Seienchin kata, Hirokazu Kanazawa, 10th dan shotokan

Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa, 10th dan Shotokan (SKIF), demonstrates Seienchin kata.

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Sports

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• martial arts
• combat sports
• karate
• shotokan
• kata
• seienchin
• hirokazu
• kanazawa
• kancho
• skif

[Shotokita]

Master Kanazawa is demonstrating a Goju-ryu kata using some Shotokan dynamics. This is exactly what the early masters did historically. When you are this technically advanced, the point of martial arts is to adapt the kata and bunkai to your body type and level of mental maturity. This man is a true master. I study both Shotokan and Goju, jujutsu and judo and found this performance an inspiration. He obviously understands Seiyunchin masterfully.

[seishin73]

I ask all of you who comment to answer this question seriously... How many of you can claim to have stuck with anything in your lives as consistently and as vehemently as Kanazawa-sensei has stuck with his practice of Shotokan karate? How long? One year? Two? Five? Ten? Try over sixty years? The fact that he is having some fun with Shito-ryu katas is great. Why not let him enjoy his art and quit criticising? After all, what do you self-professed critics have to offer anyway?

[johnbryan12]

Seienchin is a hard kata at any age never mind when you are over 60, i hope i would be able to do as good job when i am kanazawa's age, and i think that people see 10th dan and exspect a perfect performance ? No one is perfect at karate no matter what grade you are, thats what make's it so good, we are all way striving for perfection but will can never really get it , but we will still try all the same, bowing with respect to kanazaw sensei.

[shihangodan5]

Very nice kata....

[SKIFTIGER]

Osu,Kancho is amazing.

[SithV1]

My main style is Goju-ryu, but I have learned some katas from other Karate styles. I find it cool to learn more kata to expand your horizons.

[trograin]

@Majordeathman10 You claim to be a 4th Dan, and yet you are missing the point of a Karate-ka? Interesting, Truly Interesting.

[10cruz]

Amazing. I love Karate.

[Majordeathman10]

@seishin73 well i have been in karate since i was 2 and practice everyday and iam 4th dan

not even close to perfection of the body

[BelloBudo007]

@karatekid73 - Good on you KK73. Finally someone making sense. Simply be respectful is all that is required and people can all get along. To that I would add Tolerant. And I have to say that even at his advanced age Kanazawa Sensei is moving better than any other Shoto Kan karate Sensei that I have trained with or seen. Actually it's as frustrating as it is inspirational.

[karatekid73]

For those who are critiquing a man in his 60's in this clip, Kanazawa sensei is probably the most humble man in karate Ever. He is not perfect in his technical execution, but he is on a different level to anyone with his progressive mentality and wisdom. i'm not a fan of his or many people's physical display of technique, But the point is u don't have to be impressed, just BE RESPECTFUL! The man has done karate since the 50's !!! longer than most of our ages This performance was inspiring OSS!