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Every martial arts practitioner who trains for a significant amount of time is going to start to question the bizarre explanations for what katas represent. “Well, the guy runs up to tackle me, so I put my hand on my hip, pivot, and hit him in the temple with my elbow. Then the guy throws a…”
When I first came across Sensei Abernethy’s writings, my mind was wide open to a rational explanation of kata. This is the book that reassured me that questioning the standard explanations was perfectly okay!
Bunkai Jitsu is a must-read for any karate practitioner whose interpretation of a kata includes the phrase “…and then the guy throws a…”.
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