you see the samurai armor in the background? those were his enemies's carcasses

Fantastic kata displayed here !! I have been a practitioner of GoJu-Ryu for 45 yrs. now and i have NEVER seen a master with such POWER in his sanchin !! Master Higaonna is a beautiful man.I loved how he described the importance of kata and being rooted as a tree.I learned that at 5 yrs. old i am 50 now.....MUCH RESPECT HERE !!

Looking at his hands, he could kill bears.

Higaonna sensei is fantastic. I could listen to him for hours!

goddamn just watching him do those moves are scary enough you can see the strength and power coming outta those blocks and punches. this man is a straight up killer

You have to stand directly across from this legendary practitioner to truly appreciate the absolute power and chi that he demonstrates as I did way back in 1998 in Fort Smith, Arkansas when he tested and awarded me the rank of Sandan an experience which I will never forget, Osu Master Higaonna … Mike Iglesias, Orlando, FL

Anyone see his knuckles? Looks like he has been punching the side of a mountain. Never seen knuckles that messed up.

His knuckles spoke volumes, his movements showed his love for his art , i was too an ignorant fool to think that boxing , mma and muai thai is the best to use in street fight or a real fight as well as having strength and speed till i met a real karate martial artist who cracked my head with a single strike which needed 14 stiches in well a street fight as i taunted him.Trust me there is more respect then anger after the quick fight when they break some of your body parts in a single strike,leaving you lying there on the floor covered with blood to think there are actually monsters in a so called "useless" martial art. In a real fight they are very calm and relax making their strikes very accurate and they usually strike places to disable their opponents from continuing the fight further in 1 or 2 blows only. This man is a 10th Dan...... and a look from his knuckles and wrists , i would say he do kill an average fighter within 1 or 2 blows.....

This was a wonderful interview and display of traditional karate by Sensei Morio Higaonna. Many thanks and greetings to all budo practitioners across the globe.

The original Iron Man of Karate!!! Long live Grandmaster Morio Higaonna 🥋👊🤛🤜

If I can be this hard when I am his age, I will be a happy camper. Dude's a beast… (Especially when you see the close-up of his hands…) A perfect example of martial spirit. And he has the baddest ass dojo EVER, lol.

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing this documentary! Going to watch the rest... Really appreciate the upload!

2:33 That is one true verbal description of Karate if i have ever heard one. Enormous respect.

After Mr. Miyagi trained Morio Higaonna he came to america to train Daniel-san in Kirate Kid... great legacy 👏🏾

Ah! Thanks so much for posting this great vid! It really made my day!

Great Channel! Thank you for the subtitles! Higaonna Sensei is a great role model for all of us!

Thank you for uploading these! it takes me back to my youth. I trained in Goju Ryu in London, in the late 80's and was very fortunate to meet sensei Higaonna a few times at my dojo and in some gashukkus I attended.

I am grateful that you have English translations at the bottom. Outstanding video with excellent quality too!! Thank you very much for posting! I will refer to this time and time again! Onegaishimasu!

How awesome to hear this legend talk about karate (and in essence all martial arts)! I just learned a couple of things from his words. Thanks for the post!

A 70 year old man, performing his techniques. They have such power that you can see the floor move. You can tell that the camera is on a stand. He is truly a master of his art.

MMA is for sports and competition... This man is trained and built like a warrior.

I had the privilege to trained and be graded by Sensei Morio Higaonna in 1976 for my 2nd Dan in the UK his technic still blows me out still so such a humble man. His legacy will carry on for hundreds of years.

I love this master! Goju ryun I started at 9 years old. I began boxing at 5, kung fu at 12, bjj at 16, keysi at 29, and bushido. Karate really has not only helped me in combat, but life. Thanks to person posting this video. OSS!

what the sensei said is priceless thanks for sharing :)

My Sensei trained under Morio Higaonna, so it is fascinating to watch these videos. Thanks!

this is pure karate awesome

thank you for sharing this cultural treasure!

The level of restraint on the exertion of power in this kata is so intense and masterful, I can almost feel it's force and weight by only looking at it.

Very insightful explanation of the meaning of karate. It's amazing to see this maser's kata, it's incredibly fluent and smooth yet powerful. Amazing.

Thanks quite inspirational!

