bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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Bunkai-Jutsu; The Practical Application of Karate Kata
Iain Abernethy |
This book discusses Iain Abernethy's approach to his Applied Karate. This book discusses the history and use of the katas used by the old masters as complete fighting systems, and also leads into how kata is practiced and looked at today, and why. This book basically gives a layout for the interested students to research into their katas to find the applications in them. He discusses the roles of striking, gripping, throwing, locking, choking and grappling, and how each of these are approached in the kata based applications of bunkai. He discusses training options for honing each of the skills he lists, and gives examples of what to look for in the forms. He also covers the roles that stances and 'blocks' play in the combat applications of the katas.
Of significant importance in his book, he discusses the rules of bunkai, pertaining to the ideas needed in order to train the bunkai properly, as it relates to self-defense. From here, he leads into the nature of real fights. Between these two chaptes, you can see how closey practical kata practice relates to the nature of fighting.
If you are wanting to look deeper into the katas that you practice, then I feel that this book can benefit you greatly, regardless of the style you practice. Abernethy takes a refreshing, no-nonsense approach to self-defense training, and shows you how to dig out what the masters saw and originally used from the katas. Highly recommended.
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Throws for Strikers; The Forgotten Throws of Karate, Boxing & Taekwondo
Iain Abernethy |
This book details 11 different throws, many of which used to be common to the self-defense systems that are listed in the title, and which are still common in the throwing/grappling styles of today. He begins with theory and practice for these throws, and how they pertain to the various styles of striking arts, and how they can be incorporated into training. He then details the 11 throws, and afterwards, spends time on a section titled "When it all goes wrong," after a throw has caused you to go to the ground, or you are on the ground, looking up at your opponent. The book ends with an appendix that details where some of the throws show up in some of the katas.
I enjoyed both of these titles, and learned a lot from them. Seeing Abernethy's approach toward kata training has opened my eyes to the value of it even more, along with how extensive it can become. Both are must reads on my list.
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