Bunkai II, III and IV

[Victor Smith]

I have continued my look at ‘bunkai’ on my blog.

http://isshin-concentration.blogspot.com/2011/09/bunkai-i-look-at-original-explanation.html
http://isshin-concentration.blogspot.com/2011/09/bunkai-ii-start-of-investigation.html
http://isshin-concentration.blogspot.com/2011/09/bunkai-iii-wheres-bunkai.html
http://isshin-concentration.blogspot.com/2011/09/bunkai-i-look-at-original-explanation.html

 

[punisher73]

Thanks again for sharing.

 

[Makalakumu]

Consider the idea that our concept of basics is incorrect. Charles Goodin wrote in his article

Words became particularly necessary when books about Karate started to be written in the 1920s. Each technique had to be named to accompany the proper picture or photograph. Often names were just descriptive or made up. If the teacher showed a punch to the face, the author (in his language) might have used the term "face punch." Or he might have used "upper level punch" or "rising punch." But the odds are that his teacher used no term at all (except "like this.")

This actually changes everything about how a karateka would think about and practice basics. It also changes the way we conceive applications for the moves in the kata. This is the reason why many of the practical techniques were dropped from karate practice. People were mimicking the forms and the explanations offered by the name and the real meaning of the technique was not transmitted.

 

[lma]

great what ive read so far..

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