix ... because they suck
cuajonpr 2 years ago
hahaha
HolyEmperorSoutherr 3 years ago
These sort of "Ok i'm going to learn a martial art in a week and take on a black belt." documentary In a way are quite disrespectful and have a cocky, arrogant sort of attitude kind of feel about them.
In way its sad because without realising it they are creating an image of Americans (or westerners in general) saying that they are so much more superior in fighting than other countrys. What happend to the old school style BBC documentary on martial arts?
HotKebab 3 years ago
nice how the russians threw them a bone when they went to learn sambo :)
if i remember correctly they were expecting the atomic bomb and recieved a small slingshot pellet to compete against.
i see your point, but it's also an opportunity to showcase the traditions, discipline and effectiveness of training a martial art, be it karate or krav maga
my 2 cents, nothing textbook
norass88 3 years ago
I've met Sensei Morio Higaonna several times.
Every IOGKF karate ka should met him at least once in his life.
Youre learn more from him in 1 lesson thanYou could ever inmagin
(sorry for my type errors)
spoetnikhollandia 3 years ago
mr higaonna is awesome , but those yanks are asses , its an insult that they cant even prenounce the words correctly ,mr higaonna inspires me every time i watch him .
gojukanboyno1 3 years ago
Hi I've been studying GOJU RYU for about five months now in New Zealand and in that time asking a lot of questions. So my comment is on the belt grading my sensei John Whitby 6th Dan say's that black belt is the only one you get to keep, if you were to stop training for say over 2 years you would have to start all over again
slapnut892 3 years ago
that is not exactly tru.
if you have for example brown (or black or etc) you have to start with white.
but you may skip all the belts and do exam for brown.
That what they have told me.
I was also a IOGKF karate ka.
From the Netherlands.
spoetnikhollandia 3 years ago
that old man would make a good bodyguard
sengoku16 3 years ago
that old man would kill those god damm hicks
samisondrugsnow 3 years ago
Higaonna is awesome! wish I can be half that at his age, my sensei trained with him for twelve years in Japan. Does any know what that stone is made of that he is hitting?
gojuryudan 3 years ago 3
I think it's granite, but it's hard to tell from the video. My sensei trained with him too!!
eridani23 3 years ago
ive attended sensei higaonnas seminars, believe me this video doesnt show half of what he does!
colebourna 3 years ago
OSU! rom kyokushinkai karate, respect for Sensei Higaonna
mddog 3 years ago 5
back in the days , in my country Peru , in the dojo we had this makiwara , what being like 50 cm of the wall, nobody never could move it more than 5 cm. Sensei Higaonna came to visit us and he hit the makiwara and the makiwara hit the wall ,living marks over the wal.l
yvorfalcon 3 years ago 2
That rock has taken a beatin
ckd04 3 years ago 3
sensei higaonna is the goju ryu master and he is a legend....
sicker123456 3 years ago 4
I agree whole-heartedly!!!
eridani23 3 years ago
amcsaw=mokusou?
Peekingduck 3 years ago
I do goju too my sensei is a sandan 3rd degree and my other sensei is a 5th degree but remember its not all about rank once a white belt beat a black belt once believe it or not
AnJusJa1 3 years ago
a black belt is a white belt that never gave up.
sicker123456 3 years ago 7
in the end your black belt turns white again :)
Tleaf 3 years ago 3
That is so true!
eridani23 3 years ago
my sensei says that to us at the end of every training session. I do kempo karate in Vic, AUS. Not sure where that saying came from though.
Rugdump 2 years ago
I am looking for new members of a group whose primary focus is to establish Karate Do as a restriced label based on a list of guide lines that must be fulfilled before any dojo can use the name of Karate. As a member you have the rights to add ideas to the guide lines or debate some of the current ones. in order to become a member you must believe in the priciple that Karate Do is a true marital art and not just a sport.
RockenWesley 3 years ago
Weird place to look for that.
"Rules, are only an restriction"
btw, Karate-DO means the way of improving yourself both spiritually as physically, wich isn't what Karate-Jutsu is what you want to establish?
Eterud 3 years ago
good luck with that.
i tried doing something similar with judo. its hard
Judoking96 3 years ago
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montgomerymoneybags 3 years ago
I didn't know Higaonna studied Kyusho. Who did he study with? Does anyone know?
