@MrKarateka123 I doubt Funakoshi would have beat another man just to make a point, that man created shotokan to cultivate his spirit and be fit , but he truly hated to fight.
Gichin Funakoshi is my favorite martial artist. I cant beleive I almost joined stupid Tiger Schullman's until I found a great Dojo and great Sensei in Shotokan
Si tuviera una máquina del tiempo, reuniría a estos genios y me gustaría ver estas peleas:G.Funakoshi vs. Yip Man; Bruce Lee vs. Huo Yuanjia; Helio Gracie vs. Gene Lebell; "Superfoot" Wallace vs. Jean Claude Van Damme; Joe Lewis vs. Frank Dux; Rickson Gracie vs. Kimura; Ueshida vs. Kano; Nai Khanom tom vs. Bai Yu Feng; Ku Yu Cheung vs. Ed Parker; Euclides Pereira vs. Bas Rutten; Royce Gracie vs. Wally Jay; Joe Louis vs. Muhammad Ali.
@rbrtdornel Te falto un peleador... el mas importante... Masutatsu Oyama, en terminos de golpes fue lo mas fuerte que existio ademas de haber practicado tecnias de agarre y llegando a ser por ejemplo 4to Dan en Judo con 20 años... Busca en wikipedia para informarte mejor =) saludos desde Uruguay, osu.
@Keileni ¡Como me voy a olvidar de Masutatsu Oyama el primer artista MMA de la historia! Lo haría pelear contra el creador del Taekwondo; Choi Hong Hi; ¡sos de Uruguay! ¡yo también, vivo en Trinidad, departamento de Flores, suerte que hay otro compatriota que le gustan las artes marciales!
THIS IS A TOTAL FARCE- not even close to the style taught. Why would anyone go through the trouble of faking with a poorly concocted video and a truly fumbling kata. Still photos of the real Funakoshi can easily verify this as well as the images are nothing close to the physical nature of film stock or cameras at the time.
WARNING from a JKA life member: Years with the JKA (Japan and America) revealed contradictions that caused me to study original karate (beginning, what it is, why developed, how taught, general syllabus). The JKA practices a sport and it has eliminated much of original karate. As such it is not a martial art and is not karate at all. For the discerning and the objective; if you really want to learn of karate, Okinawa is the source. Find a teacher with PROVABLE lineage.
@IEKUKATAKA , Provable lineage doesn't change anything to it , even if you're a 10 th dan , karate doesn't fight for justice anymore , we pollute so much to create our martial world , an exemple is the karate-gi , , if our world doesn't go back on track , many arts will disappear or will become a simple heritage . The samuraï era ended because they tough they were invisible and they forgeted that in life , you got to be ahead. Even a 10th dan doesn't fight for justice these days. Think
@heidtmanmail Wrong by a mile! Okinawa had karate, Japan did not. Okinawa had a martial art called karate, Japan did not and the JKA still doesn't. Japan copied Okinawa's karate, some did a good job, others did not, the JKA did not. Believe what you like, but, if you do JKA karate forever, you will never have practiced karate even though the JKA will swear to you that you do. 'Sup to you, dude.
@IEKUKATAKA with all due respect,i don't know why you hate the JKA so much ,you say that what they practice is not martial arts,then what would you say is martial arts and what is the purpose of the martial arts in your opinion. Or and i don't believe okinawa is the source of the martial arts(karate) china is....
@zambiananilator Speaking the truth does not mean hate is involved. My opinion has no relevance where martial arts are concerned, they are for the execution of warfare, that is what the very words mean. In depth study and practice with the JKA reveals much, I am a JKA life member. The JKA is forbidden by law to be a martial art. They practice a sport. Their general syllabus is very short of karate and even it is tournament driven. Okinawa is the source of karate. I did not say it was.... see #2
@zambiananilator #2. the source of martial arts. America has martial arts, military bayonet fighting is one. Any country can have martial arts, they are systems of combat. In case you are confused by the term Budo, that does not mean martial art. Bugei is martial art in Japanese. Budo is a confusing term to many. All activities under Budo are limited as regards combative teaching. A good example is Kendo. They say it is a martial art. You tell me, or better, tell yourself how it can be.
@zambiananilator How can people striking each other with sticks, protective clothing, an allowed limited number of techniques against predetermined, limited areas of attack be considered a martial art. I am a former Marine, I had bayonet training. We were taught how to use the rifle and bayonet against an enemy, there were no limits regarding engagement, everything was open for offense and defense. The JKA limits it's techniques and areas of attack just as kendo does. Why? it is a sport.
@IEKUKATAKA Indeed but a study of the initial relationship between Funakoshi sensei and the Japanese is an eye opener. I believe he gave them as little as he could and did not betray his Okinawan roots. As you said, Okinawan te is the way to go.
@MERVILLE3 You are actually missing the facts: In Funakoshi's time karate was already a dying art. You can read this out of his poem when he travelled to Japan, but you can also take Chojun Miyagi's words. Funakoshi and others put much effort in saving the art, make it public and make a happy buck with it. But: Funakoshi considered karate too dangerous, so he always wanted to turn a fighting art more into some kind of sport or better a workout. He actually implies it in a passage...
@MERVILLE3 [2] in his book Tôdi Jutsu where he discusses his vision of karate and comparing it to kendô: "Likewise, in times past swordmanship was taught only through kata since a shiai, whether using real swords or wooden swords, was always fought at the risk of one's life. Subsequently, today's face masks and wrist guards were developed, and although this brought about a certain amount of degradation of kendo, ..."
@MERVILLE3 [3] "... it allowed it to become that much closer to a sport rather than a martial art." – Also: There is no "pure" karate anymore. Not even in Okinawa. It was a dying art before it was made public and it is all tainted by japanese school karate. Actually all so-called "Okinawa karate" ryus started after its introduction in okinawan schools and don't seem to have much in common with the pre-Meiji karate. It's interesting that many impulses on getting back to the real...
@MERVILLE3 [3] "... it allowed it to become that much closer to a sport rather than a martial art." – Also: There is no "pure" karate anymore. Not even in Okinawa. It was a dying art before it was made public and it is all tainted by japanese school karate. Actually all so-called "Okinawa karate" ryus started after its introduction in okinawan schools and don't seem to have much in common with the pre-Meiji karate. It's interesting that many impulses on getting back to the real...
