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Top 20 Best Karate Masters in history

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Top 20 Best Karate Masters in history (Update) *watch part2** /watch/s846=t&sLftn1M4x8i46 //List// 1Matsumura Sōkon 2Gichin Funakoshi 3Hironori Ōtsuka 4Kanken Tōyama 5Kenwa Mabuni 6Motobu Chōki 7Masatoshi Nakayama 8masutatsu Oyama 9Hirokazu Kanazawa 10Hidetaka Nishiyama 11Fumio Demura 12Keigo Abe 13Keinosuke Enoeda 14Tetsuhiko Asai 15Taiji Kase 16Masaji Taira 17Kiyohide Shinjo 18Morio Higaonna 19MASAO KAGAWA 20Nishimura Seiji AShamaluevMusic I hope you enjoyed the video. Don't forget to Subscribe and leave a comment below, I want to hear your opinion ----- Copyright Note Sports Forever does not own the rights to certain of this video clips. They have, in accordance with fair use, been uploaded with the intent of educating and inspiring others.

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@footballshorts62722 years ago Mas oyama. The one who revolutionized the karate which we practice today osu! 31
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@deltadelta6662 years ago Watching these kinds of videos brings me back when i was training, im 17 about to make 18 in a week or so i' m not that old. I started training sh . ...Expand 5
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@gurundesongayogyakarta95133 years ago Respect to all of them, the legend masters of karate, great skills and techniques. 11
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@Heyllow4 years ago I had a chance to train with sir kanazawa, early 20' while preparing my sensei licence. That was impressive, when showing legs combo, he was moving as fast as in a video game. 14
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@abhijitrasal22174 years ago Respect to all the great masters of karate. 81
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@bh-xe2wp4 years ago 5. 45 minuits in to the video i can confirm that yes enoeda
was probably the best japanese karate instructor i have ever trained with. I />also had was ridiculous and to be honest you had to train with him to really appreciate
it. I did a couple to lighting control when he did his demos at the british
championships. I remember talking to terry o neil after one of enoedas demo
because he took the wind out of terry. Anybody from the kugb karate will know
who terry was and how powerful and strong he was, so to knock the wind out of
terry took some serious power. Those of you who dont know who he is look him
up another incredible shotokan instructor. ...Expand 10
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@laztoth31044 years ago All of these men have mastered their arts! To all. 14
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@kevingundelach87534 years ago Thanks for the nice video it was nice looking at all those old pictures and videos i' ve seen a lot of them in martial art magazines over the last 50 years but you brought some other pictures i' ve never seen before. ...Expand 2
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@sidneyrobinson53444 years ago After studying indonesian kung fu. I added shotokan. That was 1982. And all these name ive known in the world of jka. Very good tribute to the past. May we carry on the tradition. Duty, honor, and practice. 6
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@TheBoreal654 years ago Mi admiracion para todos aquellos maestros, los que ya partieron dejando su legado y los que siguen en su formidable disciplina. 27
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@edwinjones10004 years ago Sadly missing is tatsuo shimabuku, founder of isshinryu karate. He combined the best of shorin ryu and goju ryu. He could drive nails with his hands and railroad spikes with his feet. 11
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@randyjon2242 years ago This is a great tribute to all of the great karate masters and to the strong styles that they founded over the past 100+ years. I' m glad this video osu!. ...Expand
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@user-op2bk9iv3r4 years ago Very nice! Thanks for updating my knowledge. 3
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@jordainchambers37234 years ago I don' t know why or what it is but there is jus something about masutatsu oyama that draws me into the fighting style of kyokushin kai i just love karate so much mostly because of it' s japanese background. 10
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@alexmarianoribeiro3 years ago Gichin funagoshi minhas honras. Pratiquei shotokan ryu com mestre sadamu uriu na tijuca no rio de janeiro quando mais jovem. At hoje demonstro destreza apesar dos meus 62 anos. Estilo muito eficiente. 17
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@edivaldosantos33094 years ago Lindo, karat sempre foi minha paixo e vai continuar sendo, grandes mestres. 22
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@giorgikhutsishvili50444 years ago Kanazawa is a living legend, i would also include hitoshi kasuya who is also one of the old shotokan masters. 7
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@ilusionkick3 years ago Seeing mas oyama on the 8th place made me remember what a noble way of life karate is. Osu! 4
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@vajraman20672 years ago You forgot gogen " the cat" yamaguchi from goji-ryu, doshin-so, who founded shorinji kenpo and kenichi sawai, founder of tai ki ken (japanese . ...Expand 11
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@luizmichelutti64404 years ago Muito bom este vdeo conhecer os mestres parabns pela produo. 8
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@adamdzwoniarek38415 months ago Brings back the memories. I was a shotokan student myself for many years. Back then, it was real old school training: sweat and tears, with occasional blood, too.