Koryuhoka 3 years ago
Kyusho is an integral part of all traditional karate. It is not studied as an academic endeavor but rather in order to understand where and how a human can be injured. This is one of the many differences between real karate-do and western fabrications that should not even be called karate but are for the sake of egocentricity and money.
IEKUKATAKA 3 years ago 4
It's great to know there are some who know these differences. I see ignorance even among some of the older generation of practitioners. I tend not to use the term "traditional" anymore as to me, it doesn't truly represent the mindset I hold. I use Koryu.
Koryuhoka 3 years ago
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BILLYTALENTRULES123 3 years ago
Karate Do is an art form that we all need to help preserve reguardless of your sub-style. It dose not matter if you Kenpo,Kyokushin,or Shotokan, corruption of Karate Do in the West is something we must all correct. I strongly believe that we should do away with the point sparring system and make Karate Do a restricted label based on a list of requirements. 90% of the "Karate" dojos in the U.S. have at least 85% Olympic TKD in their corriculm. That's just how extensive the damage is.
RockenWesley 3 years ago
dang long sentences
dyingxmonkey 3 years ago
Oh and Docterr Zack, your suggestion that Karate practioners go to a Pediatric hospital and do what you suggested to do? Not cool. have a little boy that was and is still sick, but alive thanks to a pediatric hospital. I spent many nights where I almost lost him. Nothing to joke about. So how about this suggestion: How about YOU hooking YOURSELF up to an ECG and let any martial art practitioners wishing to perform this feat, visit YOU!
chungdokwanTTCA 3 years ago
Science is not set in stone that is how we progress. If some one claims that a traditional medicine can cure some ailment then it is testable. If it is shown to be so then it is brought into the fold of science, if not then it is what called cargo cult science.
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
The same thing goes for claims of chi or ki the magician James Randy has put up something like $1,000,000 maybe more now, to anyone who can prove the existence of something like Chi no one has done it so far. If they do then it comes into the remit of science and is investigated.
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
Some yrs ago I was in Athens in Greece, I saw a strong man there bend iron bars on his throat and hammer nails into wood with his head and hands, he wasnt claiming to be doing chi he was just a strongman doing his act. All the information seems to suggest the heart can be stopped by blow in a child at a certain moment in its beat cycle, but an adult!!! I would expect to see this in contact sports, which we dont, And that is it.
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
I too am a sceptic when in comes to claims of certain special techniques causing instant death etc. Unfortunately, many untested theories are handed down in martial arts and blindly believed.
Considering the heart strike, could this be analogous to inducing VF when DC shocking on the R wave of the ECG?.. I wonder. A good friend of mine who made the Mind Body Kick Ass moves series on BBC 3 travelled to Japan and learned this technique. The 'vital point' was simply the apex landmark.
henh32 3 years ago
Over the course of only a couple hundred years has the field of medicine and treatment been revolutionized, and in my opinion, overcomplicated. Ki, or chi, meridians or paths, DO exist through recent scientific proof. My point is this: just because you can't prove through "modern" science that something works, doesn't necessarily mean that its claims are false. It is said that humans, on average use only about 15% of their brain. You would be below average, er Doc-terrr.
chungdokwanTTCA 3 years ago
Let me pick at your brain ONE more time, genius. How many times have Western science and medical institutions been wrong about many number of things throughout the last several hundred years, notably health practices and treating the symptom instead of the problem and using unnatural remedies. Only recently has the medical industry started to imploy Eastern medicine into their teaching facilities as an important and credible means of treatment.
chungdokwanTTCA 3 years ago
chungdokwanTTCA First of all Im sorry about your child, it can be very stressful when they are Ill, I know because Ive been in the same boat. However I was playing on the ironic. Never the less you entrusted your son and I entrusted my daughter to scientifically trained medics not some Sharman. It has taken us 10,000 yrs to get to this point in our knowledge 10,000 yrs of the worlds greatest minds every culture
Colour and civilization has contributed to what we call science.
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
You say he needs proof to back up his claims? Okay, prove me wrong. If you are a doctor in the medical profession, then I am curious to your response to my next question. If I were able to exert over 1200 lb of force onto a major pressure point or artery exerting it over a 2-4 square inch area of my knuckle, would I be able to, in fact, kill a person? And why or why not?
chungdokwanTTCA 3 years ago
3) It matter not one bit if he, you or any of his students could beat me, I'm not the one making any claims, there are plenty of untrained hard bastards out there that could do all of us.
