Naihanchi Shodan Practical Karate Bunkai

[@maxventura7015]

When you study any Kata you soon realize no move is wasted, anything has a purpose and a meaning.

[@ThugKwanDo]

Agree 👍

[@victorsegovia8008]

greetings from Venezuela, sensei. I may be a simple blue belt from shito ryu but I think every karate warrior can learn a lot from his brothers and even from others styles, and always trying to be a good person

[@KarateUnity]

Yes Victor! So true🙏

[@danielchau3461]

Great video. I can’t wait to see more content

[@falkschiffner6565]

after the whole clip, I like it even more! Great Work!

[@KarateUnity]

🙏

[@makenjikarate]

Nice one mate, tekki/naihanchi is defo one of my favourites. Also I'm l loving the outdoor mat set up 👊

[@mikem.46]

Excellent video Chris

[@KarateUnity]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Tanuki-Ha]

That Bunkai looks amazing! 🤘🏽

[@KarateUnity]

Thank you, sir. I appreciate that.

[@Tanuki-Ha]

@KarateUnity we as a Karate community should consider teaching Naihanchi first with this kind of Bunkai instead of the Pinans. The Garcie Combattives version of Karate, so to speak.

[@KarateUnity]

@@Tanuki-Ha I would agree with you, however, every group and organization have their own specific objectives. At the end of the day, if you’re happy, the community is happy, and those objectives are being met, it’s a win-win for all.

[@Metallian187]

Very intressting stuff! Thxs for sharing!

[@KarateUnity]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@falkschiffner6565]

10s and I already like the video...!

[@maduroholdings]

I love this Kata jt na the only karate kata I know and practice

[@KarateUnity]

me too!

[@tydurr759]

Lol OK, Motobu lol

[@MrMattias87]

Great stuff

[@kostasnikolopoulos8226]

I don't know if naihachi is the essence of karate but I sure know that really works

[@KarateUnity]

Thank you for your feedback. And thanks for watching. I believe all kata can work, you simply have to play with it and adapt it.

[@JanWynd]

To understand the concept of Naihanchi being the essence of Karate, you have to understand the historical context in direct reference to the birthplace of Karate, Okinawa. 3 specific regions of Okinawa gave birth to the 3 mother-styles of Karate(Shorin-ryu, Uechi-ryu, & Goju ryu). The 3 regions that originated these styles are the villages of Shuri, Tomari, and Naha(from this comes the terms, Shuri-te, Tomari-te, and Naha-te). Since Shuri & Tomari were neighboring villages, Shuri-te & Tomari-te would inevitably combine to become Shorin-ryu while the Naha village would birth Goju-ryu & Uechi-ryu respectively. Now with that framework laid down, we will get to the reason why Motobu-sama stated that Naihanchi was the essence of Karate: Historically, in Shuri & Tomari among Shorin-Ryu exponents, ...the 1st kata that students learned was Naihanchi, ...not only that, students had to study and become adept at Naihanchi for SEVERAL YEARS before they were even permitted to learn more advanced Kata due to the fact that Naihanchi retained most of the fundamental principles of Karate technique as a whole from hip-rotation to power-generation by way of firmly planting the feet, the snapping gestures and simultaneous techniques of blocking/striking at the same time, etc...its all there. If you are a student of Japanese Karate then I can understand why this concept is foreign to you but it is common knowledge among we who study original Okinawan Karate. Peace.....

[@somebloke13]

Excellent! 👍👌👍👌

[@KarateUnity]

Many thanks!

[@gaitan3]

Bravo!

[@KarateUnity]

Thanks brother

[@Harmonica-Rudi]

Das sind alles gute Videos. Sehr lehrreich.

[@Leonardo-bo4wf]

Does katas have any set applications of any technique at all or does the applications vary from student to student all of the time?

[@KarateUnity]

Hello Leonardo, thanks for reaching out. Great question. Some teachers teach set applications, but in my opinion, this is very limiting. It depends on the student and the purpose. Katas are biomechanical principles., so from these, you get many applications, depending on purpose. So therefore, you are right, it depends on the student, and the coach has to adapt according to their needs .

[@blockmasterscott]

I teach a set application as a foundation with the understanding that you can branch out from that foundation. I use the analogy of building a house. The set application is the concrete base, and adapting from that foundation of a set application is like building the walls, stairs and so on depending on the climate, like arctic or tropical on top of the concrete.

[@zachariahz]

Good stuff Chris.

[@KarateUnity]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@tacticaltemplar875]

Great applications! Out of curiosity, which style of karate does this version of Naihanchi come from?

[@KarateUnity]

🙏 Thank you, matsubayashi shorin ryu

[@3Pillers]

👍

[@Jameskeith1972]

Killer! You’re scary ❤

[@annas1108]

🔥🔥🔥

[@ronan4681]

One of my favourite kata, shame that many styles including one of the styles I trained with for over 40 years have abandoned it. So-called Progressive karate styles, some of them should be abandoned

[@elilevis7261]

Карате это борьба. Напоминает самбо и дзюдзюцу. В карате ката, первое движение защитное это означает зашифрованное борьба. Удары в карате мало и служит как дополнением но не как основным. Основа карате это броски, захваты и удержание. Карате, больше похож с такими стилями китайских ушу как цин-на и шуайдзяо. Я говрю не современном карате а настоящем старым окинавском карате.

[@torreszosimo1519]

":Jesus Is Coming Back Soon. Repent Now Before It's To Late. Amen. Matthew 22:14 “for many are called, but few are chosen”.

[@KarateUnity]

Cool

[@angelorosini4326]

Very disappointing

[@KarateUnity]

Sorry you felt that way. Perhaps you can share what can be done to improve?

[@dodgesportsman772]

@@KarateUnity I loved it! Don't give haters the time, your better.

[@bradlong7941]

@@KarateUnity You did good. The closer you apply the techniques to old Chinese Boxing, the better your odds you are on the right track of the original intent. The second half of the 1900s was filled with lots of silly sports Karate and point scoring with Olympic level athletes.

[@KarateUnity]

@@bradlong7941 thank you sir, for your kind comment. We will never know what their true intent was. I just use those things as tools for whatever application I can come up with.

[@nevilleharris4466]

​@KarateUnity People always seem to say that 'the original intent of Karate kata are uknown' and yet, whenever I've had the opportunity to learn some Chinese 'kung fu', I have found that they seem to have retained a tradition of being able to explain the moves within the forms/kata - including applications. Perhaps we karate people need to learn some White Crane kung fu in order to reconnect with the original intent of karate kata? I think that the apparent 'simplicity' of Naihanchi is also applicable to modern self-defense methods and 'combatives' - and you seem to demonstrate that really well. Thanks for sharing your videos; and keep up the good work!

[@elilevis7261]

Карате это борьба. Напоминает самбо и дзюдзюцу. В карате ката, первое движение защитное это означает зашифрованное борьба. Удары в карате мало и служит как дополнением но не как основным. Основа карате это броски, захваты и удержание. Карате, больше похож с такими стилями китайских ушу как цин-на и шуайдзяо. Я говорю не современном карате а настоящем старым окинавском карате.

[@KarateUnity]

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