This video by Andre is exceptionally good. Andre had the fantastic opportunity of spending a lot of personal time with Sensei Asai and so he understands, maybe better than anyone, the principles behind asai-ryu karate.
The posts about the video on youtube are so typical of the kind of comments you read on most martial art videos. They are usually putting down an individual or an art simply because it's not their art. Why have this attitude in the first place. I respect all martial arts and if i think an individual practitioner of that art isn't very good, I am not going to comment on it. The main reason is that I don't understand that art so how do I know if it's good or not. Likewise, only students in my club, or students in a class if I'm being asked to teach, will receive my comments on their abilities and skill and even this will be constructive. As for comments regarding what will and will not work on the streets, all martial arts will work because they teach techniques that are designed to hurt the other person. The only issue, in terms of how effective they are, is how good is the individual practitioner?
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