Master Kanazawa is demonstrating a Goju-ryu kata using some Shotokan dynamics. This is exactly what the early masters did historically. When you are this technically advanced, the point of martial arts is to adapt the kata and bunkai to your body type and level of mental maturity. This man is a true master. I study both Shotokan and Goju, jujutsu and judo and found this performance an inspiration. He obviously understands Seiyunchin masterfully.
Karate style is just a title. No matter where you ve born in the karate. You can find out YOUR WAY in. Just thnk out from the box. There's just karate. No more no less. Ous
Personally I feel as karateka it is our right to learn any kata from any system if we want, I mean damn they are just tools to help you learn I'm a shotokan guy and learning sanchin from my sempei who is yudansha in goju is fun and helpful we don't do enough ibuki training in shotokan like they used to.
I really apreciate Sensei Kanazawa and his knowledge. I know his work personally. He is great. I practice for since 15 years ago Shotokan and Goju ryu, and can say that these styles has different strategies of combat, distance and understanding of ma ai blocking and other tactics... so each kata of each style has his proper way to do because of the meaning of movements. Goju ryu is for short distance, and his blocking techniques must do with muchimi for example. Great respect for Kanazawa sens
I ask all of you who comment to answer this question seriously... How many of you can claim to have stuck with anything in your lives as consistently and as vehemently as Kanazawa-sensei has stuck with his practice of Shotokan karate? How long? One year? Two? Five? Ten? Try over sixty years? The fact that he is having some fun with Shito-ryu katas is great. Why not let him enjoy his art and quit criticising? After all, what do you self-professed critics have to offer anyway?
A point well taken. I have rarely seen a footage where some Karateka practice a kata NOT from their original style, so it's good to see somebody as well renowned as Kanazawa expanding his horizon even further. Hope I look as good when I'm over 60, this man inspires me. Simply put: OSU!
You don't usually see them performing katas not from their major style (i wouldn't call original style, b/c it isn't true for some cases) b/c their kata performance are usually recorded as promotion for the style, or during seminars of said style But I bet lots of Karatekas know katas from many styles, and probably practise them during self-training. Mas Oyama did included katas from both Shotokan and Goju-ryu for his Kyokushin. Yoshizo Machida, the chief instructor of JKA Brazil branch, was a Goju-ryu Karateka before practising Shotokan as well. There is documentary series of Tatsuya Naka exploring Okinawa Karate styles. There's also footage of masters such as Yahara and Tanaka using Judo moves in sparring and kumite competition.
@chapusa100 - Actually he was a student of Nakayama, Okazaki, Tsuyama Sensei and may have trained at times under Nishiyama Sensei. These men probably experienced some training under Funakoshi Gichin.
Good for you Fudoshin. Keep studying. I've been doing MA for 40 years now. The differences are not as vast as you might think. There is distance ma-ai in Goju as much as there is in close fighting in Shotokan. And both use more jujutsu than most sensei know. My system combines all three. Kanazawa is not only a Shotokan master, but a karate master who knows the value of jujutsu in karate as well. He does Ibuki like breathing in Hangetsu and practices Sanchin and Tensho. An all around master.
Looks similar like in 1989 Budapest. I was there. Sensei Kanazava by beginning every training performed one shito ryu, one goju ryu kata and once tai chi. Than we practiced as warm up. This was the shito ryu Seienchin. Next was goju ryu Seipai. 😊
In this video he is getting old and his agility at his age is a true inspiration. I started training age 9 in 1972 and as a young man it was no effort to jump around and wave my legs in the air, I am now 61 and still training and it is only now at this age do I realise how remarkable he was.
Kanazawa Sensei iz known for exploring other styles and for paying great attention to breathing techniques, so it makes perfect sence for him to do this Kata. And, as everything he does, he does it perfect :)))
He was in redolent to learning from different styles and encouraged us to train with any instructors visiting our area. 8 trained with senseis Kase, kawasoe, ohta and many others while an ski member. Interestingly I heard kanazawa sensei say "I am JKA". I'm pretty sure he studied Kundalini yoga
Goju Ryu and Shotokan are amazing Japanese Karaye styles and for Masters there are no limits,well done Kanazawa it's a pleasure watching you performing a great kata in any style.
