Kanshiwa Bunkai

Kanshiwa Bunkai Front

Kanshiwa Bunkai Front is a student’s bunkai designed to demonstrate the technique of the exercise. Unlike the formal bunkai, it is not necessary to show and re-show everything. The attacks from the uki and defenses from the tori are all that is shown.

Below, I will label the attacks and defenses that I use and teach my students; I will not try to teach or discuss the bunkai in detail. Remember, these may vary from dojo to dojo, this is just one variation.

Tori: Bow and stand in neutral stance with hands in post position

Uki: While standing in a neutral stance, the uki attacks with a left punch to the shoulder.

Tori: Turn, block with left chudan and throw a right punch to the ribs. Turn to the back of the room in a neutral stance

Uki: Throw a right punch to the shoulder

Tori: Turn, block with right chudan and punch to the ribs. Turn in a left stance to face the uki

Uki: Throws a left middle punch

Tori: Block with a left chudan and throw a right middle punch. Step through to a right stance

Uki: Walk to the tori’s right 45 degree angle and throw a right middle punch

Tori: Block with right chudan and throw a right side kick to the attacker’s hip. Step through to a left stance

Uki: Move to the tori’s left 45 degree angle and throw a left middle punch

Tori: Block with a left chudan and throw a left side kick to the hip.

Uki: Step in front of the tori and throw a right shuto to the top of the tori’s head.

Tori: Block with a left jodan and step into a right fighting stance bring the left hand to a chudan position. Throw a right forearm strike to the ribs

followed by a right uraken to the top lip. Step back into a left sanchin stance

Uki: Throw a right middle punch

Tori: Block with a left chudan and throw a wauke strike with left hand bushiken at floating ribs and right hand bushiken at chest. Slide

back.

Uki: Throw a left middle punch.

Tori: Step into a righ stance and block with a right chudan. Strike with a wauke with right hand bushiken at the floating rib and the left hand bushiken

at the chest. Step back into a left stance.

Uki: Throw a right middle punch

Tori: Block with left chudan, step through to a right stance, and throw a right shuto to the neck followed by a right uraken to the upper lip. Step back

to a left stance

Uki: Throw a left middle punch

Tori: Block with a left chudan and throw a left front kick to the mid-sections

Uki: Gets into a left fighting position with hands in fists in the middle

Tori: From the left stance, slide in and pull uki’s left hand down with left hand. Throw a right middle shoken punch. Slide back. Bow to uki. Bow to

front.