I was able to learn under him for a few years in California.. the lessons and tactics help a lot in Iraq ......

Adeyto Channel is brilliant for all things Japanese especially those of a cultural nature. this 4 part series featuring Higaonna Sensei was exceptional.....I asked for sub titles & I got them !! thank you Thank you ......more please

It's profound - what he said, relating Kata to trees. The older generations learned Karate purely from Kata and traditional drills, and thus were able to get everything out of Karate. Nowadays with the advent of sports karate and increasing public life outside of karate, it's focused on the bare minimum, only on what's 'practical' in terms of scoring pts and maybe street defense. You just don't get the same kind of consciousness as the older masters.

Thanks for share this video copilations.! :)

Higaonna Sensei... He always smile and looks kind for a man who had title most dangerous man in Japan... Wish I could train with him Sometimes

thank you very much for the videos! OSU!!

a master of his art reveals it in his every action. i am humbled by HIS humbleness. a master, a gentleman, and a legend. ouss

cool vid . many thanks

I am practicing karate 8 years ... He is empowered person much than 99 % of karate practiciants ... he can kill someone with simple backfist in head ...

He is what karate should be, he is so powerful, yet when he talks, I feel so peaceful. And that is so cute when he said he had an accident riding a motorcycle.

I couldn't help looking at the -quite possibly- authentic and historic samurai gear in the back. Would kill to get my hands on one of them. Adeyto, thank you for sharing these videos!

WHAT A LEGEND. THEY SAY KARATE IS EXTERNAL STYLE MARTIAL ART... BUT IT IS CLEARLY SO INTERNAL AT THIS LEVEL. VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE TEACHINGS. I CAN WATCH THIS AND STOP BEING LAZY :)

i respect these real masters; they don't fight for money, fame or thru' fury and they have the highest level of self-control and restrain.

Don't compare styles to find the "best". Do only so in order to learn. Many people have many reasons to practise martial arts. I do simply so because i enjoy them nothing more and nothing less than that.I like learning techniques myself and teaching is, simply, my passion in life. And i could not care less wich is the "better". In the end martial arts and even pure self defence systems (not the same) are PRIMAIRELY the cultevation of a certain mindset. Respect and keeping an OPEN mind are just two of the principals i believe are central to any art. teh wholw comparisson thing is useless in that sence. We should not vieuw the different styl's as ''opponents" buat as ''friends".

Awesome Sensei!

You can feel the power. Thank's!

This armor collection is soooo cool!

his knuckles come from beating on a rock. and his dedication to traditional Kata is what makes him so important.

am no martial artist,i did try shotokan karate and tae kwon do as a teen (am 39 now). would like to take up a martial art again someday.i suffer with depression and know that starting a martial art again would help me very much (both in fitness and spirituality,which i need to find both). grandmaster morio came across as a true martial artist.watching him perform the kata was amazing to watch the power and control he was showing,BUT most of all he comes across as a genuine humble/modest man. i wish him peace and good luck and to you all too :-) p.s i got graded by master ohta for my shotokan orange belt waay back in the 90's at trowbridge sports hall uk (was the only belt i did unfortunately).also bought a bruce lee poster before the grading (well cool ;-) peace.

That's one bad ass old dude right there!

The interview portion is my favorite. In the suit dai-sensei looks like a kindly grandfather. When the gi is on its business time!

Well said!

Mach'allah very technical master i love so much Morio higaonna

Respect !!!

Great respect to a great man!Pity about the petty "my dad is stronger than your dad" attitude displayed by some of the comments below.

