Great to see the kata slowly play out on the right while the demonstration making sense of it's application goes on next to it. If I practice this enough I wonder if I'm going to hear the narration in Ian's accent in my head.
Just learned the first few moves of this kata yesterday and this bunkai/flow drill is fantastic! Really helps me understand what I’m doing and now the moves could be utilized. Thank you🙏🥋
The more deeper Karate Bunkai I find in youtube, the more looks for me like Wing Chun aplications I know (and I know very few of them). That is when I notices the Kung Fu linage in Karate.
The more I watch your videos, the more depressed I am. I did Taekwondo, which uses many of the same moves in their hyung (forms) as karate uses in kata, and there was absolutely NO relation of what we learned in forms for practical usage. We came away thinking that forms were either 1.) for physical conditioning, 2.) discipline, or 3.) just something to learn for a belt promotion. Of course, it didn't help that TKD here in the States is essentially a sport-based art rather than a self-defense art, and as I'm not a very good tournament-sport style fighter, I had a tough go at it. If I had seen stuff like this in TKD, I might have stayed in. Love your videos, Iain. If you are ever able to get a list of instructors (U.K, U.S., and otherwise) who subscribe to what you're doing, we would love to know about it. I would join a karate school in Michigan in a heartbeat that was doing what you're doing with kata instead of the sport stuff that dominates much of our TKD-Karate instruction now.
You are not alone. Most Karate clubs churn out dan grades that have absolutely no idea about the bunkai within their own art. I've had karate dan grades look at me as though someone has drilled in to the back of their head and removed their brain, when I tell them that in its purest from, karate includes grappling and throws. Iain is an amazing exponent of this karate 'teaching' there are a few like him but unfortunately they are a minority.
J Dean. It happend to me also. I practices some Karate when I was a child, and some Tae Kwond Do and some Soo Backh Do when I was a young man. And I use to believe in that time that Katas (or Poomse) only was conserved for tradition because I don´t recongnized any movements of them in the way that we fight in TKD or Karate. I didn´t realized the importance of aplication of Kata until I studied Wing Chun. When I studied Wing Chun I realized that kata has a lot information that is not noticed at first sight. That was when I realized the importance of Kata and the wisdom of the older martial artist.
Canton Karate Skillz in Canton, MI does implement bunkai in their Tang Soo Do curriculum. William Martin owns the school and knows a good bit on application, mostly from Iain. It's where I trained for 15 years, and I'd love to get together sometime if you'd like. degg96@gmail.com if you ever want to chat. I'm a 4th Dan in TSD and have been following Iain for a few years now. Hope to finally get to some seminars!
do you have any disabled students? wheelchair\crutches? I've always wanted to learn all the variation of the Naihanchi Kata, seems there is close to 15 different variations.Being disabled myself, they are easier to learn and Modify for disabled ..there are many joint lock\arm breaks\Tuite techniques in these as well
Not at the moment. Have you checked out John Johnston? He’s a fellow Brit and we teach together quite regularly. He does a lot of work with disabled karateka: www.adaptivekarate.com/ I know the Tekkis are forms he loves too. Great guy.
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Great to see the kata slowly play out on the right while the demonstration making sense of it's application goes on next to it.
If I practice this enough I wonder if I'm going to hear the narration in Ian's accent in my head.
This might be the best video you've made. The side by side of kata with actual, realistic application is fantastic!
Very nice drill/applications for one of my favorite kata... Big thanks for putting this out :)
Just learned the first few moves of this kata yesterday and this bunkai/flow drill is fantastic! Really helps me understand what I’m doing and now the moves could be utilized. Thank you🙏🥋
Shining a light on what we hve forgotten through the decades. Thank you so much for these insights.
The more deeper Karate Bunkai I find in youtube, the more looks for me like Wing Chun aplications I know (and I know very few of them). That is when I notices the Kung Fu linage in Karate.
Excellent
Great Iain !!!
The more I watch your videos, the more depressed I am. I did Taekwondo, which uses many of the same moves in their hyung (forms) as karate uses in kata, and there was absolutely NO relation of what we learned in forms for practical usage. We came away thinking that forms were either 1.) for physical conditioning, 2.) discipline, or 3.) just something to learn for a belt promotion. Of course, it didn't help that TKD here in the States is essentially a sport-based art rather than a self-defense art, and as I'm not a very good tournament-sport style fighter, I had a tough go at it. If I had seen stuff like this in TKD, I might have stayed in.
Love your videos, Iain. If you are ever able to get a list of instructors (U.K, U.S., and otherwise) who subscribe to what you're doing, we would love to know about it. I would join a karate school in Michigan in a heartbeat that was doing what you're doing with kata instead of the sport stuff that dominates much of our TKD-Karate instruction now.
You are not alone. Most Karate clubs churn out dan grades that have absolutely no idea about the bunkai within their own art. I've had karate dan grades look at me as though someone has drilled in to the back of their head and removed their brain, when I tell them that in its purest from, karate includes grappling and throws. Iain is an amazing exponent of this karate 'teaching' there are a few like him but unfortunately they are a minority.
J Dean. It happend to me also. I practices some Karate when I was a child, and some Tae Kwond Do and some Soo Backh Do when I was a young man. And I use to believe in that time that Katas (or Poomse) only was conserved for tradition because I don´t recongnized any movements of them in the way that we fight in TKD or Karate. I didn´t realized the importance of aplication of Kata until I studied Wing Chun. When I studied Wing Chun I realized that kata has a lot information that is not noticed at first sight. That was when I realized the importance of Kata and the wisdom of the older martial artist.
Canton Karate Skillz in Canton, MI does implement bunkai in their Tang Soo Do curriculum. William Martin owns the school and knows a good bit on application, mostly from Iain. It's where I trained for 15 years, and I'd love to get together sometime if you'd like. degg96@gmail.com if you ever want to chat. I'm a 4th Dan in TSD and have been following Iain for a few years now. Hope to finally get to some seminars!
Where at in Michigan?
do you have any disabled students? wheelchair\crutches? I've always wanted to learn all the variation of the Naihanchi Kata, seems there is close to 15 different variations.Being disabled myself, they are easier to learn and Modify for disabled ..there are many joint lock\arm breaks\Tuite techniques in these as well
Not at the moment. Have you checked out John Johnston? He’s a fellow Brit and we teach together quite regularly. He does a lot of work with disabled karateka: www.adaptivekarate.com/ I know the Tekkis are forms he loves too. Great guy.
Arooo !