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This is what Olympic karate should have been

Esse árbitro ,roubou muito nessa primeira luta.

Great to see the old gang again!

Nice to see traditional kumite (ITKF).

I liked your kata! It's the only good/ITKF kanku sho that I could find on KZfaq. I know this was posted years ago, but what the heck: I agree with the comment that your knee collapses in on the zenkutsu, gyaku hanmi and that a more forward direction of the back foot could fix it - if your ankles allow it.

@johnpricekataoka oh! I just noticed that you are in the Chiba Prefecture, quite far from Daito city, Osaka where I also trained in the Iwabuchi Dojo. Anyway, goodluck in the competitions. Hope to see your name soon in the JKA All Japan results.

@ThePurdude what are You talking about!!!??? there are japanesse in ITKF...not so much but they are in ITKF!!! bcs kumite rules are different in ITKF than JKA, so there are not so much japanesse in ITKF....but one of the famous japanesse fighters was competing in ITKF...his name is Tatsuya Naka 6.dan JKA (he was main role in movies KURO OBI and HIGH KICK GIRL- those movies are about karate...and there is real karate in those movies...not like those fake kung fu movies or similar....)

@gabrielemofo I thought that uraken was a point....but after that I saw that japanesse guy intercepted him..but uraken and his gyaku tsuki ended in the same time....so I think that bcs of that main judge did not give a point to noone!!! that was not a state of KYO in a part when he did uraken....

@john we can't control what other people comment. Just let them be. Let's be the better person. :-) You do good kata. Btw, you still in Japan? I was able to live in Daito City, Osaka way way back in the 90's.

Man what Kata are you doing? this is a strange style kata never saw it in WKF or JKA. Please study before you try to go tournaments.

How long have you lived in Japan? Where did you do ITKF karate, since ITKF does not really exist in Japan?

Is that "Shadan Hojin Nihon Karate Kyokai" embroidered on John's dogi or is that something else that looks like the JKA embroidery?

John, at 19'' your mawashi was point; from the camera point of view you can see clearly him shaking his head on the right. At 1.17 your uraken was point: your foe had no guard and I think you find the state of "kyo" .

By and large, it was a good kata, well performed. The current trend in ultra-fast tournament kata does nothing for me. The "stomping" in your kata does not appear forced by you, and it's probably a consequence of the floor, and your weight (no offence intended). Performing this kata in the dojo wrecks my head (and my legs)... but if could offer you any advice it would be to try getting the rear foot to face more forward in zenkutsu.. that will stop the knee from collapsing.

I dunno, I thought it was a good change from the uber fast tournament katas you see all the time. Nice, stable and strong.

The kata looks great to me, but what do I know?

Hi, I'm in my late 30's and have been practising Shotokan most of my life. I started in a JKA branch-out (cut-off) dojo in the Philippines, and continued practicing in a JKA dojo in New York since 2001. I was always taught by my Japanese teachers (JKA or not)to step with minmal sound and only stomp when the technique calls for it (However, stomp HARD). Maybe that's why they didn't took you kata so well? Did Nishiyama teach you the same thing? I'm curious...

As a matter of personal interest, who is the chief instructor of the ITKF ? I didn't realise that in competition, one can change the timing etc of the techniques of a Kata. I thought that the techniques of a Kata and the way they are performed are "set in stone", as it were. Andy 4th Dan BMAA (Wirral Shotokan Karate Club)

Overall a very nice performance, but I think your stances are slightly too high/short. I am wondering why you have a fast Oi Tsuki, followed by a slow Uchi Uke ? In our Association ( JKA method ) we use a fast Uchi Uke following the punch.

Thank you for posting this video! Is this an Okinawan version of KSK?

Solid kata, the jumps especially were clean (not easy for a person with your build). One thing I noticed on the first the oi-zukis as well as the mae-geri/urakens is that your front knee in zenkutsu-dachi seems to be pushing back a little bit, creating slight instability (jerking) at the start of shifting or the finish (kosa-dachi wobbles). I only noticed because those stood out as the less solid parts of a strong kata. Just my 2cents!

Do we have to post a video of ourselves to critique your kata?

Rather a nice performance. The 'stomping' did seem odd to me but that may have an exterior cause: floor, room... The start, when you slide/jump, struck me odd as well but I don't know the kata so it might have to be done thay way. (So must it be done that way? I'm curious) But overall it's a good kata. Your technique is good and there is clearly power behind it. You balance was good too, most notably at the jump.

I've seen ur other posts about itkf and I fully agree with you, but you gotta realized these itkf people are doing what their judges want. the only karate offered at university is itkf and i'd rather do some karate than none at all. when im at itkf tournaments, i tweak what i do. as i said earlier about the paintball/lazertag match. just switch your weapon i believe that people in itkf are farther down stream. i doubt they could travel 'upstream' and compete in non-itkf tournaments

Nice. Keep it up John. I agree with your persepctive on power and effectiveness being more important than asthetics. I'm always curious about how many of these tournament winners would actually win a fight. Again, nice job.

I liked it very much. Great spirit. You can come and teach it to me here in sunny Andalucia anytime, Senor

an itkf member at a jkf tournament is like showing up to lazer tag with a paint ball gun not saying that the paintball gun would own everybody's ass, but more so that you should expect a different set of expectations that has difficulty in transfering over. i dont know how people here could help critic your kata if they're not from itkf. how should they know what your organization wants/looks for

JPK, Thought your kata performance was excellent. A lot of the comments posted don't seem to get that shotokan has moved on somewhat since Dynamic Karate was published. Hombre

minor correction MC--nidan is 2nd black, so I believe you meant nikyu--2nd kyu, which is second brown.

At :10, and most back stances-your rear knee is inward. It should bow, like a horse stance. Your rear foot is also not forming a 90 degree angle with your front. Your body is turned square on your augmented block, when it should be at 45 degrees. Your zenkutsu dachi requires (per Nakayama) a straight back leg, and a rear foot pointing forward as much as possible. Yours consistently roll forward and point to the side.

It's not okay if your back leg is bent. In Dynamic Karate Nakayama specifically states to keep the back leg straight in zenkutsu dachi. If you want to do better in competetions, listen to what I have to say. I've won state, regional and national competitions with my kata. If you want to just do your kata the way you prefer to do it, more power to you, but don't expect to win anytime soon.

Your stances are a little all over the place throughout the kata. Your back leg is almost always bent in a front stance, your back stances are too shallow and your supporting foot isn't in proper alignment, and you lose stability after the first temple strike/front kick combination.

john-you posted a competition kata. You're going to get competition critiques. Perform your kata for your own development as you wish, but in a Shotokan tourney, low stances win. As for rhythm, it's not up to you to define what the rythm is in these traditional events. The rhythm is largely known. Leave creative interpretation to acting and personal kata practice, not traditional karate competitions. At least, not if you want to win!

Watching your kata from a judges point of view its a good solid kata but it comes out as average to me. It's the same problem I have, the idea is to keep relaxed until the very end so your technique looks light and snappy. Its fine to have strong powerful techniques but don't expect to win any tournaments.

Batendo muito o pé da frente no deslocamento do zenkutsudashi, e falta usar mais um pouco a cintura. Oss!

Well, your kime was strong but sometimes you lost stability in stances. I think some of your interpretations are quite uncommon, this could be the reason of your result. I am an instructor belonging to the Italian "Itkf" federation and I would even judge as "average" your kata.

good kata