THE #1 KATA BUNKAI EXERCISE FOR SELF-DEFENSE — Jesse Enkamp

[Jorge-gzff]

We applied bunkai to our basic self-defence pinons today and now Iv'e fallen more deeply in love with Karate. Kata's are beautiful. I swear you have done so much for karate and I hope you are wonderfully blessed for it. You're the type of friend a karateka should hope to have. I am even more thankfull for my Shihan who is knowledgeable about this subject.

[kentbyron]

Thank you Jesse and Oliver for giving me more practical ideas and concepts to understand (and appreciate) my katas. There’s an expression in Buddhism and Zen: “If you’re bored, pay closer attention.” You just helped me pay closer attention to kata. Gratitude!

[lisanulshaaz]

jesse, if u can do u series for kata bunkais it would be awesome

[zyasuo]

You deserve so many subscribers. I have never seen such a quality Karate based channel in my entire life. You have helped me out with so many questions that I had on karate that I could not find through a google search or YouTube videos. Thank you.

[brianp]

This is definitely a new way of training for is so much emphasis on doing kata in copy mode that we forget what it is actually meant for....

[blockmasterscott]

Your video got me to thinking, when I first started Choy Li Fut kung fu, I thought the forms were just a bunch of waving the arms. Now that I've practiced the applications with my partner over the years, I can see all sorts of strikes, blocks, joint locks and breaks!

[JamesMMcCann]

As much as you might not want to like Karate, this guy is bloody addictive. His vid with Ian Abernethy was gold. Wold love to do a similar vid putting kata to a self-defence view my club has. So glad I found this man/his vids, make me think outside the box. Thank you, Jesse.

[smaulpaul]

I'm currently 8th kyu (was a white belt a few months ago) and although katas are hard to learn, stick with it and you learn this deeper sense of understanding. The bunkai. I have a lot to learn but I love it. This video us another eye opener. Great video Jesse!

[jedimaster]

I've only learned 5 katas but I'm going to definitely practice them again and try to make that connection.

[thenysondasilvabispo]

Jesse, I practice Shotokan Karate here in Brasil and really like your explanation about this wonderfull marcial art and I learn a lot with you... Thanks a lot...
Oss!

[AmandaSilva-rcej]

Really good. Is everything my Sensei says. He is always teaching us about Karate Budo, Bunkai.

[IamNorthwind]

Happy to find this. Am use to the concept of doing it in reverse direction; kata to app, so this is refreshing for a first look at somewhat superficial usage application treasure hunting. And in a game mindset too, making it fun. Nice!

[carloseduardonaranjosuarez]

Oss Sensei Jesse, amazing stuff!, thanks a lot!

[lucadelmoro]

Great video! That's the same exercise that our teacher told us to do last week to improve our understanding of kata. Greetings from Italy!

[foxesruler]

Jesse, I really like that you can do the bunkais against real attacks and not just against a static oitsuki. This is what I hate most about "self-defence" teaching that most of them are shown against a non-existent or artificial style attack, where the attackers executes a "clean" punch and then stands in the last position for a minute...

[Luca-boig]

This video is so great! I can’t stop to think there is so much karate schools that teach kata, but not bunkai and self defence.. so people search for Krav Maga or other commercial stuff, and they don’t know that karate is so complete

[billyken]

Hi, Jesse. Always thank you for your wonderful videos!
We should know not only how to show kata beautifully but also how to use kata practically as well.

[Joel-xtyz]

that is one of the reason why I prefer bunkai over kata. bunkai really help people to see where the kata came from and improve the kata from there

[saidfarid]

Oss Sensei
Thank you so much for your priceless advice and interesting guidance.
You are an excellent Coach.

[nw]

I really like your work Jesse. This type of work is a real credit to karate. Karate as an art need this.