Thank you!

Will shotokan work for a bouncer? Self defense in bars and clubs?

@@steverodgers4662 why wouldn't it work?

Old school TWD is tang Soo do right?

@@Dennis-kn2cf No. Tang Soo Do stayed as a separate style from TKD. But the techniques are very similar.

@@steverodgers4662 For most bouncers every martial art works, since they are fighters by inclination. But grappling seems to be most appropriate for them in terms of not escalating violence and staying out of court. Putting someone to sleep w a choke or cranking their arm so it’s not useful is probably preferred to a right cross to the face. A friend of mine who has been a bouncer for years in Boston is a Muay Thai fighter with much ring experience . He has also achieved blue belt in BJJ. He says the BJJ has by far been more useful for him.

lol what... i studied okinawan karate and we were taught things not in this vid even. the real okinawan way to use naihanchi is to use trapping and 'changing of hands'. it's more 'hands on' than shotokan lol. also, the naihanchi footwork in the style i learned is circular later on, not sidestepping or complete lateral movement which most style think it is... doesn't make sense though if you think about it. a WHOLE dang kata for sidestepping? come on... wait...?! flesh tearing?! where the heck did you train man!

@@quickstep2408 That was in Detroit - flesh tearing, and fighting with your back against the wall. And that was the best school. You should have seen the other school's interpretation of the moves.

Berlin, Germany

TheLeviathanFilm Is there a way that I can locate him, via website or dojo address?

sure: www.sv-tora.de/karatetrainer.php

Thank you for your comment. I suppose you are referring to the beginning of Heian Sandan? The arm breaking technique is a very common interpretation. But as usually, when it comes to Bunkai, there are multiple possibilities.

A block is a strike

A Block is a Lock is a Blow is a Throw... Depending on your skill and imagination... Because it is just a body movement, you can do what ever you want... E.g. Spill your coffee mug with an uchi uke. :-)

lol karate is not conformed to the interpretations of one style... i really hope your sensei isn't so arrogant as to tell you that... so which is it, the teacher or the student that is arrogant here?

A punch is a punch as they say

Du bist so schlau, darf ich dein Freund sein?

Nö! @@honigdachs.

this would easily work on an untrained person, which is what karate was designed for. nice weak rhetoric though.

Karate ni sente nashi .. no 1st attack.. Everyone takes a collective dump of karate in some way or another?? Why?? Because they saw Karate Kid and think of the crane kick?? Te... or kara te ... is one of the oldest forms of combat arts.. started in the fujian province of China.. transcended by decades of evolution and addition... Karate does have a distinct 123 or ichi ni san way of training but that builds up discipline and technique so the practitioner might evolve the technique to a free and effective defence art.

this is shotokan, the sport karate. some shotokan schools like to study the self defense though. i agree with the deep stances, very limited mobility.