News on Seipai bunkai, punching on the recovery of kicks, and the forthcoming karate throwing video series! https://goo.gl/m5vryp | Iain Abernethy
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News on Seipai bunkai, punching on the recovery of kicks, and the forthcoming karate throwing video series! https://goo.gl/m5vryp | Iain Abernethy
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Are you wanting to share information and content with martial artists across the globe? Provide good resources for your students? Here’s something you need to consider. | Iain Abernethy
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Are you wanting to share information and content with martial artists across the globe? Provide good resources for your students? Here’s something you need to consider. | Iain Abernethy
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My first Instagram post! Hope this works :-/ @iainabernethy | Iain Abernethy
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My first Instagram post! Hope this works :-/ @iainabernethy | Iain Abernethy
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Today I had yet another of those attempts to hijack my PC by pretending to be from Microsoft! Wasted their time for over 20 mins! Here are the edited highlights … great fun! Got through two of them before "Brian" got angry ;-) | Iain Abernethy
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Today I had yet another of those attempts to hijack my PC by pretending to be from Microsoft! Wasted their time for over 20 mins! Here are the edited highlights … great fun! Got through two of them before "Brian" got angry ;-) | Iain Abernethy
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If you like practical kata bunkai, you need to check this video out! More info here: https://goo.gl/m5vryp | Iain Abernethy
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If you like practical kata bunkai, you need to check this video out! More info here: https://goo.gl/m5vryp | Iain Abernethy
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I’ve had a epiphany! #iainabernethy #karate #kata #bunkai #practicalkatabunkai #practicalkarate #karatejutsu #karatedo #martialarts #martialartist | Iain Abernethy
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I’ve had a epiphany! #iainabernethy #karate #kata #bunkai #practicalkatabunkai #practicalkarate #karatejutsu #karatedo #martialarts #martialartist | Iain Abernethy
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NEW VIDEO: This video covers a pad drill that I recently taught in my home dojo. At that particular session, I had some students needing to work on their lead hand hook punches, some needing to work on their sweeps, and some needing to work on their lead leg roundhouse. I therefore put all of those elements together into a single drill. This is more fun that drilling the elements singularly. The fact the drill is mentally and physically engaging means that the high levels repetition needed to de
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NEW VIDEO: This video covers a pad drill that I recently taught in my home dojo. At that particular session, I had some students needing to work on their lead hand hook punches, some needing to work on their sweeps, and some needing to work on their lead leg roundhouse. I therefore put all of those elements together into a single drill. This is more fun that drilling the elements singularly. The fact the drill is mentally and physically engaging means that the high levels repetition needed to de
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This week in the app we have a karate grappling drill that includes gripping, close-range striking, a throw, escaping from the floor if you get pulled down (self-defence), and a strangle finish for fighting. The app contains hundreds of exclusive practical karate and bunkai videos with new content added every week! A must for all practical karate instructors and practitioners. | Iain Abernethy
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A few thoughts on tradition and progress from the residential. #iainabernethy #karate #practicalkarate #bunkai #kata | Iain Abernethy
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Recently in the iain abernethy app we have been breaking down the throws and takedowns of Gichin Funakoshi (not just the nine in Karate-Do Kyohan). All are covered step by step and the instruction assumes no prior knowledge of these methods. The first seven parts are already in the app with more coming later this week. | Iain Abernethy
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Lacking the motivation to train? In this week’s message I talk about how to address a lack motivation that may be resulting from being separated from your instructor, club and training partners. Three new videos in the app this week covering Unsu pad drills, combinations for hitting on the move, and personality: an overlooked component of self-protection. Learn More: https://iainabernethy.co.uk/iain-abernethys-applied-karate-kata-bunkai-app Join Up: https://www.budocode.com/Account/Register?appi
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NEW VIDEO: In this video we look at one way to get back up if we are knocked to our knees and the enemy is close. Firstly, we throw a hook punch to the inside of the enemy’s thigh. We do this simply because it is an available target the blow may physically and psychologically disrupt the enemy. Striking the legs in this way was a tactic endorsed by Gichin Funakoshi. While Funakoshi was taking about elbow strikes, we used a hook punch in this instance: “If you are thrown to the ground, your elbow
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Thanks everyone! Today’s webinar was a blast! You did great! #iainabernethy #karate #kata #bunkai #practicalkatabunkai #practicalkarate #karatejutsu #karatedo #martialarts #martialartist | Iain Abernethy
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All THREE volumes of KARATE THROWS are now available to download! “In karate, hitting, thrusting, and kicking are not the only methods, throwing techniques and joint-locks are included” – Gichin Funakoshi https://iainabernethy.co.uk/shop/product-category/download/ This video series looks at the “forgotten” throws that were once commonly practised within karate. The throws of karate can be found throughout the traditional kata and are well documented in the writings of the past masters. This vide
8.6K viewsJun 8, 2020
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On Saturday, I taught four online sessions. The fourth one covered solo self-defence pad-drills. Here is a 1-minuite clip. If you are interested in online one-to-one / small group sessions please email iain@iainabernethy.com More details here: https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/news/online-instruction | Iain Abernethy
