I was wondering if you have seen Nathan Johnson's book "Zen Shaolin Karate"? He developed grappling bunkai for the Naihanchin kata. I think he overdid it, but it is quite an interesting read. I believe with your brother's help you could extract a great deal of useful ideas from it. You are in a unique situation. With your brother's help and opinion, you could go through Nathan's book and together develop a better opinion about Nathan's book than anyone has before, in my opinion. I learned the Naihanchin as Chul Gi in Tae Kwon Do (still using the earlier Chung Do Kwan Tang Soo Do forms), but mostly without reasonable explanations and several obviously guessed at explanations.
Now that I've been thinking about it, I tried Naihanchin Shodan once in a tournament and actually lost to one of my own students doing the same! He was a big strong guy, so I made a poor choice of kata.
This past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting Sensei Samir in person (hopefully, one day Sensei Jesse too!), in a seminar by Shihan Yokota in Goiania, Brazil. He took very kindly to my questions and briefly (our time was sort, sadly!) shared a lot of his knowledge with me; I am very grateful for that. And on the "practical" part of sharing his knowledge: he then asked me, smiling: "Have you ever 'suffered' the Naihanchi bunkai?" After I said 'no', he proceed to prove on an "unwilling" training partner that one can really defeat an opponent by applying the Naihanchi Shodan techniques; IN ORDER of the kata movements, mind you that. It was certainly not my first time practicing bunkai, but I had never seen it perfectly enacted upon a resisting partner. I still consider myself a 'novice' shortly after earning my Shotokan blackbelt, but what Sensei Samir has shown me made me feel like a white belt again; I guess that is what Karate Do should feel like, specially after you really begin to try to understand and learn its Way. It was both a humbling and eye opening experience, and I look forward to repeating it in the near future. Not only is Sensei Samir profoundly knowledgeable, but he is also eager to share what he's learned with one who provides an attentive ear. Truly the makings of a great Sensei. I am most happy to have made his acquaintance and now have the pleasure of considering him a friend. Oss!
As a Samir's student i feel proud to see his work finally going out on public! When i started to train at Muidokan i felt a little bit lost, because our mindseting to do our things was diferent from the other martial arts i alredy praticed.
I stop practicing karate. But i still find myself watching videos about karate. The bunkai aspect of karate is the most obscure subject, i just can't accept most of the aplications one tipically finds on the internet and most dojos. This was great Jesse. Along the videos of vitor belfort's trainer that you also put online. You are filling the gaps that are missing in most karate channels. Keep going please.
Bunkai is the greatest. And this Naihanchi is one of my favourite Kata. I always imagine what I would be doing to an opponent when performing Kata. This video is GGRRRRRREEEAAAAT!!!!
muito legal bunkai que realmente mostra tudo sobre o kata em sua totalidade sem faltar nada parabéns por trazer esse conteúdo interessante demais nunca vi algo tão proximo assim do kata achei tão incrível que estou emocionado
omg it's dan! i frequented traditionalmartialartsforum all the time several years back -- i had wondered what happened to it. ahh good times... hope you are doing well with your teaching, sensei.
I love this Kata, after many many years of hating it, then taking another perspective and thinking“outside the box”, I started to understand it. This Kata is a very complete close-combat system if you know how to use it. Jesse-san, Could you continue this study of the kata in another/s video? That would be awesome! Thanks Senseis for this great vid!
Special thanks to Sensei Samir for this nice Kata bunkai I actually have to do the Tekki shodan for my brown belt exam on Thursday, so that really helps a lot 😊 Jesse your videos are great! Just keep doing this nice work💪🏼💪🏼✌🏼
Thank you very much, Paolo! If you're looking for it, you're already half way! Please consider following the links Jesse put in the video description. There's a whole lot to come in the future. Think analyses deeper than that one in the video (it was just scratching the surface!) about every kata of Shorin-ryu and many kata from other styles!
Great stuff! Very similar to the work of Taira Sensei in Goju Ryu! Drilling kata this way really gives you a good understanding of the fighting range for which traditional karate developed!keep it up!
Thank you Ryan! If you want to see more bunkai from the same place where this came I recommend you check our website out (Jesse showed our links in the video's description). Now there's little content but there will be much more in new future!
