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	Bunkai
		Bunkai is the application and/or interpretation of the kata (form).
		Along with these "official" bunkai, many dojo have created their own and use them to evaluate their own students.
		The person’s job performing the bunkai (tori) should be to show off the form to his/her sensei, or to the audience, not to get into a prearranged fight.
	www.geocities.com /uechi_sensei/bunkai.htm (242 words)

	Bunkai
		Bunkai (analysis) is the intellectual and analytical study of the self-defence techniques and applications of Goju-Ryu Karate-Do.
		However, Bunkai is most commonly applied to the various Kata of Goju-Ryu Karate-Do and is called Kata Bunkai.
		Without the knowledge of Bunkai, the study of Karate would be incomplete.
	www.burlingtonkarateandkobudo.ca /bunkai.htm (154 words)

	Oiyo Bunkai
		Behind the forms and katas lay the application of the movements to combat.
		The introduction to these techniques is usually done through bunkai.
		Here is some background to a deeper understanding of the katas one has spent hours learning.
	www.suite101.com /reference/oiyo_bunkai (49 words)

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		Bunkai is defined as the interpretation of the various kata moves.
		The recognition of this basic level of bunkai would appear on the surface to be in conflict with what seems to be a currently "in vogue" premise today that there are NO blocks in karate.
		A key component to making third level bunkai applications effective is the use of body movement (tai subaki) for removal of target and angle attacks, as it is typically the "non-moving" body part that becomes the initial target rather than the opponent's punch.
	www.ikkf.org /article4Q97.html (1942 words)

	Thought For The Week
		Bunkai also trains both the person performing the kata and the attacker to use proper karate techniques in a fighting situation and to focus on hitting the target, in this case specific vulnerable striking points of your opponent (see diagrams on pages 39/40 of the "Red Book").
		In bunkai practice the attacker is also challenged to use proper karate techniques and stances to deliver the attacks rather than wild "roundhouse street punches" etc.
		It is suggested that in the beginning you and your training partner practice bunkai at half speed and power, as you figure out the ma-ai, and the applications to the specific moves in the kata.
	www.shorinryu.com /thought.library/tho090103.htm (480 words)

	Lucio Maurino "KATA e BUNKAI" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Bunkai is the analytical and detailed study for parts of the whole structure of the Kata.
		The Bunkai asks the athlete’s adjustment to the distances and to the rhythms established by concrete adversaries, even if everything is made at the base of a preventive consensuality according to the kata scheme just executed.
		On the contrary, in the Bunkai there is a sort of drama where the athlete organises his own motor expression on the base of his esterocettive capacities (open skills) in a sort of symbiosis with the adversaries.
	www.luciomaurino.com /eng/kata/kata.htm (1007 words)

	Basic Bunkai Part 1
		Bunkai training, however, reveals just how holistic the art of karate was originally designed to be.
		Bunkai is sometimes believed to be a high level study that is only open to masters who possess "hidden knowledge": nothing could be further for the truth.
		One of the most important things to understand about kata bunkai is that the names we use for kata moves today are not accurate descriptions of the movement's original functions.
	www.iainabernethy.com /articles/BasicBunkaiPart1.asp (1485 words)

	Bunkai Karate Kata
		Bunkai ist eine Art Interpretation zu den Techniken einer Kata, daher sind die Ansätze für die Auflösung einer Kata im Bunkai häufig unterschiedlich.
		Diese Stufe wird jedem engagierten Karateka zugänglich sein, sobald er sich ausführlich mit den Bestandteilen der Kata und deren praktischen Anwendung beschäftitg.
		Ein umfassendes Vertsändnis für eine Kata und deren Bunkai erreichen nur wenige.
	karate.zeitformat.de /bunkai/Karate_Bunkai.htm (161 words)

	YouTube - Karate Team kata bunkai unsu
		Anyone who thinks that this bunkai is the best they have ever seen and this is what the old masters of karatedo created then you are very mistaken.
		The bunkai you are wathcing has been made up to win competitions and yes it is very pleasing to watch and it is awesome "show bunkai" but for real life fights you would not stand a chance with most of the bunkai shown here.
		While many of the movements shown may not be part of the original application (bunkai) of the kata, they are none the less valid interpretations of hte possibilities hidden within the movements of the kata.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=Z4cwHO9KW30 (673 words)

