Mikio Yahara aged 61 Bassai Dai Oyo (application)

Mikio Yahara is recognized as the finest exponent of Unsu- there may have been Karateka that matched or beat him technically at points, but there were none who could match his spirit, energy, passion, power and dynamism. Nearly 30 years after he retired, Mikio Yahara shows that he still has what it takes, demonstrating the application of the famous Unsu jump.

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• Miko
• Unsu

[kwfkarateka]

Whoops, unsu it is. I was thinking of Bassai Dai when I wrote it, d'OH!

[oldeshi]

Unsu not Bassai Dai I think

[maofas]

When there are jumps and crazy criss-crossed feet positions in most of the kata, I am 100% convinced most of those are meant to be throws. I used to see no possible practical application for those movements, until I trained Judo and found myself drilling these motions in the context of throwing. Problem is, you could never learn how to use them from doing kata, you would have to train Judo or wrestling. Oh well, at least kata is pretty!

[Ronin6575]

I couldn't do those moves when I was 25, let alone 61 !

[MrGuachipei]

@kishorekumarbairi what you say it's true, but honestly try to aplicate such a weird jump, bunkai must be effective, if the move isn't, you must change it

[maofas]

@kishorekumarbairi I think oyo means it's his personal idea of how he's applying the moves of the kata, vs. bunkai which is (theoretically) the true intended meaning of the moves.

[inferno4321]

wtf ppl he is never so fast didnt u see the cut at the beginning and end?

[kishorekumarbairi]

I don't think the 'unsu jump' application is correct. It is supposed to be a double kick one to the opponent in the front and spin and other one to the opponent behind.

See the video of "Nakayama" sensei's unsu.

[tekija1]

Speed up 2x ? :D

[skimarcus]

Yeah, that would definitely be Unsu.