Masters from Okinawa Karate & Kobudo.

**Jonathan Randall** · 11-08-2009, 18:21

Originally Posted by Webmaster

Try again. I just fixed the link.

Thanks. It does indeed now work and what a great clip it is! Keep 'em coming, Tony. This is a great education in real Karate for me.

**TonyU** · 11-08-2009, 18:27

Originally Posted by Jonathan Randall

Thanks. It does indeed now work and what a great clip it is! Keep 'em coming, Tony. This is a great education in real Karate for me.

Trust me it's a great education for me and as well motivating. If I can be a third of as good as they are (were) I'd die happy.

**Brandon Fisher** · 11-08-2009, 19:10

Thanks for the links. I agree very good videos.

**David Craik** · 11-08-2009, 19:12

Thanks Tony! Some great karate here.

**TonyU** · 11-10-2009, 14:56

Morio Higaonna sensei performing the following kata.

Shisochin.

Kururunfa.

Seisan.

**TonyU** · 11-10-2009, 15:01

This man scares me.

Tohyama Seiko sensei of Uechi Ryu performing Sanseiryu.

**Ron Davis** · 11-10-2009, 15:07

Originally Posted by TonyU

This man scares me.

Tohyama Seiko sensei of Uechi Ryu performing Sanseiryu.

I agree he scares me to. awesome kata.

**Jonathan Randall** · 11-10-2009, 18:50

Originally Posted by Ron Davis

I agree he scares me to. awesome kata.

Unfortunately, he passed away in April of this year at the age of 81.

Great kata and what a contrast between what he does and what now goes for "karate".

**Brian R. VanCise** · 11-10-2009, 19:36

Awesome video clips!

**TonyU** · 11-11-2009, 15:53

Tribute to Okinawan Masters.

Some nice pics here. Interesting to note that they added some pictures of what appeared to be some Kung Fu practitioners as well.

**TonyU** · 11-11-2009, 15:57

Hey Jabonn can you verify or recognize any of the following?

Rare Video of Uechi Ryu.

Old Okinawan masters were very secretive and did not like to share their techniques with just anyone. They do not like videos. On occasion they would trust some of their seniors to tape them with the explicit instruction not to share it with anyone. Iha sense explicitly denied us video taping him or his sessions. There were some exceptions, but very few. I personally have 8mm video of Nakazato sensei when he was much younger that I was entrusted with. What I think is starting to happen is that since many of these great master have passed, many are sharing and publicizing the videos.
Some of the up and coming masters are more attune to the modern media while I know of others that still do not like to be video recorded. I've also seen and own video that the sensei has purposely altered the kata or technique. You wouldn't know it unless you train with him.

**TonyU** · 11-17-2009, 09:30

Terou Chinen sensei of Goju Ryu in a three part series.
I friend of mine trains with him and I met him about 20 years ago. Typical Okinawan in that he appeared very unassuming but you can tell has an underlining feel of raw power emanating from him.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

**TonyU** · 11-17-2009, 16:14

The father of Kobayashi Shorin Ryu and my karate great grandfather.
Chibana sensei performing Naihanchi Shodan, Nidan, and Sandan. Three generations later and we still perform our kata the same way, unchanged.

Naihanchi Shodan.

Naihanchi Nidan.

Naihanchi Sandan.

**Webmaster** · 11-17-2009, 17:32

Originally Posted by TonyU

The father of Kobayashi Shorin Ryu and my karate great grandfather.
Chibana sensei performing Naihanchi Shodan, Nidan, and Sandan. Three generations later and we still perform our kata the same way, unchanged.

Naihanchi Shodan.

Naihanchi Nidan.

Naihanchi Sandan.

What a great find Tony! Yep, that's exactly how I learned the kata too. What a treasure!

**Brandon Fisher** · 11-17-2009, 20:45

I learned slightly different originally but for the most part Naihanchi Shodan and Nidan are pretty much the same maybe some slight differences. Sandan I have not been able to see for some reason youtube is going very slow for me tonight.

**Brandon Fisher** · 11-18-2009, 01:06

Originally Posted by Brandon Fisher

I learned slightly different originally but for the most part Naihanchi Shodan and Nidan are pretty much the same maybe some slight differences. Sandan I have not been able to see for some reason youtube is going very slow for me tonight.

Yep very very slight difference. Isn't great to see that after 40 years of Chibana Sensei being gone that his karate still lives.

**TonyU** · 11-18-2009, 07:25

The following is a video of Katsuya Miyahira performing Passai Dai in his dojo. Also some of his students practicing and a glimpse of a Passai bunkai.

Katsuya Miyahira sensei.

**CZ72** · 11-25-2009, 05:21

Hi Tony,CHad (cz72) here.I'm new to this ,so bear with me.I would be honored to see the video on the okinawan forms you mentioned.I'm not sure how to do it. Any help would be appreciated.

**TonyU** · 11-25-2009, 08:01

Originally Posted by CZ72

Hi Tony,CHad (cz72) here.I'm new to this ,so bear with me.I would be honored to see the video on the okinawan forms you mentioned.I'm not sure how to do it. Any help would be appreciated.

I'm sorry I don't know what you're asking. Almost every of my posts has at least one Okinawan master performing. Just click on the underlined name.
They are youtube links. Only a few in the beginning has since been removed from youtube.