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Okichitaw is a martial art founded by George J. Lépine in Toronto, one of the most populous cities in North America and also one of the most cosmopolitan in the world. Indeed, among its 2.8 million inhabitants, no fewer than 180 languages and dialects are spoken. The city is home to people of all origins, religions, and cultures. This cultural diversity is reflected in Okichitaw.
To develop this martial art, George J. Lépine drew inspiration from the martial practices of Canadian Indigenous peoples, which were not formally codified, as well as from historical research on various other combat techniques. The result is a martial art that combines diverse fighting techniques and ancestral Indigenous weapons, which has been modernized and codified. Today, Okichitaw is recognized as one of Toronto’s cultural treasures.
To develop this martial art, George J. Lépine drew inspiration from the martial practices of Canadian Indigenous peoples, which were not formally codified, as well as from historical research on various other combat techniques. The result is a martial art that combines diverse fighting techniques and ancestral Indigenous weapons, which has been modernized and codified. Today, Okichitaw is recognized as one of Toronto’s cultural treasures.
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01:30With its 2.8 million inhabitants, mixing 180 languages and dialects, Toronto is the fourth
01:38most populous city in North America behind Mexico, New York, and Los Angeles.
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04:08I learned many Indian wrestling and impact techniques when I was very young from my family.
04:15My uncles were always instructors of aerial martial arts
04:18and types of tactics like knife fighting or the use of wrestling, things of that nature.
04:24We have many techniques but we have never really been structured.
04:28So I learned to help him learn Indian wrestling and things of that nature, and weapons too.
04:33And I learned to help him, to help him, to help him, and I learned to help him, to help him, to help him, to help him, to help him, to help him.
04:42Besides fighting techniques, cardio exercises are very important in this martial art.
04:47For some, they are still indigenous traditions.
05:03To better develop this art, Mr. Lapine was inspired by his own knowledge of how to help her help her help him,
05:28that, combined with its historical discoveries and indigenous values,
05:33and the fact that it's a way of helping him, helping him, helping him, helping him.
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06:55And martial arts are tied into that, so you would learn the playing's way of doing things.
07:00So the ceremonies, the gifts of the creator, things of that nature, and those types of tactics as well.
07:08Deeply respectful and attentive, students enjoy learning with a teacher with over 35 years' experience.
07:14A 6th Dan black belt in taekwondo, a black belt in hapkido, and a brown belt in judo.
07:21Like many martial arts, movements are repeated several times until the perfect mastery of gestures.
07:51Thank you.
31:08The three lakes are at the arrival of the Canada-Canada and are 13 hurdles.
31:22As they are not very steep, they are very impressive in their speed.
31:26because they will be able to process more than 6.8 million liters of water per second.
31:38Lakes are also a source of hydroelectricity,
31:44and preservation remains a true ecological issue.
32:08It is a natural place that has been an ideal spot for tourists for over a century.
32:38It's a natural place.
32:48It's a natural place.
32:52It's a natural place.
32:58It's a natural place.
33:18It's a natural place.
33:24It's a natural place, that's what it looks like.
33:52And this is very important, it's called smudging, but the proper name is Ritual Purification.
34:01What I do is what I do, that's all I do.
34:09So when I do that, and when I work with little people,
34:14my grandparents, my grandparents, my grandparents,
34:17I am teaching you, I am doing it for you and they had it,
34:23Ben had it from you and Marie of the arm and the ör unless you can understand the good code.
34:29I'll give you the next page, from you, so you can find the correct code.
34:34And we do this.
34:36And we make this gown and you'll make the pedalboard...
34:41The advice before we give it to the gentlemen in this series,
34:45Before doing anything, we perform this ritual.
34:48It's very special, you'll notice it's braided, it's braided.
34:54And when I don't have my hat, I don't have my braids.
35:00And the braide represents our Mother Earth.
35:04Sweetgrass is our Mother Earth.
35:06And respect for women and for culture, we are making hate.
35:15And we grow sweetgrass, because it is Mother Earth.
35:24They have small lines, so they have lines, but also, the soldiers can put their guns.
35:45The Mother of the Earth
36:15And even today, you can see the fort, surrounded by the stockade.
36:19planted by the curtain of the Earth,
36:20that connects two of the six stone bastions of the fort.
36:24And it's called a prayer track.
36:32And at the same time, many non-native speakers think they've seen too many John Wayne movies.
36:41and they didn't call a track from the room.
36:42There is no clue to the room.
36:45It's a clue in the play, it's a clue in the play.
36:48And we pray for peace, even if we go in peace, we pray.
36:54It's not peace, it's peace.
36:56In many ways, it is our Bible.
37:01We consider this to be our Bible.
37:04And as my friend mentioned about the sweat lodge,
37:07peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace.
37:11This is our synagogue, our church, our cathedral.
37:14It is very naturally that we are on the land of peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace.
38:14Toronto is like other countries of peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace.
38:21It is an important industrial center, commercially and financially significant.
38:26and produces more of most of the products of peace of peace of peace of peace of peace.
38:30This economic dynamism attracts all industries.
38:34like the media, the public, the peace of peace,
38:37but also peace companies, peace companies, peace companies, peace companies, peace companies.
