How To FIGHT With KATA (Forms) - Iain Abernethy & Jesse Enkamp

[@KARATEbyJesse]

🥋 Thanks for your awesome comments! 🌟 Check out my website to learn more about Karate: www.karatebyjesse.com 😄👍

[@donniecain4266]

Hi Jesse I really appreciate your work!! You are balanced in your approach and have done your homework in preparing your videos!! I really loved the Bill Wallace's videos !! I have a black belt in Okinawan karate and a brown belt in Japanese karate as well as studying escrima and judo .You know your stuff thanks !!!!

[@alexanderkowatsch3579]

Now i am surpised Ilike Peopel sorry auto reää co

[@claudes.whitacre1241]

Abernathy is so good at explaining Karate Bunkai, that I bought several of his DVDs, and I practice Kung Fu. This video contains basics that even most Black Belt's don't know.

[@ericpetteway3841]

I practice Kajukenbo, and Mr. Abernathy definitely give me new insights into our kata😅

[@stevebrindle1724]

Two great instructors with an open-minded approach. Karate needs more leaders like these two!

[@protector63]

Yes! ❤

[@ksvailaya]

Two of my favorite knowledge banks when it comes to karate in a single video. Can't get any better. Awesome

[@jondapom8051]

Had the privilege of training with Ian last year. Blew away what I thought I knew of kata and I have been obsessed with bunkai ever since. 👊

[@GaryArkham]

I practiced shotokan at Spain for years, and after watching these videos I realized how important and rare were those bunkai mixed with self defence applications of the kata that my master (3rd Dan) used to teach us. I've forgotten the katas after some years, but never the moves and the knowledge about how my body behaves itself in those kind of situations. Thank you so much for rekindle those memories with your content, master Jesse.

[@alloutofbubblegum2380]

Always interesting to hear Sensei Abernathy and Sensei Jessie put their heads together, this sort of deep cut into bunkai is super eye opening.

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Fantastic to hear! That’s what happens when 2 Karate Nerds meet 😄👍

[@miscsilliness]

alloutofbubblegum Why is Sensei Ian Abernathy you refer to him as “sensei Abernathy” (his last name) but you use Jessie’s first name “Sensei Jessie”?

[@DrFrankLondon]

@@miscsilliness that's out of respect and it is good manners.

[@ssj360fan13]

I am a Matsubayashi - Shorin Ryu Karate-ka. Priceless information for kata study. This is a great video for all Karate kids world wide!!! 😎🥋

[@CutShort03]

What he says at 6:20 about angles is still one of the most elegant explanations I’ve ever heard about a subject that many teachers tend to make needlessly complicated

[@Leonlion0305]

ohh this makes a lot of sense now. It really explain the questions I have about traditional martial art view as "static" and stiff looking. Abernethy sensei is so good at explaining that even someone who never practice Karate like me can understand what kata is meant for.

[@bunkaiking]

I could sit and listen to these two for hours and hours. Absolutely amazing content

[@TheDuke229]

I like how Mr. Abernathy put it: "The information is there if those who want to find it." The Chinese proverbs says it similarly: "When the student is ready to learn, the teacher appears."

[@therealfodder]

Iain is great - so enthusiastic and knowledgable!

[@KARATEbyJesse]

A true Karate Nerd!

[@AndoMierzwa]

Love seeing you gentlemen together! 👊🏼💥👍🏼

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Join next time! 😄👍

[@AndoMierzwa]

@@KARATEbyJesse Working on it! :D

[@practicalkatabunkai]

It was fun!

[@Ronin-101]

Why don't you be the third gentleman!

[@AndoMierzwa]

@@Ronin-101 Thanks for the support! :)

[@geraldaitken478]

I've been practicing Tekki Shodan since 1970. Thanks to this video, FOR THE FIRST TIME it has dawned on me that my front and side opponent could both be ONE SINGLE opponent. Thank you.

[@bender75]

I love Iain and his practical kata principles. I discovered him over 15 years ago when trying to gain a better and deeper understanding of karate because at the time I was living and training in Finland a sport version of WadoRyu and they did not offer much explanation and historical context to what we were learning. Iain's approach helped me not only understand the meaning and purpose of kata in karate but also gain a deeper appreciation for martial arts in general. He's one of the greatest living western karate senseis for sure.

[@derekgault9448]

As a silat practitioner where our Katas are called Jurus, this is an excellent video which explains the purpose and breakdown of the moves brilliantly. Well done guys!!!

