Yahara Mikio (makiwara training)

[mirageF1AZ]

IF that fist was to hit you in the Jaw you would be eating through a straw.

[mrnormalxx]

dear fighters i have a question....

what u think if i mixed boxing & makiwara??

is that posibble??

plz replay & thank you

[SenseiEli]

One of the best Shotokan practioner and sensei's that ever lived on this planet ! I do respect his high level martial art. I am from a different discipline but I do see his high abilities. This Video does not really show much of his Abilities he has close to perfect demo's.

[moelicious1]

The man is so fast he's breaking the sound barrier. He hits the board, then the delayed sound is captured on film. Damn!!

[warrenrox]

will this mess up your hands when you get older? im 16 and doing this, along with knuckle pushups (that are on the first two knuckles only).

[toxi87]

@warrenrox You shouldn't be doing it to much at all your bones are still forming and this can mess them up pretty bad if you do makiwara maybe just 5 on each hand for safety.

[warrenrox]

@toxi87 Alright thank you for the advice

[balamut5]

very good rotation and counter-rotation... very good... hope he can explain how to do it

[newtubetubetube]

@balamut5 said "very good rotation and counter-rotation..."

There is no such thing as 'counter'-rotation. What goes aground come around.

[THERODOFIRON777]

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[CarlitoJohnson]

the makiwara is awesome for training

btw what style of karate dojo is this

[Thedarkkatana]

@CarlitoJohnson His style is Karatenomichi but his root is from Shotokan. He broke out of it and created and named his own style.

[budokichigai]

@Thedarkkatana You have absolutely NO idea of what you're talking about. The style is Shotokan Karatedo. Karate No Michi World Federation is the name of his organization. I know this because I am one of his Yudansha. Do your research BEFORE you put your foot in your mouth. He NEVER named his own style. He is perhaps the only one who teaches Shotokan Karatedo from a bujutsu perspective. Almost all of the others are busy teaching tournament competition.

[panosab]

@budokichigai This is right !

[brasshandmartialarts]

Shotokan is good...but JKF and WKF...is mostly about shitei

[naboria]

Ronin752...have you heard of Lyoto Machida you shotokan hater you?

[ronin752]

Actually, I like Lyoto Machida. Great fighter. Not a shotokan hater at all. I just think that the Okinawan systems have broader training methods than traditional shotokan. And while Lyoto trains in Shotokan, he also does other types of training. Come on, you have to admit that Ippon Shobu shiai or a the wkf variants are just a stretch away from the arts original purpose of life protection.

Bottom Line is that Shotokan is good, but it is also good to keep an open mind to other methods.

[Bassai]

@ronin752 There is more to Shotokan than linear techniques. The quality of Shotokan differs between organizations. There are several Shotokan dojos that train in bunkai in all katas as well. My old dojo in the Philippines, AAK, still train in all Shotokan bunkai, which include elbow strikes, stomp kicks to the knee, even hook and uppercut punches as well as throws (bunkai of Tekki / Naihanchi kata). Later, I joined the JKA in NYC (Mori Sensei) and only did occasional bunkai there.

[ronin752]

@Bassai

I hear you. I have great respect for Shotokan. And there are many Shotokan practictioners that have broad knowledge (I think the research that Harry Cook does is great). It is just that there are other ways to use the makiwara besides what is shown here. Training in different ways tends to make one a complete fighter. However, some people are so locked into their style that they dont learn from others. There is a fine line between tradition and myopia.

[wapcake]

What is at the base of those makiwaras? rubber perhaps?

[devilonthebay]

@wapcake Makiwara is made of wood with a thick rope wrapped around it.

[mnrurl]

Beautiful videos with Mikio Yahara lesson ! Thank you

[chaseindie]

why doesn't they're makiwara break? i've already broke 9 of it.

[initdialog]

shitty quality? ^^ makiwara isnt made to be broken. its made flexible. and why break if oy can train with and punch with less power.

[kes3009]

Cuz hes not hitting 2 brake it hes teaching and showing them how 2 use it smart guy ;)

[jazzr93]

I wish people would stop fighting on youtube

[anikinippon]

@jazzr93 Exactly, practice more, talk less.

