Goju Ryu Karate Do - Okinawan Meibukan Style - Akihiro Yagi

Akihiro Yagi, Yodan, Meibukan Goju Ryu, son of Grand Master Meitatsu Yagi, Judan, performing the Meibuken Kata Tenchi before a seminar at the Cambridge Spring Karate Challenge in Cambridge, Ontario in May of 2003. Filmed by Tony Banh of Openminded Productions.

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Update Dec 30, 2006
***Video now available for download in Quicktime format at Revver.com

http://one.revver.com/watch/130719

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International Meibukan Goju Ryu Karate Association

http://www.IMGKA.com

Cambridge Martial Arts Academy

http://www.CambridgeMartialArts.ca

Information regarding the Meibuken Katas
http://www.meibukan.ca/technical_meibukenKata.html

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Openminded Productions

http://www.openyourmind.tk

http://www.tonybanh.tk

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• tenchi

[NintendoDrunkie]

I wonder how many school bullies went to see this because they wanted to see that he is a moron and in return actually had shit their pants and never fucked with him again.

[openmindedproduction]

@NintendoDrunkie what the...?

[2124161]

short, slow, and lack of fluently But Great, Good job ^^

[openmindedproduction]

@2124161 lol wtf?

[YuenYun]

haha at least you apologized ;]

Katas are just forms, showing various "moves" of a style. I'm a chinese martial artists myself (Wing Chun). Forms basically go through concepts, and when you actually apply them, they don't have to be just like in the form. Rather, you take the idea that you learned from the form and figure out for yourself how to use it. :D

[openmindedproduction]

@MstrKordell lol, did you not read the description on this video? the performer is the grandson of the Meitoku Yagi, the creator of this kata...

[NintendoDrunkie]

@openmindedproduction Let me say this again. I just read what I wrote the other day and that made no got damn sense. What I meant to say was that I wonder how many school bullies actually go to these demonstrations only to learn that the people they pick on at school have the competence to kick their ass.

[Aurumk1]

@alansadler1 I am sorry to tell you this but master Yagi has passed on.  May his spirit rest with god forever. He will be missed.

[openmindedproduction]

@ashyworth of course not, but it's hard to criticize an almost flawless performance of the kata by the grandson of the creator who's training and expertise in it is most likely much greater than anyone posting here and throughout most of the world

[ashyworth]

@openmindedproduction so that means its impossible for him to perform the kata a little stiff?

[alansadler1]

Also went to Okinawa in 2008 and trained with Master Meitatsu Yagi. Since our return we have incorporated a lot of what we learnt into our syllabus including this Kata. We are going back in July 2011, so looking forward to it, such an honour to train with Master Yagi.

[pabanil]

Karate-do is one of the most beautiful martial arts. It can help you in times of trouble, punching, blocking, kicking and locking.