Diving into Okinawa's finest UECHI-RYU Karate with the legendary Karateka: KIYOHIDE SHINJO

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Күн бұрын

Come along as Champloo founder and karateka Youngmin Lee introduces Uechi-Ryu karate, one of the three pillars of Okinawan traditional karate and renowned for its rigorously intensive training rituals, and his dojo, the “Uechi-ryu Karate-do Kenyukai Honbu Dojo.” Witness the deep immersion into a world where every movement tells a story of discipline, heritage, and the relentless pursuit of mastery.
Interview: Youngmin Lee, Gen Fujita, Julian Hong
Visual/audio: Gen Fujita, Julian Hong, Tsukumo Kitagawa
Edit: Youngmin Lee, Julian Hong
Translation: Rin Ghosh, Youngmin Lee
Special Thanks to the "Uechi-Ryu Karate Kenyukai, Hombu Dojo Shinjo Juku."
00:00 Intro
01:54 Warmup (ウォーミングアップ)
03:47 Sanchin (型:三戦)
09:13 Tameshi-wari (試割り)
12:34 Yakusoku kumite (約束組手)
14:07 Seisan (型:十三)
15:51 Forearm/leg conditioning (小手鍛え、下肢鍛え)
18:50 Editor show off (編集長の戯れ)
20:27 Sparring (自由組手)
23:20 Sanseiryu (型：三十六)
24:51 Cool sparring techniques (組手用技)
26:08 Quick interviews (門下生インタビュー)
29:25 Tameshi-wari part 2 (試割り2)
31:01 End of the day - chill time (稽古後ーゆんたく)
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@champloo-oki Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! We should’ve clarified at the beginning of the video... the guy constantly being picked on by sensei is Youngmin, the co-founder of this channel. I asked my sensei that he go especially hard on me to show you guys what traditional conditioning is all about! No worries, we don’t do this on every occasion!

@jm7578 2 ай бұрын

That is the most intense realistic Uechi Ryu training that I’ve ever seen. That Sensei is hard-core.

@user-dk3up2nl1m 2 ай бұрын

Miyagi says - aye

@user-tc5qk4jj4l 2 ай бұрын

Что жестокого))? Он проверяет натяжение и скручены ли мышцы. Это нужно для понимания техники.

@cerberus5k 2 ай бұрын

I can feel the Sanchin conditioning all over again lol

@Dionisio_13 2 ай бұрын

Feels like the "old" school karate/taekwondo I first learned. Loved it.

@lestergeorges2991 Ай бұрын

This sensei is a douch bag

@haistapaska20 2 ай бұрын

Nice to see what real karate is about

@stedro 28 күн бұрын

hardening your Body?

@rodericksibelius8472 2 ай бұрын

THIS TYPE OF TRAINING REALLY DEVELOPS the Warrior Mentality and the training being Hit conditions the body so that when there is a REAL LIFE FIGHT SITUATION the Body can take a hit.

@carlcanmore2658 Ай бұрын

I got clocked in the face once by my sensei, three stiches, lots of blood & possibly a mild concussion, the other thirteen years at that dojo were nothing but aches & bruises.

@tiazmat1 Ай бұрын

@@carlcanmore2658 yeah, that is stipude way to train. never theses guys can competete. it''s ridiculious

@carlcanmore2658 26 күн бұрын

@@tiazmat1: This is real karate, not the sport or Hollywood type.

@elindioedwards7041 2 ай бұрын

Incredible. I have never witnessed conditioning of the toes or fingers like that. Impressive.

@Grandroborox Ай бұрын

As dangerous as those hardened digits are, it kinda looks like they become too deformed to be useful in other applications. I guess this guy might not be the one to knit his own sweaters but imagine needing fine motor skills and sensitivity, you've beaten them out of your hands, or so I imagine.

