How To FIGHT With KATA (Forms) - Iain Abernethy & Jesse Enkamp

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  • @KARATEbyJesse
    @KARATEbyJesse  5 років тому +20

    🥋 Thanks for your awesome comments! 🌟 Check out my website to learn more about Karate: www.karatebyjesse.com 😄👍

    • @donniecain4266
      @donniecain4266 5 років тому +2

      Hi Jesse I really appreciate your work!! You are balanced in your approach and have done your homework in preparing your videos!! I really loved the Bill Wallace's videos !! I have a black belt in Okinawan karate and a brown belt in Japanese karate as well as studying escrima and judo .You know your stuff thanks !!!!

    • @alexanderkowatsch3579
      @alexanderkowatsch3579 Рік тому

      Now i am surpised
      Ilike Peopel sorry auto reää
      co

  • @claudes.whitacre1241
    @claudes.whitacre1241 5 років тому +107

    Abernathy is so good at explaining Karate Bunkai, that I bought several of his DVDs, and I practice Kung Fu. This video contains basics that even most Black Belt's don't know.

    • @ericpetteway3841
      @ericpetteway3841 7 місяців тому

      I practice Kajukenbo, and Mr. Abernathy definitely give me new insights into our kata😅

  • @stevebrindle1724
    @stevebrindle1724 2 роки тому +20

    Two great instructors with an open-minded approach. Karate needs more leaders like these two!

  • @ksvailaya
    @ksvailaya 5 років тому +152

    Two of my favorite knowledge banks when it comes to karate in a single video. Can't get any better. Awesome

    • @jondapom8051
      @jondapom8051 4 роки тому +2

      Had the privilege of training with Ian last year. Blew away what I thought I knew of kata and I have been obsessed with bunkai ever since. 👊

  • @PapaBedlam03
    @PapaBedlam03 6 місяців тому +2

    What he says at 6:20 about angles is still one of the most elegant explanations I’ve ever heard about a subject that many teachers tend to make needlessly complicated

  • @TheDuke229
    @TheDuke229 3 роки тому +10

    I like how Mr. Abernathy put it: "The information is there if those who want to find it." The Chinese proverbs says it similarly: "When the student is ready to learn, the teacher appears."

  • @geraldaitken478
    @geraldaitken478 3 роки тому +8

    I've been practicing Tekki Shodan since 1970. Thanks to this video, FOR THE FIRST TIME it has dawned on me that my front and side opponent could both be ONE SINGLE opponent. Thank you.

  • @GaryArkham
    @GaryArkham 2 роки тому +10

    I practiced shotokan at Spain for years, and after watching these videos I realized how important and rare were those bunkai mixed with self defence applications of the kata that my master (3rd Dan) used to teach us. I've forgotten the katas after some years, but never the moves and the knowledge about how my body behaves itself in those kind of situations. Thank you so much for rekindle those memories with your content, master Jesse.

  • @therealfodder
    @therealfodder 5 років тому +59

    Iain is great - so enthusiastic and knowledgable!

  • @alloutofbubblegum2380
    @alloutofbubblegum2380 5 років тому +78

    Always interesting to hear Sensei Abernathy and Sensei Jessie put their heads together, this sort of deep cut into bunkai is super eye opening.

    • @KARATEbyJesse
      @KARATEbyJesse  5 років тому +13

      Fantastic to hear! That’s what happens when 2 Karate Nerds meet 😄👍

    • @miscsilliness
      @miscsilliness 5 років тому

      alloutofbubblegum Why is Sensei Ian Abernathy you refer to him as “sensei Abernathy” (his last name) but you use Jessie’s first name “Sensei Jessie”?

    • @DrFrankLondon
      @DrFrankLondon 5 років тому

      @@miscsilliness that's out of respect and it is good manners.

  • @2000wrx
    @2000wrx 3 роки тому +2

    These two guys are removing the blind folds of almost decades of traditionalist misconceptions around Karate and the purpose of Kata. Understanding what they are showing you about traditional Karate should blow your mind.

