@aFriendlyPest
I earned my black belt around 1999. The additional history is very interesting. Thank you for creating these.
@KuyVonBraun
I’m a Wing Chun practitioner & my goodness we’re just the same 🤣. Actually I’ve always had an interest in Goju Ryu since there’s so many similarities (both ultimately have their origin in southern Chinese martial arts I guess). Just like the Karate world Kung Fu contains a lot of legendary stuff which is…er, “speculative” (😉) with regards to history. My own humble opinion is that none of this stuff is as old as practitioners like to assume. Don’t get me wrong, fighting & fighting systems have been around forever, but the idea that what we’re doing today is identical to what was practiced hundreds of years ago just isn’t true. Your channel is right up my alley though, subscribed 💜
@bluesteel1013
happy to have you back bro, for real
@BuryKenzenkaiKarate
Please release these videos as a Spotify podcast so people can listen when driving / walking etc
@kyussbrooker1774
Love this video, i like the idea of generations. When looking at it as era or rane of influences. Is another way to look at it. An example is the era of itosu and his influences over teaching the teachers of the Okinawan schools. Or the era of funakoshi. This is just another way of viewing things, but it has issues as it is too specific. Where as your topic can be seen as looking at time frames, tho arbitrary are a great way to generalise and get a feel for karate as it has evolved over time. Thankyou and i look forward to more of your fantastic videos.
@MarioUcomics
Glad you didn't give up on your youtube channel
@Priestbokmei1
Excellent video!! Please do more of these! 😀👏👏👏
@shikiyanaka
Good stuff, your generational classification is a convinving idea. There is a full realm of various full contact karate wearing protectors in Japan. In fact, the oldest uninterrupted karate tournament is one of full contact and protector rules, which first took place in 1954. These never made the news which shows the power of the mainstream associations and players.
@Kyle-vb3fz
I loved this. Keep it up.
@angelcabales
Very good video, would love to see a deep dive video on Wado Ryu from you
@brunocaroortega3146
Great reflections and historiographic summery. I appreciate sharing your thoughts. Hopefully you can find the space to make some content going deeper on each generation. Thanks, greatings from Perú.
@Karate_Kenkyu_Shitsu
It was a great video. I really enjoyed watching it. Please continue your amazing work.
@simonrcarson
Very interesting video. I have been training in karate since the 1970s and have progressed from an essentially sport based practice to a much more practical approach, taking up judo alongside my karate to improve the grappling aspects of karate that are clear in the kata. It would be interesting to look at generation 0 in more detail and at the influence of people like Kushanku, Sakagawa, Matsumura and others. In talking about 'styles' this is important as historically, when the old masters spoke of 'styles' they were referring to different kata which embodied and summarised the fighting style of an individual, such as Kushanku (Kosokun/Kanku), or Itosu's Pinan/Heian kata (at least partly derived from Kushanku). Of course, this period is much more difficult to research because of the lack of reliablesource material.
@Jbessette
great video, do a video on the revival of karate jitsu
@johanjonsson6504
Karate Combat had soo much potential, sadly money made it go downhill...
@bigjasu
Un excelente trabajo... creo que lo había dicho antes. Sin embargo, esta vez debo mencionar que la clasificación de las "generaciones" es brillante. Sosténgala en el tiempo y hará historia. Gracias por su trabajo.
@TimothyAdams-ln2jr
Yeah, the mess that was exhibited in the Olympics was NOT karate and its' loss is a blessing to the martial arts.
@rexroman4724
Good approach , interesting ideas , I see a wall and ego trip of some masters and organizations. Unity and acceptance is required in order to be strong and grow in a healthy and positive manner.
@lars309
A component I might add is how Karate changed. When Japan conquered the Ryukyuan's who were their oppressors demanded the Ryukyuan's give them/teach their karate. Would any normal culture give their oppressor secrets/Te Techniques? Then Generation 2 saw the invasion of Americans to which they said to the Japanese give us your karate, where the Japanese kept what they considered secret/hidden techniques/Bunkai to themselves. Here we can see Karate being watered down in just 1 or 2 generations. Karate Lineage for the most part is word of mouth(which as we know can be embellished), unlike Chinese Lineages can be traced back generations on written documentation. Generation 1 was not so egotistical to name their style out of respect for their teacher. What we know as Kunsanku kata from the Teacher of the same name could just be the entire curriculum from Sensei Kusanku
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