@James-wd9ib 26 күн бұрын

@@Grandroborox Karate impact conditioning is much more dangerous than Kung Fu conditioning because the "progression" is too abrupt. In Karate, you start hammering the makiwara and all kinds of shit right away, this is why you have so many arthritic karateka. In Iron palm kung fu, you start thrusting spearhand into beans, then sand, then river stones, then metal ball bearings. Same with body conditioning, you start getting hit with a bundle of chopsticks, then a bundle of light metal sticks ("iron brush"), then a light piece of wood, then heavy wood.

@fuji1215 2 ай бұрын

やっぱり上地流は見ていて迫力がありますね、、

@carlosllanos4689 2 ай бұрын

That is one man you do not want to mess with. I would love to train with Shinjo sensei

@Gisimaru 2 ай бұрын

carlosllanos4689 - vice versa. I would like to train with a sensei at least one day of my life

@moonishkalicheran3470 2 ай бұрын

Shotokan Karate was the first martial art I learned since early teenage years, then I switched to Ninpo and Wing chun. However if ever I would go back to Karate, I would definitely want to master uechi ryu 💪🏻

@joydharan3860 Күн бұрын

Yakusoku Kumite is the best I have ever seen practical & effective. Shinjo Sensei is great I hope once I will meet him

@deenavardhini5151 2 ай бұрын

Okinawa is the birthplace of karate and is deeply rooted in the history and culture of the islands. Fantastic job in presenting its rigors and truest form to the global community!

@cerberus5k 2 ай бұрын

Training Uechi was one of the luckiest experiences of my life. Thank you Sensei Sue Owen, R.I.P. Sensei John Vandelaare.

@user-ls4no9od2z 2 ай бұрын

잘봤습니다. 훌륭한 수련과정입니다!

@maxmoyer 2 ай бұрын

Amazing insight into our island's treasure of karate! 10/10

@pd4197 2 ай бұрын

This is brutal awesome training. Some serious REAL karate. This guy sensei shoukd have a channel with regular content 💪🏻 Love the vid.

@cerberus5k 2 ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7p0otZezp_Lp4E.htmlsi=ilmbDQsmbPPsOysZ Anything with Sensei Thompson is a good bet, I'm a little biased though he taught my Sensei.

@lynnhunley7597 2 ай бұрын

This is a good reason to grapple or wrestle. Cause if you let these guys hit or kick you with that dragon ball Z power it's over. So cool! The instructor is an impressive man.

@SoldierAndrew 2 ай бұрын

My student , a former USMC 0311 now EMT /firefighter, is a skilled kodokan judoka and Machado jiujitsu black belt who trains Uechi Ryu Kara te. He's a super humble Christian guy but an extremely dangerous man.

@jesusjavierlaytenvera7267 2 ай бұрын

Bro, you definetely dont want to be anywhere near those uechi ryu or goju ryu fingers.

@gutslikesgyoza 29 күн бұрын

I don't comment on videos often but I have to on this video. I really, really, reeeaaally enjoyed this one and it's probably my most favourite on this channel! (I've been rewatching it over and over for some reason, even showed it to my grandma) I don't want to make this comment too long, but I really appreciate your guy's videos and I really miss Japan espacially Okinawa and as someone who's been doing Karate since a very young age, I love these kinds of videos. They somehow give me this "I'm at home" feeling if that makes sense! Last thing, when I visited Okinawa last month I got to meet Hokama Tetsuhiro-Sensei kinda randomly and he's such an interesting person, I'd love to see a lot more videos about different people's karate background and or about people there in general, as the first interview you guys have on the channel really moved me aswell! がんばれ！

@jeffreymoore4132 Ай бұрын

I lived in Okinawa while in HS, and this brings back some memories. I was about the same age of the young man that got pounded on and everything was so similar. Even the wood was the same size. I wish my boys could experience this. This training changes your perspective on what is effort, focus, and what you can accomplish when you maximally apply those two things. Thank you for sharing this.

@SeitoJack Ай бұрын

Well said. There are quite a few Uechi-Ryu schools around the world and some of them founded by Master Shinjo's students. You just need to locate one near you... and then convince your boys to accept this type of training, which might be a lot harder to do than finding a good dojo 😉

@Freethink_Rebel Ай бұрын

The training looks very similar to old-school Kyokushin training. Good stuff.

