Morio Higaonna Kata Video Part 1

Special thanks to Hoosain Narker, Sensei of So. Africa for his gift of this footage many years ago.
The footage was filmed by Bakkies Laubscher,on Super 8 film on a Sunday in 1978.THE USE OF ANY COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IS USED UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF "FAIR USE" IN TITLE 17 & 107 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE.SUCH MATERIAL REMAINS THE COPYRIGHT OF THE ORIGINAL HOLDER AND IS USED HERE FOR THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATION,COMPARISON,AND CRITICISM ONLY.
NO INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT IS INTENDED!
Part 1 of 2

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• Morio
• Higaonna
• Goju
• Ryu
• kata
• saifa
• seyunchin
• sanseru
• shisochin
• seipai
• seisan
• kururunfa
• pechurin
• IOGKF
• Kokubo
• Juichi

[BakkiesLaubscher]

Interesting, but I would like to set the record straight. The footage was filmed by myself, Bakkies Laubscher,on Super 8 film on a Sunday in 1978 (I still have all the originals Super 8 reels) during the end of a training trip to Yoyogi (first time was 1973). Films were favour from Higaonna Sensei, and I find the publishing without the correct credits bad taste! It is not Kokubo Juichi assisting - a kyugrade called Taka!' Bakkies Laubscher 8th Dan, Higaonna Sensei's most senior student

[NewEnglandBudo]

@BakkiesLaubscher Hello Sensei, my apologies that I received bad information from the individual that gifted the video, and several post by other IOGKF members previously. I will correct the info. JP

[ndktube]

This brings back great memories. I trained at the Yoyogi dojo Feb 78 till July 80. Higaonna returned to Okinawa later that year. That open door in the back led to a little shower area--just cold water. Japanese wouldn't use it--just a few crazy gaijin who didn't mind the cold. The bathhouse down the street didn't open till 4! Bldg was owned by the Aragaki family who lived in the house in front. Aragaki sensei has a dojo in basement of the new bldg, as of mid-80s.

Thanks for posting this.

[NewEnglandBudo]

Glad it brought back good memories. Did you train with Ernie B. at Yoyogi? I am in touch with him.

Yoroshiku,

[sibethale]

could you please put a description of the video in your info? [if you know that is] I recognize some of the kata done by sensei morio higaonna but not all of them and I would really like to know which they all are in order. Thanks in advance

[NewEnglandBudo]

errr, they are listed in the lead of the clip as well as in the tags.

[kaegrim]

Thank you very much for posting this. It's very nice to see how Karate was the year before i was born.

[reniplawer]

muito bom



[gustavo200485]

good

[gojuryudan]

@ndktube Graham Ravey is my Sensei. He is in England, been here for last five years but he goes back to OZ for good in the next couple of months :(

[ndktube]

To continue...correction: Hunter Armstrong. He's into "hoplology" now. Wore a chain-mail suit to the dojo one day. A bit much.

Bellamy was the ranking gaijin at the time and signed me up, Higaonna was away. But he got asked to leave soon after I started. I was oblivious to most of the intrigue.

I saw Kato's sandan test. Terauchi put a pounding on him, but he passed. T was the only really fearsome J besides Higaonna.

Sometimes Aragaki's little boy ran through the dojo during class! Fun.

[ndktube]

Don't remember Ernie. I knew Brits Graham Ravey now in Aus, a monster! Nigel, S Bellamy briefly. Liam Keely from SA now also in Oz, a ginger Oz Mark very strong. Yanks: Glen Liman, NJ. Bruce Armstrong, AZ, Jerry Pattillo. Many others of course but those were the upper-rankers. Alanna H joined at that time too. She helped with the books!

I started from scratch there and only made it to yon-kyu. I had never done anything that intense. At the time it was just the dojo. Now suddenly it's history.