JKA Heian Kata

Heian Kata demonstrated by JKA Instructors Osaka, Imura, Sakata, Kagawa, Ogura, Fukami, Imamura, Yokomichi, Kashiwage, Koike, Mizuno. circa 1982

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Sports

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• JKA
• kata
• Heian
• karate
• shotokan

[krisnasan]

Thanks; excellent video, if there is another please share it on the net.

[elhalfling]

Thanks for the video. It's really cool to see some of the kata being performed by people who are really have a lot of experience doing it and to see the difference between knowing the kata (ie, being able to perform it in sequence and in a technically correct manner) and REALLY knowing it.

[fredkarat]

best of the best .oss.jka.

[MrSamurai8]

Nakayamas Shotokan

[olliwaa]

Definetely the best Heian Kata video I know.

It's refreshing to see Kata without superfast, superhectic and exaggerated movements that seem to be the norm in sports Karate. No matter what people say and what the current fashion may be, Osaka and co will remain my Kata reference.

[mrnoobguy]

OMG! i have met osaka in real person!!!

[buzzardneckseahag]

This is actually a very fluid version of Shotokan, great work

[PanicusVulgaris]

Issho Benkyo, yo're right. It's very sad that they split, but at least it's a good thing that they all still call teir Karate Shotokan Karate, and they're all great masters and great instuctors. I still respect everyone of them and wherever I travel, I always go to nearest Shotokan Dojo (regardless of association) for a few training sessions. I've always been accepted and respected, and they're always eager to welcome a Shotokan friend to their Dojos.

[PanicusVulgaris]

FredGuitar89, as you start practicing they usually first teach you Taikyoku Shodan (sometimes called a pre-kata), which teaches you the basic principles of kata. Then you move up to Heian Shodan (shown here), which is your exam kata for yellow belt. For orange, belt you practice Heian Nidan & Heian Sandan, then for green belt Heian Yondan & Heian Godan plus Tekki Shodan ( not shown here), then you learn Bassai Dai, Jion and so on.

[PanicusVulgaris]

Eterud, those are two very good examples of great Shotokan masters who are preserving the Samurai spirit of Karate. There is many others as well. And this acerwk is a miserable weakling, a perpetual wannabe, going around youtube and trying to boost his own image criticizing Shotokan masters, because he's not able to earn some respect on tatami, in fight. Don't even pay attention to loosers like this. A person who has no respect for great masters can never be a good fighter.

[PanicusVulgaris]

Gwiss, you're right for most part, but there is also a significant number of old school Shotokan masters who are preserving the warriors spirit of traditional Karate. Yahara Sensei, for example, and the recent offspring of Shotokan, called Fudokan. I still regard it as Shotokan. There is other examples as well. Norihiko Iida Sensei, Kanazawa Sensei, to mention just a few. And yes, the jutsu form of Shotokan is very effective FIGHTING system. Best example: Lyoto Mashida in MMA.

[ruthnicovanwasen]

unglaublich gut!!!! Ich liebe Karate