What does Kata Teach?
Kata teaches striking angles, body control, superior positioning, footwork, timing, and weight distribution for agility and flexibility. It will build muscle memory to expand your knowledge. You may see it as a moving meditation.
What is Bunkai?
It breaks down the interpretation and application of movements in the kata and gives the kata meaning to understand its usefulness in a fight.
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Links
www.matsubayashi-ryu.com/Â This site is the Matsubayashi headquarters run by Takayoshi Nagamine until his death in 2012.
www.kjk-karate.com/Â Â Run by Chris Thomas, senior teacher of George Dillman's pressure point fighting.
www.AmericanKarateFederation.com/Â Â Gary Tiktin's original site managed by current teachers.
www.ki-aikido.net/Â A popular Aikido style of which I was part of for 3 years.