Naihanchi Shodan Analysis (Bunkai): Basic to Intermediate
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- This video is meant to be an instructional video and all techniques are performed slowly and typically with a distinct staccato rhythm. This is merely a teaching/learning device. It should go without saying that once proficiency has been achieved, these techniques are to be performed very quickly and smoothly.
Part 1 examines how highly functional bunkai can be extracted from Naihanchi Shodan by applying 2 very simple "rules". The first "rule" allows you to determine what each hand is doing in each technique. Rule 2 explains how the directionality in the kata relates to "tenshin" or "body rotation".
Part one also teaches a basic but important "tenshin" drill and illustrates how these basic bunkai "rules" unite the kata, the "tenshin" drill, and the functional bunkai.
Part 2 Begins to examine intermediate level bunkai principles by moving beyond "single waza" bunkai into such important topics as combination bunkai and how the kata systematically teaches how to effectively deal with an opponent's attempts to counter your techniques. The kata is highly proactive in this regard using the natural defensive reaction of the opponent to quickly establish control.
It teaches a version of the earlier tenshin drill done with a partner to help develop trapping skills and instincts.
The bunkai in this video emphasize simple trapping and striking techniques although a few Tuidi (joint locking) techniques are shown during the course of the video
内蹯地, 内歩進, ナイハンチ, ナイファンチ, naifanchi, naihanchi, 分解, bunkai, tichiki,
I searched for practical, realistic kata application for my entire youth and couldn't find a single sensei to teach me, so I quit practicing karate. Now I'm happy to see that much people was in the same quest as me by that time and gave Karate real life again. Though I'm older, I'm eager to return practice.
One of the first bunkai-videos I've seen and still one of the best! Thank you, Sir!
Mr. Parker, thanks a lot. Sometimes I feel that karate is taught like christianism: in parables (=kata), to look without seeing, until someone gives you the clue, lest they learn.
I'll agree the above video is just like religion... If the power of belief can give you good form, or determine where you go when you die.
"Daft distancing"... I love it. You are of course quite right, you often see karate people practicing at *ridiculous* distances. I actually have a video on my channel in which I try explain how unrealistic distance completely distorts the art called "Realistic Bunkai and Combative Distance". I love Naihanchi because it is nice close fighting and is very pro-active in dealing with an attacker's own defensive reactions. The masters who invented/developed it were very insightful and realistic.
Very intetesting although I see many inefficiencies in this form it is certainly note worthy
wow mr parker, if kata were the gospels you will be the pope
Best Naihanci breakdown I've seen !
I've had a surprising amount of requests for a video on footwork/tenshin/tai-sabaki. So I definitely will be doing a video on that topic. Actually I think that footwork is one of the things that differentiates Western bunkai from the bunkai of some Okinawan teachers. Unfortunately my legs/feet have more loss of function from GBS than my upper body so I will have to take some time and do it right...
Mr. Parker your analysis and presentation of the bunkai is absolutely amazing and informative. I can't say enough at how blown away I am. Motobu Choki's statement of "the contents of Naifanchi contain everything one needs to be an effective fighter" you sir have clearly demonstrated that in spades! I look forward to diving into more of your videos, Thank you. Bows.
I completely concur and appreciate you sharing what you've learned. The Ryukyu kingdom may not have been a powerful empire but it was not an insignificant back-water country either. It was one one the major trade hubs in Asia and Okinawan maritime routes were quite vast with Okinawan sailors frequently setting foot on soil throughout East Asia and South East Asia. Ryukyu martial arts were likely quite cosmopolitan in their influences IMHO, with Chuan Fa being only part of the overall story...
Insightful analysis of an extraordinary Kata that is often misunderstood or ignored. Please keep this level of instruction coming. Thanks very much for sharing it.
I am not sure my idea of advanced will match yours. I don't really do a whole set of new bunkai, I just explore the way the pieces fit together (which is what this video just touches upon). I suppose vital point stuff can be seen as advanced, but not in the way most people think. It is only advanced in that you first need to reliably be able to put yourself in a position where you can cleanly strike to the before you worry about hitting targets ON the head or neck.
@thecontemplative2 After a quick 'conteplation' err, the Texans. :P
That was supposed to say: "you first need to be able to put yourself in a position where you can reliably and cleanly strike to the head or neck before you worry about hitting targets ON the head or neck.