[batmankeith1]

well done,good hard work,keith

[wannabeebee]

Case not closed. To many guys in the martial arts world trying to impress people by doing demonstrations on inferior opponents/ training partners to earn some money.

Kimo slice had the balls to start at the beggining with real bare knuckle bouts. Then he advanced.

[wannabeebee]

Who is the moran? Someone who can demonstrate technique with a little bit of contact on a none resisting opponent to look good ? Is that the goal ? Impress wannabe's that will never test what they have?

Or be a real man and show what they have works in the cage with a vale tudo fighter?

nuff said

[batmankeith1]

GOOD WORK WELL DODE

[wannabeebee]

so why doesnt he get in the cage? vale tudo or gloved? I know why? because he would lose.

[darkpenguin64]

you're a moron, case closed

[Woolfrey]

Maybe because he doesn't need to prove anything to a bunch of brutish neanderthals?

[wannabeebee]

Realy? Are we talking about the same guy ( yahara)who loves to look good by giving a demonstration on someone and putting them in hard?

The next question is where is anybody going to use the technique he is using on the makiwari?

One of the bad things that people do in karate that numbnuts just follow.

[wannabeebee]

Now theres a question to all you shotokan experts. Where is a simular technique but done with more effect (to the one Yahara is using) used correctly in a bout that belongs under combat sport's?

What was the target area and why?

[Woolfrey]

That technique is extremely effective in combat.

If you watch the sparring in the Art of War videos of the EKGB, they go full contact, bare knuckle and use this move plenty. Clearly you don't know enough about it to be making such a comment.

[wannabeebee]

I use to train with some KUGB guys. I use to fight in karate competitions bare knuckle.

So your wrong. A simular technique is adapted some what and used by top pro boxers. One used a shortened front stance to semi naihanchi to a longer front stance. Except the punch is changed to suit the target eg it is a semi uppercut. Also found in shotokan.

So you see training purely on a makiwari with no variation isnt to clever is it.

[Woolfrey]

I said EKGB, not KUGB. What am I wrong about? How does you doing Karate change the way the punch is being done here? How does that change the way other people use this punch?

I also don't see what boxing has to do with the topic at hand?

Training on a makiwara is simply to develop power in your punches.

You're not even addressing the issue at hand to make it look like you know something.

[wannabeebee]

The art of war covers

The footage is unique and covers a time frame between the early 1970s up to the late 1980s.

Unless there is some additional footage added at a later date at a later

This DVD series compiles some of the greatest footage in karate documentation, and through this excellent archive footage, Ged hopes to educate those who have not been exposed to the brilliance of the KUGB,

[Woolfrey]

Wow, you can quote a Youtube page good on you.

[wannabeebee]

Hey

wuffy

I dont even think you train. I think your an internet t#ss pot.

Has the little did dums got nothing better to do than lie about doing something they have never done?

You dont know a thing about karate.

Some genetic defect in you?

Grow up.

[mazdaplz]

hey i don't think you even train either wannabeebee, you think you are such a big expert? enlighten us, i think i would crush your skull. stop trolling these videos once and for all, fag

[wannabeebee]

Training on the makiwari isnt just to develop power in a persons punches.

So the only thing you train on a makiwari is a reverse punch?

And that is it?

I dont think you have ever used one.

I get the feeling you havent a clue.

I get the feeling your some spam poster who has never trained.

[Woolfrey]

Spam poster? Look at what you're posting. I merely answered your questions.

[wannabeebee]

Ok then before I answer any more of your postings give me indication you have trained

[wannabeebee]

Tell me in which shotokan kata's there are throws. And what type of throws

[Woolfrey]

I am not entirely aversed in Shotokan katas.

[Woolfrey]

I don't know enough about Yahara, but I don't see why he needs to compete against Vale Tudo because you say so.

Second of all, the technique being used is Gyaku Tsuki (reverse punch). It is a staple punch in Karate. It wouldn't be done in such a rigid stance in practice, that is merely to develop proper technique. Shotokan practitioners seem to be the only ones who use it to full effect in combat.

[wannabeebee]

Okinawa is the birth place of karate long before the Japanese got their hands on it.

I think you have never trained and are just getting this information from the web.

Ok then before I answer any more of your postings give me some you have trained.

Tell me in which kata's there throws. And what type of throws?