4) As for proof, you lot seem to accept on faith that these guys can do all that they claim. On the grounds they've been performing ritual combat moves for decades. Well I'm saying where's the empirical evidence. i.e. real bare knuckle fights.
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
5)I am not a medical Doctor, if you knew anything then you would know that Doctorates for medics are honorary. Everyone else has to do research for their's .
Next the unit for Pressure is the Pascal, Force is the Newton. These are S.I. Units & are metric based.
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
6)I don't know if you've noticed but he is doing an Open palm strike.
I'm going to assume that you are talking about the punch where the force goes through the index & middle knuckle. & the amount of deaths in free sparing from these are?
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
Sensei Mario Higaonna is directly related to Miyagi Sensei(The Gentleman Warrior). I know people who have trained with him and consider him an amazing man.
I trained in Goju Ryu for 4 years. It was the best experience I've ever had. It is not only a sport or a method of self defense. It is a way of life.
Goju Ryu Karate Do. To Think, To Live and To Do.
zohar52 3 years ago
Hi - I have never heard that Higaonna Morio was related to Miyagi Sensei. How did you learn this and from who? I would like to know if this is true.
Koryuhoka 3 years ago
They are not relatives
ikicku 3 years ago
Yep & thai & western boxers get punched into the heart area all the time.
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
Drzacksmith - Your missing the point. Thai and western boxers WEAR GLOVES!! There is also an eye gouging strike that for obvious reasons is not used. Your going to do less damage to your opponent if you wear padded gloves.
gateway1965 3 years ago
gateway1965 Yes they do wear gloves, & the reason that they do so is to protect the hand. Right lets start with the eye gouging, this particular nasty is not unique to the Eastern Arts. In fact it has been the mainstay of many a street punk.
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
Am I missing the point? Well lets see.
1) Up until the gloves ( One time called mufflers ) all boxing matches were conducted bare fisted both in the west & Thai.
2) Bare knuckle fights still go on today. ( illegally)
3) There are no padding on the Thai boxers Knee is there, yet these are dispatched Punitively within matches.
4) Full power kicks hit pugilists in the thorax all the time.
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
I would really like to know upon what evidence is he basing his assumptions on. Other then his belief in tradition. For a start you would have to know what force is needed to stop a human heart, in order to see if mere mortals can generate that amount of force. If not then, whether he is capable of generating that amount of force!
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
Some medical research indicates that the amount of directly applied force to stop a heart is in the same order of magnitude or maybe somewhat higher than the force required to restart the heart after stopping. Since paramedics often use punching in hammer motion when everything else fails, there may be some logic behind this claim. However, Higaonna is a legend not bc of this claim, but due to his contribution in maintaining Goju-Ryu's integrity and karate in general.
goma3 3 years ago
goma3 This is the kind of reply that I like, well thought out & logical. However my original conjecture is & remains that enough combat arts, have since antiquity involved strikes to the thorax. Yet do we see thousands of dead from such encounters, in fact I'd like to know how many have been killed in this manner in recent times. Even by accident, you'd expect a considerable number given the large number of fights.
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
I wasn't really talking about the Integrity of the Arts. However I'm all for people maintaining historical methods of self development. I tell you what I'm not for though Hype!
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
I agree that we would see more of it if stopping a heart was so evident, however there have been some instances of a strong blow being able to stop a heart. Although far fetched, there's still a logical possibility. The same cannot be said about the scam artists of "no-touch" KO, while themselves are in ridiculous physical shape. You can see that Higaonna Sensei does what he preaches. I mean, at over 60 he's capable of some serious damage and at 40, in his peak, the man was a killing machine.
goma3 3 years ago
goma3 I think we can agree that it is possible to stop the heart, however against a fit young male especially a fighter I think the evidence says that it is very rare, a heart condition is another matter. What I'm not buying into, is that this drill is going to kill someone without evidence to support it, no conclusions can be drawn that it will work.
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
Unless Mr Higaonna has supporting evidence nether he nor anyone else, can make the claims that this is technique going to work. Now with regards being 40, yes there are champions in all sorts of sports in their 40's but you are past your prime. Killing machine is it. May I ask how many real bare knuckle challenges did he fight? I've often wondered just how well most of these guys would have faired in an all in, against the likes of a Lenny Mclean or a Roy shaw in their prime?
