One Minute Bunkai: Patsai #2

One Minute Bunkai: This is a Patsai signature move (also in Ananku), the bunkai shown here is my own invention, it logically follows the 3 moves (ending with the punch). I never liked the popular interpretations I saw as they were always done against an attacker who froze after the initial attack, totally unrealistic and would never work on the street because the second you release the pressure from the opponents arms in order to hit his ribs he should be hitting your head or neck at the same time, or blocking your next attack since his hands are FREE! This bunkai ends with you having your opponent in a bad position with a nasty wrist lock, punching him in the face with the same hand you have him locked with, while at the same time breaking his wrist. It doesn't get any better than this. This is one of my favorites because it is total devastation as you attack very agressively from multiple angles simultaneously. In the end sequence I show an extra kick at the beginning and an extra knee at the end, please realize that it is a great advantage to be spontaneous, that is how fighting works. Also you don't need your mom's permission to add these distractions before during and after, I urge you to allow stuff to come out of you "spontaneously", free your mind and your body will follow. I have had many people say "there is no extra kick, elbow, eye poke, or knee in the kata" so I am no longer "in the kata", I say those people don't get it, and their minds are rigid like their karate. Kata gives you ideas and scenarios, in the end you can dismantle it, put it back together differently, add extras, who cares, just make it work because in a real fight you are not going to follow any kata, you are going to react from instinct, not from memorization.

[RoccoCypress]

I like this alot. Really opens the eyes to the possibilities.

The interpretation I know is the block but strike the head. The "punch" is then a neck wrench/twist.

This is very good and much different than what I have been shown. Much appreciated.

[Oneminutebunkai]

Very well put, that is part of the method I use to try and figure stuff out. I look at the move from 360 degrees, inside and out, one hand, two hand, and from different points of view in space.

[ilaarokeP]

Excellent. I especially concur with the last part of your note.

I've often found that the symmetric two hand movements in the forms "hide" the actual use of the other hand.

I try to dismantle them by doing different scenarios, only using the motions of the form with one hand, using the other hand as a support (distractions, augmentation, attacks) for the found meaning. It's like the master's have hidden a puzzle inside their forms... or then I'm just imagining stuff.

[NewEnglandBudo]

P.2: In addition to the aforementioned 3 levels there are others that are practiced in other Japanese martial arts:

Okugi Bunkai - Secret or concealed applications (Sometimes called Himitsu or Kakushi waza on Okinawa) Kenka Bunkai - Evolving Applications (weapons) Sutemi Bunkai - Sacrificial applications Sonota Bunkai - Miscellaneous applications Thanks for the conversation.

[BobCA]

Excellent! We've been discussing bunkai applications from Passai Sho. I am sure your video will spirit some positive discussion in our dojo. Please keep the 1MB videos coming...

[MasterBrianJohns]

Fantastic video! Keep them coming! I particularly like the punch after the joint lock. Will have to try that out on my students! :-)

[Oneminutebunkai]

Nothing is a secret once you have been taught, that is easy to say. As I have said before, consider yourself lucky that the Seibukan you know is providing you all that you seek. I wish I could say the same thing. I have fond memories of my days in Seibukan, it provided me with a strong foundation, but for everything else apart from the basics I had to go find it elsewhere. Best of luck to you.

[hakubrokenangel]

yes! more patsai bunkai please, this stuff is pure gold!!!

[kretamistralzwo]

Everybody who has got enough experience and brain has to admit: Great Work! I´m looking forward to further videos of your exellent OMB channel, with best regards to you and your crew, master Lemus!

[AtSoul]

I see your point. I´ll ask my sensei about this, but I really appreciate your input. Keep up the good work!

[Oneminutebunkai]

Yes another bunkai is to grab the opponents hands and pull down together by your belt, from there you could head butt, but so can he, but this cannot be taken for granted because he is still in his full game. This could only work if you say kicked him simultaneously to cause a distraction and therefore he would be in a "lesser capacity" to resist or counter you. This is why I always say add a kick here, elbow there, or a "extra" pinch of salt to the stew. A little hot sauce also.

[Oneminutebunkai]

When you try things do it with someone who can try countering you that you play well together with. Someone who will be able to say to you for example- "that was weak and it would not work on me" then have they show you what they mean. Always play with the means to have a "reality deck" available at all times.

[thecontemplative]

"It should be known that secret principles of goju ryu exist within the kata- Chojun Miyagi."
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Touché! ;-)

[Oneminutebunkai]

I hear you but remember that once you "connect" and adhere, letting go is a cardinal "sin", try that with a taichi, or wingchun guy, you will get slaughtered. And you only have one chance to defend in a fight so why take a chance and try and have it fail when the premise is flawed to begin with?

[Oneminutebunkai]

That is the trick to make it work in an violent scenario, that is why karate having a strong "atemi" foundation is great, you hit, kick, strike, while simultaneously going in for the control, or if not simultaneously then immediately after. Or even better why bother grabbing him, just pummel him down. I show these obviously because not everything in karate kata is atemi. Seriously, a heady duty karateka does not need any of this stuff, it is just optional, "one strike - one man down" the goal!

[Oneminutebunkai]

Students are the clay Karate Senseis use to mold with.

[asdwsx]

regarding bunkai, i tend to consider the directions of movements more important than what the actual movement used is, because those directions would change when an opponent's body is at a technique's midpoint. where the "literal" bunkai here leaves the high-line exposed, said problem can be solved by attacking jodan instead while doing the exact same thing, whereas having it as a grab and pull into underhooks rather than tettsui would draw the heads together, enabling a headbutt to the face.

[Oneminutebunkai]

Better not to sacrifice anything, but sometimes it is the only way out.

[Oneminutebunkai]

That is what I try to do to show what is under the surface and it is most effective.

[pernologos]

I was wondering about a similar technique which is found in seven star praying mantis "Plum Flower Road", namely white ape offering peach + bong sao or whip Rolling hand. In that case, you press an opponent's punch upward with your palms on his wrist and elbow, (with an optional Kick or knee to groin/abdomen) then crouch and strike/throw him pressing with the forearm on ribs/ leg/knee. In application, I found that you can discard contact with opponent's arm after the first technique only if you slap it strongly enough so that he cannot lower the arm immediately. Otherwise you have to control the arm. In this bunkai of passai I would guess that, even if the opponent tries to grab with two hands, you can still use one hand to control one of his, while the other strikes the ribs. My opinion is that the purpose of the First technique is creating an opening which must be exploited quickly, otherwise we need to look at variations involving contact and joint locking, though I sometimes fear that thinking too much may make us lose the original intent of the form.