JKA Heian Kata

OMG! i have met osaka in real person!!!

This is actually a very fluid version of Shotokan, great work

Issho Benkyo, yo're right. It's very sad that they split, but at least it's a good thing that they all still call teir Karate Shotokan Karate, and they're all great masters and great instuctors. I still respect everyone of them and wherever I travel, I always go to nearest Shotokan Dojo (regardless of association) for a few training sessions. I've always been accepted and respected, and they're always eager to welcome a Shotokan friend to their Dojos.

FredGuitar89, as you start practicing they usually first teach you Taikyoku Shodan (sometimes called a pre-kata), which teaches you the basic principles of kata. Then you move up to Heian Shodan (shown here), which is your exam kata for yellow belt. For orange, belt you practice Heian Nidan & Heian Sandan, then for green belt Heian Yondan & Heian Godan plus Tekki Shodan ( not shown here), then you learn Bassai Dai, Jion and so on.

Eterud, those are two very good examples of great Shotokan masters who are preserving the Samurai spirit of Karate. There is many others as well. And this acerwk is a miserable weakling, a perpetual wannabe, going around youtube and trying to boost his own image criticizing Shotokan masters, because he's not able to earn some respect on tatami, in fight. Don't even pay attention to loosers like this. A person who has no respect for great masters can never be a good fighter.

Gwiss, you're right for most part, but there is also a significant number of old school Shotokan masters who are preserving the warriors spirit of traditional Karate. Yahara Sensei, for example, and the recent offspring of Shotokan, called Fudokan. I still regard it as Shotokan. There is other examples as well. Norihiko Iida Sensei, Kanazawa Sensei, to mention just a few. And yes, the jutsu form of Shotokan is very effective FIGHTING system. Best example: Lyoto Mashida in MMA.

unglaublich gut!!!! Ich liebe Karate

Great answer! he doesn't know what he say!

Is it just Shotokan that, or all karate that you think is shit?

Lyoto Machida isn't doing to badly with his trad. karate background. MMA fighters are now having to study trad technique to find a way to defeat him. Kind of destroys your arguments.

The man fights, not the art. It is how we apply what we have learned that makes it combat effective.

and you want see the truth and your waste years