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Wait, no bunkaiception?

We have to go deeper! It is actually a strike!

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

In all seriousness, Taikyoku Sono Ichi probably doesn't have a whole lot of meanings... but I would likely be corrected even on that.

Since I started learning more about Tuite techniques and seen how Sensei McCarthy and Javier Martinez have adapted tuite in to traditional kata...i can see some basic tuite in Taikyoku Shodan or Kihon Kata. It is nothing fancy by any means but the possibility is still there, especially considering the original source of Taikyoku being Funakoshi, who had extensive training and counsel with many of the greats of his time...but due to the Japanese nationalization of karate and turning it into a sport, the actual purpose and original bunkai is probably lost forever. We can only hope to gain a little of what they knew through research, open mindedness, and hard training.

Shawn Vivacqua

Shotokan Karate

Ryukoku Seidokan Karate Kobudo Renmei


"True Bunkai lies in the mind of the practitioner, there is no right or wrong bunkai, only what works."

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