Shotokan Karate – Kata Unsu (M. Nakayama)
Masatoshi Nakayama Sensei was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture Honshu Japan in 1913. In 1937 he graduated from Takushoko University and went to Peking to study Chinese. Whilst there he studied various styles of Chinese fighting.
He was a prominent student of Master Funakoshi Gichin, the Father of Modern Karate Do and for some 27 years, until Funakoshi’s death in 1957, he closely associated with the master assisting him with instruction and demonstrations. In doing so, he took a unique opportunity to assimilate not only the physical techniques, but also the philosophical aspect of Karate-do from the pre-eminent authority.
When Funakoshi Sensei passed away, Nakayama Sensei became the 2nd Chief Instructor of the JKA and in turn, passed this knowledge on to his students. He was responsible for the global dissemination of Karate throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s where graduates of his elite Instructor Program were allocated assignments to establish and develop Karate overseas.
Nakayama Sensei is also credited with setting up the rules of Shiai (competition). At the time, (the late 1950’s) the move to introduce a competitive aspect to a fighting art was controversial, however it was done under the supervision of Master Funakoshi who was initially very resistant to the idea of competition in any form, feeling that it could be contradictory to the true nature of Karate-do, and liable to cause students to lose focus on what was important.
Nakayama Sensei gave a wider Karate audience access to Master Funakoshi’s ideas when he wrote a series of instructional books, including the famous Dynamic Karate and later the Best Karate series. He also produced films and videos providing detailed technical and practical information on Kata, Kihon and Kumite. These works were based on an in-depth study of the principles of Kinesiology, Anatomy and Physiology and made Karate techniques and explanations globally accessible.
Although his residence was in Japan, as Chief Instructor of the Japan Karate Association, Nakayama Sensei travelled extensively, giving instruction and presenting demonstrations of his art. He continued to do so until his death.
Masatoshi Nakayama Sensei passed away on April 15th, 1987 at the age of 74. He held the grade of 10th Dan. He is remembered by those who trained with him as a very fair but demanding, instructor, who showed natural courtesy and respect to everyone he met.
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giggadygoogog
Sorry, pressed the …
Sorry, pressed the thumbs down button by mistake! Its a great book. There are a thousand books like it but i think this was one of the first and can certainly speak with the most authority. Great pics too. Kanazawa sensei ’s abs and leg muscles even challenge Bruce Lees.
giggadygoogog
world and ask for …
world and ask for help from a purple belt, in the knowledge that he has been there before. Just find somewhere to train and go with it for a few years. I have never had to do any demonstrations. Karate has changed over the last 100 years, sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad, but you cant help develop it as a martial art if you dint take part and train hard yourself. Where do you live? maybe i can point you in the right direction.
giggadygoogog
It was Nakayama …
It was Nakayama Sensei’s instructor who came up with the belt system, and look how he turned out. Modern karate is taught in a variety of different ways. The ‘old school hardcore way’ you talk of is responsible for many of are instructors dodgy hips, knees etc. The belt system simply adds some order to how we are taught and installs a hierarchy. A red belt student can walk into any dojo in the
AndrewTooyak
Nice, I love his …
Nice, I love his book, “Dynamic Karate”.
R.I.P. Masatoshi Nakayama
WHITENUT45
i would like to …
i would like to train with someone one on one. i dont like the belt system. and i dont like the demonstrations u have to do. i wana learn it the old school hardcore way from when it first came about.
giggadygoogog
then do it! you can …
then do it! you can find karate all over the world. just try 3 or 4 dojos before you settle.
WHITENUT45
i love this kinda …
i love this kinda shit. i have so much respect for this stuff. i wana do it!!!
mamemimoma
good video!
and …
good video!
and lol @ all the “my martial art is better than yours” talk in the comments
SenseiShotokan
(sorry if I took …
(sorry if I took too much time answering.). Like I said, I was talking about black belts 786myfist. Every moves in this kata could have been “lethal”. I’m not saying the person would die, as we know the karateka goal is not always to kill, it can be to hurt, to paralyse etc.
786myfist
dont tell me about …
dont tell me about kime JuliaAli, dont tell me that realistically kata technique.. all technique that is can be fatal, and I’m talking my system, yours and every other too, who told you this that you say this as fact?
acerwk
Karate yes you are …
Karate yes you are right.shotokan is the problem
chrkk420
you enter their …
you enter their gard, come on man. I dont say that cuz i dont like grapling, i do grappling, as a matter of fact i’m a JJ, BJJ and recently karate practitionner and as somebody else said, every martial arts has weaknesses, it’s being fool to think yours overcomes every single others, especially karate, you can’t imagine how rich karate is, wayyyyyyy more than BJJ
chrkk420
come to bordeaux …
come to bordeaux and fight my teacher douchebag, think twice when you write/talk, before you can even get close to a good karate practitionner you’d be done, you think they’d let
njtr
As a Shotokan guy, …
As a Shotokan guy, I appreciate you sticking up for Shotokan. acewk is on all of the sites bashing the masters that handed this down to all of us, and changed our lives for the better. I think that he’s just having fun by being an (which I’m sure comes naturally to him) and trying to get reactions. I just ignore him, but I appreciate you speaking up. Good luck with your Isshin Ryu training. I’ve met Gary Alexander. He’s quite a character. Oss.
njtr
The katas have the …
The katas have the techniques in them. When you perfect the katas, you have perfected the techniques. They are drills that contain all of the techniques of karate. They also train your footwork, and teach you to be aware of many directions, and move in many directions, against multiple opponents. It may look silly, and pointless (I used to think so too), but BELIEVE me kata is important.
tibikarate
Lyoto …
Lyoto Machida.Shotokan !
farorin
Application of kata …
Application of kata is as varied as the mind of each individual, the basic applications are tought as a guide, just because you see somthing, it doesnt mean that what you see is the WHOLE picture. Ever fought a real shotokan karateka? Maybe then you’ll learn the value of defence against Oi-tsuki, and besides, low shin kicks, arent “real life” and worrying too much about “reality” is the only thing that will truly hold you back in a real situation, because its always different to what you ecpect.
acerwk
look the bunkai of …
look the bunkai of shotokan katas.defenses against oi-tsuki..
bloodriotiori
here you go again …
here you go again with these comments. You really never will learn.
lordslayer22
whats the point of …
whats the point of katas
acerwk
Shotokan doesnt …
Shotokan doesnt deserve any respect.this is the reason for karate bad name.everyone thinks that karate is like shotokan with no drills against roundhouse punches/low kicks with the shin/takedowns as grapplers do
farorin
I would accept what …
I would accept what you say as truth if you had some proper backing for your statements, but I’ve learnt through experiance that only a fool would under-estimate any martial art… For example, I hate BJJ and think its and shouldnt be tought, yet if I were to fight a BJJ guy, i’d still give him the respect that a martial artist deserves. So where is your logic?
JuliaAli
yes 786myfist, …
yes 786myfist, every hit, of a black belt. Only one of it is enough, if you know how to use your KIME properly. See you again:).
acerwk
dont like the truth?
dont like the truth?
farorin
Why do you care? If …
Why do you care? If you dont like it, you dont like it. Whats bothering you so much about it? Just get over yourself you arrogant ass.