aiko4321 (November 4, 2007 at 2:25 pm)

Sure, this is little sloppy, when compared with his other demos. But, the reason is clear... The audiance is too close and they have to think abt them also... I like Yahara Sensei s agressive dynamic way :)

zanshn (October 27, 2007 at 9:11 pm)

Awesome! Yahara sensei is a living legend. I first trained with sensei over 20 years ago and he inspires me as much now as he did then. Ossu Linden Huckle UK

kwfkarateka (August 21, 2007 at 4:29 pm)

Seriously, you have to be there to see it, or face and attack Yahara Sensei in reality to understand what is going on here. There is a similar problem with his 8th Dan grading. A lot of people, particularly US karateka who have never experienced Yahara's speed and power, don't understand what is going on. In a sense the camera does lie. Anyone, anyone who has trained more than a few hours with Yahara Sensei comes to understand what he has got in spades- at age 60.

mafiouso (August 6, 2007 at 5:36 pm)

chairs?

Monarch3436 (July 28, 2007 at 9:16 am)

Yeah, that was a bad demo... but this is really good in real life... his assistant Kawazaki Norio isnt bad either... I dont know what was wrong with them this time- it looked sloppy... I will say Mikio has raw power. He would decimate most challengers.

tomgesch (April 17, 2007 at 5:34 pm)

That was a pretty bad demonstration. I've seen better at local tournaments.