Practical Kata Bunkai: Final Shuto-Ukes of Bassai-Dai

[@markwoods4655]

Simple but genius great explanation for the last sequence! thanks Sensei Ian

[@thebendersen124]

Excellent as always, Iain!

[@drewnut]

i love this and I want to mention and laugh at the fact that there is a mat 10 feet away that they could have used

[@blockmasterscott]

I would have never guessed that bunkai in a million years!

[@marcoaoranm]

No esperaba menos... Excelente!

[@geoffr57]

Love it.very good.

[@sendtextmessageto]

thanks for the teaching i find this usefull

[@lorenzofranchi1]

Is it Shotokan ?

[@KenpoKid77]

Lorenzo Franchi His base is in Wado Ryu, which has many of the same Kata as Shotokan. But in his videos and DVDs, he addresses the differences of movement in Shotokan kata., and shows bunkai that for those differences. For example, in Pinan/Heian Yondan, with the jodan uke-shuto uchi sequence...in Shotokan version, the Shito chi is high to the neck/ head level. In Wado, however, the shuto uchi is low, closer to the ribs or spleen. So he shows bunkai for both versions in his Bunkai Jutsu DVD. He also shows how to use it as a defense against a bo attack, which is really cool.

[@MrFabiomassid]

Love these techniques, real martial art though it's a bit over-stretching the kata. Shuto uke is a block as it can be seen in videos of Nakayama demonstrating the technique. And advancing with a block just doesn't make sense spatially. Ian should found his own style, much better than shotokan

[@askwara]

I think Nakayama is not ultimate authority. He learned from Funakoshi who intention was to create karate -"do" as a path for self-discipline rather than strict martial art. I might be wrong but I clearly sense, in katas there is a lot of hidden knowledge and Ian is discovering or de-coding it perfectly. One should not stick to names and appearances but rather make karate alive! There is much more than one interpretation in my opinion. Ancient masters were living in times when martial arts were practiced for real self-defence in life or death situations. Strict interpretation of uke would make no sense, it would be too slow, too stiff.