[@ShakeNShred]

Pure awesome-sauce! So many people never learn the bunkai of any given kata, and assume the forms are useless, but you two make it obvious they're extremely practical. This video will help me develop my own self-defenses and kata bunkai for my sandan test!

[@2000wrx]

These two guys are removing the blind folds of almost decades of traditionalist misconceptions around Karate and the purpose of Kata. Understanding what they are showing you about traditional Karate should blow your mind.

[@TroyNaumu808]

The true science of Karate is practicing it in such as a way that it is useful at any time and anywhere. And to teach it in such a way that it is usefull in all things.

[@IamNorthwind]

I say thank you. Although I teach TCMA or traditional Chinese martial arts, I like to watch and learn from your Bunkai videos (and shhh, sometimes share them with my students). They bring the old school mental and physical methods for more advanced martial study to the world of today in a way many of us would love to be able to emulate in our own teaching. Keep doing what you’re doing. Thank you!

[@grayalun]

I do ITF Taekwondo and the number of times you actually realise in live sparring you are using stance shifts out of patterns/kata is surprising, I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise as I'm sure that's what they were designed for in reality😊. I suspect something got lost in translation along the way in a lot of modern interpretation so I really like these videos and Iain Abernathy is great my instructors Ian and Zoey Fendt have attended one of his seminars and they rate him highly also. I love Jesse Enkamp no ego at all wants to learn all the time, how all martial artists should aspire to be.

[@mawashi-geri6162]

Avengers: Endgame is the most ambitious crossover Jesse Enkamp: Hold my beer

[@pekkoraita5441]

Underrated comment

[@simonbreaofficial]

Whitepromethium hold my bo staff*

[@practicalkatabunkai]

Brilliant! :-)

[@InGrindWeCrust2010]

Brilliant...uh oh, jinx Iain!

[@safdarkh786]

@@simonbreaofficial its just bo

[@bunkaiking]

Been waiting for a video from these two amazing martial artists for years 🥋😁

[@bunkaiking]

@@petermcnallt12pm yeah I've seen the bunkai challenge one they did. But this was more a collaboration video, which has been well worth the wait. Myself and my instructor are looking to go to a seminar at the end of this year 🥋👍

[@sumitkarate951]

Great learnings of traditional karate. That is why karateka of traditional karate in ancient times used to practice each kata for many years! Time to give up black belt and wear white belt until it is really practiced like ancient times.

[@Jimmyzation]

My biggest respect to both of you sensei. It's been an amazing eye opening experience for me to watch, learn and practice what you have taught us throughout the videos. I can say that most of the black belts which I know don't ever get around the part of practicing the bunkai. It hurts my soul to see some sensei applying such a superficial knowledge of the kata and try to pass it on to their students. I hope I'll one day get to learn as much as you two and possibly share these experiences with my colleagues karatekas. Thank you for your hard work and for helping the karate community. Oss

[@SenseiEli]

We are miles away different cultures languages and still we talk about so similar things! Karate is connecting people!

[@JavaPointer]

Agreed!

[@foamige]

Its a bond like no other, watching learning and practising kata.....

[@jamesnewman6032]

Karate’s dynamic duo! KNX was surely epic with these two together! Not to mention Oliver and Super-foot Wallace!

[@KARATEbyJesse]

You bet! Stay tuned for more goodies 😄👍

[@FrazzleCat]

Such good content & conversation. Thanks ya two! o/

[@lucaspolichio3050]

Two VERY good communicators. Just hearing certain words pulled a lot together for me. Thank you!!!

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Our pleasure!

[@laperrablanca1]

So great to see you both in one video. I'm going to watch this video again and again, just like practice of kata. Thank you, Iain and Jesse!

[@jamieduke1586]

Omg I've been a martial arts nerd since I was little, my first BJJ class saved my life in my opinion from being detrimentally overweight and weak. But it also jaded me to martial arts because all the stuff I looked up to as a kid was being demonized and accused of being fake and a waste of time. It's amazing to me to see people like this breathing new life and a sense of intelegent application to old school karate like this. Makes me want to restart my whole martial arts journey. Jesse where is your Dojo??!

[@filipeantunes5428]

I would really love to see more videos of Sensei Abernethy with you explaining the stances and and bunkai. In my dojo we dont have those explanations so this is a great help and it is really interesting because thing make sense when taught like that! Keep up the great work, Jesse sensei!

