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Iain Abernethy is a great guy, and an incredibly effective teacher of practical karate!

Bunkai for Kanku-dai.

My other karate blog has been around for a long time, and I have enjoyed writing it. And apparently some folks liked reading it, even when I was writing on the Blogger Platform, instead of the Big Boy Platform, WordPress (although someday I’ll get brave enough to take the leap to self-hosted WordPress.org; just not today).

These are the most popular posts of all time from my other Shotokan Karate Blog, and I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them!

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• Shotokan and Wado Karate Bunkai and Iain Abernethy

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• Karate Gi Review Marathon; my 1968 Tokaido Gi vs. my Meijin Gis, part II

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• Bunkai for the Karate Kata Jion

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• Real Fights vs. Kata in Karate

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• Shotokan Karate vs. Defendu/Defendo, All-in Fighting, and Scientific Self-Defense (the Fairbairn Syllabus); World War II Combatives

  CAUTION: THE SYSTEM OF WORLD WAR II COMBATIVES DESCRIBED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SYLLABUS OF CAPTAIN W.E. FAIRBAIRN TAUGHT DURING WORLD WAR I…
• So You Lost Your Fight With the Cop. Duhhhhh. Now What’cha Gonna Do? Painter Jitsu? 52 Blocks?

  It is predictable that no matter what martial art you study, you will routinely fail to win a fight with a cop. We’ve covered that previousl…
• Police Combatives Compared to Shotokan Karate; Why Fighting With Police Officers is a BAAAAAAAD Idea.

  I have the honor of counting several police officers among my friends. And they are heroes, each and every one. Their job description involv…
• The Top Ten Shotokan Karate Blog Posts, Chosen by You!

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• I Have Been an Unwitting Billboard for Mixed Martial Arts

  When I need clothes, I want them to fit. And I work about sixteen hours a day, so I have no clue, and care less, about fashion. On the ot…

I like a lot of the bunkai outlined by Sensei Lupo in this short video; I get the feeling that he’d be a tough customer in a fight.

And Nijushiho is a remarkable kata; it seems to me to have a lot of practical applications, many of which are outlined here by Sensei Lupo.

Iain Abernethy is one sharp cookie, and he loves to teach the way a glutton loves to eat. And he is a Wado-ryu Stylist, and he knows a lot of practical applications for a lot of kata!

I don’t know who Uglybusker is, but his technique is great, and I like a lot of the suggested applications. Not all, but a lot!