Defend Front Choke and Strikes - Kanku-Dai - Bunkai/Application - Movements #1-7

[@MDRedwood]

Excellent as always Shawn, thanks!

[@BelloBudo007]

Nice & simple. Looks like the kata and it works. Love it!!

[@davidbeattie4267]

Renshi always find your videos educational

[@ThatBunkaiBlokeShawnDonaldson]

Thanks for the kind words David-san. Hope you're doing well mate.

[@slunk007]

What is the purpose of the inactive arm across the belly on the high shuto strikes?

[@alexanderren1097]

It should be holding one of the opponent’s arms. I’m not thrilled by this application. It’s better than a lot of Kata applications you’ll see but could use some improvement in my opinion

[@ThatBunkaiBlokeShawnDonaldson]

It's call Meotode and was heavily used by old Okinawan fighters such as Motobu Choki. You can find a nice read up on it here; www.karatebyjesse.com/reviving-meotode-the-ancient-okinawan-karate-concept-of-kicking-ass/

[@ThatBunkaiBlokeShawnDonaldson]

@@alexanderren1097 fair enough. They can't all be 10's :p