Kururunfa Bunkai Goju Ryu
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ส.ค. 2024
- We are starting weekly online karate classes from the 3rd of August 2024: email dojo@grkc1978.com to get added to the sign-up list. We're back with bunkai: kururunfa bunkai! Whether you're just learning this bunkai for grading, or looking to find new applications, we hope you'll find our video useful!
Livestream dates:
12 - 24th July
Mondays & Wednesdays: 6pm CAT | 11am CDT | 9:30pm IST
Saturdays: 9am CAT | 12:30 IST | 5pm AEST
Chapters:
00:00 - intro
00:14 - Opening moves - osae uke & kuri uke
01:31 - sukui uchi and gedan osae uke (x 3)
02:15 - kake uke, nekoashi dachi, age tsuki, maegeri, empi uchi (kiai point)
04:12 -open hand chest block, turn, reverse elbow strike
06:34 -shikodachi, wide open hands, drop and reverse head butt
11:22 - segue into karate vs bjj and self-defence
15:31 - backward strike and push down continued
15:53 - kosa-uke/cross-arm block to drop down stance
18:20 - Kosa uke, koshi dachi
20:12 - zenketsudachi & sukui uke, mawashi
Our videos are free, but not cheap to make! Please consider subscribing, and get new videos every Friday at 2pm CAT.
We're a TubeBuddy affiliate! We love Tubebuddy for helping us run our channel - try them out using our link: www.tubebuddy.com/GojuRyuKara...
Like the equipment we use? Buy it here (and we get a little commission!)
Boya Lav Mic: amzn.to/3iHwNtR
Dell Inspiron (for editing): amzn.to/3zpZXn3
Find us online!
www.grkc1978.com/
/ gojuryukaratecentre
/ gojuryukaratecentre
/ gojuryukaratecentre
Mailbag: dojo@grkc1978.com
Video produced by:
Zoe Jagger-Hinis
zoehinis.com/ - กีฬา
Thank you Sensei Che AND Deshi Brain. Great as always. Thank you Sensei Zoe for your hard work and late night editing Brilliant job. Sending love and missing the Dojo.
Ah, thank you so much, Barbs! We miss you too, and hope we'll be able to all train together again soon 🤗
I think the on screen captions are very funny. I particularly like the acknowledgement of the works of Senseis Higaonna and Paul Enfield. And I love the bunkai work you do.
GREAT VIDEO.
Ah, thank you so much! Writing the captions is one of my favourite parts of editing, so it always delights me when they make someone smile 🥰
We always try to give credit, because we stand on the shoulders of giants, and we are grateful for all the knowledge they have shared so freely with all of us. We're just glad that we are able to do the same and pay it forward 🙇🏻♀️
Another great video and production. Way to go guys 👍
Thank you so much, Paul! We will always keep working on good videos for the great people who take the time to watch them 🌺
Thank you, Sensei! This one is jam-packed with information. I'll have to rewatch this a few times!
I actually cut out 10 minutes of additional footage and explanation - its the kind of stuff that our close followers will appreciate. I've saved it in a special file for the future ;)
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre, awesome!
Thx a lot for this instructions! 😊 And as always brilliant annotations 👍😂
I was particularly proud of the Nelson reference 😂
Thank you so much for watching and commenting, as always 🙇
I absolutely love this video! (The editing is awesome too.)
Master Ken approves of attacking the groin.
This video epitomizes everything that karate should be: simple, effective and brutal.
This editor is glad you enjoyed the editing too! 💐 Thank you for this delightful comment, and for taking the time to watch our humble offering to karate 🥋
Thanks Sensei
Perfect video, I love your good inspiration for this Kata Bunkai 🇯🇵👊
Thank you 🙌
This was one of the best videos you have put out! The focus on practicality was welcome also that you knew what your were talking about.
It looks like the first throw is a variation on Tenchi-Nage the Heaven and Earth Throw. This throw has at least 10+ variations in the Aikido syllabus. If you had been on the inside of Uke then it could have been Ippon Seuinage from Judo. Also notice you did a Tomoe-Nage , the back sacrifice throw from Judo.
