Spider Karate Woman! High speed kick with hip joints!【Natsuki】

0:24 Natsuki Shimizu is appearing in Kuro-obi World for the first time.

0:28 She is a competitive athlete in Goju-ryu karate, but she also practices kata in various styles.

0:35 For this reason, she often travels around the country to study.

0:39 She is a world-class karate athlete.

0:52 Natsuki-san.

0:54 Yes.

0:55 Natsuki.

0:56 Yes.

0:58 Thank you for coming to Kuro-obi World today.

1:01 Thank you too.

1:07 Did you know about Kuro-obi World?

1:09 Of course I did!

1:12 Have you seen it before?

1:13 Yes!

1:13 Thank you.

1:16 You always do this, don't you?

1:18 You're always getting attacked by the master, aren't you?

1:22 That's right.

1:23 You charged at the camera.

1:28 What was that intense movement?

1:34 That was part of the "kata" called "Papuren".

1:38 So you're a karate teacher?

1:45 No, I'm an active karate competitor.

1:48 Really?

1:51 Then show us the expression of an active competitor!

1:55 This is a really nice smile!

1:59 By the way, your shout "kiai" was amazing.

2:03 Can you do that "kiai" at any time?

2:07 Yes. If you want me to do it, I will.

2:11 Then, please do it now.

2:12 Sure.

2:14 Can I do it while doing kata movements?

2:15 Yes, of course.

2:16 Then I'll do it.

2:23 The camera shook!

2:27 Please do it again.

2:39 A big smile!

2:43 This is it.

2:44 So you shout "kiai" while doing the kata?

2:48 I also do it when I say the name of "kata".

3:01 Can you shout the name 'papuren' now?

3:07 Of course.

3:10 My heart is pounding.

3:12 Then please do it.

3:25 The camera shook!

3:27 You've been possessed by someone!

3:32 No, it's Natsuki.

3:39 You're amazing!

3:41 Thank you.

3:42 Do you practice that yell at karaoke box?

3:47 I used to practice it in the bathroom.

3:48 The bathroom?

3:49 Yes.

3:53 I used to practice "kiai" and kata names in the bathroom.

3:59 In the bathroom?

4:04 I guess it was a nuisance for the neighbors.

4:10 So you're an active karate competitor.

4:13 Yes.

4:14 You showed us the movements of a karate kata in your training clothes earlier.

4:19 It was really cool, so please show us something else.

4:24 Sure.

4:27 I'll show you slowly once.

4:55 You're so cool!

4:59 This wasn't the part I wanted to do.

5:02 I made a mistake in my calculations.

5:06 What do you mean?

5:08 I wanted to show the action of lying down on the floor.

5:13 But you did a different part of the kata instead?

5:16 I made a mistake.

5:19 I'll start from here.

5:40 Natsuki, you look like Spider-Man!

5:47 I'm imagining Spider-Man.

5:50 Is this a movement from a karate kata?

5:54 Yes.

5:54 What is the name of kata?

5:57 It's Matsumura Kusanku.

6:01 Show me your posture again.

6:09 Is there really a move like this in karate kata?

6:14 Will you stand up from that position?

6:16 Yes. Without changing my posture, I stand up while maintaining a low posture and turn around.

6:28 Today, please show us your usual training method.

6:35 I saw various interesting training on your SNS.

6:46 Ok.

6:51 Lift my leg up and move it like this.

6:56 When the leg touch the floor, go back again.

7:02 I also do the opposite direction to the limit.

7:14 You don't just lift your leg up, you also rotate it?

7:18 That's right.

7:18 It works on the side and improves flexibility.

7:31 I am practicing how to divide the center of the body into smaller parts and move each one.

7:43 What do you mean?

7:44 Dividing the center of the body into smaller parts?

7:49 I'm imagining the torso being divided into several parts.

7:57 How many parts?

8:01 I haven't fully mastered this method yet, so I can only imagine four parts.

8:08 Top and bottom, and left and right?

8:11 Yes, the upper and lower parts are each divided into two.

8:16 So you move them separately?

