Practical Kata Bunkai: Jitte Flow Drill

This video looks at the bunkai from Jitte kata. “Jitte” translates as “ten hands” and the video begins by examining what that name may represent. There then follows a demonstration of a two-person drill that is made up of the kata’s bunkai, in the order they appear in the kata. This is just one of many Jitte drills and it is important to also drill the motions individually, in short sequences, in alternate orders, with variations, with varying levels of compliance, and so on. This drill is not meant to mimic an actual fight, or suggest that the kata could be applied in its entirety as shown in a live situation. Instead, it is a two-person drill to sit alongside the solo-form to act as a time efficient form of practise. How such drills fit into the wider training matrix is beyond the scope of this video.

All the best,

Iain

[gazgjl]

I recognise the mountain like stance it’s also in a tkd pattern called toi gei. I’ve been searching all over YouTube for tkd pattern applications as well as the karate ones I know but there very little to none everyone I’ve looked. So you also have taekwondo applications

[germoney]

I really like how you work with your positioning!

[dnice]

nice to see the bunkai of this kata I'm a genbu kai shitoryu karate kai and i just learned the kata last night totally excited about my karate thank u

[danbarham]

I invite you to consider the possibility that the name of this kata has been handed down incorrectly. It is related to the kata Jiin (Temple Ground) and Jion (Temple Sound). Instead of Ten Hands (which would be Jute instead of Jite), the name would translate as Temple Hand.

[matthewbaumann]

What is the application for the second half with the double blocks that look like a Jitte and the moves that come after them?

[seanhiatt]

When you say 10 hands my first thought was the mythical 10 tigers of Shaolin. One of which trained the founder of Hung Gar Kung Fu