Glad to see your feeling better, I've recently overcome esophageal cancer and have been told by my doctors that my physical condition (I'm 63) had a lot to do with my recovery. I'm sure the same is true in your case. Seven times down, eight times up! I've enjoyed your videos and have found them very informative, answering many questions about the kata for me. Keep up the good work.
+Ryan Parker, I found your facebook group and karate piqued my interest like it had never before. Now I've been diligently exploring Naihanchi and it's like I've been introduced to karate for the first time in my life despite being "familiar" with it and several kata for over a decade.
Arigato!
What's the facebook group?
This is the real deal. Thank you for posting this enlightening instructional video. Karate community needs this approach more than the oxygen we need to breathe.
I guess the importance of the Ryukyu kingdom is very underestimated in our days. They weren't the poor peasants without swords. They produced high quality goods including armory. They adopted southeast-asian music and dance. They fought wars with the Satsuma han over the Amami islands. The Okinawans were described as being cultured and truthful - but were also feared fighters. They travelled between China, Japan and the southern islands. So there was a great cultural exchange.
Even better than that: There is a report for the portuguese king from 1515 by Tomé Pires called "Suma Oriental que trata do Mar Roxo até aos Chins" (Summa of the East, from the Red Sea up to the Chinese). Pires there states that the most important traders in the region come from a kingdom called "Liu Kiu". Their most important merchandise were high qualitiy swords which they sold in Malakka. He also told that they were respected fighters which would collect the debts with the sword in the hand.
Just had a thought while thinking about this and some other stuff. Especially with the flow drill that you provide at the end, some of the principles I've seen from the "over-drill" that Taira-sensei teaches seems to apply to this drill. Would that be off base? The thought crossed my mind while watching this again and looking at other things that I particularly enjoy studying.
Thanks for the reply, i now understand where your coming from, i was just thrown off a bit by the title labels (my fault). please keep the great videos coming, especially the videos focusing on the principles behind the kata as these are so often either neglected or not even understood by any means. I recommend checking out Ian Abernethys web site, articles, blogs and you tube for some great realistic kata application and approach to karate in general.
I'm sorry, I miss understood my dad. He said that it (naihanchi) was a good technique to use if there was a barrier of sorts behind you. This forces you to keep your opponents in front of you. Anyway, he said he was very impressed with your video. My dad has gone to the dark side now. He now practices "Gun a te". lol Said he too old for karate.
so nice to see karate that doesn't rely on daft distancing and a cooperative attacker who holds his punch in front of him and the back fist on the hip while you try to apply some block. :) Thanks. Wish I'd been taught this way 20 years ago. Maybe then I wouldn't have stopped training for 15 years...
I agree. Thats why I´m a bit more strict and say you cannot learn martial arts without doing it. You can´t read your way or watch videos to become a martial artist. But you can certainly try something you have seen, but you will not actually learn untill you try it and train it.
And thats what handicaps me a bit, becaue this is so far from the kind of training I usually do, so I would not get the right training unless I pay other guys a visit, who do this by default.
Studied RyuKyu Kempo..tuite\ tuidai ? in the early 80s in K.C love these. Being disable its hard to Mod a Kata in a useful way. these need little Modifying for disabled in wheelchairs and standing and leaning against waste high support disabling on crutches ..I may have put that badly
I´d love to train like this. We do too little of locking and trapping like this in JKA. While it is there in the katas. Its fun to watch these videos, but no offense, in the end I learn nothing by watching. I need to actually practice this for it to have meaning.
I'm definitely planing to do all three Naihanchi kata. I'm currently editing a video analysis of 5 movements from Naihanchi Nidan.
I love how once any art is understood, how it becomes so simular we other arts.
I have the material I'd like to cover on those to kata mapped out in my head pretty well... Just have to actually film it and edit the footage. I actually am planning on waiting until I'm a bit farther along in my recovery of lost function and ability before filming more. I'm going to create a great deal more content eventually. Just want to be able to do a better job.
Mr. Parker, you should have a t-shirt with your logo and the phrase "ask the kata"!
Ryan Clark Nice suggestion! facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203585190502307
Ryan Parker
Awesome!!!
