How exciting! I'm unfamiliar with Gensei-ryu, but this is awesome to get to see a new kata that can be included in the 2020 Olympics! Thanks for sharing this recent development! :D

Funny, my sensei did this kata last Friday. There's a few Taido techniques in this one- it's clear where Taido comes from 👌 For those who don't know, the kata is created by the late Seiken Shukumine, founder of Genseiryu and Taido.

This kata looks confused

From the moment i went to train and everyone told me sansai appeared on a competition performed by a karateka from another style, i knew this kind of public reception would happen. I'm a practitioner of gensei ryu, the style this kata comes from, and though the technical skill of the karateka performing it is no doubt marvellous, this version of the kata is radically different than the original kata shukumine devised. Most of the practical meaning of the kata is completely gone, since a lot of the techniques that made this kata "bunkai ready" are gone as well. For example, after the knee to the head at the start of the kata, there was a projection of the enemy grabbing him by the upper and lateral parts of the gi, followed by a stomp to the right shoulder to keep the opponent from moving his right arm and leaving only the left upper body free, which is the part attacked after it. The transition in the lower middle of the kata is completely different, as with most of the elbows in the kata, the evasion at the the start of the second part (if we divide the kata in 3 parts) is non existent, instead replaced by a completely meaningless move, the kick in the middle part of the kata is an adaptation to shotokan, only the 3rd movement at the end of the 2nd part is a defensive stance, the other 2 are strikes with the side of the hand which, even if the interpretation varies from practitioner to practitioner, is mostly understood as a hit to the clavicle to make space between the practitioner and the opponent (exactly the same purpose as both strikes in neko ashi dachi at the end of ananku for anyone familiar with the style)the kick in the third part is an adaptation to the shotokan morphology, and so on. I have nothing against the competitor nor his competitive adaptation; i just want everyone to know that this is a version made completely for the purpose of sport, and not a representation of the original kata. And if this is the first time you see a comment like this on a sansai video, it's probably because the majority of the gensei ryu practitioners all around the world don't speak english. Yeah, it's that small of a style xD

To me, this kata looks like it was made solely for the purpose of competition, and that's not good. Kata should be made with function and application first, and flashyness later, preferably never. The more I study this art, the more am I convinced that "sport" karate is the wrong way to go. And no wonder then why those MMA and BJJ guys make fun of us.

Wooow!!! Nice to see your version of Sansai. Makes me proud to see our ‘king of all kata’ The karateschool in Holland I’m training is teaching Genseiryu.

Nice kata, I love the katas that include a slow transition into an explosive combo. New to Instagram and just started following you there too Jesse sensei, osu!

One from our team already performed this kata in a tournament and it was splendid, it was amazing that he won with only a few practice, this kata is amazing! Hope to learn it soon! Ossu!

I would like to see the bunkai for it. It looks geared for sport more than application. Can't say I'm impressed.

Bunkai for this could be cool.

You are the best of the best! Sensei Jesse.

Very amazing! I hope to watch this Kata in Olympic competitions in 2020.

Unreal! Loved watching the kata and hearing the support from the crowd coming through. Was lovely ☺️✨

Sansai ... one of my favourites... Gensei Ryu 1st Dan kata i think as i had practiced Gensei Ryu ... Shihan Yoshito Suzuki Comes to Bangladesh every year twice nd i had attended many of his seminars and He also recorded a video of me and one of my friend performing Sansai to show to the Gensei Ryu president of Japan .... i had learned a lot from Gensei Ryu and after Shito Ryu it is my most favourite style of karate that i love to practice ... u performed ta Kata very well ... 😄😄

First time posting a competition video in years Jesse san. Feels like the old days hahaha.

i love your kata and your vids. keep up the good work.

I’d never seen this kata before, I love it!

Very impressive kata! Powerfully and elegantly executed! Thank you for sharing!

I think i’m going to learn this awesome kata

I practiced Karate Gensei Ryu almost 40 years ago. This succession has a certain similarity with the Sansai that make the Butokukai line (Japanese, Brazilians and some others). We do the kata as the founder Seiken Shukumine did. Both this man and the Turk that comes out in other videos are not from Gensei Ryu. In this kata neither we nor the other lines of the school do shuto uke, nor the mawashi geri from the soil of the Unsu of Shoto Kan, nor the ushiro geri of Unsu of Shito Ryu, we make Hotate Kanmae, Sajo geri and Ebi geri, besides of other details too long to explain. Now if what it is about is to show that you have the physical qualities of an Olympic athlete, congratulations, you get it, but of course you can not modify a kata because the original techniques are unknown or you do not want to do them. that is to distort the kata

Wow!! He did that Kata very strong and confident.

I love it. Very sharp.

After I watched this, I asked my teacher here in Japan if he knew this kata, and he said "40 years ago our Master (Sofue Toshihisa) was a high school teacher and leader of the school's karate club. One day a freshmen with a gensei-ryu background joined the club, and he knew this kata. So Master Sofue told him to use Sansai, (which is already approved by the JKF) and he ended up allegedly winning the high school championships and this kata became more well known and performed.

I was actually gonna recommend this... Nice work sensei

Man these are some crispy movements! Muito bom! Parabéns!

Bravo bravo! I think your kata was very amazing considering I'm still on kihon kata san

love your old recordings of tournaments hehe :D

incredible power of focus🙏

Thanks for showing it to us, sensei!! Osu💞👊

Nice job Jesse!

Hats off to the athlete, well done. Interesting kata, apparently in was constructed very late (1950s) so god knows if it's at all useful combatively. My gut tells me no but you can't deny it's at least aesthetically pleasing.

what an AWESOME kata

This is sooooo good and inspiring

It was an awesome kata! Never seen it before but nice :)

Ali Sofuoğlu! As a Turkish, I am proud of him! And the kata is hilarious!

