He makes it look so easy but it takes years to develop this.

Hotton sensei is just in a league of his own...

A brilliant Shotokan karate instructor.Very detailed and great precise movements.He reminds me of Andre Bertel another brilliant Shotokan karate instructor.Just awesome.

Absolute best English speaking Karate Teacher in the world.

Principles are on point! All is connected. I’m a gymnast and the same rules apply in all types of movement.

An extremely important secret (technique) revealed for every motion there is a reason...Thank you Sensei...

Sensei transcends all arts and styles. I’m from Shorin-Ryu/Taekwondo background. His insights are applicable for all willing to lose grip of their respective disciplines. 👊Osu!

It sounds magical because it's hard to explain in words. Roughly, diaphragmatic breathing and the tensing of the abdominal muscle group allows a solid connection within the entire torso and hip, which allows force transmission from the feet to the hips to the shoulders to the hand. A few analogies could help illustrate the concept. 1. A shitty clutch makes an engine feel weak at the wheels. Fixing the clutch "makes the car stronger". 2. Your fist is like the tip of the nail, your torso is the hammer and the hips down are the arm gripping the hammer. 3. You can push things with a steel bar but not a steel chain. There's more to it than just that, but it should get the general gist of it.

Best living western Sensei, no doubts.

Very good explanations and beautiful personality with a touch of sense of humor 👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻

Excellent biomechanics sensei

Thanks for this video. This is what I am working on. I often forget to relax between the technics and that slows me down.

I am inspired by every lesson from Sensei Rick. There is so much more to every movement, yet so logical and you can feel the difference right away.

Great in expressing the concept of connection to the center. It is the fundamental principle of any kind of sport and martial art

That elastic snap is amazing

My respect to you sensei. Your explaination and teachings are smooth and very helpful. Thank you alot.

Magnificent! Love the way he explains this.

Oss! Hotton Sensei! You get to joke and keep strict discipline in the team! At the same time! Quite detailed and are available about the concentration of the gyaku tsuki (kime), Oss!

Thanks! Supernatural sounds exactly right.

I just want to thank you for the truly great inspiration in all your videos. My guess is that most of your followers study your craft but there is a transcending value to all walks of life. In my case my craft is golf but it could be any athletic motion. Things like Inflection of your Center is the catalyst that ties us all together. When we walk, we see our feet move and our arms counterbalance but it is a desire to locate our center in a different space or orientation of where it is. Many would view this a distal driving proximal but its the other way around. Without Core the is nothing. I like to use the pebble and pond analogy. We see a pebble strike to waters surface and then the rings that emanate from the center strike. What your after is the free ride from the void created from the waters splash back. What we need to answer for ourselves is What is the Origin of Motion? Once we know where it begins then we begin to accelerate in our craft. The connective tissue through our skeletal structure acts in a chain reaction from center down to the Purchased ground, amplified back up with ground force reaction. In your case for a punch, block or deflection and then poised for more counter or strike. Pretty similar in as walks of life. I will leave it there but I thank you again.

Nice technique and explanation.👍

This instructor really REALLY knows his stuff.

I love it. Using the hard with the soft

Great example and description. OSU!!

Excellent!!! Oss

sensei your awesome

when he talks abt feet flat on the ground. would there be a modification of stance for high arched people

Would be amazing to see him have a session with a thai boxer and share concepts. What he teaches I am sure we can learn from.

Grande Nice

EVERYONE has understood you Sensei, that is taking it to a minimal yet maximum power / level

Excellent and I am a Ving Tsun man where you have to deal with a more powerful martial artist, its a big challenge to learn this fine art.

Great....is there a chance to see you in Germany? or somewhere else in Europe?

It's kind of the same thing O'Sensei Tsuruoka taught us, but he explained it the opposite way as tight-release.

This is stuff taichi/xingyi/bagua all try to teach in a very systematic way.

He shows what is karate

There needs to be more martial arts teachers like this guy. The ideas he talks about are things internal martial artists try to grasp at for a long time but hardly ever succeed at. brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/the-taiji-manual-of-long-zixiang/ Some reading for anyone who wants to build on training energy and connection.

Squeeze the peanut butter 👊

Kumite, kumite!!!

osu