@@jadekayak01 Actually Karate is very Japanese, it was originally Okinawa Te, but there was lots of changes made upon reaching mainland Japan. It was changed from a self defense into a Military based system and was also made accessible to students by way of a school curriculum. Lots of the characters were also changed to fit in with the Japanese perspective. So the Karate Of Japan is quite different to its forerunner Okinawa Te.
@@jadekayak01 Goju-ryu, maybe. Shotokan, it definitely was Japanized. It may still be Okinawa Karate when Gichin Funakoshi first introduced it, but years on they've added so much Japanese elements to it. His son Gigo Funakoshi completed Shotokan's signature linear footwork using his kendo experience, resulting in modern Shotokan's stances becoming wider and lower compared to Gichin's. Some also added Judo's throws and ne-waza into the mix as well. There are also styles such as Wado-ryu that is basically mixing Karate's striking with Jujutsu's grappling (which is a Japanese thing) With my limited knowlegde, I think Uechi-ryu is the only style that hasn't embraced Japanese elements as of yet.
@@shazamsakazaki i practice kendo and iai-shotokan has NO connection to kendo footwork.although they DO have one foward walking technique that IS kendo footwork,but most teachers of krotty have never done kendo and dont teach it correctly. As for the rest .... pretty accurate(except i dont know much about uechi's style. Wado is an interesting mix of jujutsu and shotokan. I have trained under the head master of the jujutsu style that the wado founder learnt. He is a great teacher-makes difficult principles EASY to learn.
would love him to do a few more, heiku, paiku kururunfa etc, and then make it official SKI syllabus, i do believe even master funakoshi knew these (or some of them) as he originally had 32 kata he knew, not the official 26 shotokan.
@Mantorras13 you are right, Kanazawa was a student of Funakoshi. Remeber that Funakoshi and Mabuni learned katas before the made thier own organisations. So it was possible for them to be in the same class learning one kata and the bunkai.
@chapusa100 this Kata is Naha-te line. Today it's a Goju-ryu (main style) Kata. Kanazawa Sensei started Karate training in the 50's... The main styles where already set by then. He learned JKA Shotokan Karate, by then the Kata curriculum was defined and this Kata wasn't a part of it...
Good to point that out. You are correct. In fact, I believe he is doing the Shito-ryu version here, almost exactly like the Goju Seiunchin I practice. It's a year ago that I wrote this, but I guess I used "Goju" because I figured not many would know the term "Naha-te." I see some do in Denmark. Thank you for the correction.
@ernestobrennecke , That is a terrible thing to say to anyone! Kanazawa Sensei has devoted his life to teaching Shotokan and Taichi. How many Shotokan instructors have made videos, written books as much as Sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa has? He is the only Instructor I have seen that actually teaches flying kicks at the age of 80+. I had the prevalidge of attending some of his classes......
Seienchin is a hard kata at any age never mind when you are over 60, i hope i would be able to do as good job when i am kanazawa's age, and i think that people see 10th dan and exspect a perfect performance ? No one is perfect at karate no matter what grade you are, thats what make's it so good, we are all way striving for perfection but will can never really get it , but we will still try all the same, bowing with respect to kanazaw sensei.
@Mantorras13 Funakoshi Sensei, Mabuni Sensei, and other founders of styles learned this Kata from one person, so it iss not so surprising, the styles made their own changes later. I think they learned it from Itosu Sensei.
I agree that he has the right to enjoy what he does, no questions asked about that. But nobody - ESPECIALLY a master, is untouchable. He or she should always be held to a higher standard, and should constantly be evaluated and critiqued within their discipline. If they are our teachers, we must do all we can with our limited tools to make sure they are DESERVING of being called our masters. And even if they pass muster - they are human, same as us.
Kancho is a tremendous Martial Artist. Is there any limit to what the Master knows? Shotokan...Tai Chi...Iaido...and this! I think not. I have trained Shotokan for nearly 26 years (Started under Shihan Ozawa)...Eishin Ryu Iaijutsu for nearly 18 years (Under Hanshi Shimabukuro) and I am in the process of learning Seinchin. We train with a Shito-Ryu Nidan who I pester him teach this. I have trained under Kancho several times...amazing Master!