  • @ssj360fan13
    @ssj360fan13 5 років тому +34

    I am a Matsubayashi - Shorin Ryu Karate-ka. Priceless information for kata study. This is a great video for all Karate kids world wide!!! 😎🥋

  • @AndoMierzwa
    @AndoMierzwa 5 років тому +34

    Love seeing you gentlemen together! 👊🏼💥👍🏼

  • @chrisryan7918
    @chrisryan7918 4 місяці тому +1

    The Karate Nerd and Sensei Abernethy together in one tutorial is like having your two favourite bands co-headlining a show. 😀

  • @bunkaiking
    @bunkaiking 3 роки тому +6

    I could sit and listen to these two for hours and hours. Absolutely amazing content

  • @derekgault9448
    @derekgault9448 5 років тому +13

    As a silat practitioner where our Katas are called Jurus, this is an excellent video which explains the purpose and breakdown of the moves brilliantly. Well done guys!!!

  • @Leonlion0305
    @Leonlion0305 5 років тому +14

    ohh this makes a lot of sense now. It really explain the questions I have about traditional martial art view as "static" and stiff looking. Abernethy sensei is so good at explaining that even someone who never practice Karate like me can understand what kata is meant for.

  • @bender75
    @bender75 2 роки тому +2

    I love Iain and his practical kata principles. I discovered him over 15 years ago when trying to gain a better and deeper understanding of karate because at the time I was living and training in Finland a sport version of WadoRyu and they did not offer much explanation and historical context to what we were learning. Iain's approach helped me not only understand the meaning and purpose of kata in karate but also gain a deeper appreciation for martial arts in general. He's one of the greatest living western karate senseis for sure.

  • @TroyNaumu808
    @TroyNaumu808 6 місяців тому +1

    The true science of Karate is practicing it in such as a way that it is useful at any time and anywhere. And to teach it in such a way that it is usefull in all things.

  • @bunkaiking
    @bunkaiking 5 років тому +20

    Been waiting for a video from these two amazing martial artists for years 🥋😁

    • @bunkaiking
      @bunkaiking 5 років тому +1

      @@petermcnallt12pm yeah I've seen the bunkai challenge one they did. But this was more a collaboration video, which has been well worth the wait. Myself and my instructor are looking to go to a seminar at the end of this year 🥋👍

  • @Sabertooth411
    @Sabertooth411 Рік тому +1

    Bunkai like this is what puts the art in martial art

  • @ShakeNShred
    @ShakeNShred 5 років тому +2

    Pure awesome-sauce! So many people never learn the bunkai of any given kata, and assume the forms are useless, but you two make it obvious they're extremely practical. This video will help me develop my own self-defenses and kata bunkai for my sandan test!

  • @lucaspolichio3050
    @lucaspolichio3050 2 роки тому +1

    Two VERY good communicators. Just hearing certain words pulled a lot together for me. Thank you!!!

  • @greggriffiths9053
    @greggriffiths9053 16 днів тому

    I like when Iain Abernethy said that the answer's for kata are there for those who look for it which is why I watch lessons like this it's an infinite journey of knowledge.

  • @mawashi-geri6162
    @mawashi-geri6162 5 років тому +110

    Avengers: Endgame is the most ambitious crossover
    Jesse Enkamp: Hold my beer

  • @onlyhuman7420
    @onlyhuman7420 5 років тому

    Jesse please make more videos with Iain.You two are perfect karate duo.

    • @practicalkatabunkai
      @practicalkatabunkai 5 років тому +1

      There may have been a couple of more filmed ;-) Jesse is great fun to work with.

  • @themadrazorback2019
    @themadrazorback2019 Рік тому

    6:24 I must keep the enemy in front of me, but not be in front of the enemy! Brilliant! Abernethy and Enkamp together - WOW!

  • @grayalun
    @grayalun 5 років тому +26

    I do ITF Taekwondo and the number of times you actually realise in live sparring you are using stance shifts out of patterns/kata is surprising, I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise as I'm sure that's what they were designed for in reality😊. I suspect something got lost in translation along the way in a lot of modern interpretation so I really like these videos and Iain Abernathy is great my instructors Ian and Zoey Fendt have attended one of his seminars and they rate him highly also.
    I love Jesse Enkamp no ego at all wants to learn all the time, how all martial artists should aspire to be.