Have a lot more to say but dont want to ramble!
Tenchi nage was always one of my favourites! Such an elegant throw.
It's not rambling when you know your stuff! We love to hear these insights from you and our other commentators 🤗
I actually cut out about 10 minutes of footage, but I tried to leave all the throws in, at least 😉
Wonderful!!! Lot of good ideas!
So kind! Thank you! Kururunfa is truly a glorious kata filled with delightful treats and traps. Thank you so much for watching 🙇
You are genius and as asset to goju karate
You are so kind, Ravi! Thank you for this truly generous comment 🌺
Gracias maestro por tan excelentes explicaciones usted hace que el karate guste más .Dios lo bendiga
Si podemos hacer que el kárate sea agradable incluso para una sola persona, ¡entonces todo nuestro canal y todos sus esfuerzos valen la pena! Muchas gracias por este comentario tan amable, realmente lo apreciamos :)
higaonna sensei would show some bunkai including eyes, neck breaks, crushing testes etc, serious waza.. lesson being that these serious targets are fundamental.. my sensei would remind is that any real attack could end up before a judge, who would question as to the need, to break his neck or elbow or enter his eye orbit etc.. thus the options of variations.. just came across your interesting demo, while checking kururunfa : )
In one of our other bunkai videos (especially the one on hooks we did about a month ago) we touch on Sensei Higaonna's particular flavour of bunkai. Absolutely, we must always consider the long term repercussions, which is why we are very careful what we teach to the kids versus our adult students 😅
Thank you so much for this lovely comment and for taking the time to watch our videos 🙏🏻
I have a feeling Kururunfa will be one of my favorite katas if not my favorite. I love Saifa. Amazing video and great bunkai!!!
By the time you get to Kururunfa, your hard work and effort will help you embrace this beautiful kata! We are following your journey on Insta with great pride.
Thank you so much for the kind words, and for always taking the time to watch and comment 🙇🏻♀️
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre Thank you for the kind words as well. I hope you guys know how much you've contributed to my Karate with your videos. You rock!!!
Definitely a favorite kata for me, so many variations for me to explore.
I've been working on a variation, I use the first step of the kata as a sweep of ukes front leg, which if unsuccessful becomes a lift of the ukes knee to unbalance uke, if that's unsuccessful a kensetsu geri to the back leg to unbalance uke. Another variation I use is at the kosa daichi turn, the crossing foot is used as a kick to uke knee, this positions uke in a wide stance as I do the ushiro hiji ate, it makes it very difficult for uke to defend the elbow strike, you get the idea I hope..
Thanks again for a great video.
Your variations make perfect sense! Kururunfa offers many treasures to the determined karate archeologist. Of course, we have invented no real bunkai, but we are rediscovering that which has come before us, and was maybe lost or not made as widely available.
I (Zoe here) always think about youtube not really surviving whatever technologies come next, but books have survived everything. Maybe in a few years' time, we'll put all of this in a book so that Ché's knowledge doesn't go to waste.
Thank you for the kind words, and taking the time to watch and comment!
Domo arigato sensei. I think surviving is the key of karate. That means that a lot of things from another disiplines can be use in our karate and sometimes if we look closer that tool is already in Kata
Exactly
Thanks for leaving your insights
Greatly appreciated
Che
Felicitaciones. Por la información y por la actitud.
Ah, muchas gracias por este hermoso comentario! Realmente apreciamos el tiempo que se tomó para mirar y comentar :)
Obrigado Sensei. Oss.
Você é muito bem-vindo, Fernando! Muito obrigado por assistir e comentar :)
I'm here live!!✨ Yay!!😃 I love the thumbnail!!🤣
We appreciate you, @Totally Kayla! Your support and joy is so special to us
♥️♥️😚
Very nice sir
Thank you so much, Naga!
Osu! 🙇Arigato!!
