Kata Meikyo - Funakoshi Gichen 1924

This is a rare old movie clip of the founder of Shotokan, Funakoshi Gichen, performing Meikyo kata. Meikyo is the Japanese name given to an Okinawan form said to be Rohai. This performance was filmed in 1924.

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Sports

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• Shotokan
• Meikyo
• Funakoshi
• kata
• karate

[MartialArts4Ever]

How can the FOUNDER of a style being doing HIS style wrong. Even if its wrong according to your sensei that just means YOUR sensei and YOU are wrong.

[beltran1984]

oss , sensei

[TheHuhuhaha999]

can't see anything.........

[SKIFTIGER]

Osu,I do not support people saying the founder was wrong.In the beginning we had black and white TV,Now with advancement we have all types of things.The same goes for Shotokan karate it has developed tremendiously through Nakayama Sensei,Kancho Kanazawa, Abe Shihan e.t.c

[Andris717]

The problem is his ''style'' is in fact wrong - this is very far from Itosu's original Karate (Funakoshi was not realy close Itosu's student) and is in fact very wrong. Somebody must say this for Karate's sake - Japanese are just too polite to say it, but the result is-millions of people around the world doing total BS and thinking it is Karate.

[pagursify]

When we try to go back and compare how it is today..one must understand that karate has developed so much in terms of its form through continuing training of practitioners. New masters have modified it so that it will be applicable and realistic not sacrificing what Funakushi sensei have taught us. This is the evolution of karate. Perfection of it may be to the next generation.

[sedativechunk]

Really cool there is videos of Funakoshi that were filmed in the 1920's. Too bad someone can't go back in time and re-shoot this in 1080p!

[JimCaronArtist]

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.

[leocobbe]

OSS!

Kata é a essencia do Karate, ver Funakoshi executando é indiscritível.

Parabéns pelo vídeo.

[TheShotokankarateguy]

@Jank143 its not gay and its not weak , its called kata - a series of techniques and without kata your karate won't be good , please go make fun of some other video coz this video is gichin funakoshi himself the founder of shotokan karate

[TheShotokankarateguy]

osu

[Kinghercules]

@thetruthboss

Itosu brought Funakoshi to mainland Japan to teach karate. Him and Toyama were Itosu's proteges.