‘Bunkai’ means ‘to break down and explore’ and consists of three parts, known as ‘treasures’. Some were invented by high ranking officials, some by warriors and some by peasants, but all that have stood the test of time have value if you know where and how to look at them. Photo is of Steve and Ann Rowe in the early 1980’s. Continue reading Karate Kata Bunkai
I’m constantly unsubscribing to martial art pages, people and groups that ridicule others. Often someone will post a video of karate ‘bunkai’ application to a kata from up to 40 years ago and then ridicule it. I was practising Karate (that’s me in the photo with Takimazawa Sensei) and working security in the 70’s and knew that the kata had to be studied and what was demonstrated was not practical and only a demonstration for shows. Pairs work was to drill practical skills safely and was not exactly how it would be applied in the street. We practised the ‘art’ … Continue reading Paper Tgers
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