  • @sumitkarate951
    @sumitkarate951 5 років тому +3

    Great learnings of traditional karate.
    That is why karateka of traditional karate in ancient times used to practice each kata for many years!
    Time to give up black belt and wear white belt until it is really practiced like ancient times.

  • @IamNorthwind
    @IamNorthwind 4 місяці тому

    I say thank you. Although I teach TCMA or traditional Chinese martial arts, I like to watch and learn from your Bunkai videos (and shhh, sometimes share them with my students). They bring the old school mental and physical methods for more advanced martial study to the world of today in a way many of us would love to be able to emulate in our own teaching. Keep doing what you’re doing. Thank you!

  • @SenseiEli
    @SenseiEli 5 років тому +15

    We are miles away different cultures languages and still we talk about so similar things! Karate is connecting people!

    • @JavaPointer
      @JavaPointer 5 років тому +1

      Agreed!

    • @foamige
      @foamige 4 роки тому +2

      Its a bond like no other, watching learning and practising kata.....

  • @FrazzleCat
    @FrazzleCat 5 років тому +13

    Such good content & conversation. Thanks ya two! o/

  • @jeanleduy9923
    @jeanleduy9923 Рік тому

    This is the Avenger of Karate, incredible collaboration 👏

  • @RaffaeleGrandi
    @RaffaeleGrandi 2 роки тому +1

    Spectacular video!!! Thanks for sharing.

  • @stevetew862
    @stevetew862 4 місяці тому

    I like to consider that when the other guy grabs me, Now I've got him. :) The stuff you teach is great! I read Dillman's work years ago, and incorporating his interpretation of bunkai which include nerve strikes, along with the grabbing and angular aspects that you illustrate, fills in a lot of blanks. When I started I was taught the post WWII bunkai which was Bee Ess.
    Your mastery of historical literature is so worthwhile. Most high level teachers do not seem to have such an operational love of the old masters' works. Thank you for being deeply informative without bloviating. 😃

  • @jamesnewman6032
    @jamesnewman6032 5 років тому +9

    Karate’s dynamic duo! KNX was surely epic with these two together! Not to mention Oliver and Super-foot Wallace!

    • @KARATEbyJesse
      @KARATEbyJesse  5 років тому +1

      You bet! Stay tuned for more goodies 😄👍

  • @lxymuppet
    @lxymuppet 2 роки тому

    The collaboration I have been waiting for, thank you gentlemen

  • @RipenedKarma
    @RipenedKarma Рік тому

    Wow! 🤯🤯🤯 the explanation of the passive hand application to hit better, more accurately and faster is just mind blowing!

  • @jamieduke1586
    @jamieduke1586 3 роки тому +1

    Omg I've been a martial arts nerd since I was little, my first BJJ class saved my life in my opinion from being detrimentally overweight and weak. But it also jaded me to martial arts because all the stuff I looked up to as a kid was being demonized and accused of being fake and a waste of time. It's amazing to me to see people like this breathing new life and a sense of intelegent application to old school karate like this. Makes me want to restart my whole martial arts journey. Jesse where is your Dojo??!

  • @Ruben1994OL
    @Ruben1994OL 4 роки тому +4

    This video has some serious content. Every other word coming out of Iain's mouth blows my mind.

  • @samward9294
    @samward9294 5 років тому +2

    Thanks sensei very interesting 🥋

  • @kylemacarthur9863
    @kylemacarthur9863 5 років тому +5

    My 2 favorite thinkers! That was great.

  • @rwh0778
    @rwh0778 5 років тому +2

    Fantastic lesson. Thank you for posting.

  • @Jimmyzation
    @Jimmyzation 5 років тому +3

    My biggest respect to both of you sensei. It's been an amazing eye opening experience for me to watch, learn and practice what you have taught us throughout the videos. I can say that most of the black belts which I know don't ever get around the part of practicing the bunkai. It hurts my soul to see some sensei applying such a superficial knowledge of the kata and try to pass it on to their students. I hope I'll one day get to learn as much as you two and possibly share these experiences with my colleagues karatekas. Thank you for your hard work and for helping the karate community. Oss

  • @triau7166
    @triau7166 5 років тому

    Two senseis, you guys are very open minded and at the same time keep karate pure, I admire you guys alot.

