Basic Heian Kata Bunkai

Selected Kata Bunkai (not Oyo) from Heian 1-5 as taught for children's classes. The below links show Kancho Kanazawa doing the same basic Bunkai (and in the last link, Master Nakayama and Kanazawa showing it together for Heian 4):

H1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvjGt10x61E
H2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO7oOSB3oGI
H3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS7dDDK_Mqc
H4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBrMmUSbVwM
H4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0JREgbXBTQ (with Nakayama and Kanazawa)

Bunkai should be application exactly the same as the movements in Kata. Oyo on the other hand, is the deeper, hidden interpretations, which usually require some slight modifications to the movements and are shown to more advanced/older students.

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Sports

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• karate
• shotokan
• heian
• bunkai
• kata