Hangetsu / Seishan Bunkai Pad Drill 

Because my black belt was packed to travel :-) As a 7th dan, red and white can be worn, so sometimes I do. I normally reserve it for “formal occasions” such as gradings etc, but I’ll also wear it when the black belt is indisposed.

I think you are misunderstanding what is being shown. An aspiration is one thing; reality is another. Ideally, I want the first shot to drop him, but if it doesn’t then I want the next one too, and if it doesn’t then the next one … and so on. This is the Ikken Hissatsu concept. I always want it to end NOW and never have the aspiration of using a combination. However, nothing is guaranteed to work and if a technique fails (my mistake, enemy’s skill, thousands of other factors) then we should flow on to the next one in such a way that dominance is maintained. Flow is not something we seek, but it maybe something we need. As I tell my students, “Flow is the management of failure”. We always practise combinations on that understanding. To put it another way, would you just quit is your second punch failed? I’m sure you would not, but you’d simply go on to a third, etc. That’s what’s been done in this drill. And it is a drill. It exists to permit the practise of a variety of methods. I hope that helps clarify. All the best, Iain

Thank you for the answer. Now it's clear and I totally agree with your point of view. As a drill, it seems to me perfect and good to get options but I usually convey my students the idea of " ikken hissatsu " , if possible , in a street fight , in order to prevent a long lasting fight with an uncertain result or if there are several fighters. Best wishes, Javi