@MERVILLE3 [3] "... it allowed it to become that much closer to a sport rather than a martial art." – Also: There is no "pure" karate anymore. Not even in Okinawa. It was a dying art before it was made public and it is all tainted by japanese school karate. Actually all so-called "Okinawa karate" ryus started after its introduction in okinawan schools and don't seem to have much in common with the pre-Meiji karate. It's interesting that many impulses on getting back to the real...
@MERVILLE3 [4] karate – well, "real" karate, to be honest as there is no way back – did and does come from the western world by people who actually are unsatiesfied with sportskarate.
karate is a chapter from kung fu that the okinawans practice , its influence was kung fu with a mixture of okinawan martial arts , when the japanese took over the ryu kyu islands they own everything okinawan and karate was one of them , funakoshi introduce karate to japan in the 1920's and the japanese were interested in it but the japanese turn it into a sport coz japanese people love sports
The poster who said that Funakoshi wouldn't stand a chance against a BJJ figther is correct but then again he wouldn't last a second with him or me either but consider that the man has been dead for over 50 years that is not surprising.
I don't know why the so called "diss" me generation has to be so disrespectful to a man like Funakoshi who passed on a skill to countless people all around the world. So he accomplished a lot more than most of us ever will.
@kentaappel this generation is full of narrow minded idiots that talk without knowing. bjj did make a revolution in the martial arts world but striking is just as important. i train in kyokushin and someone once told me mas oyama accidently killed someone in one punch in self defense. i respect martial arts but not combat sports
@BluePittbull666 you can't be serious...after all we've seen in MMA competition you still think that BJJ is like giving someone a magic pill that suddenly turns him into a superhero? At least come up with a decent argument before making stupid coments about this video...BTW your nickname is kinda lame.
@BluePittbull666 no grappling>striking unless the striker can do a one hit kill move. dumbass mma fanboy, i hate people like you seriously people like you ruin the world, for example shuai jiao (chinese wrestling) can take apart the stand up arts.
I have train karate for allmost 7 years, he is a great model (IDK if that is rigth, im from norway and not very good in english ;) dnt judge me) I love training karate, and i got 2. Kyu ;) Im gonna train for several more years i think :D I love the sport
@dapare00 he was trained in shuri-te, by Ankō Itosu, and Ankō Asato.
Kanryo Higaonna and goju ryu is Naha-te. Funakoshi did train with other masters in his life but as far as his book, "karate-do my way of life" and other publications i have never found any information as to wether he trained in Naha-te.
@dapare00 he never trained withkanryo higaonna, his trainingv was with ankoh itosu, and ankoh asato, he was weak as achild but training in karate made him stronger, he died in his nineties.
I have been doing shotokan for 8 months. It will be a long way to the top, but i would like to be as good as Sensei Funakoshi was. Arigato Gozaimashita for your martial art.. Arigato Gozaimashita. :)
@mustafabasharibrahim I don't mean to be rude, but this was not developed for sport. I'd venture to say that if you believe that, you are missing the point entirely.
@metalkraven If you believe this is not a sport, implying that this is karate, a martial art, it is YOU that is missing the point and will continue to do so until you become aware of the historical facts.
Estimado ALADONOCTURNO: no es que el okinawa te fuese dividido en estilos, sino que la estandarización es desconocida en las AAMM tradicionales. Algo así como que cada maestro tenía "su propia receta" o manera de interpretar el karate (= que llamamos hoy "estilo"). Con tal de que funcionara en combate, poco importaban las diferencias de técnica entre cada maestro. Otros "factor diferenciador" proviene del hecho de que el karate se originó de distintos estilos de kung fu.
Beautiful kata and technique. Read in a martial arts book called From Lee to Li that Funakoshi was extremely sick as a child, and only survived because his master gave him karate lessons as well as special herbs.
and yet Lyoto Machida uses it and hes a Black Belt in Shotokan and the UFC Light Heavyweight champion and GSP is black belt in Kyokushin and same as Bas Rutten
User acerwk was beat up by a shotokan karate purple belt, he got a Bad hit to the face and hot the ground ! this is his way of spamming due to his horribly embarrassing lose ! the shotokan karate ka said "MALAKA !"
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hahahha..with what??with oi-tsuki??hahahah..look this moves man what a shit.shotokan a gay art for gay people hahaha.noe go and practise oi-tsuki ahahahah
Machida is black belt in Bjj and thats why he know how ro defend him shelf against grapplers.if he would stay only in shotokat train he would train on defenses against oi-tsuki!what a crap
if he didnt train in Bjj he would loose all the fights.shotokan dosent train what to do against grapplers etc.only against attacks never see in real life such as oi-tsuki!
of course but look at Cro Cop hes a kick boxer who uses sparwl and crawl and make the fight into a stand up match remeber this is mma so they use different martial arts but Lyoto Machida stand up is a modified Shotokan with Muay Thai
like annoying folk on here dont you?now your boyfriend hikiwaki 10 has had to pipe up and defend you,cant take it,dont dish it out.sick of reading you bringing down shotokan and now your nearly bubbling.oss.
I am new to this blogging and I am only trying to study new techniques at least new to me! I am not a scholar but there seems to be too much hate/conflict in the martial arts world! We as martial artists should unite and show the way. Be a bright light not a dim bulb.
Jesus, you're telling ME. It seems the internet martial arts community is riddled with people who have inferiority complexes, so I could see how the martial arts attracts them. They were never okay with life, or their own life, so they're trying so hard to make it better in front of a computer screen, when in fact the arts themselves are supposed to give you a sense of understanding and peace with the rest of the world. Oh well, I'm kind of being a hypocrite.
You are not a hypocrite, just a martial artist on the never-ending quest. Endure the slings and arrows and find your own path. We (martial artists) need to remain focused on the way to enlightenment in technique, in thinking, and in life which is to study all, remain true, and collect to ourselves that which we can use and discard that which is just noise. As has been said in many iterations, The only fear is darkness! Dont let fear cloud the mind and be open to what life offers.
I completely agree. The people who join threads on these videos only seem to want to criticize and cut others down. I know I've been guilty of that too.
I will say that most of the people who respond to these videos, myself included, could use a lesson in dojo kun.