  • @chrmag7557
    @chrmag7557 5 років тому +4

    Best karate youtuber

  • @anthonykasukuti4346
    @anthonykasukuti4346 5 років тому +2

    Thank you Sensei Jesse and Sensei Ian for all the passion and knowledge that you are sharing with us.

  • @phillskinner8671
    @phillskinner8671 2 роки тому

    This was an incredible watch, what a wise man, thanks for all you do Jesse ya big nerd

  • @laperrablanca1
    @laperrablanca1 5 років тому +2

    So great to see you both in one video. I'm going to watch this video again and again, just like practice of kata. Thank you, Iain and Jesse!

  • @PapaBedlam03
    @PapaBedlam03 2 роки тому

    Abernethy should do a whole independent video on just the concept of angles. This is one of the most clean and concise ways I’ve heard it explained

  • @daveedmondson6561
    @daveedmondson6561 5 років тому

    I hope that Sensei Abernathy writes a book summarizing all of these ideas. Although it would be a big book. Great video!

  • @tonyforsyth6265
    @tonyforsyth6265 5 років тому +1

    I love this video two knowledgeable practioners talking practical sense and explaining techniques & application that's methodical.

  • @Breaker197
    @Breaker197 4 роки тому

    This video is such gold tbh. So many karate myths dispelled. Love it.

  • @billc.4584
    @billc.4584 2 роки тому

    One of my favorite presentations. Third time watching. Both of you are fun and inspirational. Peace.

  • @michaelbass807
    @michaelbass807 Рік тому

    This was the missing link! Invaluable concept Thank you. ❤

  • @larrydicus7822
    @larrydicus7822 2 роки тому

    I’ve watched this video countless times. The lessons here are invaluable.

  • @timlinator
    @timlinator 3 роки тому

    One of the benefits of teaching over zoom since the lockdown is I get to show these awesome videos to my students and we all learn a lot. Thanks for another great video. Bunkai is very important to understand what you are actually doing in the kata.

  • @KhvVovan
    @KhvVovan 5 років тому

    Just great. All Iain's concepts in a nutshell. This guy is a professor! Read almost all his books. He is very enthusiastic and inspiaring.

  • @antoinecarter536
    @antoinecarter536 3 роки тому

    This is great showing and breaking down the kata

  • @lewishickman4318
    @lewishickman4318 5 років тому

    Iain is an absolute gift to karate. We need more senseis like him!

  • @Banzai84
    @Banzai84 3 роки тому

    I have been avoiding abernethy’s videos for a while because I struggle with his pace of speech and he seems panicked. However this mans knowledge of bunkai is mind blowing and from this one video has opened my mind to the Kata I have practiced for years. I will be subscribing to his channel immediately 👍🏻

  • @themadrazorback2019
    @themadrazorback2019 Рік тому

    Training kata can be good for your mental faculties as you age. If you can train all the katas in a system and remember them, then do them physically and correctly, there is both mental and physical health value, a bit like Tai Chi. Also, they can be trained for much greater exertion. My current training partner, a two-time national champion in a major Shotokan organization kills me: Kata (pick one, based on attendance), 25 bupees, 25 pushups, 25 situps, wind sprints - begin kata again. After a few rounds, just remembering which katas can be challenging... GREAT STUFF as always! Knighthoods for you both, CBE! Go by the palace on your way home and pick'm up!

  • @kieranmakenji8922
    @kieranmakenji8922 5 років тому

    My two favourite martial artists in one video talking about practical application is the best 👍

  • @walabok1269
    @walabok1269 Рік тому +1

    Love the analogy to mathematics

  • @denismorgan9742
    @denismorgan9742 Рік тому +1

    In a part explaining pulling a person on to a punch the elbow goes back past the body, however in a kung-fu post the elbow only goes to the line of the body. A bit of both together makes sense pulling the opponent only to where the elbow is level to the body would make for shorter faster punches, and a position of both hands in front of the body to defend. In all jui jitsui there is Kata, it's never a stop start but flowing and often not even noticed by the practitioner because it's a standard of movement and the Kata is only practiced for a grading and not normally for regular training.

