Sensei: Masters of Okinawan Karate #11 Toshihiro Oshiro 大城利弘先生

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Toshihiro Oshiro is 9th-dan in Shima-Ha Shorin Ryu karate, and 8th dan Yamanni Chinen Ryu Kobujutsu. He learned karate and kobudo in Okinawa, then for several decades taught in the USA. In 2018 he returned to Okinawa. In this interview he talks about his life of martial arts, and his analytical interest of body movement.
A huge thank you to Oshiro Sensei and his students, both in Okinawa and overseas, especially Kenji Hirai for setting up the interviews and translating.
Sensei: Masters of Okinawan Karate is a documentary series about the amazing martial arts teachers living on Okinawa, the birthplace of karate. It is completely free to watch on KZfaq, anywhere in the world! Series One has more than 1,000,000 views.
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Пікірлер: 48

@OkinawanSpirit 2 жыл бұрын

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@ralfhtg1056 3 жыл бұрын

Shihan, thank you very much for being part of this interesting video series. I am looking forward to see you again once the situation allows for it and receive some lessons from you. I am grateful to be one of your students.

@kennyderoian8904 3 жыл бұрын

Listening to Sensei’s journey through martial arts is something I could do for days.

@KARATEbyJesse 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! 🙏 I had the pleasure of practicing bojutsu next to Oshiro sensei at the Okinawa Budokan and his skill was sublime! Keep up the great work Chris-san 🌟

@HedgeKnight170 Ай бұрын

This is awesome! My Sensei’s Sensei… 🙌🏽🙌🏽🥋

@evgenyrybin2394 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your excellent work, great Master

@Korroth 3 жыл бұрын

This man is a genius. Thank you for sharing.

@harperrex 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for presenting such valuable history and teaching from Oshiro Sensei! Content and production value are so good!

@SenseiMaharaj 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Beautiful interview... Peace and harmony, Maharaj M 😊

@trabino 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing, listening to Oshiro, T Sensei speak his mind is priceless. Training under Oshiro, T Sensei was a blessing. His comments are thoughts can be replayed and you can get a better understanding and insight each time. Thanks to both Chris Wilson and Oshiro, Toshihiro Sensei.

@nevergiveup3198 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Sensei Ted Rabino, this is Sensei Terrell. Good to see your youtube channel posting. Everyone Sensei Rabino allowed me to train out of his Phoenix Az dojo in the 1980's when i was a student at UTI Universal Technical Institute. I graduated in 1986 then worked for Caterpillar Earthmoving Division. I will always be grateful to you for welcoming me into your dojo. 🤙

@trabino 4 ай бұрын

Terrell Sensei@@nevergiveup3198 It is always good to hear from you. As Oshiro Sensei said, Budo is a big family. Hu Sensei instructed you good, from discipline to repsect. Martial art is as Iwata listed "Kushin no Ken"

@robertdemartini930 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Oshiro Sensei! You’ve influenced me more than you know (and more than I knew) in the last year. The Bo Kata you’ve helped to pass down have challenged me tremendously and, as you say in your video, bojutsu has answered many of my karate questions. Also, I can see the San Bruno Omine Dojo from my bedroom window (must be the new peninsula location after Pacifica) Thank you, Oshiro Sensei. -Robert

@gustavatwork 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant interiview. Interesting and loads of points to review...

@TheReverb1 3 жыл бұрын

Hello; thank you. Great interview with plenty of interesting points to think about it.

@MJRLHobbyStuff 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Oshiro Shihan is the best.

@marlonanthonywilson144 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this interview!!

@salvatoreplacidoplumari3840 3 жыл бұрын

I train in Germany in one of his branch related dojos and he is right! Socializing, learning the biomechanics of your body is very important.

@ralfhtg1056 3 жыл бұрын

Darf ich fragen, in welchem Dojo Du bist?

