93 year old Judo Master

Keiko Fukuda is the highest ranked female Judoka in history, at age 99, she has been awarded the rank of tenth dan in honour of her outstanding contribution to Judo and the martial arts.  This ten minute clip is well worth watching, a truly inspirational woman.

5 year old Japanese Karateka

A five year old Japanese girl performing a very, very impressive heian nidan.  If she can do this at that age, the rest of us should have no excuse!  Time to go sharpen my shuto uke...

Hikite!

Two videos from the JKA All-Japan Championships in the 1980s showing just why we always tell you to make sure you pull back you hand properly, here's that pesky hikite the way it was meant to be done.

Yahara Sensei vs. Togeda Sensei, a fantastic fight!  Watch out for the use of hikite to facilitate the knockout and also Yahara Sensei's use of tomoe-nage (stomach throw)



Some action from the 1985 All-Japans.  Great slow motion replay too!

JKA Karate Kumite!

This is compulsory viewing!  Highlights from the Japan Karate Asscociation All-Japan championships as well as some footage from dojos in Japan.  Well, well worth a watch - or more than one!  Hugely inspiring stuff!
OSU!

Sensei Asai Animal Forms

A short excerpt from a French TV feature on Asai Sensei in which he expalins the influence of various animals on his fighting strategy - you can see the influence of the Chinese Kung Fu that he learned while living in Taiwan.  Interesting stuff!