These bunkai are found in kata applications across all styles of Karate. The tutorial also covers counters and reversals to these grappling techniques (gyaku-waza) so you can learn how to defend and escape the submissions with counter-lock.
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One Minute Bunkai:Hakko-Ken is the first of the three old “Animal” family Kata adopted by the famous Kojo Family of Okinawa. Hakko-Ken means “White Tiger-Fist”. Continue reading Hakko-Ken by Kojo-Ryu
Traditional karate is one of the most efficient self-defense systems. The basis of karate is formed by simple basic techniques that are internalized automatically and are quickly retrievable under extreme psychological pressure. Women have a realistic chance with Traditional Karate even against physically superior opponents.
However, Traditional Karate is much more than self-defense:
“Karate is a holistic training for body and mind. It incorporates a higher philosophy, hundreds of years of tradition, a code of honor, and many health, energy, and even spiritual aspects of a traditional martial art.”