Bunkai
advanced techniques hidden in kata

Bunkai is term used for "secret meanings" of kata movements. During the last 100 years Okinawa karate endured tremendous change. One of the results is almost complete lost of advanced karate techniques. Literally, all kata movements are explained as strikes or blocks. Some of them are useful, but some are "meaningless". Well, these "meaningless" movements are in fact advanced technique (joint locks, grappling, seizing, throwing, strangulations, weapon use...). Very few people from the West ever had a chance to learn old Okinawa art (Tode jutsu), so if you are not one of these, its better for you to start learning basics of jujutsu or aikido. Extensive practice of Bunkai techniques is reserved for higher belts. However, here are presented advanced techniques that we teach.

KANSETSU WASA (joint locks)
You can use these techniques for controlling your opponent. Joint locks are executed when joint is forced to move unnaturally (hyperextension, hyper-rotation, hyper flexion or combination). Most frequent result of these techniques is hyper torsion and joint dislocation. We practice 10-15 most effective kansetsu techniques, which are shown in katas: on wrist, elbow, shoulder, neck and knee.

NAGE WASA (throws and take downs)
It is much easier to control your opponent when he is off balanced. Nage wasa teaches various ways to make people fall. Sometimes you can use throw to defeat attacker (fall on head). We are teaching around 10 effective techniques, which are used in katas: foot sweeps, grabbing leg, shoulder throws, head manipulation, and sacrifice techniques...


TUITE WASA (seizing nerves, attacking tendons, grappling)
These are very painful techniques, which utilize various grabs, presses and pinches. It is very important to strengthen fingers and to be familiar with human anatomy. Tuite is usually combined with joint locking and throwing techniques. Most effective are:

1. Pinching - nose, ear, eyelid, lips, flank, inner thigh, nipple...
   
2. Grabbing - hair, throat, testicals and many muscles...
   
3. Pressing - eyes, behind ear, sternal notch...