@GrishamDenz 2 ай бұрын

So inspirational.

@ShaiHailife 2 ай бұрын

Amazing

@winddragonmma 2 ай бұрын

In America I try to train people the old way. but they don't understand. I loved this video. This was similar yet different, but close to how I was trained by my uncle. It hurt real bad, It was extremely hard, but it was real, and the skill you developed from this old school training was very high level. I'd like to point out the spiritual power in this video. It's in the breathing, the "San Shin Kata" (Three Kingdoms Kata) where one develops breathing control and learns to harness Ki or Chi, or bioelectrical energy. In Shaolin Kung Fu the bone hardening exercises here would be called "Iron Sheet", very painful training, but what it produces is an iron will with the strength to endure the greatest of physical pain, and still keep fighting like nothing happened. I loved this video, Gambate!

@marcelorp 2 ай бұрын

I'm struggling to find old way schools here in Brazil. People don't give a sh*t about history fully of culture behind this, they just want to see Karate more as a kind of exercise/sport to relax at end of day. My dream is to be able to train Karate in a way such that one showed in the video. It is the only way I see to not only develop our body to the limits but our souls too.

@user-ln2cy8ge2c 2 ай бұрын

I come from a boxing background that was intense and rigid. I am trying to expand my training but these gyms i find to be way to soft. We need more old school teachings out here build real warriors.

@PitchBlack2424 2 ай бұрын

Great video! Loved it! I study Goju-Ryu and have always been fascinated by this style 🤙🏾

@user-cx9uz4jh6d 2 ай бұрын

That’s really cool!

@ringhosh5616 2 ай бұрын

すごい勉強になります！

@samimakiwara8584 2 ай бұрын

Hello from algeria and OSS

@aylagusti 2 ай бұрын

favorite video so far!

@yaya_081 Ай бұрын

凄まじい稽古の様子を共有していただき、ありがとうございます。勉強になります。押忍。

@user-qh6uj2zu9w 2 ай бұрын

新城先生はトークもピカイチ☆

@oscillatine 25 күн бұрын

I love practicing Ueshi ruy training and fighting. With the hardening I no longer feel most of the blows.

@peterwilliamson4296 7 күн бұрын

Greetings from New Zealand.

@paulorobertoxavier2416 2 ай бұрын

treino forte muito top gostei meus parabéns mestre felicidades

@darthludicrous99 Ай бұрын

Got suggested this video when I was looking up instructional videos for Judo (cause I recently started that). WHatever reason the algorithm had for suggesting this to me I am glad that it did because this video does a fantastic job of introducing someone like me to Uechi-Ryu. I think Japanese martial arts in general have so much more history and depth to them that no other martial art can compare.

@gary4real594 2 ай бұрын

Really cool and interesting stuff. I'm excited to see where this channel goes in the future

@bobafett7079 2 ай бұрын

Would love to see a video on exploring that distance getting closer with a bladed stance and being able to throw some punches without getting popped right away with punches as I am struggling with this myself

@kmlgraph 2 ай бұрын

@ 27:50: "Can you tell me about the injury you got in Karate?" "Which one?" 😂

@user-pt6fk4bf3q Ай бұрын

25:46 めっちゃかっこいい

@rcanashi 2 ай бұрын

That peace of wood hitting the leg must be very painful...

@GMANLOVE 2 ай бұрын

Cool vid

@user-ht6ty7et7y 2 ай бұрын

後ろ廻しがあるのが意外でした。

@jordanrock3494 4 күн бұрын

Ahh..The Karate I grew up with. 🫡

@justas423 Ай бұрын

Karate and Smooth Jazz. A very relaxing combination.

@RevSteveHermann 2 ай бұрын

Super training. Hardcore and genuine.

@Natan_Levy 2 ай бұрын

Great video!

@champloo-oki 2 ай бұрын

Thank you sir!!!!