38:43It's a little more peace, peace, peace, peace.
38:52At night, a second life begins for the people of Toronto.
39:05It's not a little more peace, peace, peace, peace, peace.
39:08Outside or outside, people prefer peace to peace.
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39:42Here we go.
40:12Toronto's bars and restaurants are as cosmetic as the city itself.
40:26They include all the cuisines of the world.
40:28Toronto's bars and restaurants are also inspired by peace, peace, peace, peace.
40:33Here we go.
41:03Master Lapine carries on traditions with fun warm-ups to the sound of drums and Native American chants.
42:03Three weapons are used mainly in learning the Okichito, whose Notini-Tawan mystic is the war club,
42:12and Mokoman, the Native American knife, as seen here.
42:46If the first use of the knife was for hunting or camping, it soon became useful for hand-to-hand combat during the wars.
43:30Our martial art is non-competitive. We believe that competition is actually weakening.
43:49And the other application of Okichita, the techniques are very, very aggressive and very hard as far as physical force that's executed.
43:57So they're very committed and we don't limit ourselves by rules and applications because we believe in warfare or any type of combat engagement.
44:06It's about self-preservation. So the techniques in Okichita are very aggressive and they're techniques to finish out your opponent.
44:13We deliver it through four applications. The east, the south, the north, and the western directions.
44:21So we identify our challenge, embrace with courage, finish out as soon as possible, and move on to our next adversary or challenge.
44:28And those happen very, very quickly in Okichita.
44:30So we're just going to go through elimination. So if anyone loses that, just go back to the circle.
44:47We can come back again. Okay?
44:48Okay. Ready? One. Two. Three.
44:55Still on. Still on. Still on.
44:59You can win from the ground up.
45:03It's good.
45:04It's good.
45:06It's good.
45:07It's good.
45:08It's good.
45:09It's good to get it back.
45:10Okay?
45:11Pick it up.
45:12One way to see if the teachings were assimilated after learning,
45:16is the game of the knife fight.
45:17Hold up.
45:18Next one in.
45:19One.
45:20Two.
45:21Three.
45:22Make sure we get the grab, right?
45:23Okay.
45:24So what's happening?
45:25Two.
45:26Three.
45:27One.
45:28Two.
45:29Three.
45:30Make sure we get the grab, right?
45:31So what's happening?
45:32Two.
45:33Three.
45:34The rule is simple.
45:35The first one who is touched by the knife blade loses and the winner remains in play until another
45:44one wins.
45:56Two.
45:57Two.
45:58Three.
45:59Walking.
46:00Push, push.
46:01Buddy, buddy, buddy.
46:05There.
46:06Good.
46:07Touch.
46:08And.
46:09Again we see that the gender of the student does not come into consideration for the choice
46:13for choosing the opportunity,
46:15Only technique matters.
46:34The third hand used in Okichita
46:37is the Chiquiikunis,
46:38the Nathèvre-American tomahawk.
46:43In Okichita,
46:46what we embrace is that we do have a bit of a formal belt system,
46:49but it's very loosely applied.
46:51And what I mean by this is,
46:53we look for the commitment of the warrior
46:54to be able to embrace the philosophy
46:56and the physical attributes of Okichita.
46:59So it takes quite a long time
47:00for someone to reach a level of, say, black.
47:02We look at black, that color, as the great mystery.
47:05We believe that when we move into black,
47:07it's very, very difficult and you learn new things.
47:10The application to move to red belt
47:12is basically that somebody is dealing with struggle continuously
47:16to make themselves a great warrior of peace.
47:18Until they move into the southern doorway,
47:20they start in the eastern doorway, they're brand new.
47:22They move to the southern doorway,
47:23they start embracing struggle and challenge and difficulty.
47:26And when they move to the northern doorway,
47:28they start learning the gifts of the warrior.
47:30and they're able to share those experiences
47:31with other people in their community.
47:33When we see them move to the northern doorway,
47:35then they move to the belt of red.
47:37That means they embrace that philosophy.
47:38And then eventually, they move to the western doorway
47:41to show that there are embracing of worthy men.
47:44They're being what we call Neheawak.
47:46In the Cree way, that means a true warrior.
48:00That means they have a great strathlet of the new people in the city.
48:03Now you see your belt here.
48:04Am I a nice one, sir?
48:05Oh!
48:06Yes, sir.
48:07Thank you.
48:08Thank you.
48:10Thank you.
48:11Thank you.
48:12Thank you.
48:13Thank you.
48:14Thank you.
48:16Thank you.
48:18Thank you.
48:18Thank you.
48:23Thank you.
48:25Thank you.
48:26Thank you.
48:27As warriors of peace, it's very, very important
48:28It is very important that we understand the beauty around us.
48:31And when we have our prayers, we pray to the Church of the Church,
48:35to our brother, to the Church of the Church, but it's very simple.
48:39We are only human, and there must be pity for us.
48:42but we try to make ourselves into everyday people.
48:44And as peace warriors, we will give ourselves to the Church community.
48:49The first person I want to talk about today is David.
48:52Master Rabbit burns sage
48:58before presenting the colored belts to his students.
49:22they did not
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