[Woolfrey]

You'd be wrong again, assumptions won't get you any points.

This is weak, all you can do is attack me rather than answer my questions.

[mazdaplz]

agreed, wannabeebee is a weak fool, he wants to make believe he is a fighter but i can see right through. he's all talk. watch him trolling other videos like "hey glenn beck! (part 2)"

[wannabeebee]

You stated

"Shotokan practitioners seem to be the only ones who use it to full effect in combat"

You dont half talk some sh#te

There were records of a form of bare knuckle fights/competition amongst karate ka on Okinawa.

[Woolfrey]

How does bare knuckle fights in Okinawa change what happens in Shotokan sparring? You keep going off on tangents rather than answering my questions so I'm just going to take this as a victory for me.

After perusing your profile, I can see you're just a sad 46 year old man who gets his kicks out of antagonising others over the internet. Why don't you go and do some martial arts instead of this petty spamming on a youtube video? Have a nice life, or what's left of yours...

[wannabeebee]

I see. You are considering my age to make me some poor lame old man eh?

And you are point scoring?

Yes you are correct. I enjoy antagonising ar#eholes who show like to get off on others because they have issues that relate to their own self doubt.

Regards my age well. The last guy I did a full contact sparr with thought a bit like you .

I think he lasted about 30 seconds.

Grow up pup!!!

[786myfist]

You are a troll.

[brasshandmartialarts]

Perhaps he is referring to the origins of Shotokan in Okinawa and when it moved to japan and became shitt...Other than that I do not know, although Im just gonna say "Lose the bag and grab a makiwara"

[ronin752]

Without trying to be disrespectful, I see his point. This is a good demonstration of how to hit a makiwara with a gyaku zuki, but it is only a beginning. There is a lot more to karate, Okinawan karate, than linear attacks. Unfortunately, traditional martial artist how practice modern methods have done poorly against other stylist. It is because the training is limited. I think the karate world would grow if we as karateka looked outside of the linear box of shotokan.

[MuskokaLad]

Matsubayashi-Ryu.....

[ronin752]

I did not mean to direct my comment toward the practicioner displayed. Just encouraging others to look beyond the "reverse punch."

[naboria]

Ronin...have you heard of Lyoto Machida?

[ronin752]

Okinawan karate, prior to mainland Japan, did not singularly focus on the reverse punch.  In fact, the reverse punch is used far more in shiai than in the kata.

[CulturePeaceForever]

Thank you for posting the explanations.

[1000MOSHT]

I had the pleasure of training with Yahara Sensei at Crystal Palace London UK.

Great Inspiration. I have seen those hands in reality, I would NOT want to be on the wrong side of those fists. Very Impressive.

[guiltybystander77]

very good.

being able to hit hard and fast is useless if your weapons aren't up to the strain.

[christwarrior56]

God bless

[zealotnut]

Great use of the hips,it's all there!

For beginners,watch how he uses his WHOLE body to maximise bio-mechanical power.

I have never trained with Yahara Sensei,but this bloke clearly knows his stuff AND is able to convey his knowledge/experience.

oss.

[ando3233]

damn prolly the best makiwara demo i ever seen on you tube man ... sweet! everything ur doing is correct!

[SADEONERR]

that makiwara looks stiff to me.

[1ToNJaB]

good demo on how to generate power.

[Malbec0]

Beautiful. Lovely kime and transition from hanmi to shoman. Did Ju-ippon kumitte a few times with him at the Honbu doju. (my arse was kicked)

[chopperob]

Ive never trained with Sensei Yahara but would love to. Must admit he does scare me after reading all the stories about him!

[zealotnut]

Is that because he works with the yakusa?

Usually you have to be in 'em to work with them.

If he's not in 'em,he's got balls the size of melons.

p.s. i love his todome approach to the way.

[cool70200]

depends on type of training focus, some guys are very technical focused, working with efficient body mechanics, others arent as technical, they just get a general motion an really more on brawn or their shifted bodyweight for leverage

[TamMc1]

Sensei Yahara...8th dan...hes a legend...shoud see his back hand attacks ...hes lightniong speed :D

[yec2006]

The filling of his technique, from the motion is unique big flowing and at the veriend tilbone tanden up.