ほぼイコールと言えば、そう言えます。 ただグローブのない前提での打ち方ですので、違うと言えば違います。

@@shinjiwatanabe8131 ご回答ありがとうございます。

Thank you for your quick comment. Regarding your question, it is a very sensitive subject, so I cannot answer it easily. Please give me a few days to respond.

@@shinjiwatanabe8131 Thank you very much for your response and for your time. It already helps to know that you don't find my question trivial. Your assessment would really matter to me.

@@achkidding1762 I believe that obtaining ranks (dan/kyu) from the national association is a matter of free will for trainees and is not an obligation. The criteria for issuing ranks are set by each individual school. Whether a trainee's skill level meets the requirements for the belt they are testing for can only be determined by the instructor at that school. It is, in reality, difficult for an instructor who has trained under a different system, at a different school, to evaluate this. Therefore, in the end, it is up to the school's instructor to decide on the dan/kyu issued by the national association. To be honest, I personally don’t find much meaning in the national association’s ranks themselves. I recognize the qualifications as necessary only when participating as a competitor or referee in tournaments hosted by the national association. My area of expertise is Kudo. Currently, the only school for Kudo is Daido Juku, but there is a possibility that multiple schools could emerge in the future as Kudo becomes more widespread. When that happens, future Kudo trainees may face the same concerns you have now. It made me realize that we need to think about developing a better system.

@@shinjiwatanabe8131 I deeply appreciate your time, thoughts and valuable advice. ありがとうございました。Osu!

はい、役立つと思います。過信は禁物ですが。 最良の護身は「危ない場所や相手には最初から近づかないこと」ですから。

@@shinjiwatanabe8131 返信有り難うございます。 そうですね、それが一番の護身です。 あとは素直に謝罪出来るかどうかもかなり重要になると思います。 謝罪すればそれで済んだ事も謝罪せずに 相手の怒りや反感を買ってしまいトラブルになった人沢山見て来ました。 こちらに非が無くても素直に謝る事もまた 勇気だと思ってます。 変に格闘技かじって自信ついてる時が一番危ないかもですね、謙虚な気持ちが大事ですね。

Thank you for your comment. I plan to discuss Tomari Seisan in the video after next, and Pinan Nidan will be covered in the video following that. Stay tuned!

⁠Thank you! Im looking forward the next chapters..

Thank you for your passionate comment. Unfortunately, this will probably be my first and last post on Bunkai. Please take a look at my past videos. If you are pursuing karate as a martial art and are also struggling with questions like "What is kata?!" and "How does kata relate to actual fighting?!", I guarantee that the videos on this channel will be your treasure trove.

My fights from the past few years have been posted here. kzbin.info/aero/PLvVju5c9tSxXAAY9xUDS-0QvgKsi9rBBR This video clearly explains how the kata movements are utilized in those fights. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5bQXmOaa9iqotU Check it out.

As written in the video description, it is Imamura.

@@shinjiwatanabe8131 got it, thanks

The same is true for any other kata. Even if there is a kata that has been handed down in its original form without any mistakes. ① If you interpret that kata with an incorrect bunkai, it will not be effective training for actual fight. ② The true bunkai of that kata should not be known to others. ③ If you do not have the ability to defeat an opponent with one blow, knowing the true bunkai is of no use. These conclusions remain unchanged.

I named my karate "Yuiga-ryu Karate". "Yuiga" means "just oneself". Therefore, "Yuiga-ryu Karate" means "Karate in a style just for me." Well, it's a half-joking name.(Lol) However, the half are joke and the half are very earnest. No matter how you learn from very excellent sensei, in the end you can only master the secrets and essence with your own efforts. And when you mastered it, you can't say it's exactly the same as your sensei's. It should have transformed into your own style. In that sense, all karate is "Yuiga-ryu". yuigaryukarate.web.fc2.com/yuiga.html

@@otakhonmatchanov3278 the critique still stands in my opinion. Eaven in the tecnique extracted by the kata is functional like the ones shown by Abernathy, do you need to train it in kata?

Thanks for the info. I have looked at several videos on naihanchi and pinan. You have already received replies from others and my opinion is the same. Furthermore, those bunkai don't seem very effective either just in my opinion. At best, it would be effective against an unresisting opponent, i.e. someone who is significantly inferior to you in size and strength, or who is completely caught off guard. I don't think it would be a very effective technique if someone of similar size and strength to you is in full battle mode, i.e., they are trying to attack you with all their might while at the same time trying to resist your attack with all their might.

Please excuse my possible ignorance, but the key takeaway I gathered from Sensei Abernethy’s classes is that the traditional Okinawan Katas were not intended for consensual fighting or sparring. All techniques are effective at very close distances or in a clinch. Attempts to adapt them for consensual sparring or distance fighting generally fall short. Those who have experienced real street fights or witnessed them will understand this. However, if the bunkai works for you, that's wonderful-no questions there. In my observations of real fights and sport sparring, including Sensei Watanabi’s matches, I haven’t noticed any applications of kata. My black belt colleagues who practice Kudo also do not incorporate katas into their competition training because they find them impractical for fights. Coming from a Goju lineage combined with Kyokushin, I believe katas are valuable; the challenge lies in understanding how to interpret and apply them. I’ve started my journey to explore the bunkais and test them under pressure. So far, I find Sensei Abernethy’s approach very compelling and logical. Again, this is just my perspective, and I don’t have much time to engage in theoretical discussions or writings. For me, karate is a vital part of my life, and I learn through practice and pressure testing in real situations, which I believe is the original intention of karate. There are many black belts who enjoy karate for fitness, aesthetics, and culture. My journey focuses on learning and practicing karate as a self-defense tool. Thank you again for this wonderful video, will continue to follow your channel to generate more knowledge. Osu!