BEST ANSWER on this subject: I do not like to get in the habit of saying one style is better than others. In regards to karate as a sport-I believe tournament compeition, that while it has some benefits, it does create a mindset and habits that will not work for actual combat. I also agree that when you can not attck the joints, eyes, throat, fingers, groin, etc that a true martial artist would not be able to effectively use their style. pomminsu 1 month ago
@karatekid73 - Good on you KK73. Finally someone making sense. Simply be respectful is all that is required and people can all get along. To that I would add Tolerant. And I have to say that even at his advanced age Kanazawa Sensei is moving better than any other Shoto Kan karate Sensei that I have trained with or seen. Actually it's as frustrating as it is inspirational.
very good for martial arts all around, more shotokan guys should learn goju n vice versa with goju guys. from what i heard both styles are brother and sisters anyway. Tiger and Crane are the foundations of both style crane with goju n tiger with shotokan.
I joined SKIF 21 years ago... I had courses with Kancho Kanazawa 8 times.. The big difference with this master is that he is open minded with all styles of karate.. This is not an original shotokan kata but sensei kanazawa include it in the competition of SKIF , and seipai also... And don't forget that his own kata called nijuhachi ho is a combination of shuri naha and tomari te movements!! oss and respect to all these masters that goes martial arts one step beyond...
If being respectful, then keep the nonsensical kyokushin slang to yourself. No traditional native Japanese/Okinawan would allow the term in their dojo.
I've got to quit reading the comments section. Hardly anyone really gets this kind of thing. When your a 10th dan and have thousands of students studying your teachings worldwide. then you can say he's doing it wrong. That's not what kata is about at all.
Non una performance perfetta, ma una performance molto buona, per un maestro anziano che ha sempre praticato un altro stile, rispetto a quello da cui proviene questo kata...la cosa interessante, è che vedendo il video, puoi quasi intuire che kanazawa faccia shotokan, anche se non lo sai, da come usa il kime, e da come interpreta il kata secondo la sua sensibilità...ho sentito che quando ha fondato la SKIF, kanazawa ha inserito nel programma lo studio del tai chi, per rendere più "morbido" lo stile normalmente "duro" del karate shotokan...perchè fosse complementare, e questo un po' si nota in come fa i movimenti più fluidi di questo kata
Not a perfect performance, but a very good one, considering it comes from an aging master who has always practiced another style...interesting enough, by watching the video, you could almost tell that kanazawa is a shotokan, even if you didn't know, by how he uses kime, and how he gives an interpretation of the kata according to his own sensibility...i heard that when he founded the SKIF, kanazawa added to the curriculum the study of tai chi, t make more "soft" the otherwise "hard" shotokan, to compliment each other, and that's noticeable in how he performs the fluid movements of this kata
+SteveFusionX Hi. No, unforrtunately it is taught in Shito Ryu and Goju Ryu, not Shotokan. Kanazawa probably studied it alongside other's styles kata, because he is a great master who wanted to discover new things, not limiting to a single style, even if he teaches it. Same goes for Suparinpei. Goju and Shito, not Shotokan. Shotokan is a great style, with 26 kata in its syllabus, but not those two. You could try to learn them from a Shito master, if you like. It's not written on the rock that people must limit themselves to their style.
***** Thank you, that was a really comprehensive and great answer! I am enjoying the classes in Shotokan very much so far (1 week) and have learnt the first two kata's. I could learn to do those other katas anyway, from videos (?) perhaps!
I didn't know it. Interesting! Thanks for the info! I knew Kanazawa founded SKIF, but i had no idea precisely wich were the differences...i just happen to hear that he inserted the study of tai chi to soften the style. By the way, is that correct?
That is Kanazawa sensei, and yes, seienchin was added by Kanazawa in the SKIF curricilum from Shito-ryo. He did that ecause in the 26 katas at the time, at no time the shiko-dachi was used, and he felt like we needed that, since kiba-dachi and shiko-dachi complement eachother.
Not in the JKA branch, but Kananzawa added Seienchin into his SKIF curriculum. He also added Seipai, a kata named Gankaku Sho (very similar to Kyan Chinto), and a kata named Nijuhachiho (similar to Nipaipo).
They aren't different "Styles" of Karate , They are different "schools" Is the Physics taught in Berkley different to the Physics taught in MIT ? I think Kanazawa knows this ... Most Karateka understand this after a while ..
Kevin Burgess Actually "learned" and "learnt" are both correct, depending on who you're talking to. "Learned" is used moreso in American English, "learnt" by the British. The person who posted may be from the UK.
