Tournament-style performance. With age and practice, I hope he grows to understand the true depth of this kata as well as the others.

very nice indeed , very nice kata and speed wise nicely done

very nice kata, clean techniques and consistant throughout the kata......you changed my mind about not liking that kata cause you did it so well

it's like luca valdesi-karate... extremely fast, but no kime, no fighting spririt, bad timing and a puberty-kiai from the throat.

I loved it. Good technique. Finished. Eye direction and stance mostly spot on. Excellent. CEASAR

I think some points were lost because the starting point and ending point were not in the same place for the kata. But i personally thought the kata looked good with the kihon so nice job. It takes courage to get up and display this for people to see.

Those "cracking sounds" are merely the soles of his feet slapping against the floor !

@Imbahkakan Timing varies as more shotokan styles develop and certain Kanchos like to change things. It comes down to preference once a karataka sees many unique approaches.

I guess this is how they think it is supposed to be done in Europe.

all you muppets giving negative feedback about this text book perfect kata, put a video of yourselves doing the same kata on here so we can see how it should be done.... or not!

great performance.best kata in shotokan.

hey, this kata is awesome, i learn my kata's of utube and then go to class and get corrections and i decided to learn of you cause your kata is amazing!!! So fast and precise and PERFECT!!!! and i dont care much about my individual styles way of doing that kata, because i saw some differences and thought your styles way was much better!!! keep it up, by the way whats your name so i can look up other kata you've done? :)

Muy bueno

Bushido!!

looks like he studied Junior Lefevre videos or has been trained by him. But he's not as fast of crisp as Junior.

Very good!!!!

The techniques are supposed to be performed using Yori - Ashi (sliding feet), NOT by jumping from one position to another !

very very well!!!! oss

Man this guys quick as hell! < ive been doing karate for ten years at Least,, and i gotta say that man has got some serious speed!

Parabêns, excelente Kata.....Catanduva/SP-Basil

brilliant kata good flow cheers

His Kia is somewhat like that of a mountain lion or leopard .

The kata was well executed good rhythm, speed, what I would suggest is to have the kata flow more, but other then that excellent cheers

@natalie0adams i dont know if its the way you do it or if the technique is actually better than other styles, but you are an inspiration!!!

The power this guy has is incredible and its shown in the kata, but he needs to work on the katas timing, the kata needs slow parts and parts under tension to flow as it should, a good performance though

Right! The problem is: This imresses judges. So, why do kata competitions? Watch Kanazawa´s vids and train according to your own conditions.

pretty nice..i consider this

All style - no substance. This is not kata - it is external to impress judges

This is why I hate tournament kata's. They strip the kata down to a series of poses and quick half ass moves (that lack in ingenuity and flow of true motion). Kata's are to help the karateka (or practitioner of any art) learn the moves and transitions of that style. Here and like all others, they look like robots on a runway directing planes.

I am doing this for my Neidan, found this version very funny. Like co Mment before, no power/substance, boy isn't he bouncy, LOL.

The static positions looks very good. But the rythm and the intermediate movements, that's another problem. It looks like a robocop fight, this is ridiculous. And this kiai ... Please, somebody help him, this guy must suffer real hard ! Kiai doesn't mean that you have to lose your lungs each time.

i haven't been training for 2 years now...but trust me,i would own him so bad that it would make his head spin(not to brag)...he had a good start indeed,but when he reached about 50%-60% of the kata,he started gasin(loosing energy)...and to make he's technique faster,he dosen't finish it(and that's a real shame)...i won't even start about the presence and the expresivity he lacks...the only good thing about him is that he has a solid position and dosen't woble on he's feet between the techniques

Hurry, hurry, lose kime.... Slow down a little and it would look like an actual fight.

fortissimo...bravo...!

good power but to tence needs to be more flowing in his movment

He almost too crisp, there is no flow between techniques. It's as if he's going from one finishing pose to the next, but missing the transitional phases of the technique. The motion is very small too, not much amplitude except the kicks, which are nicely done. He's very fast, obviously trains very hard. Go back and look at the old guys like Osaka and Tanaka and you see the difference.

Der Fluss muss von innen kommen. Bei einer competition wie hier ist viel zu viel Aufregung dabei. Ich bin sicher, der Junge kann´s besser. Das Video tut ihm keinen Gefallen.

love it again !

ben210907 Can you make an omelet? I cannot make a good omelet, however I assure you I can judge a good one from a bad one.

That's right!

la kata esta bien lleva fuerza pero falta sentirla mas que nada la tencion en la kata :/

bravissimo

It's just too fast. Would be so much betterif he paced it better...some zanshin and kime.

Is that Mirko Saffiotti?

This is my favourite Kata... but I dont like how he performs it.... This is kanku sho id doesnt have to be this fast.... like Jion or Enpi etc.... and there are some mistakes...

bonita forma mas no tiene uso adecuado de la cadera y por ende no tiene kime y por ende lo simula con la garganta. os

omg i wish i could do this kata so fast

K secoo!! que lugar sacoo en el torneo ? :o

so powerful

1 word rushed

Isso é verdade ele faz o kata muito rápido.

@xlovexcz it'is not mistakes it's an other way to do the kata

thats just me though

He does this kata too fast!

مرحبا

strange!! not the way I know!

doing the kata this way is killing karate, Im not saying he is not a good karateka but this sport karate is not real karate. Look at Nakazato sensei of shorinkan thats is real karate.

Lindo kata!

who is the embusen ???

@AliceTeB3shte you would rather not....

No. The problem is judges who allow this to impress them. If judges were told to judge kata not be wowed by flashy substance-less karate - people would stop performing this awful imitation of kata.

wtf is this. disgraceful

i agree with you. wtf iis a shit