Unsu - Commentary

Unsu is without doubt a classic Shotokan kata. It is obviously big on the tournament scene, but also a fun kata for the majority of black belt students. It requires a certain degree of athleticism, but don't neglect its interesting bunkai. This video explains the performance aspect of the kata and the individual moves.

[@lilpoohbear653]

Fantastic teacher...I have been in karate for over 32 years and have been a teacher many years. I know a good one when I see one. Thanks Sensei! Appreciate you and your dedication

[@KhaledMohammedAli]

Best commentary and explanation Ive seen. Thank you so much Sensei for sharing your knowledge

[@MayaJagger]

Mawashi-uke! Yaas, all these years later and I still come back to your videos

[@FoluLimitless]

Thank you for taking time to explain Unsu. I appreciate your authenticity.

[@greggriffiths9053]

Thank you for your help with this Kata in the school I trained in this was a fourth Dan Kata grading.

[@verenacrescent1348]

Thank you for all these videos! They have helped me with kata so much!

[@chuckfromla]

Thanks for these videos. I do not train regularly in Shotokan anymore, but still practice kata, and they 😊are excellent refreshers, especially for Unsu.

[@salvoscuba]

Thank you Sensei

[@abahodi]

I train Wado-ryu, because there isn't any shotokan club close to where i live. So i've been training some shotokan katas from ur tutorials xD, love them.. keep up the good work :)

[@Icanhasacookie]

Absolutely. I am working on this kata now, and there is so much bunkai packed into this that the jump seems to be the easiest part.

[@2_much_zen]

Your vids have helped me so much with my study of Shotokan. Thanks yo

[@EnockBanda-ui2ty]

Thank you so much with this video . I like this Kata so much. Brilliant teaching.

[@ryanlittlechilds]

Wow, that was amazing! Thanks for another great break down.

[@dempseytunney]

Best kata tutorials on youtube thanks and keep it up.

[@ShotokanSensei]

@skifhania Thanks for your two observations. I double-checked them in Kanazawa-kancho's kata book and you're absolutely right. My mistake! All the best to you with your training. Oss!

[@izzetDemir]

Great video. Thanks.

[@ОстојаСиметић]

Thanks. Very nicely explained.

[@DhauladharkarateAcademyDharmsh]

Great oss

[@maddie1363]

thank you for this wonderful video sensei, all your kata videos have helped my katas so much osu

[@belovedray]

Thank you so much fir this video! Being a Shorinji Kempo martial artist, i am not offered this amazing and beautiful kata. I plan on learning and taking this to my next tournament.. once again, thank you very much!

[@karate-art2501]

Shotokan Sensei, Thank you for sharing...I learned some new meaning from your video, which helps my training. OSS

[@rubenlee2894]

Last year I learned 9 new katas Thanks to you. I don't even do shotokan karate but love it.

[@mylifexx9693]

do j do karate

[@rubenlee2894]

+Jessica Etherington Yes I do Ishinryu Karate in London

[@mylifexx9693]

+Ruben Lee oh okay I do Korean karate

[@rubenlee2894]

+Jessica Etherington Pardon my ignorance. What is Korean Karate? Is it like Taekwando?

[@mylifexx9693]

+Ruben Lee it is kinda like Japanese karate but the moves r a bit different

[@juancarlossabater269]

Many thanks Sensei, with this vídeo I learned the Kata, now only practice until the best I can. Domo Arigato gozaimachita.

[@ziyagha]

Good training sensei, thanks... Oss

[@Zuneku13]

This is a very difficult kata to perform. Even though I was taught to do this kata a long time ago, I still find it quite difficult to perform. The jump especially is difficult. But I find it quite interesting. Definitely a favorite in WKF competitions.

[@josenelson2596]

I agree plenty

[@stevenbinum7659]

Finding complexity in a kata is as much a testimony to the student as it is to the kata. I wish you best of training.

[@KelvinMeeks]

Great demonstration of kata and explanations.

[@skifhania]

@seishin73 We thank you for your time recording these videos.. Oss from Greece and we wish you a happy new year.!

[@WilloReaper]

Thankyou Sensei, this trully helped me learn Unsu. Now just gotta improve my form 1000 times more!

[@albertouzcategui106]

Muy buena presentación los katas que el Sensey

[@KurosakiDanteK]

Thank you very much for this video commentary for Unsu, it has been very helpful with my learning it, it is one of my favourite Kata and I have always wanted to learn it, now I can look to my Sensei with pride as he sees me perform the Unsu kata. Thank you very much again, I have subscribed and liked this video, I believe your videos to be greater than that of ShotokanKataMan as he only demonstrates the Kata normal and slow without commentary, thanks again and sorry for the ramble - Dante

[@savinogo9756]

I find this video very informational, thank you very much!

[@mumubabe]

I always enjoy your videos. Unfortunately the last part of the kata is very unclear in terms of what the techniques are. Could you clarify?

[@amazingsports7881]

Thank you for making this.I am red belt and i almost learned this kata.OSS!

[@namibb33]

Red belt ?