@ernestobrennecke you should be ashamed of yourself! With such an arrogant post, you're trying to potray yourself as some high level "expert" on this kata...yet, after all that training that (supposedly) made you an "expert", you didn't learn the first and foremost thing Karate and other Japanese martial arts are aiming to teach: respect for those who came before us and who gave and achieved a lot more then we can eve dream of. What kind of a "master" is givng such gay comments about hair?
What the fuck would you know about it you bellend? That is one of the greatest karate masters of modern times, a 10th degree soke, performing a kata as only a master can. Look through the comments below by all the knowledgable people who recognise this performance for what it is. Different schools not different styles. A true master learning a kata from a different school. The message that karate is universal. How DARE you - YOU a nobody, a nothing, publicly criticise a master like this and say it I a "bad performance" when you are simply too ignorant in karate and too untrained to understand what you are seeing. Karate begins and ends with respect. You, Marco Ruins-Ass, are what is wrong with karate today. Nobodys who criticise a10th dan master in public.
Practiced Shotokan for 10 years, thinking to get back soon! I miss my masters, to be honest. Lost contact with them a long time ago. Had two, one of them used to draw for me, I still have his drawings, also used to write me poetry. Great guy, taught me a lot. And here's what Marco Ruini doesn't and will never be able to understand. The bond between the master and his students. The work they put in, the time they spend with pleasure in the dojo. Those things have no price tag and you simply can't evaluate them. You can tell Hirokazu didn't execute the kata perfectly and I'm sure he's aware of this as well. But who am I to judge and more importantly, who the fuck do you think you are, Marco? I spent 10 years and merely got to 4th Kyu which let me tell you, it is a respectable rank. So be sure this guy dedicated his whole life to this. Respect that motherfucker!
Studied Goju for nearly 40 years & I entirely agree with your core point. Learning smething from another school will always present challenges as well as opportinuties to learn more. The fact that a Shotokan 10th dan is still willing to test both their ability & knowledge is a good thing.
Vin Vass. I say that too. Very bad performance. ... I'm Shito ryu. I have 40 years training. You should apologize to mr. Marco Ruini, he just expressed his opinion.
Master Kanazawa is demonstrating a Goju-ryu kata using some Shotokan dynamics. This is exactly what the early masters did historically. When you are this technically advanced, the point of martial arts is to adapt the kata and bunkai to your body type and level of mental maturity. This man is a true master. I study both Shotokan and Goju, jujutsu and judo and found this performance an inspiration. He obviously understands Seiyunchin masterfully.
WOW, one of the the greatestes Shotokan Karate Senseis, doing a Kata from anouther Style. An example for all Karateca!!
Karate style is just a title. No matter where you ve born in the karate. You can find out YOUR WAY in. Just thnk out from the box. There's just karate. No more no less. Ous
Personally I feel as karateka it is our right to learn any kata from any system if we want, I mean damn they are just tools to help you learn I'm a shotokan guy and learning sanchin from my sempei who is yudansha in goju is fun and helpful we don't do enough ibuki training in shotokan like they used to.
I really apreciate Sensei Kanazawa and his knowledge. I know his work personally. He is great. I practice for since 15 years ago Shotokan and Goju ryu, and can say that these styles has different strategies of combat, distance and understanding of ma ai blocking and other tactics... so each kata of each style has his proper way to do because of the meaning of movements. Goju ryu is for short distance, and his blocking techniques must do with muchimi for example.
Great respect for Kanazawa sens
I started doing Shotokan and Judo since 1964 and this man is still an inspiration. My profound respect.
I ask all of you who comment to answer this question seriously... How many of you can claim to have stuck with anything in your lives as consistently and as vehemently as Kanazawa-sensei has stuck with his practice of Shotokan karate? How long? One year? Two? Five? Ten? Try over sixty years? The fact that he is having some fun with Shito-ryu katas is great. Why not let him enjoy his art and quit criticising? After all, what do you self-professed critics have to offer anyway?
Great Master Kanazawa rest in peace.Oss!
A point well taken. I have rarely seen a footage where some Karateka practice a kata NOT from their original style, so it's good to see somebody as well renowned as Kanazawa expanding his horizon even further. Hope I look as good when I'm over 60, this man inspires me. Simply put: OSU!
You don't usually see them performing katas not from their major style (i wouldn't call original style, b/c it isn't true for some cases) b/c their kata performance are usually recorded as promotion for the style, or during seminars of said style
But I bet lots of Karatekas know katas from many styles, and probably practise them during self-training. Mas Oyama did included katas from both Shotokan and Goju-ryu for his Kyokushin. Yoshizo Machida, the chief instructor of JKA Brazil branch, was a Goju-ryu Karateka before practising Shotokan as well. There is documentary series of Tatsuya Naka exploring Okinawa Karate styles. There's also footage of masters such as Yahara and Tanaka using Judo moves in sparring and kumite competition.