[@chrisryan7918]

The Karate Nerd and Sensei Abernethy together in one tutorial is like having your two favourite bands co-headlining a show. 😀

[@anthonykasukuti4346]

Thank you Sensei Jesse and Sensei Ian for all the passion and knowledge that you are sharing with us.

[@RaffaeleGrandi]

Spectacular video!!! Thanks for sharing.

[@tonyforsyth6265]

I love this video two knowledgeable practioners talking practical sense and explaining techniques & application that's methodical.

[@triau7166]

Two senseis, you guys are very open minded and at the same time keep karate pure, I admire you guys alot.

[@courtneymcneil3444]

This was hands down one of my fav episodes! I will apply these teachings asap and even discus with my Sensei in detail. I’m always asked about self defense and my explanation is echoed in this post. The best self defense avoid contact

[@Sabertooth411]

Bunkai like this is what puts the art in martial art

[@vijaypathak6440]

i have watched many of the videos of yours Mr Jesse and have always found you to be intensely explaining everything, but this one is truly inspirational. the basic concept of bunkai and beyond is humbling. there s so much to learn.. way to go. thanks

[@timlinator]

One of the benefits of teaching over zoom since the lockdown is I get to show these awesome videos to my students and we all learn a lot. Thanks for another great video. Bunkai is very important to understand what you are actually doing in the kata.

[@onlyhuman7420]

Jesse please make more videos with Iain.You two are perfect karate duo.

[@practicalkatabunkai]

There may have been a couple of more filmed ;-) Jesse is great fun to work with.

[@InGrindWeCrust2010]

We asked for more of these videos and you listened. This is gold. And I'd argue even a step above the already excellent explanation and accessibility of your individual videos.

[@robwaters8589]

Brilliant, have been following both these guys for a while now and everything is always new.

[@travisbecker6567]

There is so much Karate-Space-Magic in this video, I can’t even stand it! Having followed both of you for years, it’s fun to see you on the screen together. I love what you do for karate.

[@ManuelGomez-MGKI]

Incredible Knowledge form Master Abernethy and Jesse Enkamp, I have been practicing Karate almost all my life, and these videos put the light and touch my soul, i started with Japanese Kempo and now i Practice American Kenpo, and i love all your videos, they make me go back in time and with the explanations that you and your guest do, i travel to the future. Your Videos are Great. Grateful that my son show me your videos, now we don´t miss one.

[@KhvVovan]

Just great. All Iain's concepts in a nutshell. This guy is a professor! Read almost all his books. He is very enthusiastic and inspiaring.

[@Ruben1994OL]

This video has some serious content. Every other word coming out of Iain's mouth blows my mind.

[@CutShort03]

Abernethy should do a whole independent video on just the concept of angles. This is one of the most clean and concise ways I’ve heard it explained

[@RicoMnc]

Awesome as usual. Understanding the purpose and application of Kata is essential to appreciating Karate and other TMA. Now I will go freeze frame a bunch of MMA video to find my favorite stances, haha.

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Enjoy!! 😄👍

[@Banzai84]

I have been avoiding abernethy’s videos for a while because I struggle with his pace of speech and he seems panicked. However this mans knowledge of bunkai is mind blowing and from this one video has opened my mind to the Kata I have practiced for years. I will be subscribing to his channel immediately 👍🏻

[@johnhell8228]

I don't think I've ever heard a better explanation for the uses & application of Kata. Thanks Jesse & Sensei Abernathy

[@practicalkatabunkai]

Delighted to hear that John!

[@RafblackVIX]

Brilliant video! Is there any chance you could publish a video with this type of analysis of Heian Shodan for instance?

[@shauryashandilya1]

So beautifully explained. He answers what most teachers will never let us even ask by pulling their seniority and rank on us. Ideally, this should be the approach to learning katas. Or might as well let it all be and learn bachata or salsa.

[@omarhaq4274]

This was awwwwwesommmmmmmmee!! Loved how the various aspects of Kata, bunkai, sparring and conceptualizing are explained. Iain Abernathy was a great guest.

[@stevetew862]

I like to consider that when the other guy grabs me, Now I've got him. :) The stuff you teach is great! I read Dillman's work years ago, and incorporating his interpretation of bunkai which include nerve strikes, along with the grabbing and angular aspects that you illustrate, fills in a lot of blanks. When I started I was taught the post WWII bunkai which was Bee Ess. Your mastery of historical literature is so worthwhile. Most high level teachers do not seem to have such an operational love of the old masters' works. Thank you for being deeply informative without bloviating. 😃

[@Jayypv]

Oh man do I love being a karate teacher. I always feel like a white belt looking for knowledge and when it comes to explaining bunkai or how to work them, i feel like I'm not giving good advice. But now i have to go through all my stuff again because i have a clear way of work! Amazing!!!