Great video Sensei Jesse and Samir! Unfortunately I could not be in your seminar, but my seishin gi is arriving. Here in Brazil we have a lot of great martial artists, my Sensei is an expert in self defense. Thanks for everything, Master!
Interesting exercise. I practice Shorin Ryu (Shin Shu Kan) and the Naihanchi Katas are taught as the most characteristic of our school. We do regularly perform bunkais for the 3 katas, either full circular bunkai or separate movement's applications :)
Well, to shed some light on the matter, Anko Itosu-sensei was the one who split the original Kata in 3 Kata. He is also known for creating the Pinan katas (Heian for Japanese styles) by simplifying katas such as Kusanku. He is probably, along with Funakoshi-sensei, the reason karate has come such a long way.
@@quickstep2408 A little late, but never too late 😁: I think it can be attributed to Motobu Choki. You should read Patrick&Yuriko McCarthy's translation of Motobu's little book "Watashi no Karate-jutsu" (My Art of Karate) (and to restore the balance, a translation of "Karate-do, My way of life" by Gichin Funakoshi 😁; they were not exactly friends 😏). It's a little gem.
I don't know this kata but it reminds me a bit of Saifa and I see some Bassaidai, too. Kata bunkai is the best; I like it more than kumite. Thank you Samir and Lukas.
I can't tell you how much similar this is to wing chun kung fu...I've always found Naifanchi very very "in the line" of wing chun and this only confirms my thoughts.
It makes sense! After all, old style karate ("Toude" -- Tang Hand/China Hand) was heavily influenced by Southern Chinese martial arts, of which Wing Chun is one! :-)
Hey all karate nerds. I attended at the II Brazilian Seminar on Campinas/SP and, by the way, it was amazing! My question is about this application of the Tekki Shodan (Naihanchi Shodan). At the first part of the seminar we had a training to defend ourselves and save energy at the same time. How these two concepts are applied at these bunkai techniques? I understand that sometimes a fight could become tangled but it seems to me that you had to use more strength to keep your opponent next to you than finishing the fight.
It's not true. Naihanchi is a wonderful kata ricch with fighting knowledge, but the Pinan series is no less amazing. Each kata is the amalgamation of the fighting knowledge of an instructor os school of the past, each one is equally profound.
Good vid - not that standard Bunkai - I have been studying Isshin Ryu Naihanchi since 1970''s . Yes this Kata is practiced in a straight line but used in an X pattern (45 degree) or even in a circle. Naihanchi can get down and dirty.
They can definitely do it! I would recomend you look up one great blog I know of: it's called "Traditional Taekwondo Ramblings". I'm sure you'll find some great poomsae analysis there!
Que massa cara, sou BR tbm e sempre acompanho os videos do Jesse. Percebi pela sua faixa da Shiroi (me corrija se estiver errado rs) e pelo sotaque hahaha Oss.
Hugo Moreira Sensei Samir is gonna host a seminar in Brazil in may 4th; look for it on the Muidokan page on Facebook; Sensei Samir vai ministrar um seminário em São Paulo em 04 de maio; procure o evento na página do grupo Muidokan no Facebook;
I like the ideas and the flowdrill! The hands fit reasonably well with the kata. However Tekki stands out from the other katas for stepping only sideways instead of stepping through. This interpretation does a lot of stepping through, and although I support taking some liberties, I can't help but think that there is significance in the kata's "odd" choice of stepping.
Hint: don't forget this is just more of a teaser. Everything has an explanation. By the way, it's not shown in the video, but there are explanations and applications for all variations, too, including the Tekki variation! Good training to you! ;-)
But remember what Mabuni said, the Enbusen was chosen so it would fit the room, and not because of the applications, life or death situation are chaotic. Funakoshi put it simply: Kata is perfect, real fight is another matter.