Amazing kata from a shotokan shihan. My respect to him.
@chapusa100 - Actually he was a student of Nakayama, Okazaki, Tsuyama Sensei and may have trained at times under Nishiyama Sensei. These men probably experienced some training under Funakoshi Gichin.
Good for you Fudoshin. Keep studying. I've been doing MA for 40 years now. The differences are not as vast as you might think. There is distance ma-ai in Goju as much as there is in close fighting in Shotokan. And both use more jujutsu than most sensei know. My system combines all three. Kanazawa is not only a Shotokan master, but a karate master who knows the value of jujutsu in karate as well. He does Ibuki like breathing in Hangetsu and practices Sanchin and Tensho. An all around master.
Looks similar like in 1989 Budapest. I was there. Sensei Kanazava by beginning every training performed one shito ryu, one goju ryu kata and once tai chi. Than we practiced as warm up.
This was the shito ryu Seienchin.
Next was goju ryu Seipai. 😊
In this video he is getting old and his agility at his age is a true inspiration.
I started training age 9 in 1972 and as a young man it was no effort to jump around and wave my legs in the air,
I am now 61 and still training and it is only now at this age do I realise how remarkable he was.
RIP Sensei Kanazawa! 😢
Hi when did he sadly passed away
stephen chen 8th December 2019 😢
Thanks for letting me know, he was a true legend n will always be remembered oss
Kanazawa Sensei iz known for exploring other styles and for paying great attention to breathing techniques, so it makes perfect sence for him to do this Kata. And, as everything he does, he does it perfect :)))
Beautiful form! His Shotokan still comes through in this Goju Ryu kata, but this is still an amazing effort!
He was in redolent to learning from different styles and encouraged us to train with any instructors visiting our area. 8 trained with senseis Kase, kawasoe, ohta and many others while an ski member. Interestingly I heard kanazawa sensei say "I am JKA". I'm pretty sure he studied Kundalini yoga
hahaha. everybody loves seienchin. not only mister miyagi from karate kid. even sensei kanazawa loves it.😆
Goju Ryu and Shotokan are amazing Japanese Karaye styles and for Masters there are no limits,well done Kanazawa it's a pleasure watching you performing a great kata in any style.
Karate is NOT japanese
@@jadekayak01 Actually Karate is very Japanese, it was originally Okinawa Te, but there was lots of changes made upon reaching mainland Japan. It was changed from a self defense into a Military based system and was also made accessible to students by way of a school curriculum. Lots of the characters were also changed to fit in with the Japanese perspective. So the Karate Of Japan is quite different to its forerunner Okinawa Te.
@@jadekayak01 Goju-ryu, maybe.
Shotokan, it definitely was Japanized. It may still be Okinawa Karate when Gichin Funakoshi first introduced it, but years on they've added so much Japanese elements to it. His son Gigo Funakoshi completed Shotokan's signature linear footwork using his kendo experience, resulting in modern Shotokan's stances becoming wider and lower compared to Gichin's. Some also added Judo's throws and ne-waza into the mix as well.
There are also styles such as Wado-ryu that is basically mixing Karate's striking with Jujutsu's grappling (which is a Japanese thing)
With my limited knowlegde, I think Uechi-ryu is the only style that hasn't embraced Japanese elements as of yet.
@@shazamsakazaki i practice kendo and iai-shotokan has NO connection to kendo footwork.although they DO have one foward walking technique that IS kendo footwork,but most teachers of krotty have never done kendo and dont teach it correctly.
As for the rest .... pretty accurate(except i dont know much about uechi's style.
Wado is an interesting mix of jujutsu and shotokan.
I have trained under the head master of the jujutsu style that the wado founder learnt.
He is a great teacher-makes difficult principles EASY to learn.
My main style is Goju-ryu, but I have learned some katas from other Karate styles. I find it cool to learn more kata to expand your horizons.
would love him to do a few more, heiku, paiku kururunfa etc, and then make it official SKI syllabus, i do believe even master funakoshi knew these (or some of them) as he originally had 32 kata he knew, not the official 26 shotokan.