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@enricoharris13654 years ago Came by to make sure otsuka sensei made the list. Happy to see him at number 3 ^_^. 3
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@yintaichi9 months ago The most inspiring presentation of karate i' ve ever seen. And no narration! Domo arigato!
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@peioplaza40714 years ago Gracias por compartir el video. Tenias que poner a chojun miyagi. Y hidetaka nishiyama fue practicante de shotokan. 5
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@CameronQuinnKyokushinKarate4 years ago I think if you asked the 20 masters listed here who they thought were the top 20, you get 20 more lists. 7
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@alexferrara92874 years ago Mas oyama should be in the top 5 at the very least! During his reign, he brought legitimacy back to karate! In that time period, kyokushin karatekas were . ...Expand 122
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@elbudoka4594 years ago Grandes maestros del karate do. Venerable o sensei gichin funakoshi. 5
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@Rob_Boolean10 months ago As a disciple of matsumura shorin ryu, as passed down from matsumura sokon - traditional okinawan karate, it is good to see recognition given to this id="hidden13" great grand-master who is credited for teaching other students who created and taught thier own styles and became masters of that lineage. ...Expand
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@zeus-mt7wx9 months ago Had the most privilege of training with enoeda, early 70s in leeds england. Still remember that day today.
samurai descended. .
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@canalaltaperformance3 years ago Muito bons, fortes. Como mestres, quantos bons lutadores, karatecas ser que cada um formou? Aqui no brasil, alguns mestres japoneses eram conhecidos por no compartilhar algumas tcnicas. 4
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@mangjose54464 years ago The heaviest hitter in this list would be mas oyama. That guy is like the supremo of ufc in his era. 44
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@tomkirk22913 years ago A little known karate master is sensei kazue matsumoto (dec) of shoku kai karate (see image in my profile) taught in city of cairns, australia. The shoku . ...Expand 2
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@saulofrancaoliveira25924 years ago Mestres deuses das artes marciais que contribuiram para evoluo planetria. 5
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@user-lw3ku4py6i4 years ago God bless you for your work! Thank you from all heart. What can i to thank`s you? It`s just call of duty for me.
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@ronin59794 years ago I am karateka, kyokushin, 37 years. These men are all the most dedicated in their arts or styles as many say. Their arts are all very different and derived . ...Expand 4
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@juliusgreen74959 months ago Thanks for sharing these great photos of our masters as a goju student im honored.
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@kintsugijimis.-zenkarate37864 years ago Great movie. I' m praying to the end of this covid-19for the cure, so we can back to the dojo again. Karate is my life. 5
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@theshotokanchronicles4 years ago So many karate legends not all could be listed. These are some of the most important. 2
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@oliviersevic46554 years ago Hello, what do you think about sergui egami? And mitsusuke harada?
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@kokoro08074 years ago Kanbun uechi, uehara seikichi (motobu rye which motobu choki couldn' t learn, also named undun-ti) we also got all the higaona students, miyagi, nagamine, . ...Expand 3
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@maryvugutsa16273 years ago So glad that legend kanazawa is on the list. 1
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@user-np4nl6rx2n5 months ago While stationed on the island of okinawa 1971. 1972 i trained in the style of shoring ryu matsumura.
after leaving i continued training with this style.
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@umbulede47654 years ago Bambang dewantoro, karate master indonesia semarang. 6
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@bw89582 years ago Mas oyama revolutionised karate bringing it to life in the western world. He undersood the need to evolve and mot to mention he was a larger than life . ...Expand 12
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@antreb154 years ago I trained with instruction from, sensai keinosuke enoeda. He had dojos in london, and where i trained, in west dulwich. Sensai tomita also trained us in dulwich. The english tutor was dave hazard. 1
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@alistairlobo50094 years ago Well done for putting this video together, if others like myself have a different view and feel strongly enough inclined we can simply create our own list . ...Expand 1
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@shevetlevi28214 years ago Nice to see master shinjo of uechi ryu in the list. He' s a legend in our style.