​@@otakhonmatchanov3278different people have different experience and perspective. For me the most important is to experience by ourselves. Our life should not depend on other people opinion. I take people opinion as valuable input but my opinion in my own. Regarding original Bunkai, I believe it will be helpful to find references from Kung Fu, Silat, etc. especialy considering the contact between the Okinawan with other civilizations in their neighbourhood. There is no guarantee that we will find the truth but it is good to enrich our horizon and understanding. But if we become better it should be good, not important whether we trained the original or not.

Thank you for your passionate comment. Motobu Choki said, “It is enough for Kata to do only naihanchi. There are many Okinawan karate practitioners who say “I respect him” or “I admire him". But unfortunately, very few who take these words of his seriously and follow it.

青の選手に「効果」のポイントが入っていたためです。 動画の3:33のシーンで相手(青)の選手のパンチが当たり、私が大きくバランスを崩しています。 このシーンで手前の審判の方は「大きなダメージがあった(のでバランスを崩した)」と見て「効果」の旗を出していますが、奥の審判の方は「パンチが当たってバランスは崩したが、大きなダメージにはなっていない」と見て「『効果』とは認めず」のジェスチャーをしています。なので、あの審判の方は、最終ジャッジの際に「『効果』以上の明確なポイントは双方に無し。全体を見て白の優勢」として「白」に判定を上げました。 ただしあのシーンは5人の審判の多数決の結果（主審のアクションを見ると、おそらく「効果」×3、「認めず」×2）、青の「効果」ポイントが確定していますので、最終ジャッジは「効果1:0=青の勝ち」でなければいけません。 なので主審がその間違いを指摘して訂正させた、ということです。

@@shinjiwatanabe8131 最終ジャッジ時に青に効果1があり 青の勝ちが決まっているならば 主審はなぜ最後に旗判定をするのでしょうか。 旗判定を求められて白を上げるのが間違いだとしたら、1ポイント差は必ず旗判定を取らなければいけないみたいなルールが存在するのでしょうか。

@@tmtmtmtmtmtmtmtmtmtmtmm 説明不足で申し訳ありません。 空道のルールでは「効果1」では「決定的な判定材料にはならない」となっています。なので最終判定が行われました。 決定的な判定材料となるのは「効果2以上」のポイントです。 以下、かなり説明が複雑になってしまいますが、ご容赦のほど。 空道ルールの審判は「主審×1」「副主審×1」「副審×3」の三種、五名がいます。原則として「一人1ポイント」の「合計5ポイントによる多数決」で勝敗が決まりますが、主審のみ、特例的に2ポイントを行使できる権限を持っています。 また最終判定時に「主審」「副主審」は「引き分け」の判定をする権限を持ちますが、「副審」は「引き分け」判定の権限を持ちません。したがって必ず青白どちらかの勝ちを宣言しなければなりません。 以上を前提として、今回の「青=効果1、白=効果なし」の場合、 ① 副審は引き分けの権限を持たない為、必ず「効果」がある方=青を支持しなければなりません。左奥の審判の方は「副審」でしたので訂正を求められました。 ② 主審及び副主審は引き分けの権限を持っている為、「この試合は極めて微差であった為、延長戦による決着が望ましい」と判断した場合は「引き分け」の判定を出す可能性がありました。その際、主審が特例的に2pを行使できる権限を使用すると「青×3、引き分け×3で決着つかず」となり、延長戦に突入､､､という形になります。 ③ 故に最終判定を求め、その結果、主審、副主審も青を支持して、青の5-0判定勝ちが確定した とこのような流れになっています。

@@shinjiwatanabe8131 御説明ありがとうございます。 今後も観戦する際の参考にさせて頂きます。

Of course, yes. Thank you. Very honored.

Thank you for your comment. Very honored. Budo is commonly translated as “martial arts”, but I believe this term fails to capture its full essence. In Japanese, “Bu（武）” means “battle” and “Do（道）” means “the way of life”. "The way" has the meaning that you have to keep walking. You must not let your age defeat you. No matter how old you are, you have to fight or you have to be able to fight. If you do the right training with the right method, that's possible. That's Budo. Even if it's just a little bit. Let's go ahead of ourselves, let's rise higher than we are now. Osu!!

@@shinjiwatanabe8131 ご協力いただきありがとうございます Osu!

@@wombat2024 Arigatou gozaimasu. 😃

慎二さんに連絡したいのですが、どうすればいいですか？

facebook.com/shinji.watanabe.319 こちらでメッセージか、 [email protected] にメールかでお願いします。

It's wonderful. I wish your happy Judo life. Osu!!

Thank you. I'll keep challenging. Osu!!

（笑）はい、その慎二です。橋本さん、お元気してますか⁇ 懐かしい名前が。みんな元気かなぁ?!

しんじさんとお話がしたいのですが、 連絡方法はありますか？

橋本さんはFacebookのアカウントお持ちですか⁈ もしお持ちでしたらメッセンジャーでやり取りできます。

I only do three kata: naihanchi, tomari seisan, and pinan nidan (heian shodan in Shotokan). After I finish this series on naihanchi, I will make a video explaining very briefly about tomari seisan and pinan nidan. Also, I have been getting a lot of inquiries and requests for commentary on sanchin, so I feel I need to do some work on that as well.

@@shinjiwatanabe8131 It will be very interesting,Arigatō Gozaimashita.