...nice bunkai...it is interesting to notice how similar these movements (techniques) are to both Southern Chinese martial arts systems and South East Asian systems (Silat/Kali/etc.).
I noticed that there is a lot of similarities btwn okinawan karate with silat. Maybe becoz of cultural exchanges bfore the japanese invasion?
You Sir are a Legend👑for this! ✨👍
This is the simples and best bunkai breakdown of Naihanchi... ever! 💎✨👌
Hey, thanks for the clarification, it is very helpful. I think your dad is right that Naihanchi would work well in that context (and most situations with really close range). Gun-a-te.. that's funny. ;-) Surely will beat karate nearly every time ;-)
なるほどですね！Motobe Chuki (famous fighter before WW1) had only 1 kata, and that is Naihanchi. It was Sensei Jesse Enkamp or Karate Dojo Waku had bought this up. I mastered one of the kata Yantsu. I wonder how this Yantsu can be analyzed.
Nicely explained ! Very similar and almost identical to Silat moves.... looking back at history, Okinawa has always been in close network with the. Malay nation and Archipelago (ie NUSANTARA as we call it - Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei...) where Silat is the traditional warfare and art of self preservation....
Yes, to some extent. I no longer focus much on TCM type analysis of techniques but I certainly still pay close attention to the range of possible targets (some seemingly innocuous) and methods for exploiting them.
"Shorin", after all, is the Japanese expression of "Shaolin", as "l" is difficult for many Japanese to pronounce.
the southern chinese principles are so obvious in this. the trapping hands are very wing chun'ish. nice, nice stuff.
Rad stuff Parker Sensei! Nidan and Sandan would be much appreciated. 押忍！
Ryan Parker has done his homework. Great job. I wish more people would study
their kata as deep as you have. :-)
Actually the second movement is look, no offense given.
+Brad Gabbard You can count movements any way you want... when does a "movement" begin and end... it is totally subjective. Especially given that "going by count" didn't exist until karate was introduced to schools in the early 20th century. Before that there was no "1-2-3" or "first-second-third"
Guillain-Barré syndrome. When I compare my performance post-GBS (this video and most everything I've posted since January) to my pre-GBS videos I am not at all happy with what I see.
I had Gilles Berre in 78, couldn’t crawl, feed myself etc. receiving great. Your kata great kemp’s. But not like Soken’s. George learned nothing secret f4om him. I was learning in Okinawa when Soken came to states. Came back, no talk of George. History is just that. Oyata truly great
Great analysis.. But super annoying soundtrack.
Very nice, Mr. Parker. Do you also train/teach kyusho in the bunkai?
That's good. It's difficult to understand kata at times or I get lost because we are told to turn our head in the direction of the technique.
Wrong wrong while these might work simple drills would do the same no reason to develop a whole kata for these movements there is so much you don't know
what do you mean lost function and ability? you had an accident?
thank you for the great interpretation of these portions of naihanchi shodan.
Nice stuff Ryan. Keep 'em coming :)
It would be great to see same thing with naihanchi nidan
Brilliant, now this is fantastic work thankyou.
You spelled 'Houston' wrong. ;)
We need more videos like this...thank you
Very very intersting... And you are awesome! Osu!!
Thank you cyber name for your instruction
The ideas are sound, but I am yet to see a Bunkai demonstration dealing with how people actually punch. Nobody leaves their arm out for that long after they finish a punch, someone trained will retract their fist. Have you done experiments with that sort of thing, to see how it evolves the kata?
Uhm, who needs to defend against somebody who is trained (outside a ring)? People with training generally don't go around attacking people.
Thank you sensei for your instruction.
Very good Bunkai job.
очень интересная трактовка !!!
Hi, what is the name of this position 1:22 ?
Brilliant at last real Karate.
Tim
Excellent close in work
what about nidan and sandan?
Nice bit of history, there.
Excuse me, great video, but what style of karate is this?
No it's not, sensei Parker is shorin Ryu
詠春.....
Very informative and straight to point.
You would not be off base at all. I have often noticed how close some of Taira shinshi's material is to the Suidi based material I've learned. This is unsurprising as Okinawa is not exactly a big place. ;-) To be honest Taira shinshi is somebody I have only discovered in the last few years, but I think he is one of the most important of the living Okinawan masters. I hope to study his material more deeply as time goes on.