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@sergueikriselburd3254 years ago I' m not a karate expert, but even i know that there' s no way all time rating list can be without chojun miyagi, miyagi anichi mikiyo yahara. When . ...Expand 43
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@michaelborror43993 years ago Not too many hardcore karate guys like the late great grandmaster Hidetaka Nishiyama make their way out too LA. With traditional shodokan karate academy and the small poorly attended dojo in Palmdale with Pepe Melan, although my first white belt test was in LA. I wonder if learning history and geography can also help with remembering names faster sometimes as well, and I'm not sure if the head of karate Gichin Funakoshi ever made it out to the states though? .. ...Expand 3
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@felipecorrieri67144 years ago O karat na sua essncia, a arte marcial mais incrvel. 4
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@drprick74324 years ago I trained with mikami sensei in new orleans when i was in college in the late 70s. 2
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@jeffersonkiose3954 years ago Hirukazu kanazawa is a living legend who is a student of shihan gichin funakuchi, and correction he is not a member of jka he is a founder of shotokan karete international (ski) for info. Only. 1
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@regisdasilva83274 years ago Faltou mestre miage tambem conhecido como mestre gato do goju ryu. 6
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@wayne63934 years ago Tadashi yamashita? He is all over the martial arts magazines, weapons master and world class motorcyclist. 7
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@Multidimensionaltravel4 years ago Yes the cat (gogen yamaguchi) should be in there, and gosai his son as well! I saw gosai fight 10 bay area black belt teachers/ school owners once in san . ...Expand 12
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@yoshifpv844 years ago Wow, amazing. Saya dahulu masih muda ikut karate di lemkari sampai sabuk coklat dan 1. Simpai saya dulu sabuk hitam dan 2. Kangen rasanya ingat masa id="hidden27" dahulu karate saat masih muda. Saya dengar kabar lemkari sudah tidak ada, dan menyatu dengan inkai saat ini. Semangat buat para karateka indonesia
hoshh. ...Expand 1
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@carinhanding62108 months ago Ni glmmer en av stockholms bsta senseier takashi masuyama. Min man har haft honom som sensei och han kom att bli min favorit bland senseier. Ven om id="hidden28" jag inte ftt ran att trffa denna man s kom och kommer han vara en stor sensei och man i mina gon. Respekt till dig sensei takashi masuyama. ...Expand
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@dantai2554 years ago Also miyagi changshun sensei founder of okinawa go jo ryu. 4
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@ArtesMarcialesparaTodos4 years ago Justbest senseis are from japan only? Im pretty sure there are very good masters all around the place. 4
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@zeus-mt7wx9 months ago Wow. Had same most privilege chance to train with kanazawa early 70s in liverpool england. .
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@Senseiballenger4 years ago Missing quite a few from different cultures and styles. 9
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@SheriffofYouTube4 years ago 13 was the best. Walking by his students and kicking them to test their rock form. 1
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@arantejeff646423 years ago Respect for all karate masters, but none would beat masutatsu oyama in the beating. 106
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@carlostchetche78144 years ago Akio yokoyama tenri-dojo obrigado por tudo o que aprendi com o karate. 7
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@scottstanney49594 years ago Seems like kanbun uechi should be on this list. George mattson, too. He brought uechi-ryu to the us and was the teacher of many of the most prominent sensei in the west. 1
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@sumitsarkar19794 years ago My deepest reverence to the great karate masters and the enviable gift of their maestero of their art always and forever.
long live great masters of karate.
sumit sarkar, calcutta, india.
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@jpodell0074 years ago How about tatsuo shimabuku (soke of isshinryu karate) 7
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@maurycygrabara12694 years ago Bez wzgldu jaki to styl najwaniejsza jest sia ducha drzemica w czowieku i nad ni trzeba si pokoni. 3
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@ansast8834 years ago Agree or not on the choices, thank you, it was a beautiful reminder.
one of the foundations of karate (and martial arts) is the connection, as much as the opposition; don' t forget that as you live. 1
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@cracusivanda77624 years ago Tak, to byli, s i bd wielcy mistrzowie. 1
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@VijayChauhan-mc3fi4 years ago Great list, but definitely nit the top 20! A lot of great masters missing from the list. Founders of styles like isshin ryu, enshin, ashihara are not id="hidden32" there. No one from shorin ryu. Top masters of other styles also missing. I think shotokan was given a priority in this video. ...Expand 11
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@user-rv8pj5mz3m4 years ago I could understand gogen yamaguchi as a goju ryu stylist but to leave out the founder of goju ryu is more than absurd (miyagi chojun sensei) 2
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@202amassey4 years ago Zenryo shimabukuro, joen nakazato, tamotsu isamu, miyagi sensei, chotoku kyan sensei, zenpo shimabukuro and the list goes on. 1
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@sylvandt49514 years ago Took me back 1982 got a champ. In individual national competion shorin-ryu.
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@USGrant-rr2by4 years ago List becomes completely bogus at #18! Morio higaonna is a living legend. That' s coming from a 15 year shotokan practitioner! 50
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@aniketgaikwad43663 years ago The real masters of therespect for all.
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@huseyinyurek8494 years ago It' s a beautiful short documantary.
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@TheWolfgangfritz4 years ago How could you forget " the cat" gogen yamaguchi! Goju ryu okinawa style. 7