Indeed

Every year.. we try try bring him.. but now covid so all hold for temporary

@@jkakarateclubperlismalaysi9854 wow...lucky nye korang...really hope to meet him.... he's a great sensei....his movements is so sick🥺🥺

@@saadribat2281 after this covid, insya Allah

Okinawans are Japanese too. :D

@@IgorZeler You should take a trip into the history of karate every now and then. Or do I have to remind you that Okinawa was under the cultural influence of China. And the karate arrives in Japan only in the 1920s, where it is emptied of all its Chinese contents to introduce the concepts of budo. And resold by the Japanese as their martial art. And today we find ourselves an empty container full of useless concepts. Japanese karate is a practice that is harmful to health and technically useless. With empty and meaningless kata that only serve to present to an ignorant audience that applauds without knowing what. A technique that is only used for competitions but which has now lost its martial soul. But some still continue to practice this karate because they cannot give up belts, degrees and diplomas. That have no value except what you want to give them.

@@artimarzialiefitness-aless6034 Japanese never lied, you can go through prominent practitioners and their view point about karate. karate was dying. because of itosu guru it survived and became worldwide famous and of course the Japanese played a vital role, (PLEASE RESEARCH). Indeed the oyo/bunkai they put out majority of them are superficial, will only work against a complaint opponent, can never be used in a real fight (non-consensual violence) its because the jap always focused on shia! (competition) but KARATE IS FOR SELF-DEFENCE AND YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE KATA, ALL IN SYSTEM FOR COMBAT. everything is there EVERY TECHINIQUE if you study the kata prominently. KARATE IS HOLISTIC, rich with combat principles.

@@artimarzialiefitness-aless6034 That's true. I have a black belt in Shotokan and most of the moves don't have any purpose. It's also silly how they only defend against a lunge punch for bunkai. Do you know what this kata looked like before it was changed?

@@matthewbaumann630The answer is very simple. It would be enough to study the history of karate and its masters in more depth to get the answers. The karate that is practiced all over the world is the karate wonted for schools by Itosu, and that Funakoshi popularized in Japan, calling it shotokan. Itosu, in order to include karate in Okinawa schools, completely changed the original kata. And transformed them into simple gymnastic exercises. That's why thay don't make sense. They are not the original kata. And the Japanese learned those kata. In reality the gestures of the kata are all open hands. Because they aim at specific points of human body (kyusho jutsu) or perform joint locks ( tuite). It was Itosu who decided to close hands. Because he considered open hands too dangerous for children. And this has been the practice of karate for the last 50/60 years.