We applied bunkai to our basic self-defence pinons today and now Iv'e fallen more deeply in love with Karate. Kata's are beautiful. I swear you have done so much for karate and I hope you are wonderfully blessed for it. You're the type of friend a karateka should hope to have. I am even more thankfull for my Shihan who is knowledgeable about this subject.
Thank you Jesse and Oliver for giving me more practical ideas and concepts to understand (and appreciate) my katas. There’s an expression in Buddhism and Zen: “If you’re bored, pay closer attention.” You just helped me pay closer attention to kata. Gratitude!
This is definitely a new way of training for me.....there is so much emphasis on doing kata in copy mode that we forget what it is actually meant for....
Brian Preston To think that Bruce Lee caught so much flack for trying to say exactly what you're saying some 40 odd years ago (See Bruce Lee: the lost interview).
@@andrewhancock2451 That is exactly my experience of doing Karate some 25 years ago. I asked for kata explanations and they were seldom forthcoming and if they were they were often unconvincing. And I spent ages and ages pointlessly marching up and down dojos punching imaginary opponents.
@@johnrandall125 To me, karate provides body exercises. The martial training comes from realistic combinations taken from other arts, like kickboxing or MT. The popular Karates in the West have lost this over the last century, for many possible historical reasons, but it still serves its remaining purpose for certain aspects of body conditioning, and as an art.
Your video got me to thinking, when I first started Choy Li Fut kung fu, I thought the forms were just a bunch of waving the arms. Now that I've practiced the applications with my partner over the years, I can see all sorts of strikes, blocks, joint locks and breaks!
Jesse, I practice Shotokan Karate here in Brasil and really like your explanation about this wonderfull marcial art and I learn a lot with you... Thanks a lot... Oss!
You deserve so many subscribers. I have never seen such a quality Karate based channel in my entire life. You have helped me out with so many questions that I had on karate that I could not find through a google search or RU-vid videos. Thank you.
As much as you might not want to like Karate, this guy is bloody addictive. His vid with Ian Abernethy was gold. Wold love to do a similar vid putting kata to a self-defence view my club has. So glad I found this man/his vids, make me think outside the box. Thank you, Jesse.
Rick Legendary thank you so much! I’ve been practicing since 2015 but because of personal problems I haven’t been able to do a lot of progress but still I feel very proud for what I have accomplish, I hope one day be a black belt and still have the motivation to learn more! Greetings from Chile!
Happy to find this. Am use to the concept of doing it in reverse direction; kata to app, so this is refreshing for a first look at somewhat superficial usage application treasure hunting. And in a game mindset too, making it fun. Nice!
Hi,Jesse. Always thank you for your wonderful videos! We should know not only how to show kata beautifully but also how to use kata practically as well.
I'm currently 8th kyu (was a white belt a few months ago) and although katas are hard to learn, stick with it and you learn this deeper sense of understanding. The bunkai. I have a lot to learn but I love it. This video us another eye opener. Great video Jesse!
Great video, Jesse. It all connects to the basis of karate is a real fight stance. I have practiced aikido for some time and it's all about shorten the distance to neutralize the attacker.
Jesse, I really like that you can do the bunkais against real attacks and not just against a static oitsuki. This is what I hate most about "self-defence" teaching that most of them are shown against a non-existent or artificial style attack, where the attackers executes a "clean" punch and then stands in the last position for a minute...
Nice video, there is so much hidden in Kata and forms of many martial arts. I like that you can only discover true bunkai through mindful training, it means that they never become common knowledge. I feel like this is deliberate, to preserve the true art for only those who have the correct attitude.
This video is so great! I can’t stop to think there is so much karate schools that teach kata, but not bunkai and self defence.. so people search for Krav Maga or other commercial stuff, and they don’t know that karate is so complete
Really like this, I will try to do something like this with my students. I can not do this as most only know 1 - 3 katas at the moment. But getting them to look at bunkai at a early stage is good. Thanks Jesse, for this great video
great video...every time when i start learning a new kata,i always try to learn the practical application of that particular move from the very start,so by the time the kata is finished i have quite a range of useful techniques in my arsenal.anyway i just started learning unsu,i hope it will help me learning more techniques.
So awesome! Love your videos. Many of karate techniques have been adopted by krav-maga by the Israelis for good reason too. Love what karate coupled with analytical thinking yields...
Thank you for the practical examples. There is a movie, High Kick Girl, that does a good job of capturing the value of traditional kata as a foundation for real self defense. You might like it.
Hikite looks like a very common technique to catch round kicks before applying various types of counters that we usually saw on other fighting styles like muay thai, kickboxing, etc.
Osu! Love this stuff. Enough of the trash talking of traditional karate. The techniques are there if taught properly and if the karateka is willing to learn.
You should do a video with some Judo guys. As a wrestler, Isshyn-Ryu and karate hobbyist, and former weekend warrior in the mma gym, I’d love to see it. I greatly enjoy your videos because I was always tickled when karate was applied well.
Thank u Sensei,, I took taekwondo class now, and when I joined the sparring competition, I barely Remember what tdo techniques I will do for counter attack,but unfortunately everyone see me doing different attack ,,I saw myself doing the basic kata, but I haven't yet been to karate class...but sad part is I hit her face not the kata moves anymore but the boxing type..how bad...😑😑😑😑😑
When oliver grab his arm and swing the hook, he say that his natural response it to close the gap to the attacker, but in 3:13 i saw his spontaneous reaction is to back away his head from the hook not to duck and close the gap.