Dear Dr. Freud, I really appreciate your psychobabble! Do not hide behind the facade of true knowledge. I will take you by the hand and spoonfeed it to you. It is "glorious", not "glories". Frustrating isn't it, to have someone try to open your closed eyes. Ignorance is a disease, and the cure for it is knowledge! One must look beyond the mundane idol worship which infects so much of the practioners of Karate Do and see the truth! I do not berate, I educate!
Dear Mr passive aggressive. education requires not belittling your students. I am not sure who is frustrated here. Please present your knowledge show your evidence. so far you have only have opinion with no real evidence.
lastly Idol worship would require me holding karate masters to be perfect and with out flaw, which is impossible since they are human. Also even respecting them has no real effect on my training or skill. you can respect people and not worship them.
I see that you somehow feel your world threatened by empirical thinking. There is no contradiction to what I've written, it's just that unfortunately you don't understand it. I seek not to humiliate, bu to educate! Why should criticism upset you so much? Is Kanazawa some sort of deity? Is your ego attached to his? Do you feel that you bask in his glow? He is just a man, and therefore can be deconstructed like any other. I do not worship at the altar of any "master", I am my own master.
oh dearest sir my passive aggressive nature is coming throw so i shall endeavor to be more passive aggressive in the future. I have no real connection to any of these famous Karateka other then I respect them. because my glories skills are not based upon them but my own and wonderfully supreme knowledge which i have gather from my many yrs of self exploration of the martial arts... it is sad to see though a person claiming to be something but is reduced to passive aggression.
Your comment is a non sequitor! You can't "diss" some one, but you can be disrespectful. Using your "logic", one cannot critique a ballplayer, boxer, or any athlete! Blind obidence is slavery! One must look to see the truth to be free! We are taught to use our minds, since it is the most powerful of all weapons! Tear down the edifice of blind allegiance! I am very humble, but my brilliance is blinding, and frightens those who come in contact with it. I am your friend, not enemy!
"my brilliance is blinding" "I am very humble"...
I would like to show the class tonight what is called a oxymoron. its a contradiction basically. its amazing. it normally occurs when some one is trying to sound smart and humiliate people while still seeming to be just like them, but they in fact do it in a passive aggressive way. which leads to this. a brilliantly stupid serious of exclamation points.
The Tao teaches us that the truely humble one stays in the shadows. Those who constantly seek the limelight are not of the Tao! The greatest masters were those who weren't known. The so-called, "advanced teachers" need their egos to be massaged by those like you, who need a figure to worship, thinking that their "reflection" is on you. When you walk the pathless path, you'll perhaps, understand what I've said.
guess you are not a humble person either. you comment on ever shotokan video about how it sucks, but also diss oyama for not being karate either. practice what you preach or just shut up.
..it was bare knuckle, so it kept the fighters from maiming eachother. That is not to say today it's pretty meaningless with equipment, but back in the day it showed it's power, and shows that the system can be useful today as well.
wtf is people going on about "karate is chinese, karate oringated in china" man you people are retards!
karate orininated in okinawa, japan
every single form of karate is japanese, none of them are chinese. although karate is related to gung fu which IS made in china, karate is japanese. nuff said
actually, karate is from Okinawa... but not the okinawan islands, its from a town in Houng Zuo province, in china thats called Okin Awa. but not the okinawan karate, but the chinese art called Ka arah Teh
Kankusho, was actually brought from China, by a Chinese ambassador to the court of Okinawa. It was as those of us who are educated in karate do's history as "Kushanku" which is the transliteration of his name. The Pinans come from it, and the Japs changed to name to Heian reflecting their history. If Funakoshi was the great "master", then why did his students lie and say how great he was, and then change his style? What hypocrisy! What frauds! Myagi is the greatest Okinawan, Funakoshi was not!
My God, why am I surrounded by such doltish idiots? Sun Dome was created by the JKA for karate competition. That was because they thought that since their techniques were so "deadly" they couldn't have used them in competition with injuring or killing the opponent. You seem to confuse what happened in JKA to the training in Okinawa. How do you know it works? when the opponent is injured! Stopping and thinking it is real is quite different when it actually makes contact!
Foul language is the sign of ignorance and improper training in philosphy of the art! A "wheel" kick for the ignorant is a type of stiff legged spinning back kick. So your sarcasm shows that you haven't trained too long or been exposed to other styles. I train 6 days a week in various methods not just the back and forth of punching and hitting air to get a false sense of security. One day a week I meditate for eight hours. I am too advanced to teach, but one day hope to find a worthy student.
your two advanced to teach or not advanced enough to teach. because I have never heard of such a silly thing as too advanced to teach people. thats what most advanced people do is teach.
Funakoshi, the coward,for bringing "Chinese Hand" to japan and changing the name to empty hand.Now the world thinks it's a japanese system. How stupid...
Actually Funakoshi brought Karate from Okinawa to Japan, not from China to Japan. "Te" is what it was called before Karate, and was in Okinawa long before Funakoshi was born.
Oh Wise One,how did "karate" get to Okinawa? No need to answer! It came from CHINA! Even the Okinawan's will tell you that.Remember he didn't bring "karate" to japan,he brought what was then called "Chinese Hand" to japan. What is it about "Chinese-Hand" that is so confusing for you?
Partially correct. Karate did not get to Okinawa, Chuan Fa influence did. Karate is an Okinawan term. Originally, karate meant Chinese hand. It was later changed to empty hand via kanji change. It was done in order to prevent bias from Japanese nobility and citizens resulting from war. However, there is multi-cultural influence in karate, China being one, Okinawa the other, yet it remains an Okinawan art. It has an Okinawan flare I have not seen in any Chinese arts anywhere. Related? Yes.
It is true that oï-zuki is extremely difficult to perform...what's it got to do with anything "gay"? Looking for mates, maybe? If so, I'm afraid you aren't on the right site.
in the Dojo all this kind of stuff like oi-zuki in long dachi works.but in the streets you going down..easily..just like Funakoshi when Motobus student kick his ass in 5 seconds.
i dont know what ur problem is, i dont know what school you went to or if your sensai is a crappy instructor but watever stop lookin up shotokan stuff if u dont like it is all i have to say
realy wat is your deal? your a asshole, and u obviously have no life if your argueing over the internet on what martial art or what kind of karate is better
Well to be fair, you should look at some of the full contact shotokan bouts in the 60's and 70's. The 'point sparring' was in such a way that to get a point one must stagger or knock out an opponent, so you had to hit the guy HARD, not only that, but because one must stagger or knock out an opponent to get a point, the karateka ofter had to throw punches in a combination. THe only reason they would stop the fight after a point is awarded(Which can only be done if you hit hard) was because it
I can't do without this video. I simply love it! I watch it 5 times a day or more... Osu!
needed92 4 days ago
Ele é o pai da rie funakoshi mais conhecida como rie fu ;)
yuri3979 1 week ago
@yuri3979 Pai não, mas provavelmente bistiavô. A sério! ;)
eisbombenhagel 1 week ago
Osu Funakoshi Sensei!!
morbidbushido 1 month ago
I was on his last seminar before he died
javifmad 4 months ago
Thanks to Funakoshi and others of course, the greatest Karate was invented by Masutatsu Oyama =) Osu.