"First of all, while the (almost) identical start and end point is certainly a classic feature of kata in Karate, the term matomari 纏まり doesn’t seem to be that old. Rather, it appears to be a loan word taken from general-language and adopted into the special language of Karate rather recently. Secondly, there are variuos possible reasons for the (almost) identical start and end point. For example, one might argue that it is the result of boundaries, such as in indoor training or when training larger groups of people. This is valid for the era of the conscription agers’ Karate of Itosu et.al. but also for the cases of public performances of martial arts, such as in case of visits by Chinese investiture envoys (Sappōshi), where stages were used, just as in case of musical or theatrical performances inside Shuri castle. Thirdly, when practice or performances took place on Uganju 御願所, there was more free space than on a stage. However, most of the time there was an audience who were positioned according to hierarchy. For example, the village elders at the Uganju, or guests of honor during performances for Sappōshi, the order of people during performances on stages set up inside Shuri castle, the gymnastics teachers at school Karate practice, etc." Andreas Quast
Interesting ideas even though I do not find them quite practical, considering the many options that your opponent can pull up when you find yourselves in that first position
It is practical precisely because it limits what the opponent can do. One limb is restricted, and if the opponent doesn't use the other limb to block he will receive a strike to the face. If he doesn't block, great! The fight ends. If he does block, the kata gives you tools to maintain initiative and attacking all the time while limiting what the opponent can do.
Bruce Lee said: "Do not fear the man who practiced 10,000 kicks once, but do fear the man who practiced one kick 10,000 times", right? :-) However, consider that even the boxing widely known today used to be much more complex in the past -- until part of its complexity became against the modern rules. In the end, it's best that one is effective with whatever method they use (and in most of the time simplicity is best here, yes). If you can solve your problem with what you got, then you're good. But also remember it's also better to have a larger toolbox to solve a greater number of problems and solve them more efficiently -- as long as you really know how to use your tools. You can use nails or you can use screws, but sometimes one is better than the other, right? In any case, believe me: these techniques are really quite simple! Being simple to execute is one of the most important aspects of good kata application. Respect from Muidokan Karate Kenkyukai. Good training to you!
Do you want to learn more about Karate? :-) Check out my website: www.karatebyjesse.com
I was wondering if you have seen Nathan Johnson's book "Zen Shaolin Karate"? He developed grappling bunkai for the Naihanchin kata. I think he overdid it, but it is quite an interesting read. I believe with your brother's help you could extract a great deal of useful ideas from it. You are in a unique situation. With your brother's help and opinion, you could go through Nathan's book and together develop a better opinion about Nathan's book than anyone has before, in my opinion.
I learned the Naihanchin as Chul Gi in Tae Kwon Do (still using the earlier Chung Do Kwan Tang Soo Do forms), but mostly without reasonable explanations and several obviously guessed at explanations.
Now that I've been thinking about it, I tried Naihanchin Shodan once in a tournament and actually lost to one of my own students doing the same! He was a big strong guy, so I made a poor choice of kata.
This past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting Sensei Samir in person (hopefully, one day Sensei Jesse too!), in a seminar by Shihan Yokota in Goiania, Brazil.
He took very kindly to my questions and briefly (our time was sort, sadly!) shared a lot of his knowledge with me; I am very grateful for that.
And on the "practical" part of sharing his knowledge: he then asked me, smiling: "Have you ever 'suffered' the Naihanchi bunkai?" After I said 'no', he proceed to prove on an "unwilling" training partner that one can really defeat an opponent by applying the Naihanchi Shodan techniques; IN ORDER of the kata movements, mind you that. It was certainly not my first time practicing bunkai, but I had never seen it perfectly enacted upon a resisting partner.
I still consider myself a 'novice' shortly after earning my Shotokan blackbelt, but what Sensei Samir has shown me made me feel like a white belt again; I guess that is what Karate Do should feel like, specially after you really begin to try to understand and learn its Way.
It was both a humbling and eye opening experience, and I look forward to repeating it in the near future.
Not only is Sensei Samir profoundly knowledgeable, but he is also eager to share what he's learned with one who provides an attentive ear. Truly the makings of a great Sensei.
I am most happy to have made his acquaintance and now have the pleasure of considering him a friend.
Oss!
Jesse,Iain Abernethy and Samir are my favourite western bunkai experts.Every karateka can take very useful knowledge from them.Respect.
I've been doing Nainchi Shodan for 25 years and I'm STILL learning new things about it, like today! Great video!
These are very kind words. Thank you! I'm sure that being open like this after training it for 25 years you are one of those who learn the most.
Best Naihanchi Bunkai ever!
As a Samir's student i feel proud to see his work finally going out on public! When i started to train at Muidokan i felt a little bit lost, because our mindseting to do our things was diferent from the other martial arts i alredy praticed.
the best bunkai of tekki i found so far. thank you so much!
