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Great interview. I love Tommy's sly dig at urban combatives. Solo pad drills and principles not techniques! Totally agree 👍

Great video Les! I agree (coming from a competition perspective) the guard should adapt to your needs and strategy. I usually drop my hands if I’m looking for a counter… doesn’t always work 😅 but I find I react quicker and throw quicker shots… but I also like the high guard and cross guards too if I’m putting pressure on. Can’t wait to train and learn from you again! 🫶

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Nice work as always Les

Now that is some kata bunkai, I never knew!!! Well done

I teach that Musubi is the concept of Communication, Unification and Harmonious interaction. The hands together action travelling through the parabolic curve, that i call the Kyokusen or the parabolic curve of control. It is with reference to Kyo and Jutsu. The posture of the feet is a simple physical icon of the total movement at the beginning and end of each Kata. The opinion of my experience of 6 decades of Martial arts. 👍 Ps Musubi in essence is an Aikido concept.

It looks like sumi gaeshi

Wth just dance 1989

Some hojo undo is a prime example of your point, I think. Anyone who casually trains in the gym today can see the vast improvement in weight lifting technique and our general approach to strength and conditioning today!

Hope it goes well! Love to see Les with friends and smiling!

Hang in there Bro. You have been doing a lot of things and working very hard. Sometimes just taking a break from some things can refresh me. All the Best!

Firstly do you know musubi dachi?

I like the video and the various henka on the blocks and wrist locks techniques. But how is it related to musubi dachi when techniques were performed from heiko dachi and kiba dachi?

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The “strike” or other impact (distraction) cannot be under estimated. For many of my fellow karatika and myself included, we don’t spend enough time and practice on throws. Three or four well practiced throws are better than ten or fifteen throws that we “know”. I still here once in a while: There are No throws in Karate! I have heard Bunkai referred to as “Parlor Tricks”. 🤣😂😰

Need power 👺. Don't dance like a puppet.👺

Machida in UFC did a pretty good job of demonstrating "one punch one kill", but with a mae geri kick. A Shotokan guy! Good stuff Les.

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Seminars promote exponential learning and broaden friendship beyond club and style. Thanks!

Great advice. Better try and fail than not try at all. Whether it is going professional or just being involved in teaching, it is always worth a try. I started as an assistant instructor already at 15 years old and it has given me a lot of fun and insights into martial arts in the 25 years since then that I would not otherwise have had. Cheers!

Fifty threes years ago my wrestling coach impressed that upon me, in a most impressive manner 😅. It is good that Karate is catching up. Although there are still schools that insist that you should never LET that happen 😂. I do believe that you post more videos than anyone I subscribe to. They often have some real jewels of information. Thanks, enjoy the sunshine! ⛩

I'm with you Les! Have a great weekend!!! Keep'em coming!

Love the practicality and the way that you use the shape of this particular kata🙏🏽🥋

on the topic of "McDojo's". I honestly prefere the definition from "McDojoLife" where the school sufferes from one or more of the following: 1) pedophiles/sex offenders 2) Lying about your history: training, rank, fight record etc. 3) unsafe training practices 4) cult like behaviour 5) no touch knockouts, other hockey techniques, or mislabeling techniques. 6) shady business practices. note about #6 - making a profit is NOT shady in itself.but how thye go about it can be an issue. also note, there is nothing in this list that says it can't be dance/kata only to be a real school. Nothing about competing etc. But you DO need to be honest about what is in the corriculum and it's intended purpose. Here's a link to Rob's video on it: ua-cam.com/video/deQJ6jLvnJ8/v-deo.html

Waaaay more legit! Osu!

Good training partners, long warmups and cooldowns. Good stuff!

It’s funny, isn’t it… almost everyone writes a Will outlining who they want their money and belongings to go to. Yet nobody in Karate seems to want to write a “karate will” stating that after their death they definitely want a particular person to take over. Maybe they cling to the false hope that their students will get on and share, though I can hardly think of any examples where that has happened.

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Bowing was common in Colonial America, before the American Revolution. It served some of the same purposes as in Asia. After the Revolution it died out as being less "democratic" than handshakes.

I train Okinawan Shorin Ryu karate but started in Japanese Karate. In my current style Osu is frowned upon but I love the spirit represented by Osu and use it a lot. I think most Karate practitioners are way too attached to certain outdated traditions viewing them as sacred laws. Many of them are like cosplayers who pretend that they are Japanese or Okinawan and fear change more than anything (except for maybe sparring). Karate is a treasure you receive, and I believe you must make it your own and apply it to your own life and way of thinking. Osu and thanks for the videos I really enjoy them.

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Amazing chat - thoroughly enjoyed the video; many thanks 🥋

I understand, a bit of explanation would help those of less experience

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Teachers need to give a little speech so everyone knows what to do. Escalation is really stupid and causes injuries.

Control, control, control... Good stuff!

Recall going through my belts and fat guys with many stripes on they're belts you couldn't count saying your knee needs to be further this way, your hip is too far that way, your wrist needs to be more like this, then you these guys perform you realise they are not quite all that. Agreed, subbed.

Bunkai always just ends up being judo/jujutsu anyway- why not just learn Judo and drop karate kata altogether?

Thank you for sharing this podcast. Sensei Stephen is an amazing individual and karate teacher. I’ve known him for over 30 years and he has been a mentor and friend for as long although for the last couple of decades I’ve moved overseas and consequently trained primarily with other teachers.

Thanks for sharing. This is very interesting talk and lots of truths spoken by Simon Sensei.

Fantastic interview. Thanks for the chance to learn more about this gentleman. Gotta finish the coffee and then work on the Harley. Have a good weekend Les!

Good stuff and have a good weekend!

Thanks for the mention! Hope the coffee was good! MKs are making my morning coffee lots better.

"We are our worst critic, worst enemy"...so TRUE.

I believe, to some degree it is a good thing because it helps to motivate us to learn more.

Wonderful! Thanks Gents.

You folks have SO MUCH FUN with your seminars. No doubt about value.

Good stuff! Mawashi!!!