Keileni 5 months ago
U.U oss
BlackCrazyWoman66 6 months ago
@BluePitbull666 Do you even PRACTICE Shotokan? Funakoshi CAN beat a BJJ fighter considering he introduced karate to the WORLD.
MrKarateka123 7 months ago
@MrKarateka123 I doubt Funakoshi would have beat another man just to make a point, that man created shotokan to cultivate his spirit and be fit , but he truly hated to fight.
xXxstunner 3 months ago
@xXxstunner Yes I know, it's just that he CAN. I know that Funakoshi hates fighting.
MrKarateka123 3 months ago
That karateka doing Tekki Shodan doesnt look like Funakoshi if I'm correct.
MrKarateka123 7 months ago
Gichin Funakoshi is my favorite martial artist. I cant beleive I almost joined stupid Tiger Schullman's until I found a great Dojo and great Sensei in Shotokan
MrKarateka123 7 months ago
@mustafabasharibrahim KARATE IS NOT A FUCKING SPORT IF YOU WANT A SPORT GO AND FIND TAE KWON DO FAGGOT.
KiraxRo 9 months ago
Si tuviera una máquina del tiempo, reuniría a estos genios y me gustaría ver estas peleas:G.Funakoshi vs. Yip Man; Bruce Lee vs. Huo Yuanjia; Helio Gracie vs. Gene Lebell; "Superfoot" Wallace vs. Jean Claude Van Damme; Joe Lewis vs. Frank Dux; Rickson Gracie vs. Kimura; Ueshida vs. Kano; Nai Khanom tom vs. Bai Yu Feng; Ku Yu Cheung vs. Ed Parker; Euclides Pereira vs. Bas Rutten; Royce Gracie vs. Wally Jay; Joe Louis vs. Muhammad Ali.
rbrtdornel 9 months ago
@rbrtdornel Te falto un peleador... el mas importante... Masutatsu Oyama, en terminos de golpes fue lo mas fuerte que existio ademas de haber practicado tecnias de agarre y llegando a ser por ejemplo 4to Dan en Judo con 20 años... Busca en wikipedia para informarte mejor =) saludos desde Uruguay, osu.
Keileni 5 months ago
@Keileni ¡Como me voy a olvidar de Masutatsu Oyama el primer artista MMA de la historia! Lo haría pelear contra el creador del Taekwondo; Choi Hong Hi; ¡sos de Uruguay! ¡yo también, vivo en Trinidad, departamento de Flores, suerte que hay otro compatriota que le gustan las artes marciales!
rbrtdornel 5 months ago
Cual es el nombre de la cancion de fondo?
ZXAREZX 11 months ago
Could you send me the name of the song or the song by e-mail? Thanks in advance. :) BTW great video. ;)
needed92 1 year ago
THIS IS A TOTAL FARCE- not even close to the style taught. Why would anyone go through the trouble of faking with a poorly concocted video and a truly fumbling kata. Still photos of the real Funakoshi can easily verify this as well as the images are nothing close to the physical nature of film stock or cameras at the time.
JimCaronArtist 1 year ago
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jobowtackmasterx 1 year ago
WARNING from a JKA life member: Years with the JKA (Japan and America) revealed contradictions that caused me to study original karate (beginning, what it is, why developed, how taught, general syllabus). The JKA practices a sport and it has eliminated much of original karate. As such it is not a martial art and is not karate at all. For the discerning and the objective; if you really want to learn of karate, Okinawa is the source. Find a teacher with PROVABLE lineage.
IEKUKATAKA 1 year ago
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@IEKUKATAKA , Provable lineage doesn't change anything to it , even if you're a 10 th dan , karate doesn't fight for justice anymore , we pollute so much to create our martial world , an exemple is the karate-gi , , if our world doesn't go back on track , many arts will disappear or will become a simple heritage . The samuraï era ended because they tough they were invisible and they forgeted that in life , you got to be ahead. Even a 10th dan doesn't fight for justice these days. Think
thierryda1 1 year ago
@thierryda1 wtf buddy?! you stupid shit!
786myfist 8 months ago
@IEKUKATAKA japan and okinawa had there own style of karate. okinawa is the source. reminds me of gracie to jujitsu.
heidtmanmail 1 year ago
@heidtmanmail Wrong by a mile! Okinawa had karate, Japan did not. Okinawa had a martial art called karate, Japan did not and the JKA still doesn't. Japan copied Okinawa's karate, some did a good job, others did not, the JKA did not. Believe what you like, but, if you do JKA karate forever, you will never have practiced karate even though the JKA will swear to you that you do. 'Sup to you, dude.
IEKUKATAKA 1 year ago
@IEKUKATAKA whatever you say. the sup is now on you. the old switcharoo
heidtmanmail 1 year ago
@IEKUKATAKA with all due respect,i don't know why you hate the JKA so much ,you say that what they practice is not martial arts,then what would you say is martial arts and what is the purpose of the martial arts in your opinion. Or and i don't believe okinawa is the source of the martial arts(karate) china is....
zambiananilator 1 year ago
@zambiananilator Speaking the truth does not mean hate is involved. My opinion has no relevance where martial arts are concerned, they are for the execution of warfare, that is what the very words mean. In depth study and practice with the JKA reveals much, I am a JKA life member. The JKA is forbidden by law to be a martial art. They practice a sport. Their general syllabus is very short of karate and even it is tournament driven. Okinawa is the source of karate. I did not say it was.... see #2
IEKUKATAKA 1 year ago
@zambiananilator #2. the source of martial arts. America has martial arts, military bayonet fighting is one. Any country can have martial arts, they are systems of combat. In case you are confused by the term Budo, that does not mean martial art. Bugei is martial art in Japanese. Budo is a confusing term to many. All activities under Budo are limited as regards combative teaching. A good example is Kendo. They say it is a martial art. You tell me, or better, tell yourself how it can be.