OOSSS!!!! muito bom!! viva a arte de treinar Karatê

happy belated birthday sensei higaonna

GREAT

Shotokan karate-Do: Karate began in Okinawa, derived from the art Tode or Te (meaning hand). Legend has it that in the reign of 1429 a decree was issued prohibiting the practice of martial arts, as later the Satsuma clan of Kagoshima in 1609 prohibited the carrying of arms. Thus, Tode became a last resort of self-defense, practiced in absolute secrecy. It was not until 1905 that karate became an official discipline in physical education. It was transformed into content and techniques of Okinawa and called Karate-Do by the master Gichin Funakoshi in 1929. Japan’s increased popularity of self-defense in the 1920s and 1930s helped modernize karate. In order to improve the understanding of terms by athletes, Master Funakoshi also changed them. In turn, there was only the practice of katas, so the master divided the practice into three types: fundamentals (Kihon), Kata and Kumite. Kumite being especially appreciated by young students. In 1957, the first Karate-Do championship was held (of all Japan), promoting the Japanese Karate Association (JKA). From Karate several styles have been created. The World Federation of Karate (WKF); recognizes the following styles: Shotokan-Ryu; Shito-Ryu; Goju-Ryu; Wado-Ryu. The World Union of Karate-Do Federations (WUKF); recognizes the following styles: Shotokan-Ryu; Shito-Ryu; Goju-Ryu; Wado-Ryu; Shorin-Ryu; Uechi-Ryu; Kyokushinkai; Budokan; Shotokai; "The ultimate goal of Shotokan Karate-Do is not to win or defeat, but to improve the character of its participants." The technical repertoire of the Shotokan style was based on that of the Shorin-Ryu... Oss

Looks like excellent karate really!!!

Man I miss goju-ryu, I miss the classroom. I still do the very basic kata every morning. But I miss the strength this gave me.

The real Man of Steel !!

One look at his hands and one would realize getting hit by this man will cost you dearly.

очень интересное видео

I watch this everyday before I workout.

Why are these yoroi in the background....?Any connection with the Ryukyu martial arts?

In Buddhism, the term Karma refers to our intentions, which can be good, bad or neutral. Good intentions bear good fruit, bad intentions bear bad fruit. And it is our intention to continue to exist that would lead us, after our death, to reincarnate in other bodies. It is considered that in generating karma, beings are trapped in the cycle of reincarnations (samsara) and that the last goal of Buddhist practice is to extinguish karma and thus free themselves from the cycle of rebirth... Oss - Shotokan karate-Do...

a short version of Suparinpei?

Kata conditions your body to get used to the structures of the forms. Conditioning and hard training conditions your body for the function. It's like two formed I beams for a building, one is formed out of forged steel, the other is cast. The forged one through being worked and having the grain structure aligned into the proper form will be much stronger than the one cast out of molten metal and just made into the right form.

Can argue his style, but guy is in his 70's and moves really well, he's obviously doing something right.

A giant amongst giants....I am proud to call him "my SENSEI"

Grande Mestre verdadeiro OKINAWAN GOJU-RYU: OSS.

LOL! oh boy that was pure comedy! haha nice humor man!

In the kata Supaempi it's interesting how his left tsuki waza turns earlier than his right punch twist.

I especially appreciate the philosophy on kata. Having trained in Goju Ryu (Shodan) and now in Shorin Matsubyashi Ryu (Yon Dan) I can see the similarities in philosophy.

i started learning martial art so i could protect someone very special to me. why would i get my head caved in every day from MMA if i love someone. I started martial art because I love someone. trust me, i already became strong.

Finally a demo that isn't about the hard body demonstration.

respect 70 years old. I would be happy to do this when i´m 50

I wonder if Hagaonna sensei started training @ tools like Makiwara or Chiishin from his very beginning of Karate studying. Can someone tell me ? Cuz I heard something like "You should practice a couple of years, before using esp. impact-tools" Thanks, and OSU

The force is strong with this one

The beginning of the form reminded me of Bloodsport

大师就是大师

He seems like a very nice man. Someone that would be very interesting to just sit and converse with. Of course, I would try very hard to never make him angry :-) I am sure that he has some very amazing insights about quite a few things.

Fucking smooth.

Wow! Look at his fist.

whoa they are actually throwing blows that could knock someone out!

Greetings from one of those. ;)

Hail to the KING!

this actually looks cool in movies

I'd love to train in a room with all that samurai armour. What an inspiration that would be!

whoahh!! definitely the most dangerous 70 years old guy. I think he could easily beat me down.

I have a lot in common with this Master Sensei.... I too have had a motorcycle crash -_-

This is how the real grand master would look like

I just addore him!

from practising

Oss!

I'm pretty sure it's from years of kicking. I'm young, just got my shodan and even my left knee plays up after doing a hard session with lots of mae-geri (front kick).

of course! I'm sure he came to Tokyo by plane!

Hello i would like to ask if usa goju ryu is as great as the original goju ryu.

He looks like he’s constantly smiling