I stop practicing karate. But i still find myself watching videos about karate. The bunkai aspect of karate is the most obscure subject, i just can't accept most of the aplications one tipically finds on the internet and most dojos. This was great Jesse. Along the videos of vitor belfort's trainer that you also put online. You are filling the gaps that are missing in most karate channels. Keep going please.
Wow. I've never seen a bunkai that seems so effective and matches the kata so perfectly! Thank you sensei Jesse and sensei Samir!
This video is like a Karate seminar, beautiful!
Bunkai is the greatest. And this Naihanchi is one of my favourite Kata. I always imagine what I would be doing to an opponent when performing Kata. This video is GGRRRRRREEEAAAAT!!!!
+Blade Martial Arts Academy Cool! Visualization is so powerful to get into the right frame of mind. Keep it up! :)
These collabs are awesome Jesse sensei keep them coming 👍
+Soahm Gupta Thanks buddy!
muito legal bunkai que realmente mostra tudo sobre o kata em sua totalidade sem faltar nada parabéns por trazer esse conteúdo interessante demais nunca vi algo tão proximo assim do kata achei tão incrível que estou emocionado
Excellent work Samir - I love it!
Now this is a compliment from multi-talented, award-winning Dan Djurdjevic! It can't get any better!
omg it's dan! i frequented traditionalmartialartsforum all the time several years back -- i had wondered what happened to it. ahh good times... hope you are doing well with your teaching, sensei.
His website is still up and running, and remains as awesome as it used to be! ;-)
wait... what?! the old address didn't work so i thought he just shut it down or something a while back lol. i'll have to look it up then; cheers!
Naihanchi is one of my favorite set of Kata in Shorin Ryu.
Samir and Jesse thank you for sharing.
Congrats Sensei Samir and Lucas. Thanks for sharing the video Sensei Jesse.
Maurilio Benevento Glad you liked it!
I actually love more of these type of videos please
Such a great video! Thanks guys!! I will have my graduation for 3rd kyu soon and this helps me a lot for understanding better my kata!
Droga, agora eu quero todos os bunkais de todos os katas nesse modelo...
Great video. I love kata and bunkai!
Neat! The bunkai for Tekki is truly deep and many faceted.
Bunkai bem eficaz e bem explicado! Parabéns💪
Very interesting and consistent approach to the Naihanchi kata. Keep up the good work, Samir!
There's a lot more to come -- in depth and width! Many kata, and many layers of on every single kata!
Legends watch this video after 3 years 😎
Wow! That was some great bunkai! :D
May a bit late to comment, Awesome Bunkai for Naihanchi Shodan.👍🏻
I love this Kata, after many many years of hating it, then taking another perspective and thinking“outside the box”, I started to understand it. This Kata is a very complete close-combat system if you know how to use it.
Jesse-san, Could you continue this study of the kata in another/s video? That would be awesome!
Thanks Senseis for this great vid!
You're welcome, Fernando. :)
Special thanks to Sensei Samir for this nice Kata bunkai
I actually have to do the Tekki shodan for my brown belt exam on Thursday, so that really helps a lot 😊
Jesse your videos are great! Just keep doing this nice work💪🏼💪🏼✌🏼
Mandratzis Man That's awesome! Keep rocking!
THis is the part that has been missing in my life. hahaha i love the flow Sensei Samir.
Thank you very much, Paolo!
If you're looking for it, you're already half way!
Please consider following the links Jesse put in the video description. There's a whole lot to come in the future. Think analyses deeper than that one in the video (it was just scratching the surface!) about every kata of Shorin-ryu and many kata from other styles!
It's me, Laku Noch
Great stuff! Very similar to the work of Taira Sensei in Goju Ryu! Drilling kata this way really gives you a good understanding of the fighting range for which traditional karate developed!keep it up!
OSS! thank you this is a awesome video
Just amazing! Thank you.
Excellent! I think Samir Sensei needs to start his own TH-cam channel! Would subscribe!
slunk007 You can begin by checking out the links in the description of this very video! ;)
Great flow work!
Hey Jesse! I just got orange belt! Thanks for making these videos, they really motivate me :)
+CreatorAurum Awesome! Big congrats )
Karate out in the wild - love it :D
Practicing Karate outside of the Dojo is always a highlight to me
You're very welcome. :)
Awesome video!! I love bunkai!
Thank you Ryan!