IEKUKATAKA 1 year ago
@zambiananilator How can people striking each other with sticks, protective clothing, an allowed limited number of techniques against predetermined, limited areas of attack be considered a martial art. I am a former Marine, I had bayonet training. We were taught how to use the rifle and bayonet against an enemy, there were no limits regarding engagement, everything was open for offense and defense. The JKA limits it's techniques and areas of attack just as kendo does. Why? it is a sport.
IEKUKATAKA 1 year ago
@IEKUKATAKA Indeed but a study of the initial relationship between Funakoshi sensei and the Japanese is an eye opener. I believe he gave them as little as he could and did not betray his Okinawan roots. As you said, Okinawan te is the way to go.
MERVILLE3 4 weeks ago
@MERVILLE3 You are actually missing the facts: In Funakoshi's time karate was already a dying art. You can read this out of his poem when he travelled to Japan, but you can also take Chojun Miyagi's words. Funakoshi and others put much effort in saving the art, make it public and make a happy buck with it. But: Funakoshi considered karate too dangerous, so he always wanted to turn a fighting art more into some kind of sport or better a workout. He actually implies it in a passage...
eisbombenhagel 1 week ago
@MERVILLE3 [2] in his book Tôdi Jutsu where he discusses his vision of karate and comparing it to kendô: "Likewise, in times past swordmanship was taught only through kata since a shiai, whether using real swords or wooden swords, was always fought at the risk of one's life. Subsequently, today's face masks and wrist guards were developed, and although this brought about a certain amount of degradation of kendo, ..."
eisbombenhagel 1 week ago
@MERVILLE3 [3] "... it allowed it to become that much closer to a sport rather than a martial art." – Also: There is no "pure" karate anymore. Not even in Okinawa. It was a dying art before it was made public and it is all tainted by japanese school karate. Actually all so-called "Okinawa karate" ryus started after its introduction in okinawan schools and don't seem to have much in common with the pre-Meiji karate. It's interesting that many impulses on getting back to the real...
eisbombenhagel 1 week ago
@MERVILLE3 [3] "... it allowed it to become that much closer to a sport rather than a martial art." – Also: There is no "pure" karate anymore. Not even in Okinawa. It was a dying art before it was made public and it is all tainted by japanese school karate. Actually all so-called "Okinawa karate" ryus started after its introduction in okinawan schools and don't seem to have much in common with the pre-Meiji karate. It's interesting that many impulses on getting back to the real...
eisbombenhagel 1 week ago
@MERVILLE3 [3] "... it allowed it to become that much closer to a sport rather than a martial art." – Also: There is no "pure" karate anymore. Not even in Okinawa. It was a dying art before it was made public and it is all tainted by japanese school karate. Actually all so-called "Okinawa karate" ryus started after its introduction in okinawan schools and don't seem to have much in common with the pre-Meiji karate. It's interesting that many impulses on getting back to the real...
eisbombenhagel 1 week ago
@MERVILLE3 [4] karate – well, "real" karate, to be honest as there is no way back – did and does come from the western world by people who actually are unsatiesfied with sportskarate.
eisbombenhagel 1 week ago
Last week I had a dream and I was training with Funakoshi. It was an amazing dream, I didn't want to wake up.
iBeansOnToasTi 1 year ago
karate is a chapter from kung fu that the okinawans practice , its influence was kung fu with a mixture of okinawan martial arts , when the japanese took over the ryu kyu islands they own everything okinawan and karate was one of them , funakoshi introduce karate to japan in the 1920's and the japanese were interested in it but the japanese turn it into a sport coz japanese people love sports
TheShotokankarateguy 1 year ago
Master Gichin Funakoshi the Japanese Godfather :)
Cannibal600 1 year ago
Always keep in mind: Karate ni sente nashi- there is no first attack in Karate.
Oss!
Talbuk 1 year ago
I consider Funakoshi a brilliant man, whithout whom the world would never have known about karate.
aqx770 1 year ago
The poster who said that Funakoshi wouldn't stand a chance against a BJJ figther is correct but then again he wouldn't last a second with him or me either but consider that the man has been dead for over 50 years that is not surprising.
I don't know why the so called "diss" me generation has to be so disrespectful to a man like Funakoshi who passed on a skill to countless people all around the world. So he accomplished a lot more than most of us ever will.
kentaappel 1 year ago
@kentaappel this generation is full of narrow minded idiots that talk without knowing. bjj did make a revolution in the martial arts world but striking is just as important. i train in kyokushin and someone once told me mas oyama accidently killed someone in one punch in self defense. i respect martial arts but not combat sports
TH3aznEmperor 1 year ago
@TH3aznEmperor I'll believe that of a man who killed dozens of live bulls with his barehands.
Monessenite 1 year ago
Bullshit , this asshole wouldn't last a second against a brasilian jiu jitsu fighter.
BJJ best system ever.
BluePittbull666 1 year ago
@BluePittbull666 puppet
kenjutsu34 1 year ago
@BluePittbull666 I don't agree, BJJ is brilliant but it doesn't have the core power of shotokan, I think BJJ can be slightly all over the place
gypmeister52 1 year ago
@BluePittbull666 anyone can win using dirty tricks.
c0d24live23 1 year ago
@BluePittbull666
I must say that no system is better than the other it is up to you wether you become a better personor not through different fighting systems...
pon4iks 1 year ago
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deadguy29 1 year ago
@BluePittbull666 you can't be serious...after all we've seen in MMA competition you still think that BJJ is like giving someone a magic pill that suddenly turns him into a superhero? At least come up with a decent argument before making stupid coments about this video...BTW your nickname is kinda lame.
deadguy29 1 year ago
@BluePittbull666 no grappling>striking unless the striker can do a one hit kill move. dumbass mma fanboy, i hate people like you seriously people like you ruin the world, for example shuai jiao (chinese wrestling) can take apart the stand up arts.
iHornyTroll 1 year ago
@BluePittbull666 you are a couch warrior, no martial arts skills Ultimate Fighter lover
786myfist 8 months ago
Oss...