H Kanazawa 10 dan Shotokan, performing goju riu kata. Always make research in karate, even you are a Master in your « style ».
Great!
RIP sensei!
@Mantorras13 you are right, Kanazawa was a student of Funakoshi. Remeber that Funakoshi and Mabuni learned katas before the made thier own organisations. So it was possible for them to be in the same class learning one kata and the bunkai.
@chapusa100 this Kata is Naha-te line. Today it's a Goju-ryu (main style) Kata. Kanazawa Sensei started Karate training in the 50's... The main styles where already set by then. He learned JKA Shotokan Karate, by then the Kata curriculum was defined and this Kata wasn't a part of it...
Good to point that out. You are correct. In fact, I believe he is doing the Shito-ryu version here, almost exactly like the Goju Seiunchin I practice. It's a year ago that I wrote this, but I guess I used "Goju" because I figured not many would know the term "Naha-te." I see some do in Denmark. Thank you for the correction.
Naha-Te kata in Shotokan!!! Very very nice!!! Ossu...
@ernestobrennecke , That is a terrible thing to say to anyone! Kanazawa Sensei has devoted his life to teaching Shotokan and Taichi. How many Shotokan instructors have made videos, written books as much as Sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa has? He is the only Instructor I have seen that actually teaches flying kicks at the age of 80+. I had the prevalidge of attending some of his classes......
I believe Kanazawa Sensei's organisation is called the SKIF, Shotokan Karate International Federation.
shotokan wkf y jka deberian adoptar estos katas tambien, seienchin, hyakuhachiho y demas.
ellos son muy cerrados de mente lamentablemente
Seienchin is a hard kata at any age never mind when you are over 60, i hope i would be able to do as good job when i am kanazawa's age, and i think that people see 10th dan and exspect a perfect performance ? No one is perfect at karate no matter what grade you are, thats what make's it so good, we are all way striving for perfection but will can never really get it , but we will still try all the same, bowing with respect to kanazaw sensei.
Shotokan is from Okinawa,Japan embassy I think it's very good
@Mantorras13 Funakoshi Sensei, Mabuni Sensei, and other founders of styles learned this Kata from one person, so it iss not so surprising, the styles made their own changes later. I think they learned it from Itosu Sensei.
I agree that he has the right to enjoy what he does, no questions asked about that. But nobody - ESPECIALLY a master, is untouchable. He or she should always be held to a higher standard, and should constantly be evaluated and critiqued within their discipline. If they are our teachers, we must do all we can with our limited tools to make sure they are DESERVING of being called our masters. And even if they pass muster - they are human, same as us.
Is one meant to make an allowance for old age with regard to the high standards?
Kancho is a tremendous Martial Artist. Is there any limit to what the Master knows?
Shotokan...Tai Chi...Iaido...and this! I think not.
I have trained Shotokan for nearly 26 years (Started under Shihan Ozawa)...Eishin Ryu Iaijutsu for nearly 18 years (Under Hanshi Shimabukuro) and I am in the process of learning Seinchin.
We train with a Shito-Ryu Nidan who I pester him teach this.
I have trained under Kancho several times...amazing Master!
Very nice kata....
BEST ANSWER on this subject: I do not like to get in the habit of saying one style is better than others. In regards to karate as a sport-I believe tournament compeition, that while it has some benefits, it does create a mindset and habits that will not work for actual combat. I also agree that when you can not attck the joints, eyes, throat, fingers, groin, etc that a true martial artist would not be able to effectively use their style.
pomminsu 1 month ago
Correction!
The Heading should be 'Seienchin Kata, Hirokazu Kanazawa, 10th Dan Shotokan (Shotokan Karate International)
@pbtran He resigned from JKA in 1977 and formed Shotokan Karate International......
@karatekid73 - Good on you KK73. Finally someone making sense. Simply be respectful is all that is required and people can all get along. To that I would add Tolerant. And I have to say that even at his advanced age Kanazawa Sensei is moving better than any other Shoto Kan karate Sensei that I have trained with or seen. Actually it's as frustrating as it is inspirational.
Amazing. I love Karate.
At 1.55~1.56, he seemed to shake quite badly. Was it a video-shake, or was he shaking?
Отец карате Канадзава лучший
very good for martial arts all around, more shotokan guys should learn goju n vice versa with goju guys. from what i heard both styles are brother and sisters anyway.
Tiger and Crane are the foundations of both style crane with goju n tiger with shotokan.