@salvatoreplacidoplumari3840 3 жыл бұрын

@@ralfhtg1056 oh. wie schön, jemand der Deutsch schreibt:) In der Nähe von Frankfurt am Main, Oberursel (Taunus). Ich glaube, Du bist einer der Übungsleiter vom Oshiro Dojo Callenberg, nicht wahr?

@ralfhtg1056 3 жыл бұрын

@@salvatoreplacidoplumari3840 Volltreffer.

@salvatoreplacidoplumari3840 3 жыл бұрын

@@ralfhtg1056 super, freue mich, einen Bruder im Geiste anzuschreiben! Wenn der ganze Wahnsinn vorbei ist, werden wir uns bestimmt in einem Seminar treffen. Würde mich sehr freuen! Liebe Grüße aus Frankfurt am Main.

@ralfhtg1056 3 жыл бұрын

@@salvatoreplacidoplumari3840 Ja, das wäre schön.

@manojkandampully8521 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this amazing interview.. Very informative.. Osu..

@bvlucas Жыл бұрын

Great stuff!

@OkinawanSpirit Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@johnemmons9087 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating and informative

@nevergiveup3198 3 жыл бұрын

Kishaba No Sai Sho kata ~Its a great sai kata. I first learned that Sai kata in the early 1990's. It was at the San Francisco, Ca Japan Town Yamanni-ryu Gasshuku. It was my second time of 6 timea of training with Oshiro Sensei personal sensei. Many of his students at that time had travelled far to train under Sensei Chogi Kishaba, Oshiro Sensei, and Nishimie Sensei. Sensei Gene Tibon who studied under my own Goju-ryu karate Sensei ( Shihan Rodney Hu Sr) was there with his students. Sensei Angel Lemus of Kaneohe Hawaii came in from Southern California at that time, Sensei Juan Carbajal Sr of Bakersfield California, Sensei Edward O' Darcey Clarke of Fresno and Bakersfield was training out of my own dojo came to train. He was Sensei Greg Dowels black belt. Plus many of Oshiro Sensei students like Sensei Eric Kluger who is teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu after earning his black belt down in Brazil. good memories. I trained under Sensei Oshiro in the late 1980s to the 1990's. I had learned many sai kata from Oshiro Sensei. Kyan No Sai, Kishaba No Sai Sho and Kishaba No Sai Dai plus some basic sai kata Always grateful to have trained under Sensei Oshiro. The same goes for many of Oshiro Sensei Redwood City, California Dojo black belt students who helped me learn Yamanni ryu Kobudo. Thank you!

@josephmusyimi5059 Жыл бұрын

Great work sensei💪

@ryancross4481 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing work. I'd love to see one on Taira Masaji Sensei, 9th Dan, Hanshi, Goju Ryu Kenkyukai, Chairman. Known for his bunkai and technical expertise. Great teacher. Cheers, Ryan

@vijaybansod186 6 ай бұрын

This is for fighting.

@MahendraKumar-eq8dd 3 жыл бұрын

Very different experience assumed in the interview of TOSIHIRO SENSEI

@SenriganA 3 жыл бұрын

大東流合気柔術が合気道になり、竹内流柔術が講道館柔道になり、剣術が竹刀剣道になったように、沖縄の空手も変わっていった。伝統武術に精妙な身体操作、急所技があるのは決定的な違いです。

@canadianpugilist 3 жыл бұрын

Another Fantastic Video! Thank you! I was also fortunate to train Yamanni-Ryu with Oshiro Sensei back in the '90s. Incredible Treacher. I'm curious as to the name of the Sai Kata practiced at 25.50 though. I've never seen it before. It's quite beautiful.

@ralfhtg1056 3 жыл бұрын

Kishaba no Sai Sho

@canadianpugilist 3 жыл бұрын

@@ralfhtg1056 Thank you! I only know of a "Kishaba no Sai" from Yamanni/Matsubayashi-Ryu. I didn't realize there was a Sho/Dai version. Much appreciated!