For all the strength I have acquired, Arigato gozaimashita...
For all discipline I have mastered, Arigato gozaimashita...
For my family's armory, Arigato gozaimashita...
OSS!!!
mgessler 1 year ago
whats the music? i fvckin love it!
theindonesian2008 1 year ago
I have train karate for allmost 7 years, he is a great model (IDK if that is rigth, im from norway and not very good in english ;) dnt judge me) I love training karate, and i got 2. Kyu ;) Im gonna train for several more years i think :D I love the sport
RealBunn 1 year ago
read somewhere that this dude didnt last Kanryo Higaonna training and was kicked out of his school bcuz he was weak or something like that
dapare00 1 year ago
@dapare00 he was trained in shuri-te, by Ankō Itosu, and Ankō Asato.
Kanryo Higaonna and goju ryu is Naha-te. Funakoshi did train with other masters in his life but as far as his book, "karate-do my way of life" and other publications i have never found any information as to wether he trained in Naha-te.
toxi87 1 year ago
@dapare00 he never trained withkanryo higaonna, his trainingv was with ankoh itosu, and ankoh asato, he was weak as achild but training in karate made him stronger, he died in his nineties.
singhakabuttar 1 year ago
father of karate. oss!
kafourosellas 1 year ago
Isn't it Itosu (Funakoshi's teacher)? He built all the fundamental katas.
saulocpp 1 year ago
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tzarmu 1 year ago
I have been doing shotokan for 8 months. It will be a long way to the top, but i would like to be as good as Sensei Funakoshi was. Arigato Gozaimashita for your martial art.. Arigato Gozaimashita. :)
Need3D 1 year ago
i started shotokan about 3 months ago now its tuff workout but when im done i feel like i can take down an army for some reason lol
biggman18 1 year ago
osssuu!
infectedkoozer 1 year ago
One of my favorite martial artists
MattMedik 2 years ago 3
GUICHIN FUNAKOSHI.OSS
chelo203 2 years ago
Most of those pics were from Funakoshi's 1st book Karate Jutsu.
tuff234 2 years ago
Os sensei!
mk9107 2 years ago
all respect to the founder of this great sport and the samurai warrior so all i can say (arigatto gozaimashita funakoshi sensei).
mustafabasharibrahim 2 years ago 24
@mustafabasharibrahim deep respect. Founder of a sport and a philosophy
protobuddha 1 year ago
@mustafabasharibrahim I don't mean to be rude, but this was not developed for sport. I'd venture to say that if you believe that, you are missing the point entirely.
metalkraven 5 months ago
@metalkraven ok but at least id also say it's 4 self defense is that what u meant ?.
mustafabasharibrahim 5 months ago
@metalkraven If you believe this is not a sport, implying that this is karate, a martial art, it is YOU that is missing the point and will continue to do so until you become aware of the historical facts.
IEKUKATAKA 4 weeks ago
i <3 shotokan
karategirlnamedalex 2 years ago 8
Esse é o mestre dos mestres, oss!!
Hakaijutsu 2 years ago
Shomeni Hei
angelosup 2 years ago
lol music sounds like it could of came out of a japanese versian of the godfather
dodgingaces 2 years ago 51
rofl thats funny
karategirlnamedalex 2 years ago
@dodgingaces Funakoshi actually came from etnical Okinawan family :)
c0d24live23 1 year ago
GICHIN FUNAKOSHI
j0nj0n3697 2 years ago 2
arigatto gozai mashita sensei
beavisteo 2 years ago
is that tekki shodan?
izzzzzzzzzzzzzi 2 years ago
Tis
Shindai 2 years ago
Yes, it is.
cumanagoto 2 years ago
sensei ni rei osss
karateivaneitor 2 years ago 3
sempi ni rei osu
karategirlnamedalex 2 years ago
si de hecho ya sabia que el okinawa te lo desarrollaron maestros chinos(kung fu y demas estilos etc).
en lo que no estoy de acuerdo es que se dividiera en estilos.
aladonocturno 2 years ago
sensei funakoshi osss
karateivaneitor 2 years ago 4
no entiendo porque dividieron el okinawa te en tantos estilos.
aladonocturno 2 years ago
Estimado ALADONOCTURNO: no es que el okinawa te fuese dividido en estilos, sino que la estandarización es desconocida en las AAMM tradicionales. Algo así como que cada maestro tenía "su propia receta" o manera de interpretar el karate (= que llamamos hoy "estilo"). Con tal de que funcionara en combate, poco importaban las diferencias de técnica entre cada maestro. Otros "factor diferenciador" proviene del hecho de que el karate se originó de distintos estilos de kung fu.
pantagruelion1 2 years ago
Karate-do is actually Okinawan.
SelfComprehension 2 years ago
空手松濤船越サン創業者の行う
GichinFunakoshiSan 2 years ago
beautiful master i respect you all life ...
dan28044 2 years ago
Beautiful kata and technique. Read in a martial arts book called From Lee to Li that Funakoshi was extremely sick as a child, and only survived because his master gave him karate lessons as well as special herbs.
SallyMyers1991 2 years ago
KARATE DOESN´T WORK IN REALITY
MrJapch 2 years ago
and yet Lyoto Machida uses it and hes a Black Belt in Shotokan and the UFC Light Heavyweight champion and GSP is black belt in Kyokushin and same as Bas Rutten
mitchx69 2 years ago
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zakardo 2 years ago
i read this book it was good
sanddocon 2 years ago 2
beautiful. a really inspiring person
wormrojas 2 years ago 3
oss! shomen founder of shotokan karate
eeveetenten 2 years ago
osu
superstars1980 2 years ago
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What a crap!what a looser!so gay..sucks!Shit!!!
acerwk 2 years ago
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acerwk 2 years ago
sensei ni derei osss
ivanpazuzu 2 years ago
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No good!
acerwk 2 years ago
User acerwk was beat up by a shotokan karate purple belt, he got a Bad hit to the face and hot the ground ! this is his way of spamming due to his horribly embarrassing lose ! the shotokan karate ka said "MALAKA !"
AdnanCucak 2 years ago 2
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hahahha..with what??with oi-tsuki??hahahah..look this moves man what a shit.shotokan a gay art for gay people hahaha.noe go and practise oi-tsuki ahahahah
acerwk 2 years ago
I win ahah !
