Gichin Funakoshi - Karate Do - Shotokan


Clip del fundador del Karate Do, estilo Shotokan.Clip of the founder of the Karate Do, style Shotokan.







Channel: Sports
Uploaded: October 25, 2006 at 1:33 pm
Author: dvdmillenium

Length: 00:01:02
Rating: 4.56
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frankvanqueens (November 19, 2008 at 9:31 pm)
You are totally incorrect! This is the product of lack of historical knowledge and improper training in the arts! The characters originally meant,"China hand", the Japs changed it to "empty hand". They couldn't believe that peasant farmers could defeat the Samuri Sword with farm tools! The Koreans are correct,because Tang Soo Do, means "Art of the hands of Tang", Tang Dynasty = China. The Japanese imperialists didn't want to credit China with their art. Because of nationalism.
crempel71002 (November 19, 2008 at 4:05 am)
That isn't why shotokan has no weapons, it is because no karate has weapons. Karate means open-hand (no weapons in hand!). Besides, the techniques taught in Shotokan are useful. Kata, however, are only useful in determining if a karateka has trained enough to learn more. It really gets interesting when you get into kumite, as most of the traditional stances are lost in favour or more fluid ones. Technique, however, remains important.
frankvanqueens (November 16, 2008 at 2:10 am)
Shotokan katas are performed on a gymnastic line to get points. When the Masters created them, they didn't perform them for points! And they didn't end up in the same spot either! Strikes have become blocks such as in Bassai Dai, as since Funakoshi didn't want to offend his Japanese bosses who employed him. Why are there no weapons in Shotokan? Ans: because it isn't real karate or martial art! A good boxer can literally destroy a Shotokan man. Upright, stiff, linear, no way to roll iwth punches!
MartialArts4Ever (November 15, 2008 at 8:57 pm)
No, shotokan kept them, Shotokan katas are actually the opposite of gynamistic. Besides, went in a different direction than Okinawan stuff, that doesn't mean it isn't as good.

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