It seems everywhere you look in the shotokan world, karate sensei are debating kata applications. I find kata bunkai very interesting, but my karate training mainly consists of the three k’s (kihon, kata and kumite), every now and then, we will practice kata applications, classical (as the moves are performed in the kata) and self defence versions of the same moves. As I have said many times before, I personally, do not practice karate just for fighting, don’t get me wrong, fighting definitely plays a part in my karate, but if I just wanted to fight, I would practice mixed martial arts.

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