AdnanCucak 2 years ago
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hahahaha with shotokan you will never win haahahha
acerwk 2 years ago
already have ;D
AdnanCucak 2 years ago
u must be gay
caguamamon 2 years ago
if you study shotokan then you are.afterall shotokan is a gay art for gay people
acerwk 2 years ago
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mcanden 2 years ago
bumraider acerwk.
silverbackjim 2 years ago
shotokan is shit
acerwk 2 years ago
you would say that as Lyoto Machida is a black belt in Shotokan and is the UFC Light heavy weight champion
mitchx69 2 years ago
Machida is black belt in Bjj and thats why he know how ro defend him shelf against grapplers.if he would stay only in shotokat train he would train on defenses against oi-tsuki!what a crap
acerwk 2 years ago
yea he uses bjj for defence and also trains in Muay Thai but in hes fights he fights using shotokan but a modified way
mitchx69 2 years ago
if he didnt train in Bjj he would loose all the fights.shotokan dosent train what to do against grapplers etc.only against attacks never see in real life such as oi-tsuki!
acerwk 2 years ago
of course but look at Cro Cop hes a kick boxer who uses sparwl and crawl and make the fight into a stand up match remeber this is mma so they use different martial arts but Lyoto Machida stand up is a modified Shotokan with Muay Thai
mitchx69 2 years ago
he is not pure and only shotokan but as you say modified shotokan with Thai and for grappling Bjj and Sumo.Shotokan is not enough this is what i say
acerwk 2 years ago
like annoying folk on here dont you?now your boyfriend hikiwaki 10 has had to pipe up and defend you,cant take it,dont dish it out.sick of reading you bringing down shotokan and now your nearly bubbling.oss.
silverbackjim 2 years ago
Uk?man im sorry for you.i know that life is not fair but to be from uk??man....im sorry
acerwk 2 years ago
oh you from england,oh you gay faggot.ill get my dad to come round and batter your dad...how would you like that titbox?
silverbackjim 2 years ago
@acerwk what style do you practice?
singhakabuttar 1 year ago
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say that to Lyoto Machida who is a Black Belt in Shotokan and is the UFC Light Heavy Weight Champion
mitchx69 2 years ago
I am new to this blogging and I am only trying to study new techniques at least new to me! I am not a scholar but there seems to be too much hate/conflict in the martial arts world! We as martial artists should unite and show the way. Be a bright light not a dim bulb.
virtualfreak1 2 years ago 11
Jesus, you're telling ME. It seems the internet martial arts community is riddled with people who have inferiority complexes, so I could see how the martial arts attracts them. They were never okay with life, or their own life, so they're trying so hard to make it better in front of a computer screen, when in fact the arts themselves are supposed to give you a sense of understanding and peace with the rest of the world. Oh well, I'm kind of being a hypocrite.
DontLetMeArgue 2 years ago 6
You are not a hypocrite, just a martial artist on the never-ending quest. Endure the slings and arrows and find your own path. We (martial artists) need to remain focused on the way to enlightenment in technique, in thinking, and in life which is to study all, remain true, and collect to ourselves that which we can use and discard that which is just noise. As has been said in many iterations, The only fear is darkness! Dont let fear cloud the mind and be open to what life offers.
virtualfreak1 2 years ago 4
I completely agree. The people who join threads on these videos only seem to want to criticize and cut others down. I know I've been guilty of that too.
I will say that most of the people who respond to these videos, myself included, could use a lesson in dojo kun.
chimchim22 2 years ago
Martialyogarts is not just a sports as many people images; it is a way of life...
budokanwushu 2 years ago
Dear Dr. Freud, I really appreciate your psychobabble! Do not hide behind the facade of true knowledge. I will take you by the hand and spoonfeed it to you. It is "glorious", not "glories". Frustrating isn't it, to have someone try to open your closed eyes. Ignorance is a disease, and the cure for it is knowledge! One must look beyond the mundane idol worship which infects so much of the practioners of Karate Do and see the truth! I do not berate, I educate!
frankvanqueens 2 years ago
Dear Mr passive aggressive. education requires not belittling your students. I am not sure who is frustrated here. Please present your knowledge show your evidence. so far you have only have opinion with no real evidence.
lastly Idol worship would require me holding karate masters to be perfect and with out flaw, which is impossible since they are human. Also even respecting them has no real effect on my training or skill. you can respect people and not worship them.
PS: I am not a Karateka
wayoftheforesthand 2 years ago 2
I see that you somehow feel your world threatened by empirical thinking. There is no contradiction to what I've written, it's just that unfortunately you don't understand it. I seek not to humiliate, bu to educate! Why should criticism upset you so much? Is Kanazawa some sort of deity? Is your ego attached to his? Do you feel that you bask in his glow? He is just a man, and therefore can be deconstructed like any other. I do not worship at the altar of any "master", I am my own master.
frankvanqueens 2 years ago
oh dearest sir my passive aggressive nature is coming throw so i shall endeavor to be more passive aggressive in the future. I have no real connection to any of these famous Karateka other then I respect them. because my glories skills are not based upon them but my own and wonderfully supreme knowledge which i have gather from my many yrs of self exploration of the martial arts... it is sad to see though a person claiming to be something but is reduced to passive aggression.
wayoftheforesthand 2 years ago
Can you, at the very least, try to form grammatically correct sentences to share your opinions? Just a request, so feel free to ignore or accept.
toru315 2 years ago
Your comment is a non sequitor! You can't "diss" some one, but you can be disrespectful. Using your "logic", one cannot critique a ballplayer, boxer, or any athlete! Blind obidence is slavery! One must look to see the truth to be free! We are taught to use our minds, since it is the most powerful of all weapons! Tear down the edifice of blind allegiance! I am very humble, but my brilliance is blinding, and frightens those who come in contact with it. I am your friend, not enemy!
frankvanqueens 3 years ago
"my brilliance is blinding" "I am very humble"...
