UNSU Kata BUNKAI by Iain Abernethy ( 

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More bunkai from Unsu please. That was awesome.

That's what real karate looks like where are those people who say karate doesn't work 🤨

We demand more practical bunkai : D thanks sensei

Unsu, one of my favourite katas...... thanks for the great insight, masters👊👊.... Btw, I AM FIRST😜😀😀 Oops......looks like I missed it😛😛 - A Shōtōkan boy from India.

As always,Iain and Jesse are on the top of the Karate game.

ANOTHER OUTSTANDING VID!!! I love how this vid demonstrated that Kata is NOT useless in any way, shape or form. I hear and see a lot of people dismissing Kata because they think it is useless. Now, I only practice a handful of my favorite Katas, but I respect them all and once in while I find a new one that I never heard of and I'll try it out MUCH RESPECT!!!!

As a Karateka & Judoka I would argue that the footwork looks more like O Uchi Gari to me & instead of sweeping from the back like Ian mentioned (Osoto Gari) it’s look to me to be a sweep from the inside instead but that’s the beautiful thing about Kata different people interpret it different ways (:

Traditional karate has alot of throws, and takedowns. Unfortunately the art was "watered down" and was mainly looked at as a sport. Which I really did not like. However, its great to see again, sensei Jesse and sensei Iain sharing there ideas and philosophy to all us karate nerds!

I wont be looking at the wierd hand positions the same way anymore!😯. This is pure savagery!(or savageness pardon my english!😅)

Iain is the Man to explain the Real karaté as a bujutsu and not only Budo or karaté-sport

It is a typical first class Bunkai explanation of Iain! Congratulation! This interpretation for the beginning of Unsu Kata has real practical relevance in close combat. Much better than the often demonstrated ballet moves of other authors. Thanks Jesse, thanks Iain. with kind regards Helmut

Tip of the iceberg! I was assigned this Kata back in 1992 to practice endlessly for competition. The beginnings of Shotokan in Cuba. The bunkai was never taught to me then. I remember performing all the movements endlessly imagining possible applications while surrounded by multiple attackers. Thank you for this eye opening demonstration.

Unbreakable Karate moves. Awesome!!!!!!!

Definitely the best bunkai I've ever seen!! Thanks Senseis

Sensei Abernethy’s brilliance never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for the awesome content, Jesse!

Love it! More please!!!!

Thank you so much for sharing that. Awesome!

Picked my favourite kata. Love it

AWESOME! Love these segments! Kata Bunkai - Rocks!

You two are great!

God dang. I wondered for ages, what the bunkai for those moves could be, and there it is. Brilliant. And brutal.

My beautiful fav Kata, and now I know how brutal it is.

Awesome bunkai, thank you for sharing. 🙏🙏🙏

Never thought Unsu is this brutal :D

Beautiful application by mr Abernethy. Really well explained

i love bunkai its so fun to theorize

I have trained with Iain here in the States,his knowledge and expertise is amazing . Thanks for posting this working together always makes us better.

Great !Txs both of u

Makes so much more sense than the femoral artery strike everyone seems to teach for that move. In a self-defense situation, the chances you'll be accurate enough to strike the femoral artery with one finger (and not shatter that finger) is remote. Great stuff, Iain and Jesse!

Truly said- "Beautiful and Brutal".

This is so great to watch, I do this kata with shotokan and absolutely hated it when our sensei makes us practice Unsu but this was an excellent video Osu

Oss sensei. Loved this video. Always enjoy watching your kata bunkai oss sensei

I like it. Thanks for posting. GB

cant wait to learn this kata ^-^

great work jesse

GOOD STUFF!!! THANKS!!!!!

The very realistic interpretation of the first movements, in my opinion.

thx for all

Beginner Judoka here. I instinctively thought how familiar 0:45 looked to Ouchi-Gari before seeing the rest of the video. We are taught to step forward and draw a circle with our toe. How interesting!

Wow, I will never look at Unsu the same way again!

Nice! Wow! How about to show the whole Unsu Bunkai in the next videos? )

Cool nice work again

Lain Lain Lain you very dangerous. Respect you. I like your karate applications

I would´ve never imagine that movement was about that! This guy is a MASTER of bunkai, no doubt about it! "Beautiful and Brutal", indeed!!!🤣

Very good!! OSS!!

Nice one to both of you. Blue belt here. Don’t dare to touch Unsu yet. But was a nice bubkai of it. Also nice glitch at the end. Jesse😉

That's beautifully brutal😁

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Post more videos with iain!