Hai! Dou itashimashite 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
This is a rare video and such a good one because Kururunfa is a senior grade kata and to be honest there aren't many attempts to explain its bunkai - Sensei Che has covered the bunkai so well it's really very enjoyable to watch.
As we already know, Kururunfa literally means "Retain for a Long time then Instantly Break" (it's pronunciation is actually Fujianese, not Chinese, where by in Fuzhou: Ku=Long Ru=Retain Run=Instant Fa=Break) - which gives us a clue of how the kata may be interpreted. One observation I came across of this kata is the Bunkai gets more interesting the closer the opponent is to you, and the sensei who said it taught this bunkai:
The Opening move: we slide to the right, dropping down to Cat stance, parry with right hand while left hand slides up close to our face, then as we retract the right hand, we push the left elbow out...scenario: Opponent is before me, with both his hands around the back of my neck, about to pull me in for a knee-strike (like in Muy Thai) - I'd move to my right and push his left elbow/his shoulder/his head with my right hand (depending on how close he is, even do a nukite into his neck or face - in fact this sensei insisted on the nukite), then my right hand pulls his left elbow down (while I'm towards his left) and my left hand sneaks up between his forearms and pokes him under his chin with another nukite.......then my left elbow goes over his left elbow and presses down from HIS outside, trapping his left forearm between my left upper arm and my body, then do a downward circle with my left forearm (like a circular gedan barai) - followed by a sukui-uke - You'd have him in a painful elbow lock - then the lower kick breaks him completely - ie， retain and break.
As for this elbow attack: you know we mirror the opening move by sliding to our left, dropping down to neko-ashi dachi and parry with our left hand then pushing out with our RIGHT elbow, and this is followed by a double block (Right palm upwards, left palm downwards) - the elbow lock actually appears in the transition from right elbow push to to the sukui-uke, ie, when the right palm goes upwards and left palm goes downwards ...... suppose he grabs your gi lapel with his right arm, you slide to your left, grab and retain his right hand with your left hand, holding it to your chest, then right elbow goes OVER his right elbow joint, goes down outside of his right elbow, trapping his right forearm between your own right upper arm and your chest, if you continue by moving your right forearm down (like in a gedan barai) then rotate it upwards in a sukui-uke (like in the kata), you'll find yourself behind the opponent - and your left palm conveniently in a position to pull him down by his hair (and if he's got no hair for you to grab, then you could do it with your fingers in his eyes and palm over his forehead - you are behind him at this point with his right elbow twisted behind him).
(I tried to find a video of this is an elbow lock which I also saw in a Koryu Uchinadi demonstration about 10 years ago, but this Goju-ryu Sensei taught me this bunkai long before that).
At 15:36 Sensei Che actually does a very similar move, except his right elbow attacked the opponent's left arm, now this bunkai wants the right arm to sneak up between the opponent's arms and then go for the opponent's right arm.
3:17 after the elbow strike, again a nukite to his eyes before grabbing his head with both hands to pull him to the ground.
The last 2 long low stances of the kata (before the toraguchi/mawashi uke), where Sensei Che demonstrated a leg take-down - I came across this interesting bunkai: the throw prior to this lands the opponent on the ground-with his back to you - you go up behind him (while he's on the ground), you reach out with your left palm to hold his face from under his right jaw (so you're behind him, he's disorientated, you move in quickly and your left hand is holding his jaw) - then you pull back/upwards with your left arm (turning his neck) then you push the back of his head with your right hand, applying more torque to his neck thus injuring his neck - I don't know if it works because I've never tried it .
That's all I have, not much to add to be honest, because Sensei Che has covered so much of the bunkai on this kata.
Looking forward to the next video!
All these priceless bunkai - going to try them out and add them to our repetoire!
We love your last sentence "I don't have much to add" - your detailed comment is a new record in length!
As always, we are awed by your knowledge and input 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre
Sorry I wrote so much to explain such a simple bunkai. Should've shown this video instead:
They did the lock I described, in 0:09 and 1:30 of this video
th-cam.com/video/rfwB6vSWMuo/w-d-xo.html
Excellent!