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
First of all, give respect where it is due. It is Sensei Higaonna, not Mr. He has been in martial art training probably longer than you have been alive. He earned that title. Second: Why don't you volunteer yourself for an experiment to test that you are right, or wrong. You wouldn't, know why? Because you and I both know he can and could kill if he wanted to.
chungdokwanTTCA 3 years ago
chungdokwanTTCA I take it your another TM artist!
1) He is only a Sensei when he is teaching you lot, when he is out side of the dojo he is Mr, unless he has another title.
2) The amount of time within a martial art, is no indication of the ability to fight, that is especially true of the TMA which are for self development.
Drzacksmith 3 years ago
It's possible for impact to cause cardiac arrest, but it certainly can't be done on purpose. It's called "commodio cordis" and there are several very precise requirements for this to happen, almost entirely relying on the time of the impact being within milliseconds of a certain point in the cardiac cycle, and there's no way for a person to tell when this is going to happen, and even if you could, you'd still be lucky to pull it off. Frankly, there are much easier ways to kill with your hands.
TheHobophobic 3 years ago
I was just there last week for training. ;-) Lucky there were towels, otherwise we would have drowned from all the sweat that we left on the floor!
kamwingpang 3 years ago
I hope many of us can maintain the traditional ways, even if we cannot reach higaonnas standards.
mkdios122 3 years ago 2
Finally, here is a video that shows Karate Do for what it really is. It aggravates me to see so many macdojos teaching the sport oriented and watered down version of Karate and claming that it is Karate Do. In fact most "Karate" schools in the U.S. are at least 80% WTF Tea Kwon Do[which is notorious for its sport orientation] in their curicullum but are still labeled "Karate". I strongly believe that it is necessary to establish a list of guide lines that must be fulfilled in order to place the
RockenWesley 3 years ago
you have to have respect for that man he is a true master
Mrpenguin1616 3 years ago 3
wow that training at the dojo is REAL training
WeeBeeGeeBee 3 years ago
I train under a former student of Master Higaonna. He's so incredibly skilled and powerful for an older man, it's mind-boggling.
osnapitseddie 3 years ago
Can someone tell me what the kata is that Master Higaonna is doing at the beginning? Any response would be appreciated.
thankful2one 3 years ago
Suparinpei
yvorfalcon 3 years ago
think he knows the 5 point-palm exploding heart technique? jus' kiddin...
eddiefonzarelli 3 years ago
i recently found out that he is my sensei's old sensei haha
twokon 3 years ago
He was my uncle's best friend, Tsunetaka Shimabukuro (deceased). They gew up in Naha, Okinawa.
chibuyanchu 3 years ago
I want to be like Moron Higaonna, I want the DVD DVD DVD
laraer2000 3 years ago
Lol! Very deep bow.....
ROTFLMAO! Those guys are a laugh, brilliant!
HotKebab 3 years ago
Higaonna Sensei is totally relaxed. A man 100% confident in his technique. No ego at all and a true gentleman who has devoted his life to the art.
Oss!
NormaStitz 3 years ago 6
Karah-tay...
jakartacombatclub 3 years ago
all ya mma followers can laugh at my comment about the kick to the chest killin someone, i was a cop , and am aware of that killng people on the street
KTSEROV2351 3 years ago
a good kick to the chest does the same thing
KTSEROV2351 3 years ago
Huge honor! Wonderful sensei, i'd give a kidney to have the chance to go there even for one day!
retardno002 3 years ago 3
old guy seems like very nice guy
Cardan011 3 years ago
if your after a self defense this is the one to do
Staylor101 3 years ago
You don't even dream the priviledge you had to train in that class.. Morio is the best.
That rock is weak against that hands...
djors 3 years ago
Sensei Morio Higaonna. Una cosa es verlo por la Tv y otra estar en una clase con El. tiene una fuerza impresionarte una energia que irradia a todos, tuve la suerte de estar en su clase hace 14 años en Lima-Perú en la Academia GojuKan en Barranco con el Sensei Juichi Kokubo.
berosoda 3 years ago
Hola Aldo!!
yvorfalcon 3 years ago
Sr. Yvon Falcon Neira. q q ha sido de su vida un buen video. soy David Berrocal
berosoda 3 years ago
so cool
christwarrior56 3 years ago
this is my uncle
andymilonakaswannab 3 years ago
lol no need for sound effects!
AinokeA365 3 years ago 2
I meant to ask - the woman commentating is that Rene from NZ who used to train with Nigel Thomas 5th dan.
svaran 3 years ago