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ONLINE SEMINAR: On Sunday the 13th of September Iain will be teaching an online seminar covering his Tandoku Kata. The name of the kata translates as “alone” or “solo” and it allows the lone karateka to practise close-range striking methods through a series of pragmatic (brutal!) sequences (ideal for these times of lockdowns and social distancing). The session on Sunday the 13th of September will cover the first half of the kata. The second half will be taught in a session on Sunday the 27th of
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Jumping into Fjords in Norway today :-) | Iain Abernethy
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This short video shows bunkai for the opening motions of Jion kata: 1) The “salutation” 2) The simultaneous gedan-barai and soto-uke (aka kosa-uke) 3) The 45-degree kakiwake-uke, mae geri, sandon zuki sequence Whilst solo kata should always be precise and exact, bunkai practise needs to be scrappy and variable. Precise solo kata helps develop a strong mind/body link. However, real conflict is chaotic and changeable and hence application-practise needs to take that into account. This is what Gich
7.2K viewsSep 11, 2018
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The weekly message from the latest app update in which I discuss the importance of having various training methods and the pros and pitfalls of each. This week in the app we have the concluding parts (11 & 12) of “Kata Based Sparring Getting Started”! We also start a new series looking and two-person drills for Kanku-Dai / Kushanku / Kosokun-Dai and the associated pad drills! More coming soon! Not a member? Search “iain abernethy” in the App Store (Apple Devices) or Google Play (Android). Thousa
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Loads of new additions this week! Throws, Unsu, Rohai , etc! WHERE TO FIND THE APP: Search the App Store or Play Store for “iain abernethy”. NEED HELP JOINING? I appreciate that, like me, you may not be that clued up when it comes to technology. I also appreciate that all apps are different and hence it may not be obvious how to set up an account … so let me do that for you! All you need to do is send an email to app@iainabernethy.com with “New App Account” as the subject. I will then send you a
1.3K viewsFeb 13, 2020
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Protecting others is an important part of “SELF-Defence”! In this week’s app video we look at: protecting others, facilitating effective escape, breaking the freeze (yours and the person you are protecting), the use of the voice, common problems and how to deal with them, training drills, and more! “Karate is not merely practised for your benefit, it can be used to protect one’s family or master.” – Anko Itosu, 1908. NEW VIDEO: Main Menu > Misc Techniques and Drills > Multiple Enemies > Protecti
2K viewsMar 7, 2019
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NEW VIDEO: This is a follow-up video to the one called, “Traditional Things I Do NOT Do and Why” that was uploaded last week. In response to questions and feedback, this video looks at some misunderstandings that arose and explains why I still do the following traditional things: 1) Use Japanese Terminology 2) Wear a Gi 3) Use the Kyu-Dan Grading System and Belts Everything is assessed on the basis of its utility in contributing towards the goals we have set for ourselves. If it helps, then we d
2.8K viewsFeb 14, 2020
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Hi All, I have some exciting news! Community Sharing and Live Lessons! Please update to the latest version of the app! Community Sharing A new feature was added to the app yesterday. We now have our own private social network! Update the app and then tap the new “Change View” icon in the bottom right hand corner. You will see that it collates all of my social media (Facebook, Instagram and YouTube) in one place in a very easy to navigate layout. Irrespective of whether you are user of those netw
6.5K viewsMay 10, 2020
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NEW VIDEO: This video shows limb-control drills (trapping, locking, gripping and re-directing) for the first quarter of Kushanku / Kanku-Dai / Kosokun. The video begins by showing the two core drills for the opening sequence and the following knife-hands. The video then goes on to explain how the methods in the drill should be varied and recombined in differing orders. The objective is the never the drill. The objective is to internalise the methods within the drill so they can be applied freely
13.2K viewsFeb 27, 2017
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Is your training not going great? Feeling a little despondent with it all? That happens to me from time to time too. In this video I share some thoughts that I hope you will find useful in getting back on track. Martial arts are demanding and difficult and it’s all too easy to feel that we are doing something wrong when we are struggling. My own martial arts journey has not been smooth. I’m not a “natural” by any stretch of the imagination and struggle has been a constant martial travel companio
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NEW APP VIDEO: Check out the new video on Passai / Bassai-Dai bunkai; including the solo form! See weekly message! (also posted here so non-subscribers can see the kind of thing the “inner circle” see each week). | Iain Abernethy
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If you are going to understand the solution (kata) then you need to understand the problem (the nature and objectives of non-consensual violence). The methodology recorded within traditional kata was NOT created to address consensual violence / fighting (agreeing to fight another martial artist), but to address non-consensual violence (self-protection i.e. avoiding harm when faced with criminal violence). This is established in the writings of the past masters. The goal determines the strategies
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Hill sprints have never been so much fun :-) | Iain Abernethy
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NEW VIDEO: In this video we discuss supplementary training for the martial arts. In particular, we cover the three key considerations – Individual Need, Available Time, Personal Enjoyment – that we all need to take into account when formulating effective and enjoyable training programs. I hope you find the video interesting and useful. All the best, Iain | Iain Abernethy
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While it may seem like an oxymoron, the traditional arts have always been evolving and changing. Indeed, to try to stifle that change is not only harmful, it’s also not traditional! “Times change, the world changes, and obviously the martial arts must change too.” – Gichin Funakoshi “Karate changes every few years. This change happens because a teacher will continue to learn and add his personality to the teachings. There is an old saying that likens karate to a pond. In order for the pond to li
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