So, for me advanced is more about an ever deeper and more refined understanding of basically the same type of stuff. Just more thoroughly integrated (combining techniques) and refined (a much more selective targeting). It is also to possible to consider learning how to "pull off" the techniques in kakie, (or other resistant sensitivity drills) to be advanced. This is only "advanced" because it requires one to able shift smoothly from one technique to another as one flows -with- the resistance.
No offense taken. Obviously it is possible to learn techniques by watching somebody doing them (this is how most MA learning is accomplished), but it goes without saying that a person needs to actually practice the techniques themselves. That is common sense and not anything anyone would take offense at you saying. So I say: start practicing ;-)
The Ryukyu kingdom traded with Indonesia, and Okinawan sailors would have traveled there regularly. Indonesian weapons have been found in Okinawan archeological sites which seems to suggest the definite possibility that some Okinawans may have studied Indonesian methods of fighting.
Good stuff, Mr. Parker.
This is top material. Regarding your Guillain Barre, good news is that most people recover completely from it, so I hope it will be in your case as well. Those nerve related symptoms are scary and irritating as hell. I strongly suggest you to buy Neurobion, it's a synergistic coctail that really helps in nerves recovery.
Thanks for kind words and the well wishes. I am outside the time-window in which further recovery can be expected. I'd guess I have recovered perhaps 85% of the function I lost which is OK. My hands still shake at times and my balance is still somewhat effected. I am hoping to find training methods which might compensate for those deficits.
Ryan Parker
I went through something similar, although I was never formally diagnosed with GB. Apart from loss of motor functions and all kinds of paresthesia, I had autonomic disfunction as well so my blood pressure and heart rate was all over the town. In other words, I was kind of living death:) What did the trick for me was Neurobion in combination with few cycles of T3, as in Wilson's T3 protocol.It was two years ago, now I lift weights heavier than ever without any symptoms left. I couldn't wash my car not so long ago without having shaky hands after that when lifting empty dinner plate. While T3 isn't something to play with, you have absolutely nothing to lose trying Neurobion. It's just a B vitamin complex, but in huge concentration (B12 is in 10.000 times daily recommended amount). It's specifically formulated for nerves regeneration. I guess large dose of pharmaceutical grade (that's important) fish oil also can help provide building material for myelin sheath recovery.
Excellent video
Great video as usual.
Yes, please continue.
PS it is great to know that my intention (illustrating principles of bunkai more than the specific bunkai themselves) was at least somewhat successful. When I was putting it together I wasn't really sure if it was going work or if it would be a -total- failure...
All I can say is that Kuda shinshii used the cross stance (kosa-dachi) as a "body change" (tenshin/tai-sabaki) when I had the opprunity to train with him. To a significant extent his footwork and that of Oyata shinshii (who also used kosa-dachi as tenshin) were really quite similar. I feel fairly confident that the "back to the wall" theory is not something Kuda shinshii ever espoused. But maybe Kuda shinshii's views evolved over the 20 year gap between your father's experience and my own.
Very Nice, sensei!
Oss
Who are you going to believe, me or some Texans ;-)
Excellent!
Большое спасибо.
I love this video. You've got a wonderful teaching style. On a side note... I've read that cannabidiol (CBD), has shown promise as a treatment for Guillain-Barré syndrome. I wish you the best.
Absolutely.
Im sorry mr parker but you can not catch my punch or assume that in the practical defense of techniques like these, a second or third punch will not follow in a split second. You are putting all your eggs in the basket of catching that first punch with both arms devoted to it. Kata is nice but reality is a curve ball, a simple slip or parry would provide far superior conservation of energy....just a thought...clean kata by the way. Have a good one
FWIW, I have caught punches in real life situations... more than once. So I know these work for me a significant portion of the time. I am not putting all my eggs in one basket, and virtually all of the techniques in the second half of the video work fine if I fail to trap the first punch, and instead trap their hand as they defend against my counter-strike. The catches shown in this video still work effectively as slap parries if I fail to catch the punch. Trapping is one of those things where you get out of it what you put into it. I do like using slipping and head motion (and teach it as an important aspect of the 3rd third Naihanchi kata). I don't discount what you've said, I just see a broader range of skills being applicable... especially at very close range. As for reality throwing curve balls, that is true of any training method. None of them prepare you for everything you may encounter.