  • @onlyhuman7420
    @onlyhuman7420 5 років тому +1

    Great video.Huge respect for these two phenomenal karateka.

  • @Ryan_Dye-r
    @Ryan_Dye-r Рік тому

    Kata is very important.
    It's the living textbook of the art.

  • @robwaters8589
    @robwaters8589 5 років тому +1

    Brilliant, have been following both these guys for a while now and everything is always new.

  • @Jayypv
    @Jayypv 5 років тому +1

    Oh man do I love being a karate teacher. I always feel like a white belt looking for knowledge and when it comes to explaining bunkai or how to work them, i feel like I'm not giving good advice. But now i have to go through all my stuff again because i have a clear way of work! Amazing!!!

  • @travisbecker6567
    @travisbecker6567 5 років тому

    There is so much Karate-Space-Magic in this video, I can’t even stand it! Having followed both of you for years, it’s fun to see you on the screen together. I love what you do for karate.

  • @shauryashandilya1
    @shauryashandilya1 4 роки тому

    So beautifully explained. He answers what most teachers will never let us even ask by pulling their seniority and rank on us. Ideally, this should be the approach to learning katas. Or might as well let it all be and learn bachata or salsa.

  • @davidward3407
    @davidward3407 5 місяців тому

    Great karateka this Iain...

  • @filipeantunes5428
    @filipeantunes5428 5 років тому +1

    I would really love to see more videos of Sensei Abernethy with you explaining the stances and and bunkai.
    In my dojo we dont have those explanations so this is a great help and it is really interesting because thing make sense when taught like that!
    Keep up the great work, Jesse sensei!

  • @courtneymcneil3444
    @courtneymcneil3444 2 роки тому

    This was hands down one of my fav episodes! I will apply these teachings asap and even discus with my Sensei in detail. I’m always asked about self defense and my explanation is echoed in this post. The best self defense avoid contact

  • @Die7Ringe
    @Die7Ringe 3 роки тому

    Oh boy.. thanks to your video things become clear to me after more than 25 years of martial arts. I started with a quite Karate Style TKD " Chongs aka Kata" with a lot of " slow motion stance stops.
    Now I praktise a kind of Temple KungFu , and my Master try hard to overcome my"stop motion stances" to become a" movie" so a flowing movement.
    Guy's that's so hard 😔😔😔
    Thanks to YOUR video I now understand the things he try to bring in my head and movements.
    Thank you

  • @karatemom24RedHawk
    @karatemom24RedHawk 5 років тому

    I've been studying martial arts for years. Thank you for breaking it down like this.

  • @johnhell8228
    @johnhell8228 5 років тому

    I don't think I've ever heard a better explanation for the uses & application of Kata. Thanks Jesse & Sensei Abernathy

  • @ManuelGomez-MGKI
    @ManuelGomez-MGKI 5 років тому

    Incredible Knowledge form Master Abernethy and Jesse Enkamp, I have been practicing Karate almost all my life, and these videos put the light and touch my soul, i started with Japanese Kempo and now i Practice American Kenpo, and i love all your videos, they make me go back in time and with the explanations that you and your guest do, i travel to the future. Your Videos are Great. Grateful that my son show me your videos, now we don´t miss one.

  • @foamige
    @foamige 4 роки тому

    Incredible.......Ive been doing Kata for 30 years and never though of it (freeze framing) like this before......really makes me want to do them all again now!

  • @dukeoflombards
    @dukeoflombards 3 роки тому

    Thank you for this wonderfull knowledge Jesse Sensei.

  • @jejuoc
    @jejuoc 4 роки тому

    🙏🏻. When you are shy this kind of video helps a lot. Arigato

  • @omarhaq4274
    @omarhaq4274 3 роки тому

    This was awwwwwesommmmmmmmee!! Loved how the various aspects of Kata, bunkai, sparring and conceptualizing are explained. Iain Abernathy was a great guest.