	Karate bunkai - understanding the applications of Karate Shotokan kata
		Karate bunkai is the very reason for the existence of kata.
		Looking at any kata, a Karateka will find these universal elements of Karate bunkai: Usage of different stances, different hand and leg techniques, varying attacking power, a number of Kiai or shouts, attacking at different heights, utilizing body shifting, foot shifting (sliding), shuffling and moving in different directions.
		Okinawan Master Choki Motobu supposedly knew only 2 or 3 kata at most but he mastered their Karate bunkai to a level where his street fighting skills were unmatched.
	www.karate-shotokan-kata.com /Karate-bunkai.html (855 words)

	Skill path seminar on Karate bunkai, pressure points strikes, self defense, BJJ
		For example, our Karate bunkai skill path seminar will enable you to learn and apply classical Karate close quarter fighting skills in today's modern world, while helping you to transition from having sport-based Karate skills to real fighting skills.
		For their great insight and research into the functional art of pressure points strikes, interpreting Karate Shotokan kata accurately, understanding the real Karate bunkai so that it can be used effectively, and refining or incorporating self defense tactics and methods for today's modern world, as highlighted in so many of their skill path seminars.
		I particularly enjoyed the skill path seminar in Bangkok where we were shown advance integration of strikes, joint-locks, and restrains within the context of our modern society who like to sue everyone and anyone.
	www.karate-shotokan-kata.com /skill-path-seminar.html (1095 words)

	Kata & Bunkai video files for download, Karate videos download online clips, e-Learning Videos, traditional karate (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Each style may have a slight stylistic pattern difference for a given move but the underlying function and key points are the same regardless of the superficial differences.
		Kata origins and sample bunkai: This is the free kata sample video (click the link in the top right grey bar to download) and provides a discussion of kata and key isssues around its practice.
		Kata motions represented are as taught by Master Sotokawa, 8th Dan in Japan (he was accredited with his sandan rank under a panel with mabuni sensei himself, the founder of Shito-ryu).
	www.downloadkarate.com /index.asp?Sec_ID=156 (2102 words)

	Cory Searcy's Shotokan Karate Pages \| Introductory Karate \| Lesson 21 - Kata Applications
		Therefore, in order to ensure that a balanced perspective of both approaches to kata is presented, the material in this lesson builds on the discussion previously provided in an effort to address issues related to the applications approach.
		Bunkai is a Japanese word that means taking apart, dismantling, or breaking down into components (Kodansha, 1999).
		Therefore, in karate the term kata bunkai would imply that one is taking the kata and breaking it down in to more manageable parts.
	www.i-clps.com /karate/lesson21.html (3733 words)

	Training Structure
		Bunkai is the next level of kata study.
		Whereas kata is the study of self-defense techniques against an imaginary opponent, bunkai adds real attacks by another person, which the practitioner must defend against, using the techniques taught in the particular kata.
		Bunkai can be practiced one technique at a time, thereby concentrating on individual execution, or bunkai may be practiced with each attack coming in rapid succession.
	www.chicagouechi.com /training.htm (583 words)

	Bunkai? Not familiar w/ the word. - Page 2 - MartialTalk.Com
		Palgwe 3) and (1)'--(4)' are the corresponding bunkai.
		According to his view of the word Bunkai is the passing down the kata exactly as it was passed down from the founder of the system with no variation.
		In general, when you talk about bunkai among karateka, what people seem to expect is a detailed description of real-time application of the movements displayed, in the form of actual moves which may have little to do with the label conventionally given to those movements (for which we can thank Anko Itosu, in the end).
	www.martialtalk.com /forum/showthread.php?p=687688#post687688 (2577 words)

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		Bunkai refers to the analysis of a particular move; that is, bunkai refers to the near scientific particulars of how a move is executed.
		Bunkai is me telling you to make sure you grip the floor with the outside edges of your feet, to inhale as you extend your fist and exhale and kime on contact with the target.
		Because the bunkai for grappling and striking are different, punches, blocks, and kicks all lose power when the focus turns to grappling with your opponent.
	www.xanga.com /Onimitsu2004/397464084/item.html (1732 words)

	Karate Korner Message Board - Kata Bunkai
		It may not be that he necessarily taught his close students the plain vanilla bunkai, but that he showed the rest of the world what most of us have taken to believe is the application.
		Finally it is important to state that when you are talking about bunkai, whether there is a block or not is very important to what the kata is trying to tell you.
		With our bunkai, the elbow into the hand is a grab of the head with a forearm strike to the side of their head.
	www.karatekorner.com /messageboard/printthread.cfm?Forum=49&Topic=133 (15568 words)