[@bueller579]

Great video! I really enjoyed hearing Iain Abernethy speak on furthering his understanding of Kata and the technics within. I have often had moments of clarity regarding different applications one motion can have from a form I have know for decades and it only furthers my love, humility and understanding.

[@KARATEbyJesse]

That’s the BFO (Blinding Flash of the Obvious) moment 😄

[@stefanieheidtmann1752]

Boys, this is just amazing. You are delivering high quality information, spirit, soul, fun and the love for karate. This is soooo beautiful. I'm currently training for my 1. DAN and I love you both. Thank you so much for the time you take to shoot these videos. They help me so much to understand more of the many karate secrets. Hope to see you one time in a training!

[@rwh0778]

Fantastic lesson. Thank you for posting.

[@themadrazorback2019]

6:24 I must keep the enemy in front of me, but not be in front of the enemy! Brilliant! Abernethy and Enkamp together - WOW!

[@RipenedKarma]

Wow! 🤯🤯🤯 the explanation of the passive hand application to hit better, more accurately and faster is just mind blowing!

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kylemacarthur9863]

My 2 favorite thinkers! That was great.

[@lewishickman4318]

Iain is an absolute gift to karate. We need more senseis like him!

[@Breaker197]

This video is such gold tbh. So many karate myths dispelled. Love it.

[@foamige]

Incredible.......Ive been doing Kata for 30 years and never though of it (freeze framing) like this before......really makes me want to do them all again now!

[@freelancerblitz2579]

I thinks this is the video where after seeing a few years ago it opened my eyes and made me get back into karate, I’ve actually been to some of Iains seminars and the guy is Amazing! And and absolute gentleman . You’re both great inspirations to me, I love to revisit this video from time to time it always fires me up lol

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Great to hear!

[@mangoMango-ck3et]

Very interesting,, finally some sense in those Katas,that were done, compulsory, without explanation in the Karate Dojo..thru those early grades,40 yrs ago,,even the instructor couldn't explain..Thank you SENSEI'S.

[@AdobeCADman]

I enjoy this talk show formatted instructional video! They have discussed the purpose of kata, which is like a flowchart of choices the defender must make in any given situation. Thank you, gentlemen!

[@lxymuppet]

The collaboration I have been waiting for, thank you gentlemen

[@yagamiyasaki4091]

You light my path with last 5 minute and now i think about how i lost what i know in path of teacher depressing still its in the past now im new and train hard like old times thank you so much both of you sensei

[@karatemom24RedHawk]

I've been studying martial arts for years. Thank you for breaking it down like this.

[@Brjapan89]

Parabéns Sensei! Admiro muito o seu trabalho! Sucesso sempre! Abraço! Raphael Hashimoto do 🇧🇷

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Obrigado 👍

[@kob3178]

@@KARATEbyJesse isn't that thank you in Portuguese (Brazil)

[@theognostosyios9343]

Good job. Every comment made is correct. In the end it is all Aiki (do) flowing as he explained. Example. Practice the kote gaeshi (outward wrist twist) in Shotokan using Hiki Te flowing then you got Aiki (do) Use Atemi waza in Aiki (do) you got Shotokan strikes. Use close range hip throw Ogoshi then you got Judo. Add nage waza then you got Aiki jutsu thus Aiki flowing from one to the other in doing so more circular movement is used i.e principle of sphericity.

[@hjrosas071]

You guys are awesome. I wish I had known these things 15 years ago. I would have not taken this long hiatus I took.

[@brikovacs]

I love these segments with Iain. I read one of his books as a lowly shodan and it helped me to see in a different way.

[@areitomusic]

Beautiful. I want to add to the stances argument, that they are also the basis for leg and foot trapping, immobilizations, unrooting opponents and other leg waza similar to what is done in newaza.. only you are in an upright position. Many of the movements of the stances are applicable on the ground as well.

[@kieranmakenji8922]

My two favourite martial artists in one video talking about practical application is the best 👍

[@pepega8319]

Iain and Jesse's great minds representing true traditional karate. Very impressive and informative. :^)

[@onlyhuman7420]

Great video.Huge respect for these two phenomenal karateka.