I would like to show the class tonight what is called a oxymoron. its a contradiction basically. its amazing. it normally occurs when some one is trying to sound smart and humiliate people while still seeming to be just like them, but they in fact do it in a passive aggressive way. which leads to this. a brilliantly stupid serious of exclamation points.
wayoftheforesthand 2 years ago
The Tao teaches us that the truely humble one stays in the shadows. Those who constantly seek the limelight are not of the Tao! The greatest masters were those who weren't known. The so-called, "advanced teachers" need their egos to be massaged by those like you, who need a figure to worship, thinking that their "reflection" is on you. When you walk the pathless path, you'll perhaps, understand what I've said.
frankvanqueens 3 years ago
guess you are not a humble person either. you comment on ever shotokan video about how it sucks, but also diss oyama for not being karate either. practice what you preach or just shut up.
wayoftheforesthand 3 years ago
5 stars!
gagiandjeo 3 years ago
Funakoshi ,,, hes so nice i honor him.
GinoMaloney 3 years ago
this is my martial arts my sensei comes from the rose and the brock schools
growmoremusic 3 years ago
..it was bare knuckle, so it kept the fighters from maiming eachother. That is not to say today it's pretty meaningless with equipment, but back in the day it showed it's power, and shows that the system can be useful today as well.
AAAhmed46 3 years ago
wtf is people going on about "karate is chinese, karate oringated in china" man you people are retards!
karate orininated in okinawa, japan
every single form of karate is japanese, none of them are chinese. although karate is related to gung fu which IS made in china, karate is japanese. nuff said
SnipeZ850 3 years ago
actually, karate is from Okinawa... but not the okinawan islands, its from a town in Houng Zuo province, in china thats called Okin Awa. but not the okinawan karate, but the chinese art called Ka arah Teh
johnnybudo 3 years ago
Karate is from Okinawa..and Gici Funakoshi was the MASTER.
pirroepir 3 years ago
Kankusho, was actually brought from China, by a Chinese ambassador to the court of Okinawa. It was as those of us who are educated in karate do's history as "Kushanku" which is the transliteration of his name. The Pinans come from it, and the Japs changed to name to Heian reflecting their history. If Funakoshi was the great "master", then why did his students lie and say how great he was, and then change his style? What hypocrisy! What frauds! Myagi is the greatest Okinawan, Funakoshi was not!
frankvanqueens 3 years ago
My God, why am I surrounded by such doltish idiots? Sun Dome was created by the JKA for karate competition. That was because they thought that since their techniques were so "deadly" they couldn't have used them in competition with injuring or killing the opponent. You seem to confuse what happened in JKA to the training in Okinawa. How do you know it works? when the opponent is injured! Stopping and thinking it is real is quite different when it actually makes contact!
frankvanqueens 3 years ago
Foul language is the sign of ignorance and improper training in philosphy of the art! A "wheel" kick for the ignorant is a type of stiff legged spinning back kick. So your sarcasm shows that you haven't trained too long or been exposed to other styles. I train 6 days a week in various methods not just the back and forth of punching and hitting air to get a false sense of security. One day a week I meditate for eight hours. I am too advanced to teach, but one day hope to find a worthy student.
frankvanqueens 3 years ago
your two advanced to teach or not advanced enough to teach. because I have never heard of such a silly thing as too advanced to teach people. thats what most advanced people do is teach.
wayoftheforesthand 3 years ago
Funakoshi, the coward,for bringing "Chinese Hand" to japan and changing the name to empty hand.Now the world thinks it's a japanese system. How stupid...
QianHanXiongShou 3 years ago
Actually Funakoshi brought Karate from Okinawa to Japan, not from China to Japan. "Te" is what it was called before Karate, and was in Okinawa long before Funakoshi was born.
statementz 3 years ago
Oh Wise One,how did "karate" get to Okinawa? No need to answer! It came from CHINA! Even the Okinawan's will tell you that.Remember he didn't bring "karate" to japan,he brought what was then called "Chinese Hand" to japan. What is it about "Chinese-Hand" that is so confusing for you?
QianHanXiongShou 3 years ago
Partially correct. Karate did not get to Okinawa, Chuan Fa influence did. Karate is an Okinawan term. Originally, karate meant Chinese hand. It was later changed to empty hand via kanji change. It was done in order to prevent bias from Japanese nobility and citizens resulting from war. However, there is multi-cultural influence in karate, China being one, Okinawa the other, yet it remains an Okinawan art. It has an Okinawan flare I have not seen in any Chinese arts anywhere. Related? Yes.
IEKUKATAKA 3 years ago
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Shotokan is gay....oi-zuki doesnt work in real life...
acerwk 3 years ago
What makes you say that? Did you try it and get your ass kicked?
darkphoenix2 3 years ago 2
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come here and let me show you a reverse punch....
ranger2187 3 years ago
yes and the other hand hikite and in a deep stance..what a gay
acerwk 3 years ago
It is true that oï-zuki is extremely difficult to perform...what's it got to do with anything "gay"? Looking for mates, maybe? If so, I'm afraid you aren't on the right site.
Kingaudet 3 years ago
"in real life" what do even mean by that?
willowtreephoto 3 years ago
in the Dojo all this kind of stuff like oi-zuki in long dachi works.but in the streets you going down..easily..just like Funakoshi when Motobus student kick his ass in 5 seconds.
acerwk 3 years ago
What did you say i didn't understand your comment
tigermix83 3 years ago
? wats your problem? it doesnt necasarily have to work its for training not for trying to beat the shit out of someone
chaseowns12 3 years ago
it is Supposed to be a martial art that you can use and save your life!well shotokan you can use if you want others to kick your ass!
acerwk 3 years ago
i dont know what ur problem is, i dont know what school you went to or if your sensai is a crappy instructor but watever stop lookin up shotokan stuff if u dont like it is all i have to say
chaseowns12 3 years ago
Why not?is so funny!come on lets do oi-zuki!what a gay!
acerwk 3 years ago
fuck u
chaseowns12 3 years ago
get lost gay!go and practice oi-zuki !!What a loooooseeeerrrr
acerwk 3 years ago
realy wat is your deal? your a asshole, and u obviously have no life if your argueing over the internet on what martial art or what kind of karate is better
chaseowns12 3 years ago
Shotokan a gay art for gay people just like you.end of story!know go and practice oi-zuki looser
acerwk 3 years ago
Well to be fair, you should look at some of the full contact shotokan bouts in the 60's and 70's. The 'point sparring' was in such a way that to get a point one must stagger or knock out an opponent, so you had to hit the guy HARD, not only that, but because one must stagger or knock out an opponent to get a point, the karateka ofter had to throw punches in a combination. THe only reason they would stop the fight after a point is awarded(Which can only be done if you hit hard) was because it
AAAhmed46 3 years ago