Muy interesante ver el desempeño de grandes maestros
I joined SKIF 21 years ago...
I had courses with Kancho Kanazawa 8 times.. The big difference with this master is that he is open minded with all styles of karate..
This is not an original shotokan kata but sensei kanazawa include it in the competition of SKIF , and seipai also...
And don't forget that his own kata called nijuhachi ho is a combination of shuri naha and tomari te movements!! oss and respect to all these masters that goes martial arts one step beyond...
If being respectful, then keep the nonsensical kyokushin slang to yourself. No traditional native Japanese/Okinawan would allow the term in their dojo.
Great. But I think this is shito ryu seienchin, am I wrong?
It's true.
I've got to quit reading the comments section. Hardly anyone really gets this kind of thing. When your a 10th dan and have thousands of students studying your teachings worldwide. then you can say he's doing it wrong. That's not what kata is about at all.
Fantastically
Haha! The GM struggles at the end...a no go!
Kanazawa è stato il genio del karate shotokan.
That’s awesome, I have trained in a style that has varied ways but the end result is the same, agreed not his best but... holy crap batman
vlwss estava a aprocura desta kata
Non una performance perfetta, ma una performance molto buona, per un maestro anziano che ha sempre praticato un altro stile, rispetto a quello da cui proviene questo kata...la cosa interessante, è che vedendo il video, puoi quasi intuire che kanazawa faccia shotokan, anche se non lo sai, da come usa il kime, e da come interpreta il kata secondo la sua sensibilità...ho sentito che quando ha fondato la SKIF, kanazawa ha inserito nel programma lo studio del tai chi, per rendere più "morbido" lo stile normalmente "duro" del karate shotokan...perchè fosse complementare, e questo un po' si nota in come fa i movimenti più fluidi di questo kata
Not a perfect performance, but a very good one, considering it comes from an aging master who has always practiced another style...interesting enough, by watching the video, you could almost tell that kanazawa is a shotokan, even if you didn't know, by how he uses kime, and how he gives an interpretation of the kata according to his own sensibility...i heard that when he founded the SKIF, kanazawa added to the curriculum the study of tai chi, t make more "soft" the otherwise "hard" shotokan, to compliment each other, and that's noticeable in how he performs the fluid movements of this kata
+Alessandro Cattaneo hi do you know if Seienchin is taught in Shotokan? I just started and really love this kata... also Superenpei?
+SteveFusionX Hi. No, unforrtunately it is taught in Shito Ryu and Goju Ryu, not Shotokan. Kanazawa probably studied it alongside other's styles kata, because he is a great master who wanted to discover new things, not limiting to a single style, even if he teaches it. Same goes for Suparinpei. Goju and Shito, not Shotokan. Shotokan is a great style, with 26 kata in its syllabus, but not those two. You could try to learn them from a Shito master, if you like. It's not written on the rock that people must limit themselves to their style.
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Thank you, that was a really comprehensive and great answer!
I am enjoying the classes in Shotokan very much so far (1 week) and have learnt the first two kata's.
I could learn to do those other katas anyway, from videos (?) perhaps!
Actually Kanazawa teaches this kata in his own organization, SKIF. He also has versions of Seipai, Kyan Chinto, and Nipaipo in his curriculum.
I didn't know it. Interesting! Thanks for the info! I knew Kanazawa founded SKIF, but i had no idea precisely wich were the differences...i just happen to hear that he inserted the study of tai chi to soften the style. By the way, is that correct?
Насколько я знаю - в первой книге Гичина Фунакоси эта ката упоминалась.
does shotokan style have this kata on their syllabus? i think goju ryu is practicing this kata?
I do Karate and hirokaza was my instructors instructor
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You don't call a "naha te" kata, Gojuryu kata. There are other styles too that practice this kata as well, and Seinchin is a Shitoryu shitei kata.
Oss, Soke Kanazawa is a legend.
+KaratedoTiger i m agreed with you
Show Kanazawa Sensei, and all native Japanese/Okinawan. some respect and keep the kyokushin slang to yourself, please.
Kanazawa sensei was the chosen one for JKA until he broke off to join his own association ISKF.
Sensei, I highly admire about your comment. Osu.
@seishin73 respect for your comment, man!
In that video he was too old, and it's normal that he could had lost balance, but it was pretty good.