If you want to see more bunkai from the same place where this came I recommend you check our website out (Jesse showed our links in the video's description). Now there's little content but there will be much more in new future!
Samir Berardo I will do so right now.
Great video Sensei Jesse and Samir! Unfortunately I could not be in your seminar, but my seishin gi is arriving. Here in Brazil we have a lot of great martial artists, my Sensei is an expert in self defense. Thanks for everything, Master!
Interesting exercise.
I practice Shorin Ryu (Shin Shu Kan) and the Naihanchi Katas are taught as the most characteristic of our school. We do regularly perform bunkais for the 3 katas, either full circular bunkai or separate movement's applications :)
Ginux87 same
naihanchi is the core kata of shorin ryu. there was a master (i forget who) who said that "all karate starts and ends with naihanchi"
quickstep ive heard that saying as well I am also a shorin ryu practitioner
Well, to shed some light on the matter, Anko Itosu-sensei was the one who split the original Kata in 3 Kata. He is also known for creating the Pinan katas (Heian for Japanese styles) by simplifying katas such as Kusanku. He is probably, along with Funakoshi-sensei, the reason karate has come such a long way.
@@quickstep2408 A little late, but never too late 😁: I think it can be attributed to Motobu Choki. You should read Patrick&Yuriko McCarthy's translation of Motobu's little book "Watashi no Karate-jutsu" (My Art of Karate) (and to restore the balance, a translation of "Karate-do, My way of life" by Gichin Funakoshi 😁; they were not exactly friends 😏). It's a little gem.
Fun! Thanks for sharing!
great video .... I always practice this kata but i dont how its work in fighting... But now i know thanks for this video☺
Really good video!
I don't know this kata but it reminds me a bit of Saifa and I see some Bassaidai, too. Kata bunkai is the best; I like it more than kumite. Thank you Samir and Lukas.
You're welcome!
Thanks!
I can't tell you how much similar this is to wing chun kung fu...I've always found Naifanchi very very "in the line" of wing chun and this only confirms my thoughts.
It makes sense! After all, old style karate ("Toude" -- Tang Hand/China Hand) was heavily influenced by Southern Chinese martial arts, of which Wing Chun is one! :-)
That's great Jesse!
+Federico Coppoli Glad you enjoyed!
Sir idk if you still reply to this video i want to learn limb control where should i start ?
Great Job ! OSS
This was great,thanks.
First ☺ i am a karate nerd !
Raiwat Sagdeo So fast! :-)
Yeah !
i like this interpretation
me gusta esta versión de bunkai para tekki shodan
Karate Nerd Hype!
Sensei Samir has multiple black belts from different styles. What is his primary style does he teach?
Hey all karate nerds. I attended at the II Brazilian Seminar on Campinas/SP and, by the way, it was amazing! My question is about this application of the Tekki Shodan (Naihanchi Shodan). At the first part of the seminar we had a training to defend ourselves and save energy at the same time. How these two concepts are applied at these bunkai techniques? I understand that sometimes a fight could become tangled but it seems to me that you had to use more strength to keep your opponent next to you than finishing the fight.
Thank you, Daizo.
Jesse how do we get you in the area to do a seminar?
Wow!
I once heard it said that all karate started and ended with naihanchi. What's true in that phrase?
It's not true. Naihanchi is a wonderful kata ricch with fighting knowledge, but the Pinan series is no less amazing. Each kata is the amalgamation of the fighting knowledge of an instructor os school of the past, each one is equally profound.
I've just been taking a look at the drunken wooden dummy kung fu kata (Lady He Xian Ku) and it seems very similar to this in terms of application.
Same source! Historically, karate has heavy influence from Southern Chine Martial arts.
Good vid - not that standard Bunkai - I have been studying Isshin Ryu Naihanchi since 1970''s . Yes this Kata is practiced in a straight line but used in an X pattern (45 degree) or even in a circle. Naihanchi can get down and dirty.
Where can I see the bunkai in the x pattern?
muito bacana. Osu!
Man, I wish they did that with poomsae....
They can definitely do it! I would recomend you look up one great blog I know of: it's called "Traditional Taekwondo Ramblings". I'm sure you'll find some great poomsae analysis there!
Thanks it's a quite interessting blog after looking into it...
Are these guys Brazilian?
