Inside Bassai Dai:  Kata & Bunkai

I aimed to make the bunkai in Inside Bassai Dai as authentic to the original bunkai as possible. So many people still practice ritualised bunkai (applications) to their kata/patterns/forms which only really work with a compliant attacker who comes in with a nice clean martial arts attacks. I’m passionate about keeping it realistic and teaching bunkai to defend against real world attacks.

I figured the best way to do this would be look back at the circumstances and influences of the originating master.

I started by looking at the historical contect in which Bassai Dai would have been created (covered in the DVD) to establish what would be the requirements of its creator. One of those requirements would have been a need for quick, ruthless efficiency to deal with multiple assailants.

I then looked at modern day “reality based martial arts” training as that is most likely how the master old would have trained, before so much got lost to sport development and other influences.

Finally, as the old Okinawan masters would have trained primarily in Chinese martial arts, I invited my friend and Kung Fu Sifu, Keith McKay Cormack to work with me on making this DVD.

The result is a set of bunkai that is as relevant in todays world as it would have been back when it was created.  Inside Bassai Dai teaches realistic practical kata bunkai to defend against common street assaults like grabs, throttles, hay-makers that you might expect in real street self defence scenario’s against seriously vicious attackers (not classical stepping punches).

It has easy to follow step by step instructions and I sincerely hope you enjoy watching Inside Bassai Dai as much as we enjoyed making it.

Kevin O'Hagan: 7th Dan Combat JuJutsu, 7th Dan British Combat Association.

Geoff Thompson: 6th Dan, co-founder of the British Combat Association, author of 34 books & 5 multi-award-winning films

Rob Jones: 5th Dan Shotokai Karate.

Mark Winkler: 6th Dan Wado Ryu Karate, Qualified Systema Instructor.

Matt Apsokardu: 4th Dan Okinawa Kenpo Karate.

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Price:

Inside Bassai Dai:  £20.00
(+ £1.50 package and post)

PS:   This DVD will take you beyond just a few techniques.  It will show you principles and a mindset where you can work things out for yourself so that you can learn bunkai faster and more efficiently than ever before.

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