[@admissionspreregistration9877]

@@namibb33 different schools uses different curriculum some shotokan schools implement red belt before brown belt and some use red belt before black belt

[@namibb33]

I am also in a shotokan club

[@namibb33]

But we don't have red belts

[@admissionspreregistration9877]

@@namibb33 it depends in organization some of them uses it

[@gregorypiccamiglio]

Thank you. Osu

[@phytah2520]

It would have been nice if you were facing the camera at the end of the Kata, so we could appreciate that technique executed on hangetsu dachi just before the mawate and age uke gyaku tsuki on zenkutsu dachi. Oss!!!

[@supriyomondal5119]

Great Shihan

[@pursell3]

Fantastic Video. Thanks for Posting.

[@brokenfinger68]

Very useful breakdown. Thanks very much for taking the time to produce it. Is there a separate video dealing specifically with mawashi uke? If not, it would complement this very nicely.

[@fadecomic]

I normally really like your videos, but your back is turned in this one for one of the hardest parts (to me): the blocks at the very end. I was hoping you'd go into more detail about those.

[@ponnanifarook]

Unsu kata good sensei oss

[@skifhania]

my friend seishin73 just a little obrervation.. in the begining of the kata you have the left hand above but in the end you have the right... the correct way (according to SKIF) is right hand both times and in the last turn nobody brings his hand back before the age uke (the only time within kata with one turn in Jitte).. oss and keep up the good work..

[@youneselfai401]

Thank you

[@marcohartge1725]

Thank you very muxh

[@bigomar205]

oss sensei i love watching your video i wish you would do one on the kata jitte step by step i like that kata but i like to know more about it so if you could i would love to see you put it up oss.

[@Aromaticduck]

Great Kata. What exactly is the target for the finger stikes?

[@fubbles3533]

Amazing!

[@yuddhagyan]

very nice .master.........thanks for teach katas ..

[@domenicolangella4523]

Bravissimo tecnicamente molto chiaro 🙏

[@thyroyalpaladintheroyalgam174]

this kata is for 4th dan so im 9kyu yellow belt srrsly wut but i have learened all in Heian series i can shodan,nidan,sandan,yondan,godan, WOW YOUR THE BEST SENSEI THANK YOU ALOT!!!!!♥♡♥♡♥ :) ;):) ;) :);)

[@karatekaJigyashi378]

thaku somuch sir i am assames girl

[@wcacique39]

oss sensei i was wondering if you can do a commentary on both gojushio dai and sho, thank you sensei oss!

[@bajajkaratecreed1862]

Very very thank you sir

[@mikyle2795]

Thank you so much sensei, can you please go into more detail on how to do the jump please?

[@ratikantanayak9036]

I know

[@raiwatsagdeo1752]

Thanks a lot !

[@guyver789]

Fantastic instruction! OSS

[@NewEnglandBudo]

Interesting discussion. Have you ever tried to investigate the origins of Unsu beyond Shotokan. There is a remarkable difference. The Kyudokan Shorin ryu has an original version taught by Choshin Chibana (a student of Itosu) who handed to Yuchoku Higa, the founder of the Kyudokan. They are the only Shorin Ryu dojo that still performs it, I believe. Just place this in the search area above: qmP0WVuEnGk enjoy.

[@fredkarat]

Nice , Good simpel explanation ....OSS..

[@Kharock]

great commentary!

[@sunnyezissi]

Please Sensei, can you do and upload Gojushisho sho kata? Thanks

[@mondeldelyoden9059]

wow cool tnx!

[@sylwalsh4313]

Very good

[@venycegarcia5165]

What is the jump move called ???

[@jep5538]

W8 when you drop after the four punches the second kick...you have to raise your hips

[@afadaie]

Excellent tutorial. Some of the videos on youtube are from likes of Michael Milon who do the form so fast (and great) it is hard to see the details. Osu!

[@muhammadfahrurozi6546]

good, thanks a lot, i'am can learn for this

[@saldypratama8318]

uuu

[@formoldtime5058]

good

[@VladislavDrac]

Do you slap your legs when doing the double chicken head block?

[@macrobioticman]

Sensei ni domo aragato guzai mustha!

[@mbagabutare6618]

Jump is the hardest part for me

[@TomLeeman]

Good explanation

[@ramiahgilkey7090]

Cool

[@drewnut]

I may be misunderstanding but in the last turn some do the reaction hand for the age uke like Ohta Sensei. not that any one way is right or wrong

[@nhankrt8828]

Hay

[@annalisacampo7974]

💝💝💝💝

[@Ti1301]

OSS!

[@wawankurniawaniwan9359]

gimana caranya jatuh unsu

[@lourivalmaciasfilho267]

🥋 Oss 🙏🏼

[@محمدجاسم-و7ع1و]

شرح راءع يامعلم

[@MrNotAFag]

there should be a full tutorial on how to do the jump , its the hardest part.

[@sfsantos2213]

OSS

[@saidalgerie.5337]

👍

[@mustang-gt7219]

oss , alguém do Brasil assistindo em 2019?

[@avenixdj]

2020

[@jonsra]

I Can't do a Perfect Jump in This Kata..

[@Options_99]

i cant jump in this kata perfectly -_-

[@jorrisaddy6769]

Damn clumsy for me 😂😂

[@doctor_derecho]

Jodaaa, ese sensei tiene las patas sucias😁

[@hapuesop1171]

SEMAGAT

[@muhamadizroil3937]

terjemah bahasa indonesia

[@jagareksa.bahureksa]

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