Yes. I know Lucas ("the victim")
Lucas is my student. Yes, we're Brazillian. ;)
Que massa cara, sou BR tbm e sempre acompanho os videos do Jesse. Percebi pela sua faixa da Shiroi (me corrija se estiver errado rs) e pelo sotaque hahaha Oss.
Wow
Brazilian seminar tour? damn. How i didn't knewinng it? :/
Hugo Moreira Sensei Samir is gonna host a seminar in Brazil in may 4th; look for it on the Muidokan page on Facebook;
Sensei Samir vai ministrar um seminário em São Paulo em 04 de maio; procure o evento na página do grupo Muidokan no Facebook;
So...... They went in their karate outfits without shoes in to a park?!
Lovely stuff. But, I must say, don't wear a ring while engaging in any kind of kumite - not safe.
What dan are you?
Is kumite effective in streetfight
nah, just hit up the dojo. all the "research" is done there
I like the ideas and the flowdrill! The hands fit reasonably well with the kata.
However Tekki stands out from the other katas for stepping only sideways instead of stepping through. This interpretation does a lot of stepping through, and although I support taking some liberties, I can't help but think that there is significance in the kata's "odd" choice of stepping.
Hint: don't forget this is just more of a teaser. Everything has an explanation. By the way, it's not shown in the video, but there are explanations and applications for all variations, too, including the Tekki variation! Good training to you! ;-)
But remember what Mabuni said, the Enbusen was chosen so it would fit the room, and not because of the applications, life or death situation are chaotic. Funakoshi put it simply: Kata is perfect, real fight is another matter.
"First of all, while the (almost) identical start and end point is certainly a classic feature of kata in Karate, the term matomari 纏まり doesn’t seem to be that old. Rather, it appears to be a loan word taken from general-language and adopted into the special language of Karate rather recently.
Secondly, there are variuos possible reasons for the (almost) identical start and end point. For example, one might argue that it is the result of boundaries, such as in indoor training or when training larger groups of people. This is valid for the era of the conscription agers’ Karate of Itosu et.al. but also for the cases of public performances of martial arts, such as in case of visits by Chinese investiture envoys (Sappōshi), where stages were used, just as in case of musical or theatrical performances inside Shuri castle.
Thirdly, when practice or performances took place on Uganju 御願所, there was more free space than on a stage. However, most of the time there was an audience who were positioned according to hierarchy. For example, the village elders at the Uganju, or guests of honor during performances for Sappōshi, the order of people during performances on stages set up inside Shuri castle, the gymnastics teachers at school Karate practice, etc." Andreas Quast
Lucas Cardoso you nailed it. you can use the hand/arm techniques of naihanchi with different angles. it's a versatile close range combat system.
This video
+KUNAL NAIDU Yeah!
16th!
Bunkai always feels like ”cart before the horse”.
Bunkai always feels like ”cart before thehorse”.
Yes but the opponent is supposed not to be a puppy who stands waiting your moves! I think most bunkai are done without this in mind
Interesting ideas even though I do not find them quite practical, considering the many options that your opponent can pull up when you find yourselves in that first position
It is practical precisely because it limits what the opponent can do. One limb is restricted, and if the opponent doesn't use the other limb to block he will receive a strike to the face. If he doesn't block, great! The fight ends. If he does block, the kata gives you tools to maintain initiative and attacking all the time while limiting what the opponent can do.
Troppa fantasia.
Interesting ideas but his balance is so off it’s painful to watch.
Nice bunkai but his voice is annoying
all these are to complex, simple boxing should be enough I assume , respect from kyokushin India osu.
Bruce Lee said: "Do not fear the man who practiced 10,000 kicks once, but do fear the man who practiced one kick 10,000 times", right? :-)
However, consider that even the boxing widely known today used to be much more complex in the past -- until part of its complexity became against the modern rules.
In the end, it's best that one is effective with whatever method they use (and in most of the time simplicity is best here, yes). If you can solve your problem with what you got, then you're good.
But also remember it's also better to have a larger toolbox to solve a greater number of problems and solve them more efficiently -- as long as you really know how to use your tools. You can use nails or you can use screws, but sometimes one is better than the other, right?
In any case, believe me: these techniques are really quite simple! Being simple to execute is one of the most important aspects of good kata application.
Respect from Muidokan Karate Kenkyukai. Good training to you!
"I am a bunkai expert" - ..... ok.... sure you are..... :(