Kumite

Kote kitae

This is very important part of every training. With your partner you exchange alternatively some basic attacking and blocking techniques. Most known drill is called "sanbon uke". Goal of this kitae exercises is to learn how to contract your muscles during fight and also to learn where to receive attack. All this you achieve by practicing basic techniques.

Yakusoku kumite 

It is useless to practice advanced fighting techniques (kata), without basic knowledge of self-defense. Because of that, we use yakusoku kumite for beginners, so that they can understand  basics of self-defense, before starting with kata practice.  There is 12 yakusoku kumite exercises, which were all taken from various katas. This is prearranged fighting, helping to understand basic applications of kata (punch, soto shuto, shuto (hente), elbow, kick, knee, throw, elbow lock, head manipulation, strangulation, grabbing of testicles....).

Bunkai kumite 

When practicing kata it is very important to understand movements within it. If you don't think about application, then your kata is dead - just a simple dance, not karate. Bunkai kumite practice is reserved for advanced practitioners. This exercise is used for practicing more advanced and hidden (kakushite) techniques of certain kata, like escaping techniques, throwing, joint-locking,...

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