Hi Mike-san,

I believe "Shotokan training" is merely a concept, not a tangible entity. It
is the practitioners who make a style. So we might ask ourselves do Shotokan
practitioners practice bunkai, kyusho jutsu, nage waza and so on... Some do
and others do not. Do Shotokan kata still hold the techniques of locking,
choking, and throwing as well as punching and kicking? Absolutely. In our
modern world, though, such practices have taken a back seat to sport karate.
Even the "DO" or way of karate ,as envisioned by the founders of modern ryuha,
is being lost as sport takes over.
Modern kumite deals in a punch/ kick/ block matrix and few venture outside of
this. Therefor, most bunkai we see today deals with defense against a reverse
punch and front kick. Of course, self defense originally dealt with many kinds
of attacks and potential strategies against those atttacks. If it was meant to
deal only with a single attacker engaged in a challange match, then there would
be no need for kata. Tai boxing is proof of this.
Thanks,
Tyler
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> From: "Michael" <brooksmi79@...>
> Date: 2006/10/19 Thu AM 09:41:14 EDT
> To: KOJF@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [KOJF] Shotokan Training
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> Hello Everyone,
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> I am curious if shotokan training involves the kata bunkai, spacificly
> the pressure point striking, joint locks and throws?
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> thanks and have nice day.
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> Mike,
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