Practical Kata Bunkai: Wanshu / Enpi Throw & Jump

[@Jameskeith1972]

Watching Iain jump is sooo cool! He’s like a flying teddy!

[@melisslacour15]

Wansu makes so much more sense now to me! Thank you for these videos!

[@Mulberry2000]

Wansu is quite brutal as a kata.

[@SenpaiTorpidDOW]

Top quality videos. So slept on. But I shall spread the message with glee. These videos have taught me so much in retrospect.

[@3Pillers]

Nice - thanks for posting.

[@MarshOakDojoTimPruitt]

iain your awesome !!!

[@hazasajin]

I was there when this happened haha. Remember everything from the Bassai Drill

[@Derrick-si2vu]

Very impressive technique a very good technique and skill I just wish I could have been doing something like that when I was in karate I remember the time that somebody else did that to me I wish I could have gotten pay back against them but that's actually pretty cool and very very tactical 🥋✌️😉👍🥋

[@mannu8540]

what karate style is this? sorry for my bad english

[@practicalkatabunkai]

The kata is found in a few styles i.e. Shotokan, Wado-Ryu, etc. If you are asking what my style is, I have no idea! It’s a mix of all the various influences I’ve had so I tend to stick with the label “karate” rather than define it any further.

[@NaihanchinKempo]

practicalkatabunkai on the arm bar shouldn;t you roll the elbow over so he can't "go with it"? just a thought

[@practicalkatabunkai]

naihanchin Kempo You should. But there is a process of the lock going on and it is possible to escape before the completion of the technique. Punches that have not yet hit you can be countered. Punches that have already hit you can’t be stopped :-) Same with locks.

[@mannu8540]

***** thanks

[@Mulberry2000]

Its is in shotokia as well

[@dimandobrov4115]

Its all good and looks logical. But. There is another throw direstion in wanshu. What you doing is classical SAMBO throw. Its coled "windmill". In wanshu kata there is difference with that throw. A lot of differense. In windmill throw he falls down on his head / nape and back. In "wanshu throw" there is anothere movement and he fall down on his back. I think so...

[@practicalkatabunkai]

The throw goes by lots of names (shoulder wheel, fireman’s carry, etc) and there are also a few variations on the kata. I don’t know much about Sombo, but I would doubt their “windmill throw” has the recipient landing on their head or nape of neck. Of course, you could theoretically throw that way, but it’s certain to be banned from any form of combat sports due to the potential for severe injury, paralysis or death. Some traditional types do like to claim that their version of the throw is “deadly”, and that the sporting version is “watered-down” and hence “less effective”. My question to such claims is how do you drill such “deadly throws” live? The normal answer is, “we don’t do them live, because they are too deadly”. It therefore follows that those practicing the allegedly “watered-down throw” will be MORE effective because they have actually drilled the throw against people who don’t want to be thrown (as it is in combat); whereas all the traditional-type has is a theoretical throw they have never actually done. To my mind, it is better to have some safety considerations and aliveness in training as opposed to untested theoretical knowledge of deadly “deadly throws”. Of course, the well tested safe throw can be modified for a more severe landing, but you then run into the modern need to legally justify one’s actions. Again, a throw that hurts, but does not seek to permanently paralyse, is arguably more effective for self-defence as it will effectively facilitate escape but is less likely to see one forced to justify lethal force. That’s not to say that sporting throws are automatically more effective because of live practise because they are often drilled in a context that, while correct for the stated goals of any given combat sport, are incongruent with the tactical considerations of self-protection i.e. the need to consider the possibility of active third-parties, witnesses, etc. As always, these issues tend to be more nuanced that we see at first glance. We can be safe in training and develop effective skills to deal with criminal violence - in a way that considers legal issues - but the above issues and more do need to be unpacked and considered as part of that.