Wow thats FAST...

[Bleeding Lion]

Hey,

take a look at this kata:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2409643942151506820&q=karate

Im quite sure some have seen it before. Thats simply amazing.

Edit: Ive added a poll to see what people think.

Edited November 13, 2005 by Bleeding Lion

[jkeeling]

That sure is some good video editing. Does anyone actually believe this is real?

[Bleeding Lion]

look at the guy doing at the kata and the trees behind. if it was edited the trees would have been moving fast too. either that or they used state-of-the-art technology.

[Super_Coo]

It could be real... those kicks seemed a lot slower (normal speed) than the hand movements... maybe...

[Jay]

nobody can do it that fast being realistic although it has been edited well because the clock remains in normal time it is at different sppeds at different points at the end i think they slowed it down ready for the kata to end to make it more smooth

[Killer Miller]

It's real. This is a common speed of high level performers. This is where visualization of technique comes in to play.

- Killer -

That sure is some good video editing. Does anyone actually believe this is real?

[Jussi Häkkinen]

I've seen Tetsuhiro Hokama teaching and performing live. He's not that fast. He has a "speeded up" -way of performing Goju, but the video isn't real.

The video is edited - rather well, but they overdid the speed.

[DKizzle]

look at the guy doing at the kata and the trees behind. if it was edited the trees would have been moving fast too. either that or they used state-of-the-art technology.

It does not require state of the art technology to speed up one part of a video. You film the trees moving for the correct amount of time with nobody there, then film a guy in front of a green screen and use the trees as a background. Really easy to do, I've done it for school projects.

However, I can believe this is real.

[shogeri]

I know of several high level goju practitioners that move that fast.

As well as bagua practioners, and taijiquan, and your everyday variety of boxers as well.

It is possible.

I can say nothing of the person's actual skill or performance.

But in some way, this video seems questionable.

[ovine king]

i see nothing wrong with the speed of the video.

one thing though, the resolution is off which adds to 'speed-blur' AND the fact that you're watching a video and not the real always makes things look a little bit faster than it really is.

to be honest, i wouldn't say that it was that fast considering how tight the movement was AND the fast sections were typically, all hand movements as any wing chun guy knows, moving your hands fast, isn't a problem.

incidentally, that was goju, right?

i see lots of later shaolin things going on in there as well as hung kuen and some short bridge styles things.

i'm beginning to see why people say that goju is more 'chinese' than most other karate styles.