"a second or third punch will not follow in a split second." Very true, and unless I break their momentum in some way I assume they *will* follow.. Just because a scenario isn't specifically illustrated in a 9minute video (which by its nature can only cover a limited amount of material) doesn't mean it isn't addressed in training. BTW many of your points are points I agree with (to one extent or another). ryukyuma.blogspot.com/2014/07/10-things-karate-must-do.html
I don't think by showing these bunkai Mr. Parker is making assumptions. He is merely showing mechanics and principles to deal with possible outcomes. There are many roads to the same place.
Coming from taekwondo, a background not very useful in regards to real life, material like this is a true godsend. Thank you very much, shinshii.
Nice effort, but too much reading.
+Ronin6575 osu sempai
Thanks for your kind comments here and on my "old style" Okinawa karate_ video. My goal has always been to learn (and preserve) as much as I am able about the Pre-Meiji approach to Okinawan martial arts. Kuda shinshi, Oyata shinshi, and Toma shinshi all passed on much of the older approach (especially tuidi) . More recently I've become aware Isa shinshi (Karamidi), Iha shinshi (Suidi) and Taira shinshi (Nafadi) all of whom are passing on important pre-Meiji principles and methods.
We don't have this kata in our branch of okinawan karate(goju ryu). But I find this fascinating, the "Oh I get!"-level on this are amazing. Truly insightful.
sorry to hear that. never heard about this disease behore. I understand it's rare. hope for your full recovery.
there is a group of italian wado ryu practitioners that are coming periodically in my town. first time there was a 7 dan sensei between them, in crutches. he was barely moving. I was surprised to see him leave the crutches during the seminar. he was not moving much and of course he was not doing anything with the legs, but his hands were fast. he had a car accident.
Nicely done. The preservation of the center line along with body angles and near simultaneous block and strike techniques are a good indication we are looking at pre 1879 technique. I believe we need to do much more research into Itosu to learn the bunkai of the kata.
My dad studied under Kuda sensei in the early 70's. He still practices on occasion. My dad said that he was taught that the lateral movements in the Naihanchi was to defend against when your back was against a wall, hence the lateral steps.
Fantastic stuff. I feel your last two videos fill the niche of discussing the principle's of a kata instead of the application. Especially this one. You definitely built a bridge for me with this. I'm a "long time" lurker of your blog and your videos. I was wondering if you could do a video on tenshin? I read much about it, from you and elsewhere, but I never get to see much of it in action, at least with regard to instruction.
Best video on Naihanchi on TH-cam... I feel like it will years to get this trapping & Tuite just right!!!
Muy bueno el vídeo y la explicación Ryan parker. Desde un principio hay que analizar los katas al completo sino son ,como dice J.A Blanco, simples ejercicios gimnásticos.
Thanks Ryan.
Ryan; Sorry to hear about your difficulties. You're not alone. I have train around my disabilities myself. I know just how hard it is on ones self concept. I can't do things I used to either. Hang in there, you'll learn how to train around the problems like I did. peace.
Thanks so much for this video Mr. Parker. I have a 2nd Dan in Tang Soo Do & for a while now I have been very interested in bunkai. Lot's of the lower ranks don't seem to understand the importance of forms or how to add power so I have wanted to see if teaching bunkai would help them understand. I wanted to start by teaching the 1st Dan's bunkai for Naihanchi but I have trouble figuring out bunkai & how to teach it on my own. This helped a lot.
Just adding my support too for kata applications where the attackers doesn't look like a complete knob and it's done at a realistic distance. Great job of making sense of kata and using them as a tool or text book. 'Ask the kata'. Love it.
This is excellent, i can not wait for the next installment. I would enjoy anything of this nature for future videos, but if i could choose i would probably like to see more advanced application regarding to the naihanchi kata, as there has been a lot of beginner and intermediate bunkai so far. Thanks for the great video Ryan!
This is the first video that introduced me to you and immediately knew you were the real deal. That's why I watch everything I can that you've put up, because there is a wealth of knowledge you have that is seriously worth studying. Thank you for posting.