gary,
the good thing about enshin and ashihara kata is that the stance, movement and application are like those in kumite. the kata's are designed to be practiced with partners and the techniques are applicable to kumite. traditional kata experts put a lot of theories out about the different bunkai but the information is never consistent. they get caught up in the intricacies of kata and what the ancients intended. fighters allow us to see applied karate.
martelo,
on the bunkai jutsu (it is a good book) by arbenethy, he claims that the original okinawan kata were only designed to deal with basic street attacks and not against trained fighters. i have a problem with that line of thought. techniques should be applicable at all times. the double leg take down, the jab, and the muay thai knee are examples of ancient techniques that work today like they did in times of old. man has punched, kicked, elbowed, grappled, etc. since the beginning of time.
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