You are trained in Kiba-dachi your entire life and now there is somewhat strange base called Shiko-dachi to deal with
I don't think that's Kanazawa but a guy who strongly resembles him. Besides, does Shotokan even have Seyunchin?
That is Kanazawa sensei, and yes, seienchin was added by Kanazawa in the SKIF curricilum from Shito-ryo.
He did that ecause in the 26 katas at the time, at no time the shiko-dachi was used, and he felt like we needed that, since kiba-dachi and shiko-dachi complement eachother.
is Seienchin actually taught in Shotokan style?? does anyone know. Thanks
It's distinctly goju type kata
Not in the JKA branch, but Kananzawa added Seienchin into his SKIF curriculum. He also added Seipai, a kata named Gankaku Sho (very similar to Kyan Chinto), and a kata named Nijuhachiho (similar to Nipaipo).
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They aren't different "Styles" of Karate , They are different "schools"
Is the Physics taught in Berkley different to the Physics taught in MIT ?
I think Kanazawa knows this ... Most Karateka understand this after a while ..
Sean DeBhaileis. I'm not agree. I think you are wrong in that. Shito ryu; Shoto's kan ryu; Goju ryu; Wado ryu. Are diferent styles.
You are 100% correct ,
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Shotokan karate focuses on striking not hardness
Kenny Burgess your talking about the more sport oriented side of shotokan I take it the more traditional shotokan is hard as hell
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That is kanazawa
nice kata but i did notice balance was nearly lost at times but nobody is perfect even a 10th dan
Gem Bentick It's called kime
Pegou kata goju ryu e modificou. 😂
Clearly you went to a mcdojo and do not understand kata. You probably do those fancy tournament kata with the flips and think you know what karate is.
Эт чё забалет?
This is goju ryu kata!
Nope. I'd guess Shito-ryu
Started as Goju-ryu, Shito-ryu adaped later on. There are plenty of katas shared by all styles.
Petit déséquilibre pas bien 🤪
It's LEARNED not learnt
Kevin Burgess Actually "learned" and "learnt" are both correct, depending on who you're talking to. "Learned" is used moreso in American English, "learnt" by the British. The person who posted may be from the UK.
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Явно не для Каназавы ката!
@ernestobrennecke you should be ashamed of yourself! With such an arrogant post, you're trying to potray yourself as some high level "expert" on this kata...yet, after all that training that (supposedly) made you an "expert", you didn't learn the first and foremost thing Karate and other Japanese martial arts are aiming to teach: respect for those who came before us and who gave and achieved a lot more then we can eve dream of. What kind of a "master" is givng such gay comments about hair?
Very bad performance... The original seyunchin is very very different... This is shotokan way to perform okinawa karate :-(
What the fuck would you know about it you bellend? That is one of the greatest karate masters of modern times, a 10th degree soke, performing a kata as only a master can.
Look through the comments below by all the knowledgable people who recognise this performance for what it is.
Different schools not different styles. A true master learning a kata from a different school. The message that karate is universal.
How DARE you - YOU a nobody, a nothing, publicly criticise a master like this and say it I a "bad performance" when you are simply too ignorant in karate and too untrained to understand what you are seeing.
Karate begins and ends with respect.
You, Marco Ruins-Ass, are what is wrong with karate today. Nobodys who criticise a10th dan master in public.
Haha
Practiced Shotokan for 10 years, thinking to get back soon! I miss my masters, to be honest. Lost contact with them a long time ago. Had two, one of them used to draw for me, I still have his drawings, also used to write me poetry. Great guy, taught me a lot. And here's what Marco Ruini doesn't and will never be able to understand. The bond between the master and his students.
The work they put in, the time they spend with pleasure in the dojo. Those things have no price tag and you simply can't evaluate them. You can tell Hirokazu didn't execute the kata perfectly and I'm sure he's aware of this as well. But who am I to judge and more importantly, who the fuck do you think you are, Marco?
I spent 10 years and merely got to 4th Kyu which let me tell you, it is a respectable rank. So be sure this guy dedicated his whole life to this. Respect that motherfucker!
Studied Goju for nearly 40 years & I entirely agree with your core point. Learning smething from another school will always present challenges as well as opportinuties to learn more. The fact that a Shotokan 10th dan is still willing to test both their ability & knowledge is a good thing.
Vin Vass. I say that too. Very bad performance. ... I'm Shito ryu. I have 40 years training. You should apologize to mr. Marco Ruini, he just expressed his opinion.
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