Bassai Dai Tutorial

[@cristinaritaotalora2153]

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation, Allen Sensei. I´m preparing to perform this kata shortly, and being a 42-movement kata I was afraid of confusing and forgetting the movements. But with your thorough explanation I was able to memorize which movement follows; Thank you very much again. OSS!

[@AppliedShotokan]

@@cristinaritaotalora2153 I’m really happy you found it useful. Thanks for commenting.

[@rollandlucas5283]

Your movements are very sharp and crisp with a great sense of power and control. Great video. Thank you for reminding me how great our katas can be.

[@AppliedShotokan]

@@rollandlucas5283 Thank you for the wonderful compliment!

[@Yuppie.Mike.]

Awesome. Excellent tutorial I've been watching so many on KZbin Your details and different angles of each move is a big help thank you. Domo arigato

[@jorgenlarsen775]

Thanks sensei, an outstanding and very good detailed explanation about Bassai Dai.

[@mountainwarrior108]

That was excellent Sensei Great technique & demonstration both slow & fast methods 🤜🤛

[@otisbeck5327]

I'm Shorin Ryu and currently studying and cross-training in Shotokan. Great video on Bassai Dai.

[@stevegray4012]

Nicely done👍

[@AWARHERO]

Very nicely done and explained! Shotokan still the best.

[@gregoryclark7566]

Thank you. Very balanced, well explained, and executed. I am 70 yo now. I trained with the JKA phenom, Sensei Nishiyama, over 45 years ago at his Los Angeles dojo. He was very kind, humble, and patient. A great, compassionate man who I miss dearly.! I still train on my own, rank Yodan. Your effortless stances, hip movement, and wisdom reminds me of the old days when I trained very hard. I would love to meet you some day. I am in AZ. Take care...

[@AppliedShotokan]

@@gregoryclark7566 Thank you for taking the time to comment 🙏

[@KaptainCanuck]

Nice instruction and demo. We do the TSD/TKD verson called Pal Saek Hyung which diminshes the accplication even more than the "Japanized" Okinawan forms from Shotona and the others.Three things I find sort of sad is that people do not bother learning and using proper terms for things. 1) Mass is dropped and put behind punches/kicks, not weight and 3) speed and quickness are NOT the same thing, A person can be fast but not quick and vice versa. 2) For those wondering, the proper name for the "overhand punch" is called a "cross" in boxing terminology (the rear straight is is a rear straight NOT a cross). The cross is a very skillful defence against straight punches (argue this fact with Jack Dempsey, not me).

[@saadsharawi4404]

Excellent.....thanks again.....Great Sensei

[@KarateUnity]

Solid technique, I should also make a Kata video, never done one before, thanks for the inspiration.

[@franciscoorricojr]

Very good! Thanks!

[@heijoshin]

Domo! Very helpful as always

[@combat03]

Phenomenal Sensei!!!!! Osu!!!!!

[@AppliedShotokan]

Thank you 🙏

[@joseramos3076]

Wow, ok, I got to do it 100 times

[@PrinceAkaiVtuber]

OSU! Preparing for my test soon

[@AppliedShotokan]

@@PrinceAkaiVtuber Good luck!

[@bradhay3693]

Hello Mr. Allen(and everyone), we are thinking about reconfiguring our basement so we can practice Karate at home. How much space is needed for an adult to do kata comfortably? Thanks, I hope, and take care!

[@AppliedShotokan]

I guess that depends on the katas you want to do and how long your legs are. I have a building I use that is 16' x 20' which is plenty big for most kata.

[@bradhay3693]

@@AppliedShotokan , thanks for the reply and love the videos BTW. I'm 6'2 and we have about 13 x 19 to work with. We have kids too (but would only practice one at a time), so we're looking at the Heians, Bassai Dai, and Jion. 16 x 20 seems pretty close to 13x19, do you think that would be sufficient?

[@dinidamai_77]

Oss sensei 🥋🙏😊

[@shaam7546]

i dont understand belts in karate. it seems that theres no fixed colors or order because i see people wearing belt colors i dont have at my karate school, and my karate school's belt colors and order are different from my previous karate school, and youre obviously professional but youre wearing a white belt. i dont get it. will you please explain that to me sensei Andy Allen? because this confuses me so much. thank you.

[@AppliedShotokan]

I am a 7th dan. I've been a black belt since 1993. My belt is worn out.

[@shaam7546]

@@AppliedShotokan ok i get it now. what about belts being different from school to school why is it like that?

[@AppliedShotokan]

@@shaam7546 Different styles will do different things. Funakoshi adopted the belt system from judo. It seems some masters in other styles changed the colours down the road.

[@rilton2112]

Congratulations on your tutorial video and your channel. What is your name and degree please? You live in Canada, correct? I'm Rilton Rodrigues, I live in the northeast of Brazil. I'm 5. Dan Shotokan and 6. Dan Kyusho Karate Jutsu. I have also an KZbin channel - Zenshin Karate Dojo. I already subscribed to your channel. Oss!

[@leondarley2811]

The technique after the Tate-shutō-uchi-uke isn't quite an Uchi-uke, as it only uses one arm. It's official name is Mae-ude-hineri-uke, I.e. front arm twist recieve, or formarm twist block, in more intelligible English.

[@AppliedShotokan]

As I mentioned at the beginning of the video, I used the Best Karate Series, Volume 6 for the terminology. There it is described at chudan uchi uke.

[@c602]

The grammar expert chimes in. 😂

[@user-dt1uq7rh2b]

I believe is was Motobu who said that the kata always had names but the individual techniques didn't. Those names for techniques came later with the Japanization of the art and it's important to consider that the ones naming the movements didn't necessarily understand the original bunkai, so why get bogged down with terminology? I picked this up from one of Iain Abernethy's videos and according to him, the meaning of the japanese names should often be disregarded when trying to understand the bunkai.