Thank you! Cheers! We appreciate the time you took to watch our video 🙇
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre I compete with this kata (and occasionally win) and I train with bunkai also (otherwise, why bother?)
Zoe the editor here - Shisochin helped me get joint third in my first (and only) real competition, so I have a soft spot for it - the closest I have to a lucky kata!
Bunkai is what brings kata to life, and vice versa - good to hear from someone that gets it 💪
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre I actually train in a Shorin Kempo school. I learned Kururunfa separately because I like the kata so much as well the bunkai.
Also remember in the first sequence some very important Goju Ryu tip. When you shift to the side your front leg can sweep the oponent front leg. Then the sokuto geri to this "elongated" leg.
Ah, yes! That shift is so important.
This is why we love putting up videos - we get insights and information from practitioners such as yourself, to build our collective knowledge. Thank you 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
The shifting is fundamental. Two meanings. First. Equilibrium. It teatches to distribute your weigh correctly on your feet. Also your spine aligned. Usually people has a wrong distribution. They have the weigh mostly on the heels. And this is a disaster. All the body is negatively affected. Second. The application of a sweeping.
I really like your videos! Will you do some on Seisan and Suparinpei as well? 🥋
Yay, thank you!
Yes, we hope to do all 12 official Goju Ryu kata with their bunkai (even Sanchin and Tensho!)
Please stick with us as we work our way up the kata ladder 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre Wonderful! 🥋
The only thing I have an issue with is why the spine? Why not the neck or back of the skull? Maybe I’m wrong but I feel like the spine is actually a pretty resilient structure. Great points on “real” dirty fighting and some academic justifications.
Not a bad question all!
Back of the head and neck are more effective targets, but also smaller surface areas that your elbow can slide off or miss. The spine is wider, and harder to miss. But I think that if there is a clear shot to the back of the neck, then it is the better target!
Thanks Sensei. Why don't we have a kata with the defence of a "mata leão" choke and other new techniques? Are we frozen in time and not evolving?
Hi Vitor
We have to work on it!
Kata has many solutions, and Bunkai should evolve , but it is often not the case. I try teach the older more static Bunkai for our testing, but , we also teach and work on other attacks and ideas . This is where growth takes place
If you have ideas , try share them, it may help us all become better
Che
Oosh sir
🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
At 17:09, I recognise an ude kime nage from Aikido :)
My husband knows a lot of Aikido for a karate man 😉
My husband knows a lot of Aikido for a karate man 😉
👍👍
Obrigada!
@@GojuRyuKarateCentreUma pergunta: Existe diferenças no Bunkai Kururunfa do Goju Ryu e o Kururunfa do Shito Ryu? Ou em ambos estilos o Bunkai é executado extamente da mesma maneira?
Obrigado pela ótima pergunta!
O bunkai em si não será muito diferente entre os estilos, já que há apenas alguns bunkai para cada movimento. No entanto, as nuances e o desempenho podem ser diferentes.
Shito ryu é mais leve e rápido, enquanto Goju é pesado e pegajoso.
Espero que isto ajude!
PS: Usando o google tradutor, espero que tudo faça sentido!
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre Obrigado pela resposta 👍
🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
What Dan are you and what style of Goju Ryu do you study . I see high level of understanding I seen 7 th Dan or 8 th dans that don’t teach as well as you and your wife
This is so kind of you to say, Sensei! Ché is 'only' a 5th dan, but because of reasons beyond his control, he's been stuck as a 5th dan for more than a decade. In my opinion, he is more like a 7th dan. It's such a shame that he isn't.
We are OGKK, under Sensei Kikugawa in Okinawa.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre you know I can promote him to 6 th Dan if he so desire? I have the authority and linage to do so although it wouldn’t be under OJJ tho
Ché says that he is honoured by your offer, as he knows Hanshi Hokama and has been to the muesuem, and we are lucky to have some of his calligraphy in our dojo.
