Shotokan Karate 7

Number 7 shotokan karate. 2007 SAKA Summer Camp with guest instructor Master Yaguchi 8th Dan. This was filmed before the split between ISKF and the JKA. Shot by Tom Leeman

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[qix1t]

Exactly! solar plexus is a pressure point, just like the jaw/temple is. And they're used everywhere, even if people dont realise it, like in boxing. Japanese martial arts have just codified it a little better so its easier to learn. As for the slightly weirder ones on the arms, it depends on the individual. Some points work better than on others - like some guys have a 'glass' or 'granite' jaw - means they're easier/harder to knock out with a punch to the head.

[Shinkyu42]

Absolutely! Pressure point sounds good in theory but when it comes to a fast encounter, I would rather rely on a quick punch to the nose and knock out my attacker. Pressure point is fun and interesting but not street practical...and I have practice both for many years.

[BelloBudo007]

@frost2021 - I believe you are describing naka daka ippon ken (middle joint knuckle fist). I've seen some instructors still doing this method for their own private practice during class. For mere mortals like you and I we get to practice it during certain kata such as Chinte, although I've noticed even with kata it's being lost, which is a shame. It's a devasting technique with sissor punch to the ribs (hassami tsuki).

[beatriz5138]

Sono reberu ni totatsu suru ni wa, oku no kunren o hitsuyo to suru

[frost2021]

Hey, I don't know if any of you guys knew this but I just thought it was interesting so I'll share. I take Shotokan karate to, and my teacher was telling me about how in the olden days instead of a fist, you would stick out your middle knuckle and support it with your thumb. This was considered to deadly though and was taken out for competitions. Just thought that was sorta interesting :)

[IEKUKATAKA]

Many question the comment about pressure points. The study is called kusho and was a vital and integral part of Okinawan karate. The issue is not that the comment was misdirected but why you don't know of the significance of kusho in karate. It IS the very element of karate that allows a small woman to dominate a larger man and you don't know of it? Sounds just like you don't know of karate to me.

[TheShotokankarateguy]

I'm gonna train in a bit good video

[Ronin6575]

@PsychoBeast1980 Well, the little know it all is trash talking someone who wrote in 2 years ago! By the sound of your sign in name, you must be quite a beast then, eh, hoser? Such knowlege. Actually, a pressure point is really known as a trigger point, and those are highly innervated areas found in muscles, which when pressed, elicit pain and disfunction, and they are quite hard to strike if a person is moving. The nose has no actual pressure points

[PsychoBeast1980]

@Shinkyu42 Are you stupid? The nose has a pressure point. A pressure point is just anywhere that hurts the opponent in some way, using the least amount of force! And hit right behind the ear. That's how you knock them out, or the jaw, or the temple. But the nose? God, don't talk unless you know what you're saying.

[frogger249]

haha kata basadia

[brinnonvallere]

guch is the man when it comes to training combos, competition....and yes, im sure he knows about pressure points. Not quite from Okazaki,Kanazawa,Mikami age but right after.

[PanicusVulgaris]

manhettot, why don't you find some pressure point on your head and get it to steer clear of clips on topics you have no clue about. Take it to bullshitting Kung Fu and "kiai" masters and enjoy those endless empty bla-bla-bla training sessions with your looser brothers. This is Shotokan, a serious fighting art.