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Hi Rudy. I also learned this in the early 80s. Remember he is demonstrating, not performing. We all did it faster than this, but the speed will vary with each individual's interpretation of what is happening at any given moment. Who was your original sensei? My lineage comes from Armstrong.

@j.r.aiello3702 I did not realize it was a teaching video, the slower tempo makes sense to me now. My first sensei was Don Nash, a 10th dan and owner at isshinryu Karate Club (NJ Shore) I studied under him from about 81-85 or thereabouts.

Politics, unfortunately.

@@HMudd69 really that's the first time I heard that. Do you have references

@@HMudd69 I mean do you have sources I can read or anything 🙏

I was taught that in Sanchin the knees were together, but in Naihanchi, they were pushed outwards. Made sense as they always called it the "Horse riding stance."

@@j.r.aiello3702 - Agree with ‘The Riding the Horse’ concept. But around ‘72, we were taught ‘knees together’ in Naihanchi. Protecting the groan.

@@historicinterp - Personally, I thought that was the most uncomfortable Kata of them all. I saw very little applications in it. Isshin Ryu is a close-quarter System, but this took the cake for me. It has been summarized that the situations were either in a narrow hallway or narrow pathway along a cliff, with your back to the walls. Thanks for your reply.

LOL! Sorry that was me. Used the wrong account! I did find it very uncomfortable, but Sanchin more so, being told to keep the knees together and then tighten every muscle in your body. Only later did I learn they should be pushed outward and the groin turned/pulled up. I heard the same explanation for Naihanchi location as you. Or "in rice paddies" so you had to move in a certain way to pull your feet from the mud. haha! If I may ask, who did you study under?

@@HMudd69 R. Buss and R. Hoffman(now deceased) at the Sai Dojo, Cleveland, Ohio. I have no idea from whom they practiced under.

What do you mean? Al lAmerican Isshinryu senseis taught these that I have ever met or heard about. Steve Armstrong did, Arcenio Advincula does, Karl Hovey does, Peter Carbone did. I grew up in Michigan and learned all of them in the late 70s / early 80s.

@@j.r.aiello3702 - Yep!

I am. I've put up what I could back then, but my VHS machine doesn't work anymore. I do have more, but they will have to wait.

That's easy to understand

You're very welcome. I hope you get some use out of it.

Had he done more videos after this, I doubt the bunkai would have been much different. You'll find many people here complaining how simple bunkai is, or they don't agree with the application, etc. But in any of the seminars I have attended, or seen, Master Uezu always taught the very basic bunkai, letting others expand on them or discover their own applications.

It wasn't 13 years ago; that was when I first posted the videos. :-) The videos themselves are from the early 90s, when Master Uezu was about 50+. Sensei Advincula was a direct student of Tatsuo. Kichiro was taught by his father, but not as early as many others. My current understanding is that Isshinryu is a minor art in Okinawa, compared to what it once was, or even its popularity around the world. There have been a LOT of politics surrounding it and it's head master lineage. I won't go into that as that's not the focus for these videos, and there are those who know a lot more about it than I do.

I was taught that you are trying to penetrate, grabs the ribs, and snap them. I don't know how possible this is, but I've never practiced it at a "lethal" level. Another example I've heard is that you are grabbing and tearing the skin, which seems more likely. And still a great pain inducer.

Thanks Noone. Though I only posted these 13 years ago, the videos themselves are close to 30 years old.

Can I ask by what criteria you are basing your comment?

@@HMudd69 he displays a kindergarten level of application knowledge sorry to say and I base my understanding from being a student of Seiyu Oyata considered to be the greatest technician from Okinawa in this decade and a man teaching true applications of Okinawan Kata.

Obviously? Why do you say that? Do you know anything about the setting of this seminar or what the goal of the demonstration was? I do, and I find your comments unfortunately ignorant.

Thanks Bill. We didn't use any guns, gore, or blood, but it came out suspenseful. And it has a good satisfying ending. :-)

Wow. Some fairly bitter words. Do you know what he was trying to demonstrate at this time? Were you there? Did you train with him? Isshinryu is not a Chinese fighting art. I would wonder what your own expertise and training is. You might want to start that before you start tearing down an acknowledged master and arguable the successor to the founder of the style. DO you know Kusanku in this version? Are you certain in this instance that foot stomp is meant to transfer energy or is it POSSIBLY something else entirely? Finally, were you as good as this when you were 51, as he was in this video? You must have been, and have been training for decades to have such an expert opinion.

Thanks for the comments 13Ambro. You'll find many opinions in the comments below, so valid, some not. Some have experience, some are talking out of their ears. Bunkai has several levels of interpretation and understanding. In these videos, Master Uezu uses only the very basic bunkai. He never goes into other applications or the "hidden" techniques as many call them. There are no hidden techniques, in my opinion, because the movements are plainly there. It's in what each person discovers (or "reveals") that shows of what you can use those movements for. That brings out the possibilities of the kata; it's the long study and though applying them. Most real fights are not long and drawn out like sparring. For me, the fighting applications in the kata work well if there are practiced enough. In real life you don't play tag like you do in the sparring ring. Good luck with your training!

Sarana, what do you mean? What instruction videos are you looking for?

You used to have the Isshin-Ryu kata instruction videos. It says there’s a bunch of deleted videos on your page.

Whoa. That's weird. I have not seen that. That should not be. Let me find out what happened!

Sarana, I am not sure what you are seeing, but all the videos are still there. Start from this link: ruclips.net/user/results?search_query=hmudd69

I think I ended up on the wrong person somehow. Not sure how it happened

Thanks Charlene! A lot of hard work by a lot of people.

Thank you! We had a great time making it. It's sometimes amazing what can be done start to finish in a mere 48 hours!

I am not attempting to provoke an argument. This man looks very strong to me. Do you know his age at the shooting of this video? I suggest you look it up. Perhaps compare your body to his when you reach his age. Karate has always been a way for the smaller to defeat the larger. Please know that all "hard" martial arts look soft when mastered. And "soft" martial arts are a " steel bar wrapped in cotton" when applied correctly. That was my 2 cents.

The shaking is ki transfer and you have to know that he was badly injured by machine gun fire during the Battle of Saipan. He may have other health conditions that affect his muscle tone as well. Does not mean he's not a great master. Check out his kobudo skills especially. I trained in Isshin Ryu with a 6th Dan who was never the same after a terrible car accident. Although he was never as good physically, not even close, it didn't diminish his knowledge, teaching ability and experience. Always remember, there's way more than meets the eye with people, and there could be very good reasons behind what you may perceive as deficiencies.

karatekid, I'm sorry the video doesn't fir what you would prefer to see. As noted in the description this is ONE version of bunkai for the kata. Master Ueze would almost teach the most basic application when doing these seminars for a large group. It's up to the individual student to explore the kata further and see what other applications there could be for the move.

I understand that, I know that, unfortunately, this, is their level of comprehension, they can be good for kick and punch, fast, hard blocking.. but they dont understand the kata and its fine..

my master too