[@greggriffiths9053]

I like when Iain Abernethy said that the answer's for kata are there for those who look for it which is why I watch lessons like this it's an infinite journey of knowledge.

[@IronBodyMartialArts]

Good to see you two guys chatting things out..good points as well

[@larrydicus7822]

I’ve watched this video countless times. The lessons here are invaluable.

[@jejuoc]

🙏🏻. When you are shy this kind of video helps a lot. Arigato

[@shaundixon1090]

Thank you Jesse and Iain for another great video. I love seeing practical uses for Karate as I am forever being told that Karate doesn't work in self defence situations. Keep up the good work!

[@pedroantoniorinconcinca9944]

What a jewel of a video! . I do not practice karate (TCMA/Aikido guy here). Nonetheless, I typically find loads of valuable content in this channel, but this video is just over the top! So many valuable concepts (angles, the value/relevance of mechanoreception, how the cultural/social millieu factors in the transmission of knowledge in martial arts...) so efficiently explained! I foresee many rewatches and sharings. Thank you!

[@Dragonflyjones67]

Nice video!!! I learn a lot about kata bunkai through these illustration. Goes well with my other martial art studies.

[@billc.4584]

One of my favorite presentations. Third time watching. Both of you are fun and inspirational. Peace.

[@denismorgan9742]

In a part explaining pulling a person on to a punch the elbow goes back past the body, however in a kung-fu post the elbow only goes to the line of the body. A bit of both together makes sense pulling the opponent only to where the elbow is level to the body would make for shorter faster punches, and a position of both hands in front of the body to defend. In all jui jitsui there is Kata, it's never a stop start but flowing and often not even noticed by the practitioner because it's a standard of movement and the Kata is only practiced for a grading and not normally for regular training.

[@MartinTowell]

I've only just come across your channel in the last week and am going through all the videos from the first ones to the new ones. "Live Kata Sparring" was mentioned. I understand the other three concepts and practice them but the "live kata sparring" is something new to me. If you haven't already done a video on this, I would be interesting in learning about this more. Also, if you haven't done a video on "matori geiko", I would be interested in your take on it.

[@Breaker197]

That golf analogy is amazing. I've had that concept for years now, and it's a point that I hammer for our students regularly.

[@nicholaswildman2782]

Newly subscribed! I've always been fascinated with bunkai and I've read some of Ian Abernethy's books, just the basic rules of how to break down a kata is so useful. I remember being shown the practical applications of basai-dai at a course and I remember thinking "what complete crap" because every application depended on your opponent throwing a karate technique or you fighting three people at once at different angles. The scary thing was that everyone was applauding and saying how brilliant it was, I couldn't believe my ears! We need more of these kind of breakdowns to get away from the rubbish that is being taught in some associations because especially with a Japanese sensei, no-one dares question what they're being shown and it is damaging karate for future generations. Great work Jesse and Ian!

[@sjguk267]

Absolutely amazing advice, so many good points in one video, sadly too few will hear this in their respective dojo's, thanks to you both for sharing this, it will help me in my bunkai exploration.

[@Rve783]

Sensei Iain is full of knowledge. I finally understand kata better now. I have to share this video with the other students at my dojo.

[@practicalkatabunkai]

Thank you! I'm pleased it helped!

[@krait44]

Loved this! instant subscriber. Thanks for posting this and going into such depth in one video.

[@vault334]

The way I use hikite (sp) pull them into the punch. Thank you sensei Abernathy 🙏

[@phillskinner8671]

This was an incredible watch, what a wise man, thanks for all you do Jesse ya big nerd

[@luiseliasramirezidona6842]

This is Real Karate The way it was meant to be and the way it should be Great colab Thanks for sharing brother

[@bongkem2723]

awesome explanation, the Stance that i practiced in karate really help with my muay thai training now ! the Angle in kata is so clear here, i never believed the mutiple opponents applications and Ian's explanation makes a lot of sense. And the touch reaction is what i also learned in Wingchun that my friend's father taught me ! Muay, Karate, Wingchun somehow all connected and all makes sense to me now !!!

[@jamies3205]

This is a phenomenal video Sensei Jesse and Sensei Iain. Great information here. I can’t wait to take this back to my dojo and share it with others. I love the 2 of you doing videos together. Great partnership. 2 of my favorites!

[@jamies3205]

I’ve always had issues when it comes to bunkai and using it to work with angles so this is a great explanation to that. Great visual examples showing the angles concept as well. This will help immensely. Thank you again.