We are happy to belong to OGKK and under Hanshi Kikugawa and Sensei Minei as well, and Ché will one day be acknowledged as a 6th dan.
As a matter of interest, he was graded to 5th dan by the Jundokan by Sensei Gima and Sensei Kinjo, and other seniors.
We are honoured to have such a senior karate man watching our little channel 🙇
aikido?
A little bit 🙇🏻♀️
12:52 you can't really stop a good double leg takedown like that, it will do damage but it's not a knockout.
But that doesn't really matter, because this type of technique isn't designed to stop a bjj black belt it's just to stop a bad tackle on a brawl.
in a karate terms, a good double leg takedown is gedan but a bad one (most likely what the kata was designed to stop) is chudan.
I am not bashing karate, I love it, but attacking the throat in grappling is legal (you can literally just put your elbow there, very annoying and painful but also won't stop a good one).
Honestly, I think mma should legalise throat and spine strikes and 12 to 6 elbows, Kudo has them, and it's not like they break each other's backs every match, and they also have double leg takedowns.
I agree with the general idea, I think bjj guys are kinda bad at fighting if they don't manage to get their fight to the ground and they are usually not very good at doing so.
However, this karate vs bjj is kinda pointless because one is mostly trained to play bjj and the other is for self-defense and I've never heard of a bjj guy randomly attacking people on the street, it seems to be a non-issue.
Also talking about grappling I love to describe traditional karate as "Imagine a wrestling match but you really really wanna get disqualified"
Thank for your insights and awesome contribution to our channel
Che
Никто одной рукой, типо цуки не будет отаковать, бьют серией атак
Привет,
Спасибо, что нашли время посмотреть и прокомментировать.
Вы правы - для Годзю-рю характерно множество техник, и если вы посмотрите наши видео-упражнения, вы увидите больше движений вперед и назад и множественных атак. В наших видеороликах о бункае мы представляем классический бункай для тех, кто только начинает учиться, чтобы они могли использовать его.
Рад снова Вас слышать! Если есть ошибки, то это потому, что я использую Google Translate.
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre годза рю преподавали в поселке Горки-10, особое внимание уделяли болевым точкам, и спарингам по типа Армейского Рукопашного Боя, так же немалр соревнаваний по годза рю в России, по правилам кеккушинкай карате, многие бойцы годза рю успешно занимаются набивкой тела. Я вам скину видео, для ознакомления
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre th-cam.com/video/qMU1O_pvMgo/w-d-xo.html
Ух ты, в этом видео есть потрясающие боевые действия, и он действительно демонстрирует рукопашный бой, который характеризует Годзю-рю. Обязательно добавлю это видео в закладки для использования в будущем. Огромное уважение к этим бойцам, показывающим эффективность карате.
Off-topic: masks look funny but don't work. Coronavirus is of aerosol nature, not airborne. It's good from cold and flu though.
On-topic: have you notice that in some parts you show sanseru (one of main kata of Okinawan crane kungfu) and saifa (travel-size)? Miyagi-sensei was a great and very creative man (unfortunatelly, too good for his followers, me included). :) (oh yeah, and sepai too that you, or your loyal editor put in subtitles, mentioned - a ju side of sanseru being go).
Kururunfa truly is chock-full of ideas, and all of us are still trying to find all the gems and secrets of this beautiful kata! And yes, it definitely is one of the softer kata (though definitely a happily violent one!)
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre : all Goju is brutal, sometimes sadistic. :)
Go to hospital, hahahaaaa
We'll even send him in the waaaambulance XD
The 12-6 rule is why I stopped watching all the matches that Gracie jujitsu used to start mma. Great ad for Gracie jujitsu but not realistic. Anybody bends over and grabs your waist you hit the spine. Dont have to be a black belt to figure that out.
MMA bros think MMA is innovative, but honestly it is the selective use of traditional techniques in a flashier environment. Not that MMA doesn't have value! It teaches way more fighting than we do. But it is a bit like reinventing the wheel when all the techniques have been hidden in kata for hundreds of years.