	Kata - Bunkai Books
		It allows the defender to deflect and seize the attacking limb, and allows the defender to turn the tables if his arm or wrist is grabbed..
		At the same time the other hand pulls and twists the attacker's trapped arm, and the stance is sunk through the technique, so the attacker's head is whiplashed down into the forearm strike coming the other way, like two cars having a head-on collision.
		Although it doesn't deal much with specific Bunkai, it is a very useful book, as it will help you to understand which bunkai are really practical, and which are only for the gullible or foolhardy.
	www.australiankyokushin.com /w-agora/view.php?bn=makiwara_kata&key=1068129638&v=f (2855 words)

	Bunkai for Palama Sets #'s 5 & 6
		I was wondering what the bunkai/application is for the opening moves in Palama's five and six Specifically the initial downward punches/jabs and the large outward circles with the arms.
		The application or bunkai is probably done from more of fighting stance rather than feet together to allow for a wider and more stable base with the same weight drop for leverage.
		We mostly will practice the kata as a 2-person set, which is not the same as the bunkai but is more just an exercise so that we can do the kata with a partner.
	www.kajukenbocafe.com /smf/index.php?topic=2206.0 (1157 words)

	The Why of Bunkai: A Guide For Beginners
		Bunkai literally means to "separate" or "break down" ("bun") and "understand" ("kai").
		Kata bunkai means to break down the movements of the kata and study their practical applications.
		An emphasis on "bunkai" as a distinct subject only became necessary when the study of applications was watered down or eliminated altogether.
	www.seinenkai.com /art-bunkai.html (4219 words)

	Bunkai - MartialTalk.Com
		bunkai is part of the sylabus of the school i go to.
		Excessively imaginative bunkai are as damaging to karate as overly narrow bunkai.
		In the style of karate I study, we learn bunkai for every kata and as we progress to higher understanding of kata principles we go back to the kata/bunkai we thought that we knew and learn it over again.
	www.martialtalk.com /forum/showthread.php?p=677821 (1838 words)

	FightingArts.com Forums: bunkai from bassai dai
		The Shito Ryu masters demonstrating the kata and bunkai on the USANKF web site are textbook examples of how the Japanese emphasis on the Do (way) has almost completely severed the connection of kata with its underlying fighting principles.
		What is obvious even to the untrained eye is that these "applications" extract a small set of movements from the kata (one, two or three movements used as blocks), and then add a "finishing" strike.
		You might think that these techniques represent the "introductory bunkai", that there is more advanced bunkai to be learned at higher ranks.
	www.fightingarts.com /ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/9853711/Main/221744 (1139 words)

	bunkai
		Bunkai - A method to use the kata as a mnemonic device to hide techniques at any point in time.
		Bunkai - (micro analysis) - breaks the techniques down into their smallest components and they are studied for application.
		The role of bunkai is to learn how to take the energy being developed and then apply that to the attacker.
	www.funkydragon.com /bushi/bunkai.html (5566 words)

	York Karate - Do
		Bunkai is WHY we study the martial arts.
		This is the point in which the mental aspect of the martial arts meets the physical aspect that is so well known.
		The term bunkai, when translated, means "analysis", "investigation" or "detailed search" for the applications hidden in martial arts techniques and forms such as basics (kihon) and kata.
	www.yorkkarate.com /bunkai.htm (284 words)

	Amazon.com: 'Bunkai: Secrets of Karate Kata Volume 1: The Tekki Series: Books: Elmar T. Schmeisser (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Utilizing over 330 photographs, Bunkai, for the first time in publishing history, allows a continuous visualization of an opponent during an entire kata, without missing or overlapping motions in the kata sequence.
		These bunkais are good maybe for movie scenes but they have nothing common with real life fight.
		If kata bunkai is what you are interested in, all you should have done is go to different school, where these things are actively trained and sparred with from square one.
	www.amazon.com /Bunkai-Secrets-Karate-Kata-Tekki/dp/0911921362 (1684 words)

	Kushido Karate Do Forum - Kata bunkai (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Path we take may be long and hard, only few if any may reach the grand goal, but we do it 'cos the alternative is unacceptable.
		While bunkai are derived from existing kata they must necessarily depart from their structure, retaining only the essence.
		Kata bunkai (applications) MUST be realistic and training drills based on kata MUST have an added dimension or else they are simply a pointless variation of an existing sequence.
	www.kushido.co.za /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2 (597 words)

	FightingArts.com Forums: Bunkai?????
		Most of the time Soke took a kata, and worked the Bunkai this way all week, next week another kata, unless it was a long kata and sometimes that went for two weeks.
		His method had you practicing kata constantly(almost too much for me)and Bunkai, was the base of all technique.
		There is a tremendous amount of bunkai to be found in kata, in the order that it occurs.
	www.fightingarts.com /ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=221765&an=0&page=14 (711 words)

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