@paulorobertoxavier2416 2 ай бұрын

treino de verdade gostei muito,meus parabéns mestre saúde felicidades

@JoseBaez-ok6oo 2 ай бұрын

Muy bueno y muy hermoso el entrenamiento saludos de corrientes Argentina

@jobcritic6281 2 ай бұрын

Hey I’m in 40’s been practicing martial arts for 28years been slowing down lately due to age but this video inspired me to keep going. I just took some C4 off I go

@JamieGarciaOCSI 2 ай бұрын

Whoa look at this cool young man!!! And the videography!! Whoaaaaaa!

@acevaldo2603 2 ай бұрын

The best part of this video is the time stamp that says warm ups 🤣 great video!

@nagareboshi.F 2 ай бұрын

8:45 1番左の人の身体えぐw

@laffta6727 2 ай бұрын

the young man that was picked on by the master will one day be the toughest teacher

@andrefagundes2157 Ай бұрын

Boa noite porfessor, mestre.

@dangerdavefreestyle Ай бұрын

the whole time nobody smiles or cracks jokes, they are so stiff and strict. that sensei is beating them all. but this is clearly hardcore training like samurai, monks, ninjas.....

@champloo-oki 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for 100k views and 1000 subscribers!! お陰様で10万再生・1,000人登録者を達成する事ができました！ありがとうございます！

@daniel-san836 2 ай бұрын

i was surprised at how quickly the two guys sparring became tired

@dakentaijutsu2010 2 ай бұрын

Don't act like that never happened to you before

@MrSaiyan333 2 ай бұрын

@@dakentaijutsu2010 Not after 10 seconds in a point-based match where you stop after every hit and I'm not even on the level of a black belt.

@aka_rook 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant.

@quickstep2408 2 ай бұрын

Shinjo used to compete in sport competition when he was younger so he's studied his karate for sport and traditional, which is why his dojo practices more sport and sparring than other traditional okinawan dojos. some hardcore traditionalists might not like that, but i think it could still foster a greater perspective to their martial arts. though you should always discern between fighting and self-defense, sport and traditional aspects.

@rebkhai 2 ай бұрын

That style is so hardcore! Lot's of power!

@lucadesanctis563 Ай бұрын

Beatiful. It reminds me when practising Wing Chun and Siu Lim Tao ❤

@andrefagundes2157 Ай бұрын

Bacana aula 🙋🙋🥊🥊🥊

@drion208 2 ай бұрын

Дело не в каратэ, а в людях, как они это каратэ применяют в жизни.

@sandamma23 2 ай бұрын

esse é o único Karate que se iguala ao Kyokushin....ossssu.

@berylrosenberg704 2 ай бұрын

Sensei is going easy on them! If they were in a Muay Thai camp or Kyokushinkai, those kicks would be denigrated harshly.

@user-ug7ur5ou5e 2 ай бұрын

Great man!

@tacbrothers3926 2 ай бұрын

I really believe what we are seeing is undiluted old school karate. This is it in it's raw form.

@Eobred 2 ай бұрын

🥋

@andrearoma5785 Ай бұрын

Conditioning + heavy sparring = effective martial art. The master looks like is made of iron, and he's not in his 20s. Impressive training.

@gouraali4457 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, i enjoyed it very much.

@ch-ee8ct Ай бұрын

26:50 動画の冒頭から軍人にしては線の細い白人がいると思ったら､やっぱりメカニックだったんですね｡顔が中性的で可愛いから軍隊の中でナメられないように空手を習いにきたんだね｡

@r.t.972 Ай бұрын

Very hardcore. Thanks for posting this excellent video. Really liking the intensity and the unique movements you don't see much. First time ever seeing a man use the spear hand to break two hard wood boards, much less kick through them with his toes!!!! A living memorial to the ancient techniques.

@scva-socallvillainadvocate 2 ай бұрын

Last part kicking wood with leg is danger your leg can broken

@mikeydo9567 2 ай бұрын

Great great content! Liked and subbed!