Could you do a kobudo fight plz

Nice place, by the lake

Can you do a video on Taekwondo Forms? I am very confused, as apparently it seems that General Choi Hong Hi created the Taekwondo Forms based on the Shotokan Kata without actually knowing the application of those kata

Nice move. Gojushiho has then nice eye gouge as well 😁

I'd like to learn whole kata & most important are the applications. Please teach us how to apply (use,) any kata!!!!!! Most of us improvise oppent , with leg= broom on chair or 2 brooms tied in cross & pillows tied to it hung from door frame. We need improvised experience (not pretend) to remember & react with 1or 2 things from a 1000 moves when the time comes. With improvised experience there's a REWARD = ENJOYMENT so I study & relax more. I'm able to give LOVE to those who HATE, HARM,& DESIRED to ROB me!!!!!!!

Oh my. That's fun lol

I wanna see you in mma, jesse

Beautiful kata but deadly. MANY katas fit that description.

A very brutal kata too with a lot of dark moves is Sanseru :)

Interesting to see a more brutal Kata. It's funny that vehicles and people doing stuff seems to follow you more than others in your videos. I was just thinking as I post this that maybe it's because you do a lot of your videos in lots of outdoor locations, and a lot of your indoor locations are busy ones, like full dojos.etc. So with more aggressive/brutal kata like this, would this have been made by practitioners in the past that were in more peril than in other time periods locals?

Excellent ^_^

katas are usefull but teaching them without application and sparring (like most schools/dojos sadly do nowadays) is like teaching someone to swin on dry land

Finally Answered. For a long time I thought it's a double Glock Draw and Shot.

I'd like to see some applications of some of the advances Goju-Ryu kata, maybe sepai or sesan?

One of the richest shotokan kata regarding bunkai

Pls BASADAI

Mae mía

I got told this was a protection from a sweep and jab to the throat with your finger

one of the characteristics of Kata; beautiful but brutal

Suparimpei please

🤔hmm... interesting!

Dana white in karate

What dan are you jesse

So Katas have a 2nd purpose to them I can see why they make us do them on a daily basis

That would be painful

this man looks like Dana White

It’s Unshu.

It is interesting that you bring all this Sensei around to teach Bunkai. I am not really a fan of this guy "Ian". He does have a great imagination that at the end of the day is what give life to "Bunkai" and other factors of the kata. Nevertheless this could be a good way to apply this movements in real life. There can be a hundred more ways to look at them too. Maybe a good idea for future videos is compare his ideas with other Sensei to see different variations to the same move. (my humble opinion)

I have no motivation to practice anymore 😕

I enjoyed the video, but as Karateka who also happens to be a Judoka, I strongly disagree with this bunkai, particularly at the start of the Kata. You may argue whatever you want about the big circle motion of the hands, but to propose that the following movement is an Osoto Gari only denotes a not sufficient level of grappling knowledge. The movement is an O Uchi Gari, the big circle with the lead leg is something that every Judoka knows, which differs from the reaping leg motion of the Osoto Gar, which can only be successful if you stepped to his side while unbalancing him... If you don't follow this process and your opponent knows how to fight, you give him too much opportunity to suplex your neck to the ground, especially if you used a circular motion instead of reaping one (it unbalances yourself). And the fingers position is something that only grapplers could know, is the basic tutorial on how to grab and manipulate your opponent's clothes... Beginners always try to grab a full hand, making a fist, which is not optimal for Kuzushi (unbalance your opponent), the better way is to guarantee your last three fingers with a good amount of cloth and use the indicator finger and the thumb to direct the pull and push motion. Also, O Uchi Gari is a better following for that scenario of the guy rushing toward you and somehow you end up squared with him, in that distance, there's just not enough space to go for an Osoto Gari, and if the goal is to react as fast as possible that would be illogical.

Mmmmmmm brutality Karate does wok 😏😏

You think you could push your thumbs into somebody's eye sockets and squeeze until they go through the eyes? No, you couldn't. Most people are not capable of doing such a thing.

Sorry, but I can't see the point in kata's. A set of moves like a dance, a non resisting opponent. Wouldn't the time be better spent getting in good physical condition? The only thing you can learn from kata's is bad habits, in my opinion of course :). Did enjoy the Bill Wallace video, this just looks like LARPING.

If you want analyze a kata for bunkai just look for the worst and nastiest application you have ever imagined.

Delusional.