The Soul of Karate
Published 2020-07-13
It shows the essence of traditional karate training conducted in the rugged South African way.
It is an intriguing story and philosophical statement and it contains some exciting footage. Filmed in the late 1970’s it follows five karateka from different backgrounds on their journey from white belt to black belt.
The five karateka are Derrick Geyer, Marion Honnet, Gordon Richardson, Keith Geyer and Dave Friend who together with Stan Schmidt produced the film.
The script is written by the late Stan Schmidt who held a Masters Degree in communications and wrote many books and articles on karate.
Stan Schmidt was the first Westerner to be awarded 7th and 8th Dan by the Japan Karate Association and was the first non-Japanese on the Shihankai of the JKA and founder of SA JKA. (South African JKA Association).
“Soul of Karate shows the true fighting spirit of Karate-Do”
Masatoshi Nakayama
Late Chief Instructor of the
Japan Karate Association
All Comments (21)
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I remember watching this years ago, being inspired, it really captured the times. I also remember training with one of the karateka featured in the film - we were partners at a Kanazawa seminar in Florida and Kanazawa sensei asked us to demonstrate his ippon kumite techniques for the class. I did them first, then Kanazawa asked (I believe his name was Ivan) to do them but on the opposite side, that we had not practiced. Ivan quietly said to me, as we faced each other in yoi,..."bummer" as he proceeded to do the techniques on the left. What a great time, great memories, great karate.
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The time when karate was popular
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I wore out my DVD copy years ago, and haven't been able to find another one. Thanks for posting it.
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What this showed me along with many other videos of certain styles is that in every martial art form there will always be the need for self discipline for the ability for one to push himself. Whenever i'm asked "Where is your dojo?" I always respond " I am the dojo!".
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Absolutely fantastic to watch again, so inspiring and motivating. Thank you Keith Sensei for sharing this, strong reminder where we come from and how lucky we are to have been taught by the best.
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What a fantastic documantary. They took their training so seriously as it should be, much further than the dojo. A way of life.
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Thank you so much managers, specifically for your management style, Michelle. I try to emulate your considerate nature continually and try to refrain from excess, to practice moderation continually, thank you for being concerned and not apathetic when I was smoking pot (marijuana), for caring about my future
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Karate changed a lot. Actually not karate but the way it is trained nowadays :(.
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they were thr best of the best , unlike todays training in UK ,
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OSU Sensei, thank you for sharing. I remember a Gusshuku as a 15 year old.
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Very inspiring Oss!!
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I like that they were acting improvements from white belt to black belt. lol
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2 to 2 1/2 years for black belt seems kind of short. At my dojo, it takes around 5-8 years to reach black belt with continuous training.
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Thanks sensei for your extraordinary efforts for making this film. Briefing psychology part of Karate. Lots of love from India
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Inspiring Sensei Keith and thanks for uploading and sharing this! Sheer exhaustion at 48:00. Very very previliged to be training with you and the rest at the Dojo
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Ossu Keith sensei. Certainly enjoyed this. Domo.
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Thank you Sensei Keith
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Osu, thank you for sharing this.
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💗💗💗💯💯💯💯✌
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Thank you so much Sensei, awesome video, I hope one day I will have the opportunity to train with you 😊