@nevergiveup3198 3 жыл бұрын

Its a great sai kata. I first learned that Sai kata in the early 1990's. It was at the San Francisco, Ca Japan Town Yamanni-ryu Gasshuku. It was my second time of 6 timea of training with Oshiro Sensei personal sensei. Many of his students at that time had travelled far to train under Sensei Chogi Kishaba, Oshiro Sensei, and Nishimie Sensei. Sensei Gene Tibon who studied under my own Goju-ryu karate Sensei ( Shihan Rodney Hu Sr) was there with his students. Sensei Angel Lemus of Kaneohe Hawaii came in from Southern California at that time, Sensei Juan Carbajal Sr of Bakersfield California, Sensei Edward O' Darcey Clarke of Fresno and Bakersfield was training out of my own dojo came to train. He was Sensei Greg Dowels black belt. Plus many of Oshiro Sensei students like Sensei Eric Kluger who is teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu after earning his black belt down in Brazil. good memories. I trained under Sensei Oshiro in the late 1980s to the 1990's. Always grateful to have trained under Sensei Oshiro. The same goes for many of Oshiro Sensei Redwood City Dojo students .

@davidmatthews2983 3 жыл бұрын

Chris, any chance you could interview and video 10th Dan Eishou Nakazato, nephew of Chibana chosin? Style is Shorin ryu, kobayashi-ryu. Any of his mature students whom would be 6th to 8th Dan also would be fantastic. I know you’ve photographed him in 2014, just wanting my styles Kaicho immortalised on the internet including thoughts and ideology. Thanks, from one of his many international students in Perth, Western Australia.

@karatecoaching3391 Жыл бұрын

Hello, I learned BOJUTSU YAMANNI RYU with OSHIRO Sensei twenty years ago. On the occasion of my future trip to Okinawa next summer, I would like to practice YAMANNI RYU with OSHIRO Sensei, since he has returned to Okinawa, or with another Sensei who would like to welcome me to his dojo. Do you have any info please? Thanks in advance.

@freaky09freak Жыл бұрын

What happened to the Sensei who showed all kinds of defense weapons like the Tonfa ona your channel respectively?

@davi1492 3 жыл бұрын

Hi guys can someone explain what he meant by "the enbusen is the opponent " in 33:44

@CatGaines 3 жыл бұрын

The angle changes that you make... and the distances you move (forward/in place/back.... which foot first)... are properly determined (martial sense) by the location and action of your opponent.

@thomasheinze2049 3 жыл бұрын

"Enbusen" doesnt just mean a line you "walk on" while doing a kata - it means that in this direction there is your enemy which you have to care for like in a fight. So if you forget about the proper "enbusen" you (may) loose you target. Difficult to explain without being able to show.

@ApexKaratePerformance 3 жыл бұрын

Following up, Oshiro Sensei is referring to the 3-dimensional line from your centerline to the opponent’s centerline. You must move according to this line, and you do that by using your centerline as your “pivot” point, specifically when you change directions. However the majority of modern karate uses the feet as the pivot point, but that causes your centerline to shift and then your centerline becomes on a different “line”, one that the opponent is not actually on, and that no one is attacking you on.

@ApexKaratePerformance 3 жыл бұрын

Here I am doing our version of Fukyugata Ichi. If you conpare how I change directions and "turn", you can see that my centerline should stay in place when I change directions. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fNVposiludfUeIk.html

@GwennDana 9 ай бұрын

It means that Embusen really is only the direction the opponent comes from, not the direction in which you "face" your body. Where you point your body to (rotating around its Centerline Seichusen) is independent from the Embusen. Also your body always rotates around its centerline to be able to move swiftly (or better "folds" around its center when moving so your center never gets out of balance, but a movement always has its counter movement to keep the center balanced). That'll be enough to practice for a couple of years :D :D