That is freaking awesome

Chaotic looking kata. Wonder what the bunkai would look like :O

That jump really hit the kata well done keep it up next planning ?

That would be so awesome to do Olympic Kata.

So detailed .very perfect

Yoshi, ikuro. Nice Kata. Love it

Awesome job!

Gave me chills👍

Jesse: As practicioner and a participant, could you explain what exactly is the appeal of kata competition and why it exists? As a newbie, I was told that katas are Karate knowledge encoded as technique sequences which have to be decoded and analyzed by the means of bunkai. But for me, this does not explain why there is a competition for kata. Wouldn't it make more sense to do competitions for bunkai? Please don't get me wrong if I say this, but for me as a beginner it appears more like a dancing competition (I really don't mean that in a negative way, I just don't get it (yet?)). What exactly makes a performed kata better than another one? I have heard you writing and talking about how back in the days one would study a single kata for months or years and my mind just can't grasp what exactly would take so long. Is it the study of bunkai? Or really how the kata itself is performed?

Wow what a kata

Very impressive Kata😆😆😆the best Kata I have ever seen. I even like it more than chatanyara kushanku

Impressive kata. BTW thanks for sharing.

You are awesome!!

Fabulous 🔥🔥

Bravoooo!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Wonderful kata.

Amazing Kata

he performed it well, but i'm not a fan of the kata yet, maybe i'll have to watch it a few more times, looks disjointed in places. Might be just where i've only seen the once.

My daughter is in brown belt she is a good kata player, she learn this kata she loves it

😳😳😲😲😲This Kata looks like it's peiced together from multiple katas to make a new flashy one

Fantastic !!!💪👌👌

It's a very unusual and amazing kata

Wow, nice kata.

Very nice

sansai is from genseiryu, I was a deciple of this style. Saw Sensei Yoshito Suzuki perform this kata.

Wow!!! Impresionante

Excited for bunkai

It is a fantastic Enbu. But, Sansai is a Genseiryu kata. The kicks (Ebigeri and Shajougeri) and the the kamae (Hotatekamae not Shutou) are distinct to our style but they are performed incorrectly here.

More stuff to try apply into kumite! :D

You know, a lot of people don’t like this Kata. But looking at it, it looks very challenging. Both athletic wise. I think though it might be an Olympic Kata, I think it’s good that it’s a Kata that will challenge us. We need our industry to become great. Besides Unsu, was created in the 1950s so it’s just an update. I think it’s cool. Personally. Btw. We are no longer a tournament based school.

Love from Kenya. Though this kata looks flashy and dancy, I'm tired of losing my Jions n kankudais to the likes of Chatanyara... guess who's learning this "sansai" dance.. hehehehe. thanks for the upload

wow! nice kata

kata is the beauty of our art,I like it too much. judges have to learn more katas , I wanted to what style is this...

I know that I drew before kata championships in Turkey

Awesome!

Jesse Enkamp, mais uma vez estou aqui para agradecê-lo pelo vídeo... Já vi a execução de muitos katas, mas nunca tinha visto um com movimentos tão complexos... Você saberia me informar quantos movimentos compõe esse kata? Gostei muito do vídeo...

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is that you?! I love it 😍

It is a little bit far away from the original Gensei ryu form, but that was to be expected since Gensei ryu is quite rare and there are very few people who know the original kata. But if you liked Sansai, wait to see Kishimoto no Kushanku ;)

impressive

very interesting

Superb

Nice

Jesse, im 15 and I study okinawan shorin-ryu karate kobuyashi branch and the headmaster being Tadashi Yamashita. I just got my yellow belt a few months in janurary and am now able to enter tournaments and ive been excited to for a new experience as well as talented people to meet. I want to go to the WKF tournament some day after getting my first degree or higher, but how do I get there? Also I think you did a really great job, the last kata I learned was Pinan Shodan and even that took more than a few days to get burned in.

I thought you uploaded a video where you were performing the katá. But also Thanks! It's from Shito?

Cool kata!

Bravo ! Namasté

Hey, I am in a tricky situation. I started karate when I was 16(I am still 16). Its ca 1/2 year ago. I started practicing Wado Ryu, but every time I practice katas I like them more, and I realize that Wado don’t have as many katas as Shotokan and they aren’t as fancy looking either. I am really sad. Becausei started this late I want to practice the style that suites me the most, but there is just Wado Ryu here where I live in Norway. My sensei is very good, or at least he used to be. He is getting a bit old haha, no I’m just kidding, but I want to practice Shotokan, what should I do?

Nice Kata

for me it looks like there are plenty grappling techniques in this kata :)

İt s Ali Sofuoğlu from Turkey. Really good kata performer

WKF is slowly but surely becoming XMA, minus the bracelets and patches.

Super!😉

sensei it's amazing kata.who did this Kata. He did this very well

I liked the kata!!! Very interesting! I am just wondering if the judges knew it and how did they judge it?

Espetacular!!!!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5 kiai!😱 que kata é esse??? Qual estilo???

Jesse san, so you are going back to old days? back to where it all began?

Awesome... 🤤

Olympics of karate first plays in Tokyo 2020

I didn't like, the kata itself seems to me like freeform performance. but in my point of view turkish guy should win, hantei in favor of quintero was not fair. he oscilated in every single mawashi uke. by the way, talking about rare kata, one that I never seen: I really wanna see Ohan been performed by a ryuei-ryu guy, ryo kiyuna would be great to see

The lighting makes Sofuoglu look like a blonde lol

Sensei please make kata tutorial videos. Fighting is much easier than kata

nice kata

Not sure about this one. I'll have to watch it a few times.

Just need to know what styles may do this kata for wkf competitions?