  • @vault334
    @vault334 2 роки тому

    The way I use hikite (sp) pull them into the punch. Thank you sensei Abernathy 🙏

  • @Brjapan89
    @Brjapan89 5 років тому +13

    Parabéns Sensei!
    Admiro muito o seu trabalho!
    Sucesso sempre!
    Abraço!
    Raphael Hashimoto do 🇧🇷

    • @KARATEbyJesse
      @KARATEbyJesse  5 років тому +6

      Obrigado 👍

    • @kob3178
      @kob3178 5 років тому +1

      @@KARATEbyJesse isn't that thank you in Portuguese (Brazil)

  • @InGrindWeCrust2010
    @InGrindWeCrust2010 5 років тому

    We asked for more of these videos and you listened. This is gold. And I'd argue even a step above the already excellent explanation and accessibility of your individual videos.

  • @alexcazzetta6105
    @alexcazzetta6105 3 роки тому

    VERY INTERESTING! THANK YOU BOTH

  • @theognostosyios9343
    @theognostosyios9343 4 роки тому

    Good job. Every comment made is correct. In the end it is all Aiki (do) flowing as he explained. Example. Practice the kote gaeshi (outward wrist twist) in Shotokan using Hiki Te flowing then you got Aiki (do) Use Atemi waza in Aiki (do) you got Shotokan strikes. Use close range hip throw Ogoshi then you got Judo. Add nage waza then you got Aiki jutsu thus Aiki flowing from one to the other in doing so more circular movement is used i.e principle of sphericity.

  • @vaulander73
    @vaulander73 5 років тому +1

    It is my greatest loss that the internet came so late in my life. I have done martial arts since I was thirteen. Messing about, copying what I saw, joining various schools, learning kata and forms with little explanations to what everything was for. Kata for belts, and nothing more. It wasn't until my youth was gone that I got some deeper instruction here and there, and then to find the practical guys on youtube. This stuff needs to be shouted from the rooftops. It needs to be ground into every new white belt standing there with awkward feet and flailing arms. Preferably long before they have wasted 30 years thinking Kata was just kept for tradition with no use or purpose.

  • @danielnewstead5376
    @danielnewstead5376 2 роки тому

    Loved that. What an amazing insight to adopt into my own training. Thank you 🙏

  • @IronBodyMartialArts
    @IronBodyMartialArts 5 років тому

    Good to see you two guys chatting things out..good points as well

  • @otutut
    @otutut 3 роки тому

    Wonderful, so insightful. Thank you very much.

  • @yagamiyasaki4091
    @yagamiyasaki4091 5 років тому

    You light my path with last 5 minute and now i think about how i lost what i know in path of teacher depressing still its in the past now im new and train hard like old times thank you so much both of you sensei

  • @shambolicentity
    @shambolicentity Рік тому

    Fantastic discussion and demonstrations. Thank you to both sensei. 🙂

  • @EternalSilverDragon
    @EternalSilverDragon 3 роки тому

    This is very inciteful. Thank you for this.

  • @pepega8319
    @pepega8319 5 років тому +3

    Iain and Jesse's great minds representing true traditional karate. Very impressive and informative. :^)

  • @luiseliasramirezidona6842
    @luiseliasramirezidona6842 3 роки тому

    This is Real Karate
    The way it was meant to be and the way it should be
    Great colab
    Thanks for sharing brother

  • @RicoMnc
    @RicoMnc 5 років тому +3

    Awesome as usual. Understanding the purpose and application of Kata is essential to appreciating Karate and other TMA.
    Now I will go freeze frame a bunch of MMA video to find my favorite stances, haha.

  • @chriswallace2298
    @chriswallace2298 5 років тому

    Happy Birthday Jesse Sensei!!!

  • @danilodibujo
    @danilodibujo 5 років тому +1

    Absolutelly brilliant !!!!
    All karateka should learn from this.

  • @mwrobinson1169
    @mwrobinson1169 2 роки тому

    Excellent lesson.