8:18 I do this posture while also stretching my buttocks.

8:27 I bring my shoulders closer to my knee.

8:37 First, I split the upper part

8:39 and then I move in a circular motion.

8:47 I practice this to be able to use my body more softly.

8:51 It's beautiful symmetry.

8:55 I still can't split my body freely,

8:58 Really?

9:01 so I'm practicing.

9:04 Does this help with the movements in karate kata?

9:09 Yes, it does.

9:11 What do you mean?

9:14 For example, with spinning techniques.

9:22 Moves like this.

9:25 If you move the torso as one block, the rotation becomes bigger.

9:37 However, if you can divide the body into smaller parts,

9:40 first, split the right side and move it.

9:44 Softly....

9:46 It's hard to explain. I don't know what to say.

9:49 You can rotate with small movements.

9:56 The small movements come first and pull the whole body along.

10:01 So you can rotate smoothly?

10:03 I'm practicing so that I can rotate quickly and smoothly.

10:10 There are movements in karate kata that involve rotating quickly, right?

10:16 Are you talking about such movements?

10:17 Yes, that's right.

10:18 Now, please show us the movement of turning around.

10:35 I move like this.

10:39 Here, tighten,

10:43 close and open.

10:44 That's the image.

10:45 There are so many small elements in this one moment of movement!

10:51 I'm practicing with that in mind.

10:53 But I haven't mastered it yet.

10:56 Really?

10:57 That's true.

10:59 Show me again, slowly.

11:18 Let me ask you a question.

11:21 When you do a karate kata from start to finish, it's long, isn't it?

11:27 Yes, it's long.

11:28 There are kata that are about three minutes long, right?

11:32 You just explained a movement that's shorter than a second.

11:38 For example, in the case of a three-minute kata, do you think about each movement in detail as you perform it?

11:46 I usually practice with a close attention to each movement.

11:57 However, if I focus on it too much in a match, I will become nervous.

12:02 I just do everything I have practiced up to that point.

12:07 I see.

12:10 I think it is important to practice the detailed elements of kata repeatedly until they become ingrained in your body and mind,

12:17 and then be able to perform them in a match.

12:23 Now, please show us some other training.

12:30 A practice for moving your hip joints quickly.

12:36 From a state of relaxation, move the leg forward using only the strength of hip joints.

12:57 The strength of the hip joints?

12:58 Yes, when you push your leg forward with strength,

13:03 you tense up and your knee doesn't rotate.

13:09 If you imagine moving your hip joints forward,

13:15 you can do it like this.

13:40 Are the hip joints important?

13:44 Yes, they are.

13:45 The other thing is the interlocking of the body.

13:49 If you focus on this, your legs move in a connected way.

13:53 I practice while always focusing on this.

13:59 Does that mean it's useful not just for one part of kata, but for the kata as a whole?

14:07 Yes, it's about the interlocking of movements.

14:11 For example, your kick comes out smoothly with the hip joint at the center.

14:16 Although athletes come in all shapes and sizes, many kata athletes are small in stature.

14:25 I'm on the taller side of the kata competitors,

14:30 if I lift my toes up high, it makes me look slow.

14:40 So I try to move the parts of my body that are close to the center of my body.

14:49 But I'm still slow.

14:51 Really?

14:51 Yes, I'm still practicing.

14:57 In karate kata, there are movements that start from a low position, right?

15:07 Like this, you jump and kick from a low position.

15:18 From the crouching position?

15:19 Yes, this is really tough.

15:22 This movement comes at the very end of kata

15:26 and it's like a bomb after you've built up a lot of fatigue.

15:35 This might be cool.

15:57 It's cool.

15:58 Yes, it is.

15:59 Finally, the speed of a real match.

16:38 This is it.

16:41 This looks very advanced!

16:44 Yes, this is very difficult.

16:47 Natsuki will be competing in The 8th Karate-do Goju-kai Global Championships JAPAN 2025 this August. Let's go and cheer her on!

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17:16 Of course you are also a Hero!

17:19 See you again in "Kuro-obi World"!