aznkarateboi Posted July 21, 2003 Posted July 21, 2003 do you study kata applications at your school? do you practice the applications, or just learn them? would you use them during a sparring match?
telsun Posted July 21, 2003 Posted July 21, 2003 Kata bunkai is the backbone of our training. We learn, develop and train them extensively. I will use the moves in sparring although not in competition type sparring. I could teach kata and nothing else. It is all in there. Study your styles kata and bunkai and you will achieve untold depth in your style. I keep asking God what I'm for and he tells me........."gee I'm not sure!"
Kirves Posted July 21, 2003 Posted July 21, 2003 (edited) Not in my current style. Edited August 27, 2003 by Kirves
Maijust Posted July 21, 2003 Posted July 21, 2003 The style i am training in is also kyokushin. we do pracitice kata. I think as far as using them in sparring goes, it depends on the students level. I believe the more they learn then, yes kata can be used in sparring. I'm a beginner and love it (orange belt) and am trying to learn all I can, so I have a question. What is bunkai? Me
G95champ Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 We always do applications they are very important and if the situation is there then yes by all means use them. (General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory."
Sho-ju Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 It's nice to see so much attention given to bunkai, in the school of shotokan I trained we didn't do very much bunkai. One oyo bunaki pre kata. I've had to go outside the dojo to a more traditional Okinawan club and train. I make sure my students understand what the kata is all about.
mArTiAl_GiRl Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 In my Club, we practise a lot Kata applications. Kill is love
Kirves Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 I'm a beginner and love it (orange belt) and am trying to learn all I can, so I have a question. What is bunkai? Bunkai is Japanese for ti-chi-ki in Okinawan language, which means the applications of the moves in the kata. For example, the kata may have a shoto-uke "block", followed by jodan tsuki and a gedan barai. In kihon level this would mean "block a punch", "punch to face", "sweeping block downstairs". But when you study the fighting combo of it, what the kata designer meant when he taught it as a self defence move, it may mean that the opponent grabbed and pulled your arm and you used the "shoto-uke" move to take an elbow lock on him (or even just break his elbow altogether), then with the lock on, you turn him so you can punch his neck from the side or from behind, then you use the "gedan barai" as a neck-breaking finish. So all moves in karate have their "kihon" basic meaning, and their self defence "kata bunkai" meaning and then they even have "oyo bunkai" meaning, which means that when you are a fighting expert you know how to invent new applications that weren't originally taught in the bunkai of the kata but are usable still. Hope this helps.
Shorin Ryuu Posted July 22, 2003 Posted July 22, 2003 http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=8187 Here's a good post with a bunch of people listing some of their bunkai for some of their kata. Martial Arts Blog:http://bujutsublogger.blogspot.com/
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