Video Clips:
Click on links below. We have HOURS of video that we can convert
to clips and upload. Check back frequently we will try to add
additional clips utill we've posted a suitable representation.
1. Demonstration at European Cup,
Hungary 2007
2. Breaking beer bottles with Shuto
(It's very difficult to see breaking glass because it happens
so fast. We have slowed down the video as much as we could.
In the slow clip, look for the neck of the bottle flying skyward,
straight up, to the left of the iron beam in the background.)
3. Some dojo kumite, Sensei and
former residentail student
4. Tameshiwari (breaking) in Korea
2005. Kata performed during demo is Tensho
5. Pinan 2 Application Demonstration.
Kata shown first time through is Pinan 2. Immediately following,
Sensei performs the kata again at 2005 demonstration in Korea
with coriographed attackers in order to demonstrate the kata's
application.
6. Lerner Demo. A NYC television
producer named Steven Lerner came to Ligo Dojo in 2006 to investigate
residentail program for reality show. This, and the kumite above
(3), was part of the demonstration we did for him.
7. Kanku. Execution of the kata,
Kanku. Here for the sake of Ligo Dojo students who are practicing
it. This tape is abotu two years old and, for Sensei, painful
to watch. "I get to see all my mistakes too!"
8. First-Year BKH Student Fighting.
Current BKH residentail student,
Paul Kaminski, at Japan Weight category tournament last year.
Kaminski is the one who's NOT Japanese. In this case BKH student
had been training for less than three months and this is his
first international tournament experience.
9. First-Year BKH Student Fighting.
Former BKH residentail student at Japan Weight category tournament.
BKH student is the one who's NOT Japanese. In this case BKH
student has been training for less than six months and this
is his first international tournament experience.
10. Gekisai-sho. Kata performed
by Sensei in Kata Competition at Korea Open Tournament in 2006.
11. Second Year BKH Student Fighting.
This is a big file but worth the wait. Remember that BKH residential
student (brown belt) is only in his second year of training
in Karate, ever. His black belt oponent, on the other hand,
has been training for 6-8 years. This is the difference between
training part-time vs. full-time. You can't rush experience
so you'll see the BKH students outclassed technically, but you'll
also see that they're tough enough to stand toe to toe after
only 12-14 months training. This is the tournament we went to
in 2007 in Hungary
12. Second Year BKH Student Fighting.
This is a big file but worth the wait. Remember that BKH residential
student is only in his second year of training in Karate, ever.
His black belt oponent, on the other hand, has been training
for 6-8 years. This is the difference between training part-time
vs. full-time. You can't rush experience so you'll see the BKH
students outclassed technically, but you'll also see that they're
tough enough to stand toe to toe after only 12-14 months training.
This is current dormitory resident,
Paul Kaminski, in Rochester. We almost didn't add this video,
embarrassed by the outfit the other fighter was wearing, but
he was a decent fighter, and it was a decent fight.
13. Stick It Out. By Rebekah Fergusson.
This is an actual 15-minute documentary
film made about our residential program by a
Duke University Documentary Film student. It is a must-see for
anyone interested in the residential program. Not alot of action
here -- get that from the clips above -- but lots
of excelent interview. Wanna meet Sensei Ligo? Here's your chance!This
three years ago and the dojo was barely open.