@funkalopigus Ай бұрын

I'm a Godan in Uechi-Ryu and thoroughly enjoyed watching this! Fantastic job showcasing the different aspects of the training and atmosphere. It's obvious Shinjo Sensei pushes his students the right way and has fun doing it.

@credov.k2594 2 ай бұрын

Kiyohide is a great master!

@user-ch7ky6co3c Ай бұрын

怖すぎだろ。。これが本来の空手なんだろうね。型が見たことないような型ばっかりで凄かった。

@Gansher34 2 ай бұрын

One new subscriber here,very awesome video and nice channel🔥🇵🇷🙌

@Mokusei5 Ай бұрын

I've been training shotokan karate for a while, and I really admire goju ryo karate, Okinawa. I think it is beautiful

@delmartin1947 2 ай бұрын

Well done very good video interesting session, best wishes to you all...

@mohammadsh3519 Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed watching their practicing session.it looks like this style has both classic traditional karate elements and modern full contact style like kyokushin.some of their movements while practicing kata was similar to shotokan in my eye.fast and sudden.but when they started yakusuko and body conditioning,they did it with complete power like we do in kyokushin.the other interesting thing was using some elements of throwing like in judo.

@iraklideas10athens56 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this amazing video.Uechi ryu and kyokushin is my favorites karate styles.Unfortunaly there isn t traditional styles in my country,only WKF style.

@mohammedharoon8627 2 ай бұрын

Good content interesting 😊

@serhanbaygon5126 Ай бұрын

Really nice atmosphere! Train hard and after drink some beer and speak with your team is just perfect. Best way to finish the day. I wish I would have opportunities like this.

@samimakiwara8584 2 ай бұрын

Please can you put subtitles in all languages 😊?

@CrinosAD Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing, this was awesome! Kind of wanting to try myself, though, I've been doing Shorin Ryu for years, and we have nothing of conditioning like that. (other what ever you want to do on your spare time).

@user-yh2gq4hp3l 7 күн бұрын

👍🇱🇰 පට්ට පුහුනුව

@skorpio404 20 күн бұрын

14:34 Seisan

@HASSTYLEPROGRESS 2 ай бұрын

that man went through two boards with his toe.

@ValerieCatanzaro Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@Vekren 2 ай бұрын

He such a true legit master

@punisher1038 2 ай бұрын

羨ましい環境下であり、私も教わりたい。

@dakentaijutsu2010 2 ай бұрын

That's the kind of conditioning we do in Kyokushin, also the Kumite, even though it was point sparring, but at least it was more contact than WKF karate, that's for sure! 👊

@andrefagundes2157 Ай бұрын

Bacana aula

@biggooseadventures 4 күн бұрын

This isn’t training. This is cult training. This is nothing like a real fight.

@peterharrell7305 Ай бұрын

This looks exactly how my friends' dad trained us. Wow, i never thought id see something like that again.

@Gisimaru 2 ай бұрын

👍👏 Вось такой працай набываецца жалезная кашуля. Дзякуй за вiдыё 👍 = This is the kind of work that earns an iron shirt. Thanks for the video

@samproximax1790 2 ай бұрын

Can you make this vido downladble please?

@Bigramt Ай бұрын

Real Karate I spent 12 years of my youth doing the bastarised freestyle karate, which is essentially kickboxing, before boxing I now train Judo, but i would love to train in this Dojo. It's amazing! A great Sensei with top students! He's a real Sensei that you would jump through fire for

@Mrsuershshortkungfu Ай бұрын

Very nice

@user-hc1sf6eu4i 2 ай бұрын

昔上地流道場は那覇の観光センターの3階だったか？にあったと思うそれから数十年ごに沖縄守礼道でお会いした。上地流のサンチンは開手で行われ、またガマクチンクチとは違った立ち位置に思われる。古武道の世界大会でお見掛けしたようにも思うが定かでない、いずれにせよヤマトンチュの知らない空手が沖縄にはある!

@psychkick666 Ай бұрын

wow his right toe is broken beyond repair and faces the right. u can see he made his toe bleed after the first kick on the board, there is red gash on toe